B is for Bear and Counting to 3

Caden is 30 months

I don't remember where I got this from...sorry. Since we are talking about the number 3 I had them count out 3 marshmallows and then 3 toothpicks and showed them that they can stick the toothpicks inside the marshmallows and build something. They didn't build for long...they wanted to eat the marshmallows. lol

Train Puff Cloud Counting- I got this awesome idea from Teaching My Little Bookworm.
Here is the print off.

B is for Bear- Caden's picture

Zoe's bear

Zoe's number 3

Caden's number 3. I had them paint their number 3 and then add stickers that counted to 3.

Hannah coloring her bear.

Clifford Counts Bubbles- Sponge Stamping

Zoe making her sponge stamping.

Hannah had to try too!

Caden's sponge stamping.

With this activity we talked about the color and shape bubbles.

Clifford Counts Bubbles-Kitty Cats

Zoe, Caden's cousin wasn't too happy in this picture. Her whiskers kept falling off when she was holding up her cat to take the picture. :(

Caden's Kitty Cat. I guess I forgot to tell both of the kids to smile...they look sad. :( Then again they had snack right after they made their cat.

Bead Sorting

This is the way Hannha was bead sorting! lol

Caden did great but he was only interested in doing it 1 time. He said "Clean up" after he was done sorting. lol

Clifford Counts Bubbles- Popping Bubbles

My cutie!

Very focused!

Great hand-eye coordination!

Got these bubbles at the Target $ section! :) We also poured used the colored bubbles we made that earlier that day.

Love our High Five Magazine

Caden loves his High Five magazine we get in the mail each month. My best friend Elsie bought a subscription for Caden's birthday. Each month it has a fun recipe you can do with the kids, this month it was Maple-Cinnamon French Toast, the family loved it so much we had it two weekends in a row! Sorry I don't have a picture of it, everybody ate it up so fast!:)

Here is the Maple-cCnnamon French Toast Recipe
3 eggs
1 tablespoon of milk
1 tablespoon of maple syrup
1 teaspoon of cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon of vanilla

Mix the above ingredients with a whisk. Then put a slice of bread in the mixture. Heat 1 tablespoon of oil (or use cooking spray) in a large skillet over med. heat. Cook the bread for 1 1/2 minutes on each side or until golden brown. Then you have to add powdered sugar of course!:))

Melissa and Doug Stamping

Zoe stamping

Caden stamping

Hannah Stamping

B is for Bumblebee Craft

Zoe's Bumblebee

Caden's Bumblebee

Footprint Bumblebee- Our cousin Zoe stayed with us over night because her Mommy (my sister had her beautiful baby girl, I will post pictures) so she joined us learning about the letter B. We also sang the Bumblebee song.

Clifford Counts Bubbles- Bubble Wrap Painting

Day 3 Bubble Wrap Painting- I did this activity a little different than the directions. I cut shapes out of bubble wrap and had the kids paint their shape. Then they turned over their shape and pressed the paint side down on the paper and saw the bubbles on the paper.

Clifford Counts Bubbles- Bubbles

Circle sandwich- Bubbles are round

Bubble Paper-Add washable liquid paint to bubble solution to make a bright color. Blow bubbles onto white paper and the you will have colored bubbles. From The Itty-Bitty Bookworm.

We are also talking about the letter B. So we watched Bumble Bee Buzz Buzz. Got the idea from the awesome website The Home Teacher.

B is for Bubble Art.

Day 1 of The Itty-Bitty Bookworm Lesson- We talked alot about bubbles, the letter B, and circles. We have not gotten our book Clifford Counts Bubbles in yet...it has been so hard to find but we have used some other bubble books such as: Pop! A Book About Bubbles by Kimberly Brubaker and Bubbles, Bubbles by Kathi Appelt.

Fun at the Park

My daughter looks nothing like me...all her Daddy

I Love Adobe Lightroom2

Love this picture!!!!

Ohhhhh, my sweet little girl!

Family Photo

This is Hannah on our vacation to Corpus.

What a rare shot!!!

Ok, I need to explain with this photo! About every 2-3 months I get an itch to move furniture around. Apparently Caden watches me as I move things. So one day he decided that he would move things too. On this particular day Caden was very fussy because he was sick...so we did not care at all that he was moving all this stuff around in his playroom. We had a tent and a tunnel set up and he moved everything inside his tent and tunnel. lol

My husband bought Adobe Lightroom2 and he has done some really neat things to some of our photos. Just wanted to share.

Thank you Maw-Maw and Aunt Paula

Little People Learn about Town

Teamwork with Melissa and Doug Clock (Sorry Hannah doesn't have a shirt on but she kept pulling her arm out so i just took it off).

This was a big hit, the Hide n' seek eggs.

Noah's Ark

Hannah was so excited to get her Birthday presents from her Maw-Maw V and Aunt Paula. It was so sweet of them to let me pick out the toys online and have them mailed to the door. Here are some of the other toys that I wasn't able to get a picture of her playing with them because she has been sick this weekend.

Animal Toy Cottage

My First Wallet Toy

Little People Sing and Learn Delivery Truck.

Sensory Tub

Caden is currently 30 months

Not much has gone on this week with Tot School, but we are looking forward to a new week and will be discussing Bubbles!

Thank you so much Tara for sharing the ideas about the Sensory Tubs. I have the same issues as I am sure every Mom has when we are cooking dinner...the kids all of the sudden don't want to play with their toys...you don't want to resort to turning on the TV and they want to be in the kitchen and tend to be very fussy. So today I tried making a Sensory Tub with my son Caden. He practiced cutting and by the way he loved cutting straws. Then when it was time for dinner I put the wagon of straws out with measuring cups and a muffin pan so they could transfer the straws from one thing to the next. Ya, they were occupied for at least 30 minutes for me to put dinner in the oven. It was kind of a mess to clean up but I didn't care, as long as I could get dinner ready. Next time I may put something underneath them when they play for an easier clean up. Thanks again Tara

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!:)