our Canadian adventure, part I: Banff

Montessori style color mixing

Lately little A has been fascinated with transferring water between containers, so I came up with this project to let her practice transferring and mixing colors at the same time...and I loved how it turned out to be a colorful flower! 

You will need:

3 small bowls

Red, blue and yellow food coloring

Flower shaped tray (I got ours from Hobby Lobby for $2)

An eye dropper 

Water

What to do:

Put some water in each of the three small bowls and add 2-3 drops of food coloring to each one. Encourage your child to mix the colors using the eye dropper and make each petal a different color. 

This project kept my 3 1/2 year old busy for at least 40 minutes, we would dump one "flower" out and she would fill them again and again with different variations of each color. We added in some plain water at one point to make a more pastel looking flower. Have fun! 

Fab Etsy Finds

Some of the lovely handmade goodies I've stumbled upon as of late:

face pot by GusandRami

on to our next adventure tote by WinterCabin

tiny book ladder by BrookeWay

bird king ring by RockCakes

Goodnight cushion by studiomeez

book washi tape by danika58

bits and pieces

Since I've started homeschooling little A, I've found less time for blogging, but I'm hoping to still pop in from time to time to share updates and recipes, etc. Here are a few pics from the last few weeks:

warm turmeric milk tea

I wanted to share one of my favorite recipes today. This soothing, slightly spicy tea is so nice for sipping at night before bed or in the morning instead of coffee. It is also excellent for reducing inflammation and pain. 

Product Review: Love Mae bamboo dinnerware set

night walks + long exposures

This weekend we took a late night walk with some friends to see fireflies and experiment with some long exposure photos. These were all taken around 11 pm with the shutter left open around 10-30 seconds on each one. I'm diggin' the ethereal effect...