Me: Do you want to read a book?
Her: No.
Me: Do you want to do a puzzle?
Her: No.
Me: Do you want to play outside?
Her: No. Can I play PBS Kids on the computer?
Me: No.
Her: [silence]
Me: Do you want to play with dish soap in a shallow pan?
Her: Yes! Yes! Yes!
I think, given the general mood of the average Minnesotan right now, it was purely by chance that I proposed an acceptable activity to my 5-year-old daughter.
We are ever so going stir crazy.
Thank you, God, for dish soap and shallow pans.
Thank you, God, for straws.
Thank you, God, for Seton’s Kindergarten Science book, which is where I first found this activity many [winter] moons ago.
~ Recipe ~
8 tablespoons dish soap (or to taste)
1 quart water
1 straw
1 shallow pan
1 bath towel (optional but recommended)
Have fun. Be happy. Hold tight ‘til spring.
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