Phoebe turns 5

Phoebe's birthday is actually tomorrow, but we celebrated it today. She had a great time painting birdhouses with her friends!
We got them at Michael's Craft Store for $1 each. The kids were totally focused for about 45 minutes.
Then they ate cupcakes.

All-in-all, a pretty great day!

Painting

We made paint today.
Being 4, Phoebe makes messes, puts stuff in her mouth, feeds it to the dog ... you get the idea. So I wanted cheap, nontoxic paint with bright colors and easy to clean up.

Enter milk paint! I mixed 1/2 cup milk with 6 tbsp powdered sugar. Then I poured it into an ice cube tray to add the color. I used gel food coloring, and as you can see the colors are fantastic!