Shaving Cream Paint + Bathtime = TONS of fun!

Cy loves bath time! Cy loves crafts! Cy loves painting! Sometimes though, I put off painting because it becomes so messy.  While now days, I find the mess a great excuse for a good clean-up afterwards, I still have trouble letting go of my "adult" and being a "child" to get super messy.  Well, I find a fun idea - shaving cream paint during bath time! What you do is, take a muffin pan, squirt some shaving cream in each space and add food coloring - making the colors what you want.

These are the colors I made.  I added some paintbrushes and we were off to the tub!

Forget paintbrushes - a hand is much more effective :-)

Now, for those of you who have white bathroom walls - this would look a bunch cooler.  The colors would pop more.  Cy loved it anyway.  We painting himself, painting his hair...

Buzz Lightgear was soon used as a painting tool... He enjoying it very much ;-)


So after we were done painting, I emptied the water (Cy loved having a tad bit of water in the tub because he was able to wash off his hands and start again), turned on the shower and gave him a quick clean-up. 

It was so much fun! Cy had a great time! Mommy wasn't freaking out about the mess, it was a quick clean up and a great way to learn about colors, texture, and letters (paint letters on the wall)!

In other news :-) Things are going great here.  Though it seems as if Lulu's reflux has gotten worse.  I heard from a nurse in my MOPS that reflux can spike around 3 months and calm down by 5.  She isn't screaming crazy horrible (Which I am very thankful for) but she does cry.... A LOT! And she is always uncomfortable and moving around in pain.  It is getting extremely difficult to carry a 15 pound 2 months old while supporting her head, cooking dinner, cleaning house, playing with toddler, ect.  Because she cries all the time, I am having a hard time with PRIORITIES.  What I mean by that is - when both kids are crying and I know they both need something but Lulu's is reflux, I have a really hard time getting to both kids.  The other day I just stood in the kitchen, listening to the cries of both my kids and had NO idea which one to go to first.  It's hard.  Cy NEEDS to eat, or he gets hurt & needs a hug and Lulu NEEDS to be help so her pain goes away or to eat (ha! She's still eating every 2 hours). So I am trying this week to just breath more, stress less, and tend to them one at a time... I cannot be 2 places at once and stressing just wears me down - it doesn't help the crazy situation :-)