Beach Trip, day 5
Today, our summer beach trip drew to a close, and that meant we spent the morning doing a couple more art projects, and trying one of the activities in the Candy Experiments book that Grandma Sue got for the kids. We observed what happens when Skittles are left in water (their letter S’es really do float right off, and their colors sink to the bottom! While Brandon did the majority of the packing, I helped both kids complete their Melissa & Doug sticker art projects, which are very...
Read MoreKendall’s Creations
We finally received our long-awaited pick-a-brick order from Lego.com–I’d had a plan for a Valentine surprise, but underestimated the shipping time for a custom order! But, even though it was late, Kendall and I had fun making a Lego rose and cute message to surprise the boys with after swimming lessons! I had also purchased some lightsaber elements, and Kendall thought those were just awesome! She made a quadruple-decker lightsaber and was quite proud of herself! We also...
Read MoreBrian’s Wooden Cars
Today, Brian and I finished up some work on his wooden cars! The stickers are a lot of fun (although they don’t adhere as well as we’d like!) Brian is mostly just glad that the cars are dry, the wheels still turn, and he can play with them. 🙂 We also did an early Valentine activity, making some magnets that look like frosted cookies! They started out as a typical foam sticker sort of craft, but painting the whole thing with glue and then dousing it with glitter made things...
Read MoreLunch with Kendall, plus Thanksgiving Crafts
Kendall’s class invited family members to come in for lunchtime today, and since Brian had the day off from school, I thought it would be fun to bring him along. Brandon helpfully made lunches for all three of us, so we were ready! Kendall was very happy to see us, and Brian felt pretty special to be in attendance as the big brother. We enjoyed our lunch at the tiny toddler-sized table, and stayed until naptime. Kendall resisted her nap mat some (shocker!) but her teacher helpfully...
Read MoreBrian’s Cool Cat
Today Brian drew a picture of a “cool cat”–cool, because he’s wearing sunglasses. Brian even labeled it, writing the words by himself! He explained the arrow by saying he wanted everyone to know it’s the cat that is cool. 😉 Brian makes cool artwork almost every single day, but this cat today just tickled...
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