Block Painting

The Girl loves to paint. She really had fun with this little project. It was super easy to set up. I took yarn and wrapped it around wooden blocks, securing the ends with hot glue. She then dipped them in paint and stamped them onto her paper. It makes a really neat design.

A Day With Granny and G-pa

I'm a little late in getting this post up. We went over for our weekly lunch with Granny and G-pa. The kids always have so much fun while we are over there. My grandparents each have their own little thing that they say to the kids. The Girl is starting to pick up on them. She tells G-pa, "I want a smack!" (A kiss) And every time Granny hugs her, she gives a little shake and tells her, "I'm gonna shake your buttermilk." When The Girl heard we were going over there, she says, "Gonna see Granny, she gonna shake my buttermilk!"

Getting ready to eat spaghetti. 

He's going to have spaghetti too. 

 

He was so excited to drag that cane through the house with him while he crawled.

Playing in Granny's cabinets. 

 

Lately my grandpa has been working with me to make my children some beautiful wooden toys. I have all of these ideas, and we have been making something, just about every week while I am there. Be looking for blog posts when they are finished. On this particular project The Girl wanted to color too. 

 

She loves to go into the garage and look around. "I'm finding something." She will say. Here she is working on the tractor with the tire iron she found. 

 

Valentine's Sensory Bin

I brought out our very first themed sensory bin. It was HUGE hit! The Girl has played with many times this week. She's only allowed to play with it when Little Guy is sleeping, because it is full of little pieces. It gives us some great one on one time.

 This is what we have inside:

• Red colander (Dollar Tree)
• Silicone Heart Shaped Pan (Wal-mart $3.50 and the most expensive thing in the bin)
• Red and White scooper (Dollar Tree)
• Pipe cleaners (Dollar Tree)
• Mini heart boxes (Dollar Tree)
• Red, pink and white beads
• Red, pink and white buttons
• Heart shape cookie cutter
• White heart paper doilies
• Valentine erasers (Dollar Tree)
• Red and Pink heart cutouts with ABC's on them (1+1+1=1)
• Pink and White boxes (Staples Dollar Section)
• Pink and Red pom poms (Dollar Tree)
• Ribbon scraps

We also keep it all on a blanket. This insures that all the pieces get picked up and put away. 
 

 Scooping

 She dropped something down her shirt! 

 Checking it all out! She kept saying, "Oh WOW!!!"

 Putting the boxes in the pan. She noticed that they matched.

 All dumped out. 

 Putting small things in the heart boxes. 

She put a pom pom in her toes!

For a great answer on why sensory bins are so wonderful please check out this blog post; What's the point?

For other sensory bin ideas check out my Pinterest Board.

Bandaid Butterflies

I found this idea while on Pinterest. That place is seriously addicting! I thought it was really cute, and since The Girl in LOVE with bandaids, I thought it would be great for her. She loved it!

 They were eally simple to make. I used round paper doilies. Folded them accordion style and stuck them down with a bandaid. Added a face with wiggly eyes, and we were done. 

Such a silly girl! She played with that bandaid for the entire day!

Sort of an off week for us

We didn't do really any schooling this past week. Daddy was home with a knee injury all week, and it kind of threw the whole week off. I did take some pictures that I will share. Since we didn't really cover any of our "B" stuff, we will be repeating the letter again this week.

 I gave the kids a bubble bath with vapor bath. Little Guy was loving all of the bubbles!

 This girl LOVES her stickers!

 Wearing a visor upside down pushing a toy shopping cart! 

 They both liked playing with their basket of bugs. 

 

 Some of the school pictures we got. This is the only time she opened her book all week.

Digging for bugs.

 I've been teaching her how to smile with her teeth. She has such a sweet smile!

 My sweet boy! He is such a camera hog! He loves for me to take his picture.

 On one of Daddy's days at home, he was sitting and reading his nursing book. She crawled up into his lap and was asking about everything. Every time he told her something, her reply was, "Oh, I see."

 The Girl had an apple, and he found it. He gnawed on the apple all evening. By the time he was done, it was over half gone!

 I pulled out our very first sensory bin this week. The kids LOVED it! I didn't get too many pictures of the different things they were doing, but this gives you an idea of all the mess! :)

 We were fortunate to get a little outside time this week. He promptly sat down and "washed" the rocks! 

 More sensory bin time. 

 Little Guy is on a nebulizer right now. The girl loves to wear the mask at a hat! 

Working out with Daddy!

Reading her books.

My favorite picture! SPAGHETTI!!!!

Start of letter "B"

How the "school" area looks this week. 

  

 Weekly set up. 

Top of white shelves: "B" books

Top left: Bugs

Top right: Discovery bottle, Blue button roller

Bottom left: Balls

Bottom right: Crawl ball

Top of drawers: Cookie sheet with magnetic pom poms.

Top of green buffet: Library books

 Library books for the week. She LOVES the big book pictured in the top left corner. 

 "B" CD's. 

Letters and numbers DVD's.

Applesauce Muffins

The Girl LOVES to bake! She loves to put on her apron and pull up a chair to the counter. She's becoming quite the little helper. Always telling me, "No, Mommy, let me dooo it!" "I can do it!" Although for her love of baking, she doesn't really like to eat it. She's not much of a baked goods person. :)

 "What's in der Mommy?"

 A classic picture! Has to be my favorite!!!

 Liking off the applesauce.

Such a little ham!

Unfortunately, I forgot to take a picture of the muffins when they were done. They were super yummy though! 

Applesauce muffins

1/2 Cup sugar

1 1/4 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. cinnamon 

1/2 tsp. nutmeg

1/4 tsp. salt

1 1/2 Cup flour

2 Tbs. quick cooking oats

1 egg; lightly beaten

1 Cup unsweetened applesauce

1/2 Cup butter; melted

1 tsp. vanilla extract

1 Tbs. Sugar

Mix all dry ingredients except the 1 Tbs sugar. Set aside. 

Mix all wet ingredients; stir in dry mixture.\

Fill grerased muffin tins 3/4 full. 

Sprinkle with extra sugar.

Bake at 375* for 15-20 mins. 

Cool for 5 mins.

ENJOY!