Lets Make a Mess
When I was younger I remember making these little penguins out of pipe cleaners. I didn’t have either black or white pipe cleaners so I thought we could make other animals. We made an elephant, a frog, and a bird. (Here I made a pipe cleaner Chameleon). Elephant, Frog, and Bird Pipe Cleaner Animals Supplies: Pipe Cleaners, Crazy Eyes, glue Frog: First coil a green pipe cleaner loosely around a pencil.
Happy 4th of July! Tomorrow we are leaving for an 8 hour (probably 16 hour with a baby and a toddler) road trip. I think it’s going to be a long day. I am avoiding packing right now. We are going to visit my parents, my cousins, my aunt and uncle, my brother, and hopefully some friends too. I am a traveler at heart and I haven’t left Orlando (other
I love this ABC art. Alphabet Photography I decided that it would be a lot of fun to make my own and turn it into a little alphabet book for my 23 month old son Benjamin. (You can see all of the photos HERE) I think the theory is to find and take pictures of things that look like each letter. However, I wanted to make sure that the letters were
Yesterday was one of those days… One of those days where I realized at 5:00 pm that I hadn’t eaten a bite all day One of those days where Benjamin refused to nap One of those days where he was then fussy the rest of the day One of those days where I felt so tired all day and just wanted a break One of those days when I went
This is a really simple craft/activity for a toddler. Benjamin and I did this together a few days and he was able to help count along with most of the numbers. He also knows the numbers 1-10 now by sight so he would point at a cup and say the number. He did however eat some of the goldfish in the middle of the activity. 🙂 All you need is
I got this photo book for Lyla and Benjamin from Target. Each page has a different color border and tab. So I decided to put pictures of the two of them in there and make each page about a different color. It is fun for Lyla to see pictures of herself and her brother. Benjamin also LOVES looking at pictures on the computer or photo albums. I’m afraid though that
It’s possible that I take too many pictures. I want to capture every moment, every expression, every cute thing my babies do. As I am learning all too well, babies grow up fast. The strange thing is, I don’t always enjoy looking through old pictures of Jam and Lyla right now. It makes me sad. I look at these pictures of Benjamin from the hospital and don’t even recognize that
Download and print the google document version of the color by numbers here. One of our favorite children’s book characters is Elmer the Patchwork Elephant. I want to encourage my kids to love books so I especially enjoy artwork or crafts that tie back to books we read. Elmer and the Lost Teddy, Elmer’s Special Day (Elmer Books), Elmer and Rose (Elmer Books) Kids Preferred Elmer the Patchwork Elephant Bean Bag Toy
So last Thanksgiving all of my family was in town and we decided to go shopping on Black Friday. This was overwhelming enough since Grant had to work, and we were bringing along my Grandmother who had broken her neck about 6 months before. Also, I was bringing Benjamin my 15 month old, who was still refusing to walk at this point. Also, I was very pregnant and my due
“People who say they sleep like a baby usually don’t have one” – Leo J. Burke I’ve found that every since Lyla was a few weeks old, the one question everyone would ask is “is she sleeping through the night?” This may seem like an odd question, but to any parent who has been there, there is nothing more incredible than that first night your baby sleeps until the sun
