Muffin tins

My muffin tins are getting a lot of action in the last couple of weeks, too bad there aren't any actual muffins in them. You might remember we made play dough muffin last week. I was trying to get some laundry folded and put away so I came up with this idea for him to play with in the hall. He loved taking the balls out and rolling them to me. As I ran around the house putting laundry away I would roll the balls back to him. Little Loaf and Freckle Foot found this in the morning and they liked playing with it too. Little Loaf turned the muffin tin upside down and put the balls under it and it looked like it was floating. Who needs toys when you have mom's kitchen tools.

Finding her currency

Since the start of our summer vacation Freckle Foot has been giving me some attitude. We got her a alarm clock that turns green when she can come out of her room in the morning. This was suppose to help keep her in her room until 7:15am. She wakes up around 6am every morning. That is just too early for me to be functional and dealing with the demands of children. I still wake up at 6 am but I have to have a shower and some food before I see my children. Everyday we were battling in the morning and at nap time for her to stay in her room. Then the light bulb went on for me. She had been asking for computer time this summer. She loves to play on the Starfall website. I told her if she stays in her room until her clock turns green and gets dressed in the morning she can earn some computer time. Well that has made all the difference in the world. I don't hear a peep out of her anymore. Although today Teeny Bean (my best friend from high school) was watching the kids during quiet time while I did some grocery shopping. Freckle Foot and Little Loaf got out of their rooms and started playing together. Freckle Foot lost her computer time in the afternoon. She was really bummed. I am sure tomorrow if I hear Little Loaf get up and go in her room she will tell him to go away she wants her computer time.

Weaving

Freckle Foot is very interested in learning how to sew/knit like Mommy. I saw this weaving project on Our Day Our Journey blog and thought she would really like it. She loved it! She sat on my lap and worked on it till she had to go to Ballet. When she came home she got right back to work. I only did 4 lines for her to weave I thought she needed to see quick progress. We made this project into a bracelet.

Freckle Foot said she wanted to make one for all her friends this summer. She asked if she could make them in different colors, she knows I have a stash of yarn. She picked out yellow, pink, black and a variegated green yarn for her next project. Her enthusiasm is waning a little bit but she is still interested.

New outdoor fun

Thanks to Grandma we have a new outdoor activity shooting hoops. I have had this in the basement hiding for a while. Waiting for the day when the kids were restless and I needed to get a few things done inside. Today was that kind of day.

Wee One flour fun

The other night I was trying to get dinner made but L had to work late so I was on my own. Wee One kept pulling on my legs and wanting my attention so I weighed my options. Give him something messy to do so I could get dinner or put him in the backpack. As you can see I chose the messy option. Thinking I had come up with another brilliant way to use my art tray's from Lakeshore I tossed a little flour on the tray for him. Well he had other plans. He immediately dumped all the flour on the floor then used the tray to push it everywhere. Wee One had a great time and I did get dinner made. It was worth the clean up.

Freckle Foot's Happy Place

We went to the beach, not Freckle Foots favorite place. However we did find her happy place.  She loved the Carousel. She was so excited she could hardly contain herself, she leaned over and hugged me and told me she loved me all the while giggling and shaking with excitement.

Now all she talks about is riding the horses. I think we are going to make some trips to local Carousels. I have never seen Freckle Foot so happy before. It brought up tears for me to see her so happy.

Flour Fun

This is one of Little Loaf's first high chair activities. I had that bag of flour left over that Freckle Foot play with while I did my Christmas baking.

Both the kids were very content. In the end,  I just patted them down to get the flour off and swept the deck. We all enjoyed this activity.

Baby Activity

We got this container with rings from our neighbor. There were only a couple of rings that came with the toy and Little Loaf wanted to do more. I rounded up all the baby food lids I could find. This is one of his favorite activities.

Our first Picnic- In February?

Well this is another late post. We had a beautiful stretch of weather a few weeks ago that I decided we had to have a picnic on the deck. Freckle Foot has been refusing to wear shoes outside even in February.

The kids were able to play in the sandbox for a while. Little Loaf really enjoyed playing with the sandbox for the first time. There was lots of sand in the bottom of my tub that night.

Hot Chocolate

 

Freckle Foot's first hot chocolate. Both the kids were sick but they were going stir crazy in the house. We took them to the park for a little while and Freckle Foot was cold when she got back. I decided it was time for some hot chocolate with marshmallows. It was a huge hit. Probably not my best idea right before dinner but boy, is Mom fun.