Our fizzing science experiment and what my kids call “gak” have set my kids crazy for preschooler science experiments.

And what could be easier than oil and water?

To make it easier to see the two different liquids, and to add to the excitement, I added some food coloring to the water before we got started.

preschool science experiment

A pair of plastic bottles with screw-on lids allowed each of them to conduct their own experiment, without making a…

Last year my daughter and I made our very first fairy house. So when I found this super cute  Pinkalicious: Fairy House book at the library, I had to get check it out!

And, of course, after reading the book we had to make our own fairy house! Last year our little garden fairy house was made out of some old plywood I found in the barn, and afterwards I had a bad sinus infection…. This year we decided to check out the recyclables to build our fairy house!

I found some large…

With the Easter decorations coming down, the windows needed a little something…and a sun catcher sounded just right!

Over the years we’ve made quite a few sun catchers, like our simple fish sun catcher and the Valentine’s sun catcher with plenty of hearts, just to name a couple. To make my vehicle-loving son happy, this time around we came up with hot air balloon sun catchers!

To start, I cut a very simple hot air balloon shape out of construction paper, cutting the middle…

It was a beautiful day, perfect for a trip to the zoo.

Perfect for inspiration for this week’s Thankful Thursday post.

I’m thankful for the beautiful weather we had.

I’m thankful that we were able to see the last of the beautiful tulips that were planted throughout the zoo before they were all gone. I can not even imagine planting that many bulbs!

I’m thankful that we were able to meet my dad at the zoo. It was definitely a treat for the kids to get to…