>> I am so so happy to see a new story in this set. <<

Yay!

>> I love the family bonding and all the emotions. <<

I'm glad it worked for you.

>> Mind jars I've never heard them called that in the infant toddler workshop they called them sensory bottles and we used dish soap or baby oil depending on what effect we wanted. <<

Oh, baby oil is a great idea. It's already thin enough to flow well but thick enough to suspend things, and cheap to buy in volume.