4 Miles

When we purchased our new house we inherited a swing set.  Will absolutely LOVES swinging on it.  Me?  I absolutely HATE mowing around it.  I solved that problem.

We had also inherited a coy pond that was framed by 15 7' 4"x4".  Since I didn't want the coy pond and there was no moisture barrier between the brick on the house and the potting soil (yes, I said potting soil.  The people before us used bags of potting soil to fill a 7' x 7' x 10" area) I pulled the 4"x4"s.  I used them to frame out a 21' x 28' area around the swing set, sand box and picnic table.

As I was working away my neighbor showed up and offered the results of a ground out tree stump that he had on his property.  Since I had a birthday party to go to at 1, he filled up his truck, drove it over and dumped it.  All I had to do was spread it around.

Right now (from what I’ve read) sidewalk PAINT is being called the “cool new thing” that kids love to play with outside. I found this CHEAP recipie on-line:

Sidewalk Paint
You’ll need:
1/4 cup cornstarch
1/4 cup water
6-8 drops of food coloring
Mix the cornstarch and cold water together.
Add food coloring and stir. Repeat to make different colors.
NOTE: This paint can be easily washed off with water and is great for painting large areas temporarily!!!

The author of the site I found this on said: 

I also found this recipe courtesy of The Ultimate Book Of Kid Concoctionsâ€? by John E. Thomas and Danita Pagel. There a ton of great recipes for other things too. For example, if you add 1/4 cup cornstarch to the above recipe? You get goop. If you add 2 T of corn syrup to the above recipe? You’ll get finger paint (the kind you can use on paper). Ultimately, not only are all of these recipes washable? But you can use them with the very youngest of babes, and not have to worry about toxicity.

I hope someone else can find this useful! :-))