Rice Sand

John is still under-employed. We are still praying for a full time job with benefits. Wish list would be a challenging job he enjoys, one that his talents and skills would utilize, and a job that lets him be home on Sundays.
Meanwhile, we babysit, do what we can. Tuesdays are Hazel days! Last week I made play sand from dry-uncooked rice and pulled out measuring cups, big bowls to pour the rice into (and out of. That is why the sheet is on the kitchen floor, to keep it somewhat contained and easy to clean up and cook for dinner. Really. It boils-it's safe! My mom used to color the rice with food coloring, so we had green and blue and dark yellow and pink rice to play with).

The older kids had fun with it after school. They kept asking for more rice, and then started calling it their money and developed their own game with it.