I love days when I get to do something special with Amara — like pick her up from school. I had one of those days a few weeks ago. Mommy had some place she had to be so lucky Grandma got to pick her up and bring her home. It was a beautiful afternoon so after a long game of tickle bug I let her change into shorts and go outside to play with chalk and the hose. She had a blast getting herself wet and of course I helped. I moved my car so that she could have lots of driveway to use as a chalkboard.
She loves getting herself and the chalk wet and drawing beautiful pictures. She keeps a plastic bowl full of water for dipping.
The chalk is much darker when it is wet and goes on heavier so that it is darker when it dries; and she loves to draw.
She had so much fun coloring with the chalk that she decided to color herself! And she decided to color herself blue. 
The pictures really don’t do her blue condition justice. At first she just colored the bottom of her feet in an attempt to make blue foot prints on the driveway.
Well that wasn’t enough so she colored her hands blue to make blue hand prints. It really brought out the blue in her eyes!
In coloring her hands she knelt down and now had blue knees! Then blue elbows, blue cheeks — blue ears! The blue chalk was everywhere. She used her blue hands to make her face blue.
That is what we were doing when Grandpa got home. Since it was starting to get chilly I talked her into a bubble bath. I didn’t think I would ever get all the chalk off of her. There will little blue foot prints from the front door to the bathroom! Grampy mopped them up while I dealt with Blue Girl! 
The bubble bath was lots of fun. She loves mixing different bath gels — maybe she will be a chemist! She did a science project in kindergarten so it is certainly possible.
We probably let her be just a bit more loud and crazy than Mom and Dad do — and she was! But that is what Grandparents are supposed to do. Let them have time to splash and play and be crazy. We’re just building memories!
You are so lucky to be just grandparents and let her do what she likes. We can do that for the other grandchildren but I feel like Tucker and Ben are cheated out of that with us since we have to be parents to them. There are times when we just do a grandparent thing with them to try and balance it all out. She is so adorable.
Hi Janet,
You’re right! We are very lucky. You’re playing 2 roles – Mom and Grandma and it can not be easy! You certainly have my respect. If I had to try and raise Amara full time I would be exhausted and I know we wouldn’t have nearly as much fun. But keep up the good work. You’re doing a wonderful thing for all of them. ~Kc
I’ll bet getting her hands all blue was the best park of that activity.
She did love having her hands blue and then being able to rub the blue everywhere else!
I wish I could have been there to see this! I’m sure she was so full of energy and having the time of her life!! She’s going to have some really fun memories of all these times with you guys!
Great pictures, Grama!!! xoxoxo
Sandy — I wish you could have been here, too! xoxoxo
What great pictures! She looks as if she is having the time of her life.
I didn’t know about using water with the chalk. I’ll have to try that with my little artists.
Thanks Susan! I think your little artists will have fun with it!
Since my “Wordless Wednesday” blog post involved sidewalk chalk, I had to put a link to your blog in my comments. I hope that’s okay!
Of course it is OK! Thank you for sharing my blog.
I was there – it was great. Greatest grandchild ever!!!!