Some Good Clean Fun......and Puff Paint!!

Randy had to go out of town for a few days this week. He will be home tomorrow. Anyway, tonight, Aaron and Momo had gone to church with friends and Aaron ended up spending the night with Jesse. Kristen and Ian wanted to do something so we headed to the dollar store to get a few cans of shaving cream. Isn't that the normal thing to do when you are bored and need something to do? Well, they had a BLAST!!!Here they are just getting started....we added food coloring to some to make it more interesting.....



SQUIRT!!



Hmmmmm...let's see what happens when you sit in a big pile of shaving cream....




Kristen tried out a shaving cream hairdo!!

And.....Ian grew a beard!



He was getting a handful and clapping his hands so it would "puff" all over....it looked like it was snowing! Kristen was using the back door window as a mirror to work on her hair.


Looking good!!

The finished "do"!!



Ian thought the hairdo was a good idea too!



UH-OH...now the face painting!


He said he was a snowman!!

A runaway snowman!

HAHAHAH.....silly girl!


A storm was moving in so it was time to clean up!! Hey, who knew clean up could be just as much fun as the mess making?!

I think that might be Ian under all that shaving cream!

Hair washing time!

Once we got the patio cleaned up, we headed inside. Kristen and Ian showered and got some dry clothes on. While they were doing that, I mixed up some puff paint ( white glue, shaving cream, food coloring) for the to paint with inside. This was really neat and looks cool when it drys too. The key is to leave the paint sort of thick and puffy on the paper.

Ian's finished picture. He said it is a blue sky with yellow clouds!!


Kristen's first picture.

Kristen was painting a rainbow so I told her we should use symmetry to make a rainbow picture. I tried it and this is how it turned out....I thought it looked like angel wings....

Kristen's rainbow!

And the symmetrical rainbow turned into a green haired angel!!

All the pictures on the counter drying....

I recommend this craft!! It was easy, a lot of fun and easy to clean up too!! Everything rinsed clean with water.

This is totally unrelated but I wanted to show my new clothes line!! I had Robert make this for me so I could try to save on our electric bill ( it is helping too by the way!!). I am totally loving hanging our clothes out to dry!!! Thanks Robert!!

Birthday party that never ends!!! Lots and Lots of fun though!!

So, once everyone woke up and ate cinnamon rolls for breakfast, I headed out the door with 6 boys to play paintball for the day.



Getting signed in....






and getting equipment for those who needed to rent stuff...


Aaron giving Tyler a quick lesson on paintball!


Time to check all the guns....

Waiting to get adjustments...

AND..they're off!!

Ready, set....PLAY!!

First hit of the day....thank goodness for a mask!

Splattered even with the mask!


Tyler after his first game.....

Discussing tactics...

more games...I think this is Justin and Chris behind the bunkers.



Aaron....

UH OH..Tyler is hit....he is out.

another round....Lauren is in the pink on the right hand side.


One of the refs, and a view of part of the field.

Aaron standing and Jesse kneeling down.

Taking a break in between games.

After a lunch run, I went and picked Kristen up...girl can play paintball too!! This was her first try and she loved it!!

Aaron showing her how to shoot....

Tyler getting ready for a one on one against Kristen!!

In position!!

Kristen WON!! Aaron was the ref for their game.

Tyler getting a refill on paintballs.

Chris and Kristen ready to start again!

playing against Aaron ( who is still wearing the ref mask) and Justin.

Justin

Aaron...

Kristen.....

Get'em Girl!!

After a long day on the paintball field, we headed home.....While we were out playing, Randy had put Aaron's drum set together for him. Once everyone had gotten some leftover tacos they had to get in some practice.....


Being goofy!!

A little more serious now...

Jesse on the guitar and Aaron on the drums...Chris was just being a spectator this time, and I think Justin was dozing on the couch at this point...sort of watching the football game!

All in all, I think Aaron had a great party!! I know I was tired when all was said and done!!