Earth Day Festival

 Today Sydney's Montessori school had an Earth Day Festival and it ended up being a perfect day.

The threat of rain loomed all morning but luckily it held off until the late afternoon and all of the kids were able to enjoy the events.

 Sydney enjoyed her organic strawberry popsicle.

Also, she is very serious about frozen treats.

 The face painting station was a big hit (as usual) and we waited about 30 minutes to get this kitty cat face drawn on that somehow morphed into a purple, glittered covered mythical cat. (Cheshire cat maybe?) She loved it and insisted that I not wash it off tonight. Her request was denied.

 We then planted some daisy seeds.

 Syd made a lovely twine, macaroni and paper butterfly necklace. Such concentration.

 Then it was on to painting on the Earth Day canvas which ended looking like graffiti by the end of it all.  

 Sydney's pink 'smiley' faces that she contributed to the mural.

Mommy & Syd in our matching t-shirts after a fun day celebrating the Earth. As Syd always tells me, 'Mother Earth is good to us, she makes the flowers grow.' Indeed my little tree hugger. 

DIY: PVC Sprinkler for the Kiddos

Inspired by a picture I saw on Pinterest, we decided to construct Sydney her own PVC Sprinkler/Waterfall to play in on the hot summer days we have here in Florida. This was a super easy project and very inexpensive. I think it took us maybe an hour and cost around $10.

We designed the sprinkler to be 5 feet tall by 4 feet wide. 

Here are the materials we used:

(3) 3/4" PVC pipes that we 10 feet long each.

8 oz. pack of purple primer & solvent cement (glue) 

(2) 90 degree 3/4" PVC elbows

(2) 3/4" PVC tees

(3) 3/4" PVC caps

(1) threaded hose connector

Drill with 3/16" drill bit

PVC pipe cutter

Measuring tape & pencil

Time to cut:

2 sections at 5' (just cut the 10' in half) - sides

1 section at 4' - top

4 sections at 18" - legs

Assembly:

Start with the legs on the bottom. 

Put the primer/glue on each end of the 18 inch sections and connect one side to each PVC tee. 

Then prime/glue the caps onto the 3 ends of the tee'd sections. Be sure to leave one end open for the hose connector.

 Prime/glue the threaded hose connector onto the last open end of the tee'd section.

Then prime/glue in each side 5' foot section as below.

 Prime/glue on one 3/4" elbow to each side section.

 Prime/glue the top 4' foot section to connect the two side panels together.

Then you can drill in the holes however far apart you want them. We did one every inch or so directly underneath and then we added some to each side.

 Have fun!