Painting summer

We crossed off another bucket list item today (yes, I totally add them retroactively): Homemade chalk paint! If I stretch it a little bit I could also call this a science and art lesson. Have you ever tried mixing cornstarch and water? It turns into something that's not quite liquid but not quite solid, and even though it's wet it dries instantly on the paintbrush. It was so neat that I sat on the driveway and painted long after the kids have given up. And once they started trying to splatter the paint I brought up Jackson Pollock. Catherine spent more than a few minutes debating how to tear her splatter creation off the pavement so she could sell it for a million dollars.