Wordful Wednesday

Our First Sensory Tub

lentils popcorn sensory tub

I’ve seen Allie on No Time for Flash Cards do sensory tubs over and over, and I’ve never understood the draw.

They seemed messy and pointless.

They are messy…

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Making Paper Horses – An Easy Preschool Craft

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I found the most fabulous crafty blog. My favorite project so far has been the paper horses.

Ann Wood decorates them fabulously – with lace, feathers, paint, and all sorts of other media.

Around here, we concentrate on markers and crayons.

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Projects

my little painter

I like projects.

Grace likes projects, too.

Even Joe gets in on the project-making.

Sometimes, Grace’s projects turn out better than my own.

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A Saturday Afternoon

I’m pretty sure that Mom, in some language, means a comfy place to nap away Saturday afternoons.

If that’s not the case, my family has been misinformed.

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Heart-Shaped Pizza

Joe, Grace, and I recreated No Time for Flash Cards’ heart-shaped pizzas on Valentine’s Day. I love using cookie cutters to make unexpected food shapes, and we all loved eating these pizzas!

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Sitting and Spinning

Gracie found her Musical Sit ‘N Spin in her toy box this week. She’d didn’t remember it, so it was a brand new toy for her. She spun until I thought she should be dizzy. When she was done spinning, she beat it like a bongo drum. And then, she tried spinning atop the handle. [...]

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Fun for Kids at the Pennsylvania Farm Show

I’m not sure how it happened, but I managed to get zero pictures of the animals at the Farm Show this past weekend. I did, however, get lots of pictures of Gracie having fun. I’ve never before noticed play areas for kids at the Farm Show. I’m not sure if that’s because there weren’t any [...]

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Thomas the Train sets

As I mentioned a time or six before, Grace got a bunch of Thomas the Train stuff for Christmas. Most of it came from Santa and Mrs. Claus, but a few pieces came from my mom and sister. And Joe and I couldn’t resist ourselves and took Gracie shopping at a buy one , get [...]

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Grace’s Homemade Tutu

dancing in her homemade tutu

Do you remember the tutu I made for Grace’s second birthday? I convinced her to put it on one time, and it went into her closet (forever). I thought she’d forgotten about it. She hadn’t. Stop back tomorrow for the rest of the story. Happily submitted to Wordless Wednesday, 5 minutes for Mom, The Not-So-Blog [...]

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That Sweet Face

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I missed her sweet face SO much. So so so much. We spent all day Monday together, and I’ll tell you more about it tomorrow for Tell Me Thursday. Is that a cute dress or what? It’s a Go Natural Baby Zah organic dress, and MomMostTraveled gave it to me at BlogHer. Happily submitted to [...]

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