"rawr!"

Remember those sponge capsules from our childhood? You know, the capsules that, when put into warm water, expand into fun-shaped sponges? My Mom recently sent me some in a care package. I knew immediately that it would be a great afternoon activity with my boys. When we didn't have school at the end of last week, I took advantage of an afternoon libre to head down to their house with that and my camera in tow.

Once there, I told them I had a surprise for them and that they should sit down at the dinner table. "Are we going to eat something?" they asked. "No, but you do need your mug." "Are we going to drink something?" "No. You'll just have to wait and see!" I responded. With a little help from some older kids, we soon had 11 boys sitting and 11 mugs prepped. I then whipped out the packet of dinosaur capsules and said, "We're going to make dinosaur sponges!" They went absolutely crazy.

The next half hour was spent picking which color they wanted, screaming in excitement when their dinosaur would start to grow, asking what type of dinosaur they had, and splashing water all over the place as they ecstatically showed me their full-grown dinosaur. It was so adorable to see the joy on their faces and the brotherly interaction between them. At the end of the afternoon, each boy was bounding around the room making "rawr-ing" noises with dinosaur in hand. Thanks $1 section at Target for providing a wildly fun afternoon!