Experimenting with the iPad

Today is the third day N is staying in due to an annoying low grade temp. I'm glad it's nothing more, but it's caused him to miss school - Daddy and M had a social outing to school and the flower shop to pick out my Valentine's "roses" (aka begonias) - and to cancel hosting a play date at our house today.

So now the boys and I are sitting at the table doing play dough and I'm thinking I haven't blogged in almost a week. Hubs has a me iPad, which he generously shares with me (when he's home) so I thought I'd test out its blogging capabilities. So far, it's easier than my iPhone, but typing is harder than my desktop, despite being told its just like a keyboard. Guess it will take time.

Next I,ll try to upload the play dough pics I just took. Here goes....

Not working. I can't choose the "choose image" button on this device just like I can't on my iPhone which is why they are sans photos when I blog on the phone. Surely ther is a fix for this? Is it a blogger issue or just me? Maybe Bonnie will know.

She's the awesome twin mom whose blog I love, (try insert link then have blogger tell me it won't ave due to errors) Hm, doesn't look like that like is gonna work either. Just use the link on the left of the page to check out her blog. Last month she posted about iPad apps her boys like to play and we downloaded several of them for our kids to play as a poop-on-the-potty reward when it appeared the poopy prize jar wasn't working.

Side note: Prize jar is beginning to work. M has gone several time this week and N twice, but since he's not been feeling well, he's had more accidents. Frustrating, but par for the course, I suppose. M has been choosing those nasty ring pops over iPad apps. Thank goodness there is only one left. I'd remove it, but he knows it's there.

Verdict: better than a phone blog update, but not by much. Blogs without pics are terribly boring. Maybe they'll finally nap this afternoon so I can get to my trusty rusty desktop. And I can't stand the auto correct feature- makes me look completely dumb like I can't spell, which is far from true. I won second place in the Bay County spelling bee in sixth grade. Among other literary accomplishments, like graduating summa cum laude with an English major, but iPad is no respecter of persons.

Kool-Aid Play Dough

was a hit tonight!  In the spirit of Valentine's Day, and of teaching them NOT to eat the play dough at school, I made pink Kool-Aid Play Dough and bought them their own special plastic cutters for it.  I have fond memories of my mom making us kids big batches of homemade play dough on snow days and thought I'd give it a shot, too.  It turned out nice and soft and smelled like pink lemonade!

Look at that concentration!

Sneakin' a taste!

I <3 you, Mom!

Roll it, and pat it...

I was quite surprised how long they played with the dough because a) the Sesame Street coloring book that I way overpaid for lasted exactly 1 minute, and b) I wouldn't let them eat it. 

This recipe is from my MVMOM cookbook.  Another MoM posted it recently and said hers lasted for years!

Kool-Aid Play Dough
1 c. flour
1 Tbs. vegetable oil
1 pkg unsweetened Kool-Aid
1/4 c. salt
2 Tbs. cream of tartar
1 c. water
Mix flour, salt, cream of tartar and Kool-Aid in medium saucepan.  Add water and oil.  Stir over heat for 3-5 minutes.  Dough is ready when it forms a ball in the pan.  Remove from heat and knead until smooth.  Place in an airtight container and refrigerate. 

Happy play-dough-ing!