In which Feisty Pants is bored bored bored

                 Well now, we are well into our longer summer break.  Three weeks this year instead of two, and Feisty Pants is kind of done with it.  Sunshine is boring.  Rain is boring.  TV has gotten boring.  (Not enough spooky yet.)  Walks are now boring.  Goo is very boring.  I am the avatar of boring.  Hippie Pants works all the time so she is really boring.  And Dinky Pants just chases Cheweverything Pants around and that has gotten boring too. The only thing that is not yet boring are old videos from the eighties.  Apparently, the Beastie Boys are awesome.  And I am a liar liar pants on fire when I say I was a fan of them when I was a teen because I have never ever been that interesting. EVER.  Who am I trying to kid here?  I was born old and boring and  Feisty Pants is not fooled one bit by my lying shenanigans.
                    So, in order to try desperately to entertain the littlest rebel in the house I am back to scouring the interwebs for something educational and fun in order to provide at least enough brain stim to keep her from singing opera at three am. I have gotten desperate enough to let her sing but until you have heard a kid  with CP sing on both the exhale AND the inhale you have not really understood opera. The neighbors don't seem to understand opera at all at three am and want to know why we are strangling cats.  It gets a wee bit awkward.  To that end, here are three new activities I hope help to keep your feisty ones from breaking into arias in the wee hours of the morning.

1) Pumpkin cake (SUPER EASY)- this one has been making the rounds of FB as of late.  It looked easy so we tried it.  Feisty Pants gives it two thumbs up.

You will need- cake mix (yellow is probably better), 15 oz can of pumpkin.  That's it. 
     1) Mix the pumpkin into the cake mix  . Batter will be thick. 
     2) Spread in a greased  9x12 cake pan. Bake at 350 for about 35 minutes. 
     We sprinkled cinnamon and allspice on top because pumpkin SPICE dammit.  You might want a frosting.  (We didn't bother.)   

2) Bubble blowers- you will need some plastic soda  or water bottles, duct tape , stickers (optional), a large dish or pie tin, bubble liquid.  

     1) Have a grown up cut a straight line cut about halfway down the water bottle.  You are basically cutting the bottom half of the bottle off. (recycle or reuse the bottoms but keep the tops) 
     2) Wrap a piece of duct tape around the edge of the cut so it is not sharp.  The, kids can then decorate the bottle more duct tape or stickers or what have you.
     3)Pour bubble liquid in the dish.  Place the large opening into the liquid.  The kids can blow bubbles by blowing on the spout.  Repeat as necessary until fun ensues.

 3) Carbon dioxide balloons- you will need balloons, water/soda bottles, an ounce of water per bottle, a tsp of baking soda per bottle, lemon juice (or vinegar) and a straw. 

     1) Stretch the balloons out so they will inflate easier.  
     2) Add the water to the empty bottle, add the baking soda and stir with straw until dissolved. 
     3) Add lemon juice (or vinegar) and quickly cap bottle with balloon.