#87 Make a piece of art with your hand print

this was quite the adventure.

 His sunny hand was the perfect end to this project.

 We let madison paint our hands...don't laugh at the bib we were being good sports since the kids had to wear them

 Clearly Caleb was not a willing participant to the project but like good parents we made him do it anyways.

 I'm pretty sure she said that painting tickled her hand about 10 times

ready to do some painting

# 32 Visit a factory and Get a tour

Anthony had the day off and we really didn't have anywhere to go or any chores to get done so we decided to check off one of our summer scavenger hunt trips. There's an olive house that my grandparents love really close by in Ontario so we jumped up there and took a tour. it was neat to see all the older machines most used as early as 1930's.

after all the olives are picked they are sorted by a machine. as the olives move down the conveyer belt the belts get further apart allowing bigger and bigger olives to fall into each bin.

after the olives are sorted they are placed in these giant vats where they sit for several weeks and during those weeks each vat is drained and refilled with water and salt daily.

after they have sat and are totally cured olives they are sent to a canning machine which is mostly done by hand. they olives roll down onto a large circular table and the olives are hand scooped into each of the cans.

after the canning the olives are moved to the panama paddle packer or basically the tops are sealed onto the can.

after the cans are totally sealed they are moved into the broiler room which provides the steam for them to be pasteurized keeping them good longer.

after pasteurization the cans are ready to be labeled and shipped out so they are moved to the labeling room and then packaged into large pallets to be shipped to a local grocer.

#39 Fingerpaint

 Madison really getting into the finger painting...she did 3 different paintings in just that day.

 he was not too sure about the finger paint and of course he just had to taste it!

 He eventually did try to play in the finger paint but it didnt last very long and he was very weary about the whole thing

"I promise mommy I didnt eat any paint"

# 10 make a fort with sheets and clothspins

 it took some time to really get this going for them they were both a little weary about weather or not they were going to play in it. However once I enticed (forced) them into the fort they played in it and we kept it up until dinner time. when Madison got up the next morning she wanted to know if we were going to build another fort...so she absolutely loved it she just shows it differently.

#61 Draw outside with chalk

My kids beg me on a daily basis to play outside, so getting them to play with chalk was easy and a no brainier. 

 

Caleb is crying because I refused to let him eat the chalk. but he did eventually try and draw with the chalk.

# 11 Play marco polo in a pool

Marco Polo didn't last too long Madison was pretty good at yelling polo with me but she wasn't able to get away fast enough so she got caught pretty quickly. However even though we didn't play Marco polo long we were in pool for quite a while. we got in the pool around 10:30 and she stopped long enough to eat lunch and get right back into the pool! Caleb was a champ as well this was his very first time in the big pool but he loves water so I had high hopes he wouldn't freak out like his sister did her first time in the water on her own. He was great until he got hungry and then he got really fussy. we got him out fed him and he was ready for a nap.

 just a little love and play time with Grammy after lunch

 the crew just hanging out in the pool

 Mr. Independent with his boats and flashy new floaty

#6 & 7 Make and play with play doh

 were ready mom to make some home made play doh

 Mommy I swear i'm not eating any of the ingredients for play doh

 Madison decided she wanted to make blue for brother since she already make purple for herself

 all done and now its time to play with it. Play doh kept these 3 busy for almost an hour.

#3 Make Ice Cream in a baggie or electric mixer

we did this last year and Madison thought it was the best thing since sliced bread so we absolutely needed it to be our very first summer scavenger hunt activity of the year. Last year the bag that was holding the ice cream solution completely popped and got a hole in it spilling the ice cream onto the actual ice. we got a little out but not much. this year I bought a new product that was more kid friendly. Also last year Caleb wasn't even awake when we did this and this year he got to have his own ice cream and shake it himself.

 Shaking ice cream for 3 minutes can make for some quite strong arms

 she didn't last the 3 minutes and neither did Caleb in fact Caleb didn't even want to touch it after he realized it was cold

And after 3 minutes there it is fresh yummy homemade vanilla ice cream