I love this website. Has simple craft ideas that I plan on trying with my son.
http://www.allkidsnetwork.com/crafts/summer/
Lately the only crafts my son has wanted to do is finger painting and stringing beads to make necklaces. He'd rather be outdoors, blowing bubbles and playing in the sprinkler :) He has shown less interest in playing in the sand than he did yesterday, but I think a couple days at the beach will cure that.
My son has been learning about water. We watched a thunderstorm approach the other day. We sat on the patio, listened to the thunder, watched the lightning, and felt the rain. When the wind picked up we went inside and continued watching through an open window. What a great experience. Other days I've given him the water hose and he's had fun watering the plants, and the sidewalk and the stairs. He is amazed when the water "disappears." Over the winter we did some colour mixing, blending the primary colors to make secondary colours, and he remembers that vividly and occasionally asks to do it again. I followed that with mixing paints, and with Playdo (took lots of mixing but in tiny pieces it worked wonderfully).
My daughter loves water too. Yesterday was a rainy day so we went outside right as the rain was ending. She played with the water falling from the eaves trough, watched me fill a dish up from the trough and water the plants, and then we went for a walk where she was thrilled to play in the mud puddles. Then we went home and she went straight into the bath tub. She discovered that lying down on her back is an interesting experience, especially if the water covers her ears. She'd lay back (while holding my hand so she could get up) and sit up, over and over again. this is something my son would never do. I drained some water out of the tub to make it safe, and she was able to just lie back in the water, very happy. I just need to watch that she doesn't do this again when there is lots of water in the tub.
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Monday, July 5, 2010
June 2010 update
There were lots of events that happened in June.
-We went to the Children's festival, which the kids enjoyed. There was a pirate ship side, cotton candy, crafts, and other activities, including a fire truck that the kids could climb into.
-The next day was my birthday. Took the kids to Blackfalds parade (so nice of them to throw the parade on my birthday!) and then met up with my friend Cathleen and her mom. Cathleen came back to Red Deer and spent the night, we had a great time catching up.
-Jeff went to Denver for a couple days for business. The business continues to do well. Jeff has spent much of the past week at home with a chest cold, which he's passing onto me. We're not sure if this is the same thing that the kids had earlier this month or something new, either way it sucks.
-Charly's "Terrific Tots" course has ended. Unfortunately for the last week Charly had too bad of a cough so he missed the swimming session. The other weeks he played games, did crafts, sang songs, etc. Next week he goes for gymnastics for an hour each day - I hope he likes it.
-Sarah got 2 eye teeth on the bottom, and started talking lots. Words she says include "all done", ball, balloon, bubbles, up, down, bottle, blankie, Mama, Dada, more, please and animal noises. She has a clear understanding of the words "outside" and "wall" from the trips to the playground.
-Sarah turned 18 months old so she got another round of immunization needles, which she didn't like. she has barely gained any weight, but her height and head are growing okay. This month she demonstrated that she can put on shoes, climbed into tub, take off her PJs, and go down the slide in our back yard all by herself. I can now put her on a swing by herself and doesn't usually fall off.
-My friend Jenni got married so I attended her beautiful wedding while Jeff took the kids out to Gull Lake for the Anderson family get-together. I joined them later that evening and we all slept in the motorhome for this first time this year.
-Lorna and Doug went to Russia
-I took the kids to our old neighbours' kids' (twins) birthday party at Rotary Park.
-We took a trip to Rocky to my brother's to celebrate my Dad's birthday and my nephew's high school graduation. It is funny that it would rain all week but magically clear up for the wedding and parties - can't complain!
-Charly has grasped the concept of reading and is thrilled to be able to start reading books all by himself. It is just amazing watching the literary world open up for him. One day he even tried to read to Sarah - not like she was interested, but it was still cute. Charly is a little sponge, soaking up language skills constantly, and then tries phrases out to see if they are correct, like when he announced one night that supper was "marvelous". He's good at pedaling his tricycle and loves to blow bubbles.
-At the beginning of the month I had started introducing goat's milk into Sarah's diet. After about a week of having it mixed into her bottle, she started having vomiting episodes. Stopped the goat's milk and the vomiting stopped. Waited a few days then started with hemp milk instead. It only took 2 days for the vomiting to return, stopped the hemp milk, but the vomiting continued. She went back to having to strain to poop, her poop turned colors, and she became lethargic and cranky. We've spent the past week wondering each day if she'd need to go back to the hospital or not, but she has gradually become better. Her appetite is now back and so is her energy. We've had to give her enemas all week but they have worked. She has not liked them one bit and is now freaking out at diaper changing time. She has thrown some amazing temper tantrums over the last week, showing off her temper and stubbornness. We've even brought out her old baby swing, which she still fits into, for her to swing in to help soothe her.
-I've spent lots of time weeding the rocks and flowerbeds around the house, and I'm barely half done. I usually only get to do this while Sarah's napping and Charly plays nearby outside, so progress has been slow but stead. Each time I go out I seem to come back inside with new mosquito bites - they are thick and vicious this year! I've also managed to finally find the energy to get the kids' baby books done (first year) and our wedding album. Follow the links below to see them :) I've also done a bit more genealogy work, which I've missed doing, but is hard to get into when the kids are always distracting me.
Albums:
Sarah:http://app.picaboo.com/WebView/Project.aspx?clientID=c67a6d89583574e8f0e3e4089d090410&version=20432 Charly:http://app.picaboo.com/WebView/Project.aspx?clientID=6721259d67bef3a03cd701104944b8f6&version=20431
wedding:http://app.picaboo.com/WebView/Project.aspx?clientID=2017832c00f73a043cddc7ab1f446eac&version=20433
Photos:
http://picasaweb.google.ca/snowite73/201006#
http://picasaweb.google.ca/snowite73/201006AndersonReunion#
http://picasaweb.google.ca/snowite73/JenniYogiWedding#
Videos:
Sarah laughs at toy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mr1I0FS898o
Charly pushes Sarah on swing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmPO0slfvk4
Sarah talking http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdGY5p0rPIQ
bath time http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgqHy_moR7Q
kids at gull lake http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YB3sNVR56s8
Kin Kanyon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWiOf1yIoPM
swinging on swings http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTC_4xF9_h0
-We went to the Children's festival, which the kids enjoyed. There was a pirate ship side, cotton candy, crafts, and other activities, including a fire truck that the kids could climb into.
-The next day was my birthday. Took the kids to Blackfalds parade (so nice of them to throw the parade on my birthday!) and then met up with my friend Cathleen and her mom. Cathleen came back to Red Deer and spent the night, we had a great time catching up.
-Jeff went to Denver for a couple days for business. The business continues to do well. Jeff has spent much of the past week at home with a chest cold, which he's passing onto me. We're not sure if this is the same thing that the kids had earlier this month or something new, either way it sucks.
-Charly's "Terrific Tots" course has ended. Unfortunately for the last week Charly had too bad of a cough so he missed the swimming session. The other weeks he played games, did crafts, sang songs, etc. Next week he goes for gymnastics for an hour each day - I hope he likes it.
-Sarah got 2 eye teeth on the bottom, and started talking lots. Words she says include "all done", ball, balloon, bubbles, up, down, bottle, blankie, Mama, Dada, more, please and animal noises. She has a clear understanding of the words "outside" and "wall" from the trips to the playground.
-Sarah turned 18 months old so she got another round of immunization needles, which she didn't like. she has barely gained any weight, but her height and head are growing okay. This month she demonstrated that she can put on shoes, climbed into tub, take off her PJs, and go down the slide in our back yard all by herself. I can now put her on a swing by herself and doesn't usually fall off.
-My friend Jenni got married so I attended her beautiful wedding while Jeff took the kids out to Gull Lake for the Anderson family get-together. I joined them later that evening and we all slept in the motorhome for this first time this year.
-Lorna and Doug went to Russia
-I took the kids to our old neighbours' kids' (twins) birthday party at Rotary Park.
-We took a trip to Rocky to my brother's to celebrate my Dad's birthday and my nephew's high school graduation. It is funny that it would rain all week but magically clear up for the wedding and parties - can't complain!
-Charly has grasped the concept of reading and is thrilled to be able to start reading books all by himself. It is just amazing watching the literary world open up for him. One day he even tried to read to Sarah - not like she was interested, but it was still cute. Charly is a little sponge, soaking up language skills constantly, and then tries phrases out to see if they are correct, like when he announced one night that supper was "marvelous". He's good at pedaling his tricycle and loves to blow bubbles.
-At the beginning of the month I had started introducing goat's milk into Sarah's diet. After about a week of having it mixed into her bottle, she started having vomiting episodes. Stopped the goat's milk and the vomiting stopped. Waited a few days then started with hemp milk instead. It only took 2 days for the vomiting to return, stopped the hemp milk, but the vomiting continued. She went back to having to strain to poop, her poop turned colors, and she became lethargic and cranky. We've spent the past week wondering each day if she'd need to go back to the hospital or not, but she has gradually become better. Her appetite is now back and so is her energy. We've had to give her enemas all week but they have worked. She has not liked them one bit and is now freaking out at diaper changing time. She has thrown some amazing temper tantrums over the last week, showing off her temper and stubbornness. We've even brought out her old baby swing, which she still fits into, for her to swing in to help soothe her.
-I've spent lots of time weeding the rocks and flowerbeds around the house, and I'm barely half done. I usually only get to do this while Sarah's napping and Charly plays nearby outside, so progress has been slow but stead. Each time I go out I seem to come back inside with new mosquito bites - they are thick and vicious this year! I've also managed to finally find the energy to get the kids' baby books done (first year) and our wedding album. Follow the links below to see them :) I've also done a bit more genealogy work, which I've missed doing, but is hard to get into when the kids are always distracting me.
Albums:
Sarah:http://app.picaboo.com/WebView/Project.aspx?clientID=c67a6d89583574e8f0e3e4089d090410&version=20432 Charly:http://app.picaboo.com/WebView/Project.aspx?clientID=6721259d67bef3a03cd701104944b8f6&version=20431
wedding:http://app.picaboo.com/WebView/Project.aspx?clientID=2017832c00f73a043cddc7ab1f446eac&version=20433
Photos:
http://picasaweb.google.ca/snowite73/201006#
http://picasaweb.google.ca/snowite73/201006AndersonReunion#
http://picasaweb.google.ca/snowite73/JenniYogiWedding#
Videos:
Sarah laughs at toy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mr1I0FS898o
Charly pushes Sarah on swing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmPO0slfvk4
Sarah talking http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdGY5p0rPIQ
bath time http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgqHy_moR7Q
kids at gull lake http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YB3sNVR56s8
Kin Kanyon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWiOf1yIoPM
swinging on swings http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTC_4xF9_h0
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