Brad has the majority of the day off today...woo hoo! We had a fun weekend full of soccer games, church and then realxing at home today. The girls LOVE it when daddy is home to play with them. Lots of tickling, wrestling and having fun!!
Morgan is starting to pull up on stuff! Mallory loves it when Morgan gets in her bed with her after naptime. So, I usually oblige (plus it keeps Morgan occupied during diaper changes!). Well, look at her new trick! She is even better at it now (this was a couple weeks ago). She can pull up on almost anything now to her knees! And crawling is literally just around the corner. She gets up on her knees really well and just smiles and rocks like crazy! Look out world, here comes the spaz (That term is affectionately used, don't worry! She's just soooo much more active than Mallory was at her age)!!
Mallory was kind of going crazy right before lunch (kept asking for a video over and over and over and over...I knew she was bored!), so I decided to do a little impromptu craft! Amanda, I totally got this idea from you! I got a couple of old Parenting magazines, a glue stick, construction paper and scissors. I asked Mallory to find "red" things. So, she casually flipped through the magazine and then would yell "I see red!" I would tear the page out, cut out the object and put them in a pile. After she got bored with that, we glued them onto construction paper. The first time I let her pick out the color (hence the orange construction paper for red objects), then it dawned on me to do a red theme. So, we glued the objects onto the paper and then I wrote RED at the top. She LOVED it! After she named all the objects and spelled out RED, she asked to do green. So, we did the same thing for green...except this time I got green construction paper:)
I've been talking to all of my friends about how and what to do for arts/crafts at Mallory's age. Everyone has said how easy learning is, just do something easy and fun, be creative..blah, blah:) Well, I guess they are right! I didn't know if she would really enjoy this, but it was great! She identified all the objects (even stripes, polka dots, boys, girls etc.), spelled the name of the color, counted all the objects and had a ball doing it! We will be finishing out the rest of Roy G. Biv this week!! (By the way, I know I am a dork for remembering Roy G. Biv from like 4th grade, no need to tell me!!)
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I am right there with ya! I've been trying to occupy Miss Ella all the time. We have started working on cutting paper with kid size scissors....she calls them "snips". Anyway, it does amaze me what interests her. Most of the blogs I read now are from creative mommas. I've been trying to come up with things on my own, but have found I steal ideas from other blogs instead. Ha! I'm going to have to steal yours now. :) Oh, about Roy G. Biv, I haven't forgotten him either, I actually drew a rainbow for Ella the other day and made sure to talk about good ol' Roy. Wished you still lived here so we could be doing artsy craftsy things together for our kiddos!
Look at you! Sounds like fun. I can't wait to see them both again sometime.
Sooooo cute! I absolutely LOVE the picture of them in Mal's bed. And what a great idea with the craft thing. They love that kind of thing...
That Mallory is one smart chick!
It's wise to get her coordinating colors and such so she can help with sewing/redecorating projects soon!
So fun! I'll have to remember these things for when I have kids! Hope you guys are doing well! Tell Brad congrats on his games this weekend... mom told me about them... sounds like they did really well!!! Love ya'll!
I love the teacher in you!!!
Sounds like a fun project.
That sounds fun! I'll have to try with Brady. Funny that I too remember Roy G. Biv! Whatever works, right? Very cute picture of them with Morgan just peeking over!
I'm so flattered that you got an idea from me!!! I'm SO not "that mom." You know, the one that does all kinds of educational crafty things with their kids. So thanks for stealing an idea from me!!!
Thats such a cute little idea.. my daughter just turned 3 and I think even she would love this.. thanks :D
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