my yard smells like menthol.

 

 
 


 

 

 

 

so....to be honest....it wasn't as fun as last year.

they weren't as surprised about it.
they wanted to fight right away...
last year they didn't throw it until after they had played in it.     

and i was a little bit in my crazy mom mode screaming "don't get it in your eyes!!!" 
"don't throw it in faces!!!"
"BE NICE!!!"

they won't remember any of that....i think.
they will remember just being covered in shaving cream and running all over the yard together.

i hope.   

Comments

[Georgia]

I was just thinking 'oooh i wouldnt want to get that in my eyes...' lol

[tara pollard pakosta]

how FUN!!!!

[Jessica Kujawa]

hi meg! i've been a follower for quite a while! looks like you guys are having a fun summer. i am adding this to my "fun list" for summer. the kids will love it! and i'm sure i will spend the entire time screaming the same things!

Jessica
alogcottagelife.blogspot

[Holly]

Love it! We let the kids at Kristens party "decorate" her like a cake with shaving cream and silly string. It turned into more of a shaving cream fight which I am sure the parents loved!

[Sally Mangham]

At the beginning of the summer we tried the shaving cream and they loved it except my son had it in his eyes which brought the fun to an abrupt end. However, we decided to have a whip cream fight/fun instead and that went much better. It went in their mouths instead of their eyes :-)

[Shar]

I can't believe the timing of this. I am going next week to help take care of my grandsons while my daughter has surgery and I am planning to do this with them. I was thinking about using swim goggles to keep the soap out of their eyes because I know there will be tears if the little one gets shave cream in his eyes. I am also thinking about doing the "slip and slide" from your vaca. Thanks!

[Jessica @ One Shiny Star]

I've done this at camp before. :) Lots of fun, and I'm sure they'll remember things aside from crazy mom-mode. :)

[Talysa]

Two words. Cool. Whip. Oh wait, that would be MY idea of a fun (yummy) day. :-)

[Jaime @ Mamarazzi]

lol...
Meg... It took a while for your blog to load for me today, and the whole time I was like "menthol?"...

I imagined a gang of kids hanging around your trampoline smoking cigarettes...

by the time that image left my mind, the page loaded..

Nifty idea... Looks like they had a blast.
Mine are in school today... Prolly not having near as much fun!

[Jenny]

Thanks for the reminder! I saw this before on your blog & thought I needed to do it with my kids. Now I can get it in before school starts! =) Have a fun last week of summer! (assuming they go back next week....)

[Krista]

I know this is an "oldie but a goodie" at your house! I like the suggestion in one of the earlier posts about wearing goggles, sounds like a good idea!

[j]

At Halloween a street near us does a shaving cream war - it gets over everything -cars, houses, people - just teenagers participate. Thankfully, my kids haven't shown an interest yet.

[shelly@familyblt]

Love the pics! Looks like sooooo much fun! Sososo!

[Ashley Stinson @ The Hillside Home]

so fun. reminds me of when kate gosselin let her kids paint themselves in chocolate pudding. what great memories for your kids. <3.

[Marisa]

Awesome. My kids would love this. But yes...whipped cream or shaving cream? Hmm. The cheaper can wins!

[Kristi]

They sure look like they had fun! My daughter went to a pool party at the start of summer and they all brought a can and had a big fight at the end. And it smelled there too!

[Sophie]

I'd really quite like to try this. So what if I'm 17 and there are no younger kids in my house... It looks fun!

[kristine]

they're so kind to leave waffle out of it!
still looks like they had fun!

[Becky @ Farmgirl Paints]

good times;)

[Pam]

thanks to you..this is also on our summer list. we haven't crossed it off yet...maybe tomorrow. scared. :)

[Selina]

They had fun! That's the main thing. ;)

[Tara]

i so need to copy this and be the coolest mom on the street.

i can be such a dud when it comes to messes.

i'm doing it. this week. yay. i talked myself into while posting a comment.

another great idea from Meg....

[Laura]

We just did this with the cousins last week - thanks to you. :) The BEST $3 spent this summer! It could have lasted all day long if it wasn't for this miserable Kansas HEAT! You're such a great Mom! <3

[michele fry]

Love your blog, been following for awhile!! We just did this last week, only we added the slip-n-slide and I let them paint with finger paint too. My two girls and 3 nephews thought I had lost my mind....so fun and so worth it!!!

[Jennifer]

that absolutely rocks! great memories...

[Jeannette]

We did this just last week and the kids LOVED it!!!! I was that mommy too yelling not to get it in their eyes and to be nice, as soon as they were done they wanted to do it all over again :o)

[Melanie]

Of course they will only remember the good stuff that we did and not the bad:)

[Meg]

really? could you be any cooler of a mom? I made your meatballs this weekend...they didn't even look like yours. LOL. I tried.
You inspire me to be a better momma!

[Molly]

This is AWESOME!! We do this in the bath tub, all year long, but outside? All OVER?? I'd never dreamed...

BTW, I wonder about that too, all the time ... which part they'll remember. Not ours to choose, so tough that!

[Dana @ Bungalow'56]

I wouldn't a call it crazy mode at all. The whole time I was looking at the pictures I was making sure I didn't see any near their eyes.
Dana

[Beth]

We did the funnest thing in my water media class with shaving cream -- put a blob of it on some aluminum foil, drip liquid water colors on it and then swirl them around with a toothpick or skewer. Then lay paper on top of it and press down, wipe off the shaving cream and it is cool marbleized colors. Very cool results! Looks like your kids had a great time!! (By the way, I want to visit with you about an idea I had , no not really evil -- just self serving :) Can we talk sometime???

[Beth]

OOps, part of my comment is missing. It's supposed to say INSERT EVIL LAUGHTER HERE, before it says No, not really evil.!!!

[Katie4Life]

Your brave!

[Gemma @ Musings of a gem]

So much fun!!

[Tanya @ Life in 3D]

You're fun :)

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