Mud and Suds Day

So today was a combo of multiple activities that I wanted to do. We started off with the "exploding" soap experiment. Using only an Ivory Soap bar (has to be Ivory) and a microwave, you too can impress your children. :)

First, cut off part of the soap bar.

We used the small piece to start off with. Then, simply pop it in the microwave and hit start. Ours grew for about 1 minute and then was expanded as much as it was going to be.

We thought this was so cool, we of course had to heat up the big part of our bar. This time it grew for about 2 minutes. And boy, did it grow! 

Afterwards, Aiden got to play with it. It was actually quite dry and dusty, which was neat. 

But soon proved to be quite messy! Beware of doing this with little kids too- Aiden leaned to close and breathed in a bunch which of course made him cough and blow out, which in turn became this:

I don't have pictures of the floor, chair, wall, and everywhere else it blew! 

That was the Suds part of our day. The Mud part is relatively self explanatory. A hose, dirt, and a mom who says "go for it". What else could a kid want??

Getting ready to go out-Aiden can't believe what I said he could do! :)

The aftermath

The worst part of the day!

I don't have a dirty picture of Aiden because while I was bathing Ellie he took it upon himself to "shower" off outside. Worked for me! The fun part of the day was that he was able to use the soap pieces from our previous activity to wash up. He really liked that! 

Mental Note: Next time, I would have the baby pool up and ready for an outdoor bath time!