I guess fluffy slime is all the rage right now. My son requested to make fluffy slime after watching a few youtubers make it. We went to the store to buy some saline solution, glue and shaving cream. We already had the baking soda and food dye. Unfortunately, the store was out of glue so we had to go to Office Depot. We found the glue and amazingly, there was also a recipe for fluffy slime along with saline solution and baking soda for sale. I guess it’s a popular thing.
Here are the ingredients for fluffy slime.
INGREDIENTS:
Washable glue such as Elmer’s school glue
Foam shaving cream
Saline Solution
Baking Soda
Food dye
INSTRUCTIONS
-Add ½ cup of glue into a bowl. We bought a 7.625 fl. oz. of glue and it ended up being half of the bottle.
-Add color by putting in a few drops of food dye. Stir to mix in the color.
-Add approximately 4 cups of shaving cream into bowl. We didn’t do an exact measurement. We mostly eyeballed it.
-Stir in ¼ teaspoon of baking soda.
-Add 1 tablespoon of saline solution and mix. Mix thoroughly and then knead the mixture. This is the magic part and when it starts turning into slime.
The slime will get a bit sticky but as you keep working with it and kneading it, it becomes less sticky. To take it out of the bowl, we put a little bit of oil in our hands (coconut oil but you can use any oil) so that it would stick less to our hands.
And ta-da, you have fluffy slime! Josh liked making it so much that he made another batch by himself. My favorite part is adding the saline solution, mixing and watching the magic happen.
My daughter Sabrina is having a great time before she settles into her school in London. After dropping off her stuff at storage, she finally had a chance to explore her new surroundings and her new school. She sent me some pictures of King’s College in London. It looks so majestic and regal! Watching her snaps on Snapchat of her adventures in London and on her trip is so exciting. What a cool vibe it is over there! Afterwards, she was on her way out to go on a mini vacay. She visited Dublin and had a great time. Her next stop was Prague with a slight layover in Amsterdam. I love Amsterdam!
Amsterdam. Photo cred to Sabrina
I still remember walking the streets of Amsterdam late at night with Sabrina in a stroller when we stayed in Amsterdam for a couple of days. She was only 18 months old. I bundled her up in her thick pink winter jacket and an extra blanket so that we can walk and explore Amsterdam (at night). It was a fun adventure. I remember it so vividly because it is one of my favorite memories. I would love to go back to Amsterdam with Sabrina!
After Amsterdam, Sabrina went to Munich. Her main reason for going to Munich was to attend Oktoberfest, a beer festival. I know that she was really looking forward to it and it seems that she had a great time.
How exciting for Sabrina to experience (and re-experience since she is an avid traveler) so many different cultures.
As for Josh, the first week for him was very hard. He missed his sister so very much. Sabrina made a picture frame with a couple of pictures of them together in it. When Josh misses her, he looks at that picture. He also placed it on the table near his bed so that he can look at it before he goes to sleep. Unfortunately, it makes him miss her even more.
He also looks into her room (so do I).
Where’s Sabrina…
When he misses her, he opens the envelopes that she left for him. So far, he has opened the “open when… you are sad” and “open when… you miss me”. It makes him feel a lot better. He also goes into the box that Sabrina made for me with all the little papers with sayings on it and picks one to read. He realizes that he keeps picking the same one which says “Have a great day”. It makes him smile.
Everyday, Sabrina and Josh and I text with each other. We also had a chance to video chat a few times. Josh looks forward to her texts. He loves texting with his sister and updating her on his life.
He went to Red Lobster to eat his favorite, snow crab. While there, he took a picture of a lobster and sent it to her. I took a picture of his food (because that’s what foodies do). He loves the process of eating a crab. It’s so messy but fun.
He tried out for flag football, picked out his jersey size, had his first practice and bought some really cool football gear. His favorite are the sticky football gloves. He can’t wait to wear his cleats.
He also went to a new dentist. This dental office is geared specifically for children. He liked going there because the hygienists are so gentle and so nice. He also liked watching a movie while he was having his teeth worked on. He watched Finding Nemo. Later the hygienist let him pick a movie and he picked Ice Age. We were there for almost 2 hours! But the good news is that he has no cavities. He especially enjoyed taking the panoramic x-ray of his teeth. He is excited that he might need braces. At the end, he got a toy! Wow.
The first week was hard but Josh is doing much better now. Sabrina was so worried, but that’s what loving big sisters do.
Today I am grateful for loving big sisters, little brothers who love their big sisters, London, Amsterdam, adventures, different cultures, fond memories, snow crabs, sticky football gloves and smiley faces.
My son requested to make cheeseburger cupcakes and I was happy to comply. I was able to make these cheeseburger cupcakes using just one box of cake mix and one container of frosting. My son and I followed the directions on the box of cake mix. My son mixed the batter and then we divided it in half. I added 1/4 cup of unsweetened chocolate powder and 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract to one of the halves. So now we had one bowl of yellow cake batter and one bowl of chocolate cake batter.
We used mini cupcake tins. The amount was perfect. I was able to use one bowl of cupcake batter for each of the mini cupcake tins. I ended up with 12 yellow mini cupcakes and 12 chocolate mini cupcakes.
For the hamburger buns (the yellow cake batter), we put sprinkles on top to represent sesame seeds. I suppose we could have used real sesame seeds but I didn’t have any. We put the sprinkles on top of the yellow cake batter before baking.
We let the cupcakes cool. While they were cooling, I used food coloring to make red, yellow and green bags of frosting. Red for the tomato, yellow for the cheese and green for the lettuce.
Once cool, I cut the tops of the cupcakes off (the muffin tops) to make hamburger buns.
I did the same with the chocolate cupcakes to make the hamburger patties, using just the muffin tops but making them a bit thinner.
On the grill and ready for the fixins’
I had my son put the “cheese”, “lettuce” and “tomato” (in that order) on the “hamburger patty”. He then put the bun on top. Tada! Our cheeseburger cupcakes! We put them in a hamburger basket to make them look pretty.
Adventures of Sweet Monday 