Sorry!

Sorry I haven't posted much this week! It has been a crazy one. Both of the kids have been sick and also my computer crashed. So next week we should be back on track!:)

Dot Painting

Today I had Hannah Dot paint for the first time. She did it for about 1 minute and she wanted to play with the top of the dot paint lid. We will try again!

My Kids Two Obsessions This Week!

Of course, they have to do the same thing at the same time! In the back ground Hannah is screaming because she can not get the stroller to go in the right direction! lol

Hannah is 13 1/2 months old- Her obsession right now is pushing around anything that has wheels. It is so hilarious because she gets so frustrated when the stroller (for example) won't go the right direction but she continues to go back to it until she figures it out.

Soooooo cute!!!!

Going to push the lawn mower...and get frustrated...lol!

Caden's is 30 months old-His obsession is cutting. He is doing so good with it. I let him try and cut a couple of months ago but he could not figure out how to make the scissors move with just one hand. Now he's totally got it down!

Sorry about the underwear picture...potty training.

Red Rubber Ball- Paint a Soccer Ball

Painting a Soccer Ball- I cut pentagons and hexagons out of sponges. I made a circle on construction paper and Caden dipped his sponges in white or black paint and placed the sponges on his circle to make a soccer ball.

Potty Training Progress

Caden is now 30 months old and doing great with his potty training. He now goes to the potty in public places and not just at home. He maybe has an accident 1 time every 2-3 days.

The only problem we are having is bowel movements. We had a few bowel movements in the potty a couple of weeks ago and now he won't do it at all. So we are just going to be patient with him and give him some time and then we will focus on bowel training when he feels ready. So right now I will not pressure him because I know if I do he will totally resent it...that is the way Caden is. I will keep you posted on the progress.

Lost My Hardrive

For all you people out there that do not back up your computer....just warning you DO IT! My computer's hardrive crashed yesterday and I lost all of my documents. Thank God we got a new computer a couple of weeks ago and my husband transfered all of our pictures off the old computer and put them on the new one and we did not lose a single picture. How sad would that be to lose pictures of your kiddoes when they were itty bitty!:(((((

Great Fruit Snack without all the sugar

I found this fruit snack in the organic section at my Kroger store. It has 9 grams of sugar, organic, and has no gluten. The best part is Caden loved it!!!!! Doesn't that just make a mom so happy:) Enjoy! Let me know how your kids like it!

Magnetic letters

Caden is 30 months

Caden wanted to play with his magnetic letters so I instantly used this as a learning activity. I ran to get Caden's book Red Rubber Ball. I pulled out the letters ball and had him match the letters to the word ball on his book...just to see if he could put them in the correct order on his own. He almost got it!!! We had fun though!

Red Rubber Ball- Orange Basketball

Orange Basketball- We mixed red and yellow paint to make orange and used a clothespin and cotton ball to paint the basketball. Hannah has really been interested in everything we are doing lately. So I have decided to let her join in even though everytime it is sooooo messy. I should put them at the table and buckle them in their chairs but Daddy was home and we did it at the picnic table...next time.

Red Rubber Ball- Golf Ball Painting

Golf Ball Painting- We dipped the golf ball in red paint. Put it in a box with construction paper, rolled it around and watched as it created it's own painting. Caden looked to see what the ball was doing and then was done with the activity. Hannah looked too but grabbed the ball...ooppss!

Letter B

I had both of the kids put pom-poms on the letter B. Both kids loved it and they got to work together!

Red Rubber Ball- Sequencing

Sequencing- I printed out the picture story cards from the story Red Rubber Ball. We then flipped through the book and put the story cards order. Caden was so excited when we got to the end of the book and saw the dog!

Red Rubber Ball-Rolling and B for Bowling

B for Bowling

We are still reading Red Rubber Ball.  We decided to bowl since we are talking about balls.  

Transferring

Hannah is 13 1/2 months

Transferring buttons to one small circle container to the next. Look at those sweet little hands. :)))))))

Pouring craft jewels into the bucket. She sure is focused! lol

Transferring craft jewels from one bucket to the next.

Transferring jewels from a bucket to a heart ice maker container.

Transferring jewels from a small circle container to a heart ice maker container.

I got an empty season shaker and then I cute up straws. Hannah loved sticking the straws through the holes. Kept her entertained. I also used pipe cleaners.

Matching

Writing on a mini chalkboard.

Putting memory cards back in the container.

Matching memory cards in a mini pocket chart.

Matching lower case letters.

Bottle Activities with Hannah

Hannah writing on a mini chalk board.

I got this bottle idea from this great site...Little Hands, Big Work.

Hannah loves it. This time I used other objects for her to put in the bottle. Popsicle sticks, dominoes and pom-poms.

Red Rubber Ball-Rolling

Rolling- I had a variety of balls and Caden rolled them down a ramp.  When we raised the ramp we talked about if the ball would go faster or slower.

Red Rubber Ball-Tennis ball prints

Tennis ball prints- Get colored paint and dip a tennis ball in the paint.  Then throw it into a baby pool lined with paper.  What fun!