tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88247338018802200602024-02-02T00:07:35.452-08:00wife mumma lifejuanitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04558068214158109497noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8824733801880220060.post-13917126411813007822014-07-07T04:24:00.001-07:002014-07-07T05:01:21.948-07:00The Wife Mumma Life Activity & Photo Challenge - May 2014<div class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">1. <b>Crayons</b> - <span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" style="font-size: x-small;" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">the
good old black crayon scratch drawings from Primary School days. Last
time I did this was just a few years ago with a prep class, and they
loved it, so I knew my boy would enjoy discovering the rainbow colors as
he scratched the black away...and he did! </span></span></span></div>
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<b>Alphabet fun</b> - <span style="font-size: x-small;">we searched high and low for items to represent each
letter of the alphabet, as we recited it over and over. Although he
knows the letters, he can't read, so I sounded out each letter and gave
him options to choose from.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<b>The weather today</b> - <span style="font-size: x-small;">Dressing to suit the weather was our take on
today's prompt. It's sunny but cool and breezy today. Not quite jumper
weather, but long sleeves for sure. So, we traced around my son's body
and we then glued fabric to our new little friend to dress him to suit
the weather today. It was a big project but he mostly stayed interested.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<b> Tape resist painting</b> - <span style="font-size: x-small;">we've done this activity a few times before but
with much more simple tape designs, so I decided to put a little more
effort into this one. He was excited when he saw it was a robot...and
even more excited as we removed the tape to reveal the end product.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<b>Bubbles</b> - <span style="font-size: x-small;">We played with bubbles as he had an early dinner picnic on
the driveway after Kindy. (Mumma made soup, but accidentally added too
much hot pepper for him too eat it.....so, he got hot chips!)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<b>Fabric fun</b> - <span style="font-size: x-small;">I purchased some fabric pens and we've been itching to use
them. On the way to Kindy I reminded him to have a think today about
what he wanted to draw on his t-shirt. On the way home from Kindy he
told me he wanted draw a picture of me, daddy and himself at the
beach....but once he started it turned into a snowman....Olaf, of
course!! ....and some rainbow snow.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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Shaving cream</b> - <span style="font-size: x-small;">Last night while I was trying to sleep I was thinking
about today's activity and 'cupcakes' popped into my head. I knew my boy
would love my idea! He sees his Mumma making real cupcakes all the
time. I colored half the shaving cream green (for frosting) and left the other
half white (for batter) and popped them into piping bags. I then got a
cupcake tray out and put a variety of sprin<span class="text_exposed_show">kles
in it for him to use to decorate...and on a tray I set out a collection
of cupcake cups. He then filled the cups with the 'batter' and then
'frosted' the cupcakes. Next came the most exciting part to him,
eating the sprinkles....I mean decorating with the sprinkles!!! He was however, a little
disappointed he couldn't eat the resulting shaving cream cupcakes! At
bath time he's going to smash them in the tub, just for fun!!! </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<b>Cardboard rolls</b> - <span style="font-size: x-small;">I asked him what he wanted to make and he decided on a
dinosaur. Green, of course!! I used the hot glue gun and he told me
what to glue where. We painted it all white and then green, then added
the eyes. He did an amazing job with the painting, was very careful and
patient. He loves his new dino, and took it with him to Kindy for Show and Share. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span class="text_exposed_show"><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">9. <b>{Color Hunt} Orange</b> - <span style="font-size: x-small;">Collecting all things orange, always a fun activity in this house!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<b>Sunshine</b> - <span style="font-size: x-small;">we sang the song "You are my sunshine, my only sunshine. You
make me happy when skies are grey..." He painted a sun on his bread
with a milk and food coloring mix, before we toasted it and he ate it.
He played in the sunshine at a friend's birthday party, and made a paper
plate sun as we talked about all the things we need sunshine for.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<b> Ice play</b> - <span style="font-size: x-small;">although the ice melted way too fast on this occasion, we
tried to balance the penguin on the it. We tried big bits of ice and
little bits of ice, but they were all too unstable. He had fun trying
though. But then, apparently, the polar bear ate the poor penguin. Sorry
penguin.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<b> Bottle caps</b> - <span style="font-size: x-small;">yesterday's activity finally completed today. A rattle
stick!...well, that's what we're calling it! I did the tricky bits, but
he flattened the bottle caps. Boy + hammer.....what could go wrong???!!!
Fortunately, nothing! He actually did very well.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<b>Glue </b>- <span style="font-size: x-small;">watercolors + glue + salt. The photo was taken before the glue
dried clear. He enjoyed the painting as always but adding the glue and
salt added something different to experiment with. To be honest this didn't work quite as i imagined, however it was still fun to do.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<b> {feature creature} zebra</b> - <span style="font-size: x-small;">I did the basic outline of the zebra and my clever little
boy added the stripes. Turned out pretty cute if you asked me?! We also
watched a movie about a zebra. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<b>Bubble wrap </b>- <span style="font-size: x-small;">we created the patterned paper by rolling paint onto the
bubble wrap and pressing it onto the paper, then we realised the pattern
resembled fish scales so we made a fish with the paper! We filled the
fish with stuffing to puff it out and stapled around the edges, then
added the tail and fins with more of the paper.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<b> Sticks and Stones</b> - <span style="font-size: x-small;">some free play with sticks and stones. It was
great to leave him be and let his imagination run free. He built towers
and knocked them down, set up a campfire with felt fire and felt sticks
and stones and listened to the sounds different rocks made as they
clashed together. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<b>Footprints</b> - <span style="font-size: x-small;">although technically pawprints, we went searching in the
bushland for wild animal tracks. We found kangaroo tracks, a variety of
dog prints and bird prints, however none were very clear so we ended up
casting a fresh print that our dog Shiloh left. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<b>Paint with water</b> - <span style="font-size: x-small;">he was not well today and not much into this
activity, I sat with him and encouraged him, but it didn't really help,
so I painted a little as he circled me on his scooter and watched. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<b>Feathers</b> -<span style="font-size: x-small;"> it was a big ask with him still not 100% well, but I thought
it would be fun to make a headdress. I made the band and he picked out
the little bear for the front, glued the side decorations down and then
sorted through the feathers and stuck them on. It took a lot of
encouragement and patience, but we got it done! He looks so adorable in
it!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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today. I encouraged him to draw a picture but he decided that random
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<b> Nature Collage</b> - <span style="font-size: x-small;">we went for a walk in the bushland behind our house to collect sticks,
bark, dirt and leaves for our picture. He decided where everything went
in the collage and I helped out with the glue. He then added the
plaster cast dog and cat paw prints. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<b>Clothes peg craft</b> - <span style="font-size: x-small;">we made beautiful butterflies with clothes peg
bodies. This was so simple and the end result is just gorgeous!! The
wings are a single sheet each of paper towel/kitchen roll and the
antennae are small pipe cleaners. I pre-dampened the paper towel and using
wet watercolor paint or you could use food coloring, he dotted and
swiped the paint all over the paper. We then used a ha<span class="text_exposed_show">irdryer
to speed up the drying process, (we were too impatient to wait for it to dry naturally) we folded the paper like you would a paper
fan and pegged the body on also pegging the curled antennae. A simple
spreading of the wings and your done! He's been flying them around the
house since....and landing them on my nose as I've been trying to type
this!! Hehe</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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Pet rock</b> - <span style="font-size: x-small;">it's amazing how a bit of glue, googly eyes, a shell hat and
a chalk smile can transform a rock into a new pet! I love that he chose
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stashed away was gone...probably emptied into the sandpit months
ago...and since spread throughout the backyard by the child who for some
reason cannot keep sand in a sandpit! (it's not just mine that does that, right?? Hehe.)<br /> So, I had to come up
with a new plan, fast!!! Semolina? Sure, why not? I used the recipe
below (at half amounts) with some small changes....<br /> <br /> </span><span class="text_exposed_show"><span style="font-size: x-small;">MOON SAND (1/2 mix)<br /> 2 cups of Sand (in my case Semolina)<br /> 1 cup corn flour/corn starch<br /> 1/2 water<br /> 2 tbsp colored powder paint (I didn't add any color, didn't need to)<br /> And a whole lot of glitter!!<br /> <br /> I had to add an extra 1/4 cup of water as the Semolina soaked up some water, where sand wouldn't do that.<br /> It worked!!!!!! And would be a great mix for babies as it's entirely safe WITHOUT THE GLITTER OR PAINT!!!<br /> My son loved it, played in it for quite a while, making Olafs, and melting (smashing) them over and over.</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />I've made the first of what I hope to be many little picture quotes. <br />I love to add uplifting and encouraging quotes (my own words and the words of others) to my facebook page because lets face it who doesn't need a little sunshine <br />every now and then?<br /><br />p.s. How cute is my little boy?......I know, He's VERY cute!! <br />He's grown a little since this photo, but still just as cute. </span></span></div>
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juanitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04558068214158109497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8824733801880220060.post-3151995607696239682014-04-30T06:19:00.000-07:002014-04-30T06:19:43.436-07:00The Wife Mumma Life Activity & Photo Challenge - April 2014<div style="text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">1. watercolor paint</span> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: x-small;">I asked him what he wanted to paint and he suggested his unicorn. So, I sat it next to his paper and talked him through the different parts of the unicorn as he painted. He did such a great job. It's so cute!!!</span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">2. color hunt - blue</span><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Always a fun activity he searched the house looking for blue items. Sometimes the hardest part is stopping :)</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: x-small;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">3. drawing</span> </span><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption" data-gt="{"timeline_og_unit_click":"1","app_id":"124024574287414","action_type_id":"282366618453208","object_type":"instapp:photo","unit_id":"447280888645770","og_ref":"ogexp","is_intentional":"1"}"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I've
been encouraging my son to put thought into his drawings, to think of
sizes and colors and we've been talking about it all day in preparation
for today's drawing. Hmm...might have to chat some more?! At least he
used his imagination and drew one of our dogs with a puppy in her belly.
She's not in pup.</span></span> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">4. cotton bud craft </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption" data-gt="{"timeline_og_unit_click":"1","app_id":"124024574287414","action_type_id":"282366618453208","object_type":"instapp:photo","unit_id":"447280888645770","og_ref":"ogexp","is_intentional":"1"}">First
of all we painted with dots using the cotton buds but that didn't grab
his attention as well as this did! He has a curiosity about bones and
skeletons right now. He loved this!</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">5. crayon rubbings </span><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption" data-gt="{"timeline_og_unit_click":"1","app_id":"124024574287414","action_type_id":"282366618453208","object_type":"instapp:photo","unit_id":"447280888645770","og_ref":"ogexp","is_intentional":"1"}">We
had planned on driving about town and finding random surfaces to crayon
rub, but I decided to downsize after a busy day and we just wandered
the yard and house...still found some interesting patterns that he
enjoyed seeing appear on the page!</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">6. dress-ups </span><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption" data-gt="{"timeline_og_unit_click":"1","app_id":"124024574287414","action_type_id":"282366618453208","object_type":"instapp:photo","unit_id":"447280888645770","og_ref":"ogexp","is_intentional":"1"}">Today
we went into outer space and my brave little astronaut discovered a new
planet!! It was very exciting and dangerous but we are now back home on
planet earth, safe and sound. What a day!!</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">7. cardboard box </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption" data-gt="{"timeline_og_unit_click":"1","app_id":"124024574287414","action_type_id":"282366618453208","object_type":"instapp:photo","unit_id":"447280888645770","og_ref":"ogexp","is_intentional":"1"}">Although
this Mumma had grand plans with this cardboard box, a tired boy (after a
big day at Kindy) decided he'd just like to paint it. "No story mummy,
just lots of paint." How can I argue with that?</span></span> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">8. rainbows</span> </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption" data-gt="{"timeline_og_unit_click":"1","app_id":"124024574287414","action_type_id":"282366618453208","object_type":"instapp:photo","unit_id":"447280888645770","og_ref":"ogexp","is_intentional":"1"}">We
kinda went rainbow crazy this afternoon after Kindy! Rainbow puzzle,
rainbow ice block, pom pom rainbow, sponge drag rainbow, chalk rainbow
word trace, rainbow bath, rainbow toast and we found a rainbow health
poster at Kindy. Lots of rainbow fun!!!</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">9. puzzle fun</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption" data-gt="{"timeline_og_unit_click":"1","app_id":"124024574287414","action_type_id":"282366618453208","object_type":"instapp:photo","unit_id":"447280888645770","og_ref":"ogexp","is_intentional":"1"}">We turned the painting (from the other day) into a puzzle! He loved it!!!</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: x-small;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">10. </span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">child's choice</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></span> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption" data-gt="{"timeline_og_unit_click":"1","app_id":"124024574287414","action_type_id":"282366618453208","object_type":"instapp:photo","unit_id":"447280888645770","og_ref":"ogexp","is_intentional":"1"}">...and he chose to do some chalk drawings. It's a self-portrait.</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">11. weaving</span> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption" data-gt="{"timeline_og_unit_click":"1","app_id":"124024574287414","action_type_id":"282366618453208","object_type":"instapp:photo","unit_id":"447280888645770","og_ref":"ogexp","is_intentional":"1"}">We
may have attempted something a little beyond his abilities, but between
the two of us we've managed to begin a little weaved floor mat, made
from strips of his old t-shirts. I'd weave and he'd pull it tight. We'll
work on this over the next few weeks. He really enjoyed seeing the mat
get bigger and bigger as we weaved</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">12. nature printing</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption" data-gt="{"timeline_og_unit_click":"1","app_id":"124024574287414","action_type_id":"282366618453208","object_type":"instapp:photo","unit_id":"447280888645770","og_ref":"ogexp","is_intentional":"1"}">When
the rain eased a little we took a walk and collected leaves. We painted
the leaves and pressed them onto the paper. I loved how excited he was
to see the print left behind. An added bonus was the beautiful aroma
from the leaves, especially the sweet basil!</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">13. baking</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></span></span><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption" data-gt="{"timeline_og_unit_click":"1","app_id":"124024574287414","action_type_id":"282366618453208","object_type":"instapp:photo","unit_id":"447280888645770","og_ref":"ogexp","is_intentional":"1"}"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">We
made cupcakes for his Kindy teachers. We will wait til tomorrow morning
before Kindy to decorate them fresh with butter cream frosting and an
Easter egg on top</span></span>.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">14. little town</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption" data-gt="{"timeline_og_unit_click":"1","app_id":"124024574287414","action_type_id":"282366618453208","object_type":"instapp:photo","unit_id":"447280888645770","og_ref":"ogexp","is_intentional":"1"}">I
must admit I had no idea where I was going with today's prompt....in
the end lots of squares, rectangles and triangles where taped together
to make this little patchwork town. It looked a bit blank so we added
the windows and detail bits and pieces. </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">15. playdough</span> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption" data-gt="{"timeline_og_unit_click":"1","app_id":"124024574287414","action_type_id":"282366618453208","object_type":"instapp:photo","unit_id":"447280888645770","og_ref":"ogexp","is_intentional":"1"}">I
thought it would be great to spell out the alphabet, he disagreed and
just wanted to make a bunch of 'Olafs' (from Frozen) so we only got to
G!! No photos of Olaf, he kept squishing them! </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">16. storybook craft</span> </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption" data-gt="{"timeline_og_unit_click":"1","app_id":"124024574287414","action_type_id":"282366618453208","object_type":"instapp:photo","unit_id":"447280888645770","og_ref":"ogexp","is_intentional":"1"}">The
Gruffalo is one of his favorite books!! So, we made our own Gruffalo
with cupcakes, frosting and cake decorating bits and pieces. We read the
book as we decorated. It was heaps of fun to see our Gruffalo come
together piece by piece and in the end he looked awesome!!</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">17. messy play</span> </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">W</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption" data-gt="{"timeline_og_unit_click":"1","app_id":"124024574287414","action_type_id":"282366618453208","object_type":"instapp:photo","unit_id":"447280888645770","og_ref":"ogexp","is_intentional":"1"}">hat
started out as a simple messy play in a tub quickly became 'let's throw
spaghetti into the tree' fun!!! ...and it really was fun! Spaghetti
everywhere!!! We now have a spaghetti tree in our front yard.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">18. easter hat</span> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption" data-gt="{"timeline_og_unit_click":"1","app_id":"124024574287414","action_type_id":"282366618453208","object_type":"instapp:photo","unit_id":"447280888645770","og_ref":"ogexp","is_intentional":"1"}">I
cut out all the bits and pieces ready for him to glue together. It
looks pretty cute! ...we also made a Easter basket ready for an egg
hunt. </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">19. pastel colors</span> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption" data-gt="{"timeline_og_unit_click":"1","app_id":"124024574287414","action_type_id":"282366618453208","object_type":"instapp:photo","unit_id":"447280888645770","og_ref":"ogexp","is_intentional":"1"}">Easter
crafts of course!!! We used pastel colored paint to create the eggs,
which have since been made into bunting. Using cardboard to scrape the
paint over an egg shape cutout (an introduction to screen printing) A
pastel sunset behind the crosses.....and that bunny, no pastel there,
but it was too cute not to add!!!</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">20. egg hunt</span> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption" data-gt="{"timeline_og_unit_click":"1","app_id":"124024574287414","action_type_id":"282366618453208","object_type":"instapp:photo","unit_id":"447280888645770","og_ref":"ogexp","is_intentional":"1"}">Jammies and egg hunts just go together!!!</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">21. water play</span> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption" data-gt="{"timeline_og_unit_click":"1","app_id":"124024574287414","action_type_id":"282366618453208","object_type":"instapp:photo","unit_id":"447280888645770","og_ref":"ogexp","is_intentional":"1"}">Dirt + water + bucket = messy, muddy, dirty, mucky water play!!!</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">22. self-portrait</span> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption" data-gt="{"timeline_og_unit_click":"1","app_id":"124024574287414","action_type_id":"282366618453208","object_type":"instapp:photo","unit_id":"447280888645770","og_ref":"ogexp","is_intentional":"1"}">I
set up a table with a mirror so he could look at himself as he drew his
self-portrait. This helped him choose his colors and think about what
he was doing.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">23. loose parts</span> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption" data-gt="{"timeline_og_unit_click":"1","app_id":"124024574287414","action_type_id":"282366618453208","object_type":"instapp:photo","unit_id":"447280888645770","og_ref":"ogexp","is_intentional":"1"}">Making
faces. It was
fun watching his brain tick over as he made decisions on what loose part
to put where.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">24. handprint art</span> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption" data-gt="{"timeline_og_unit_click":"1","app_id":"124024574287414","action_type_id":"282366618453208","object_type":"instapp:photo","unit_id":"447280888645770","og_ref":"ogexp","is_intentional":"1"}">How
cute are these elephants?!!! He also wants to make a giraffe, lion and
our dogs. I probably shouldn't have outlined the whole animal, but once I
started it was too late, they still look like handprints right?</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">25. pom poms</span> </span></span><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption" data-gt="{"timeline_og_unit_click":"1","app_id":"124024574287414","action_type_id":"282366618453208","object_type":"instapp:photo","unit_id":"447280888645770","og_ref":"ogexp","is_intentional":"1"}"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Paper
poppies with pom pom centers. We made these poppies in honor of Anzac
Day. We talked about remembering all the men and women who lost their
lives and those who returned protecting our beautiful country, and those who are serving to this day.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">26. out & about</span> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption" data-gt="{"timeline_og_unit_click":"1","app_id":"124024574287414","action_type_id":"282366618453208","object_type":"instapp:photo","unit_id":"447280888645770","og_ref":"ogexp","is_intentional":"1"}">I
had hoped to have been able to get away for the day and do something
different and fun, but with this Mumma not well and Daddy doing overtime
we were limited to staying at home. So our out and about today involved
being out and about in our own back yard. We still had lots of fun!
Along with other activities he enjoyed this boat race.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">27. potato stamping</span> </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption" data-gt="{"timeline_og_unit_click":"1","app_id":"124024574287414","action_type_id":"282366618453208","object_type":"instapp:photo","unit_id":"447280888645770","og_ref":"ogexp","is_intentional":"1"}">He
got really into this activity....at least until he was distracted by
whatever it was that Daddy was doing outside. He did really well though
and enjoyed the end result of mixing the colors half and half in the
potatoes</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">28. sensory play - slime</span> </span></span><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption" data-gt="{"timeline_og_unit_click":"1","app_id":"124024574287414","action_type_id":"282366618453208","object_type":"instapp:photo","unit_id":"447280888645770","og_ref":"ogexp","is_intentional":"1"}"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">He
loved it!!!! I had the slime set up for him to play with upon arrival
home Kindy, he really enjoyed getting his hands right into it. Played
for ages.</span></span> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">29. zip-lock bag painting</span> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption" data-gt="{"timeline_og_unit_click":"1","app_id":"124024574287414","action_type_id":"282366618453208","object_type":"instapp:photo","unit_id":"447280888645770","og_ref":"ogexp","is_intentional":"1"}">After
some random scribbling he decided to draw a picture of the three of us
at the beach. There is a big fish in the sea. I was a little surprised
at how much fun he had with this activity. He also wrote his name and
made handprints.</span></span></span></span><br />
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right, me, himself and daddy....and before we all get too excited, no!...we don't have any exciting baby news, apparently that's him in my tummy too? (It's art...who am I to question it? hehe.) Oh, and his and daddy's sad faces are because "they aren't
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">1. paint</span> My little man is a big fan of the Transformers! He had just watched the movie earlier in the day and was pleading with me to watch it again, so I directed his attention to the table I had set with paint and paper and thankfully he went with it! Of course he chose to paint his two favorites, Optimus Prime and Bumblebee. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">2. wool/string</span><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></b></span>This is </span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: x-small;">not what we originally planned to do, but he loved it!! It was pretty difficult to keep the tension as the string was wrapped around each nail, so I did that, and he chose which nail was to be wrapped next. He then did the weaving of the odd bits of wool and ribbon (not pictured here) through the wool. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">3. water play</span> I spent the morning creating this board out of bits and pieces around the place plus a couple of things like the hose and clamps that we got from the hardware store. Although it turned out pretty well, I would like to try again with a little more planning. Mind you, the little man just loved coming home from Kindy to find this activity. I think we'll get many hours of play out of this!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">4. in the kitchen </span>After a pretty big day at Kindy I decided to keep it simple for my boy, so pancakes it was! He loves them, so I knew he'd be fine with it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">5. chalk </span>We always enjoy chalk play!!...and discovered that if we wet the concrete first the chalk becomes much bolder in color and gets a paint-like quality to it. I always draw with him, I just can't help myself! I drew a little patch of mushrooms which inspired him to create some mushrooms of his own, some very, very, very long, brightly colored mushrooms!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">6. explore </span>Originally I thought we'd just venture in to the bushland behind our house, but I changed my mind and we went exploring atop the hill that overlooks our little town, however as we drove back home we passed these murals, that we pass all of the time and often glance as we do, but I had an urge to stop and explore them. So we did...and he loved posing in front of them and pointing out his favorite animals. As I read the stories posted in front of each mural he would discover the details. It was a lovely little adventure.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">7. cardboard rolls </span>Inspired a little by the rainbow serpent we discovered in yesterdays murals, we painted each cardboard tube and once dry tied them together with wool. He was very proud of the finished product and played with it for quite a while outside, pulling it along behind him and chasing me with it (of course, like a good mummy, I was terribly afraid which had him in fits of laughter!) He was very excited to show Daddy once he got home from work. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">8. playdough</span> </span>Who doesn't love to play with play dough?.....well, on this particular day my little boy didn't!! So he just poked and prodded his glitter filled black playdough. Better luck next time! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">9. animals</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> We had an animal parade. We carried our bucket of animals across to the driveway of the empty house next door<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> (because it's really long) He lined all the animals up, there was singing, dancing, jumping, laughter and a little rain. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">10. build a cubby</span> </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">...or just fall asleep straight after a big day at Kindy! At least he's using the blankets we were going to build the cubby with!</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">11. messy play</span> </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Years ago I had a crazy idea to have chocolate syrup fight, but at that point I had no children and so I tucked it away in my mind for another day. That day was finally here! I excitedly collected my little boy from Kindy and as soon as we got home it was on! Daddy joined in on the fun, and it really was fun!!! Squeals of laughter and sticky syrup all over us. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">12. sticker fun</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"> We made a sticker rainbow. I hand drew the arches of the rainbow and we searched through our sticker collection to fill in the rainbow colors.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">13. felt</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> I prepared for this activity by cutting out a variety of felt shapes in all sorts of colors. We had no game plan other than to just play and let imagination run wild, and it did. He created this gorgeous little horse!</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><span style="font-size: large;">14. shadow play</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> This activity has always captured my son's attention and imagination. He decided on using the animals and so he played for a while with them and then I suggested a 'Guess the animal' game, which was a fun extension of what he was already doing. I light up a hidden animal and he'd shout out it's name when he recognized the shillouette. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">15. oobleck</span> </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Always so much fun!!! A mixture of cornflour, water and food coloring, oobleck is mentioned in a Dr Seuss book, Bartholomew and the Oobleck. Liquid when left to flow and solid when force is put upon it. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">16. sensory play - rice</span> </span>My little man really enjoyed this sensory play! He spent the best part of an hour filling different containers and pouring rice from varying heights. He loved the feeling of the rice as he pushed his fingers through it.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">17. paper plates</span> </span>We searched through some images online until he found an activity he wanted to do. I drew an outline for the legs, arms and tongue as he painted the frogs body green. He used his safety scissors to cut the pieces out and glued them and the eyes in place. Turned out pretty cute!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">18. buttons</span> We played a few different games with buttons and drew a tree and decorated the branches with the buttons, but my favorite thing was when he decided to create his own game and threw the buttons onto circles to score points.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">19. ice play</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I crushed the ice wih our snow cone maker and he used an eyedropper to decorate with watered down food coloring, he enjoyed getting his little hands into the ice and sloshing it around...and we made a snowman...that melted in seconds.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">20. faces</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Ever since he saw chin people on a tv ad he's been asking to try to make some of his own...so we did! It was difficult and a little bit frustrating for us both but it was also heaps of fun!! The photos make us laugh every time we look at them.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">21. color hunt - yellow</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">My son enjoyed hunting throughout the house for yellow items. It's quite amazing how much you can find when you start looking.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">22. contact collage</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">We ripped pictured out of magazines and used scrappy bits and pieces. Although he enjoyed himslef, it didn't hold his attention for as long as this Mumma had hoped! I tried to steer him in the direction of creating a scene, (e.g. a park) but he was only interested in random placement of the items. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">23. make a mask</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It started as a superhero type mask and then he decided to add feathers and pom poms! Things got especially crazy when it slipped down his face while we were taking photos of it.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">24. treasure</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">We followed a treasure map and traveled all over town (not that impressive when you know how tiny our town is!!) he loved searching for the clues and working them out. The treasure of choice?.....Ice cream!</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">25. around the world</span> </span>Today we spent 11 hours in the car....yes, 11 HOURS!!!! It was a huge day for all of us. I set up some coloring pages for the little man. A paper doll boy and girl with several national costumes to cut out and dress them in.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">26. rocks</span> </span>We made rock sentences. The little man really enjoyed searching through the picture rocks</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> to make different word combinations. I can't wait to expand on this activity the next time we play.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">27. finger painting</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">He decorated a wooden place-mat cutout that I will cover with a protective seal. If you're wondering, it's a rainbow cake with lots of candles.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">28. blocks</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I surprised my son with his first Lego blocks. He had free play to create whatever he wanted. It was wonderful to join him as his little imagination ran wild.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">29. glitter</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">You might have guessed by now that my little boy is a big fan of rainbows. (Which is pretty cool considering he's our rainbow baby) He used his glitter pens to create a lovely glitter rainbow.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">30. clay creations</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I have always loved using clay, so I was excited to see if my son would enjoy the activity, fortunately he did and he created a cat, a mug and a heart. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />I did something brave today.<br />I posted my very first <b>Wife Mumma Life Activity & Photo Challenge List</b>!!!!<br />I'm really quite the newbie at this blogging thing so I may have just thrown myself into the deep end, without floaties!!! I guess we'll see if I sink or swim?<br /><br />If you want to play along, it's quite simple. All you have to do is find the prompt for the day<br /> (1<sup>st</sup> of March = 1. paint) take a photo of the activity and then post it on Instagram with the hashtag #wmlplayeachday<br />Feel free to check out the other photos posted by myself and anyone else who decides to play along. It'll be fun!<br />I've joined other photo challenges before and I really enjoyed being a part of the experience and the push-along to be creative with my son was also very helpful. I hope that this activity and photo challenge does the same for you. I hope that you create valuable memories with your kids, laugh and get messy....well, as messy as you choose, when it calls for it. <br />Most of the prompts leave the actual activity to you....I say 'paint', and you can do what you want involving paint. I'll even try to help out by posting more ideas for you, when I can, but for now here is the list!</span></div>
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juanitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04558068214158109497noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8824733801880220060.post-72679846252750647432014-02-19T00:43:00.000-08:002014-02-19T00:43:17.837-08:00Dinner Drama<div style="text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />"Hey, little man! Would you like to eat dinner now, before Daddy comes home, <br />or wait and eat with Daddy?"<br /><em>"I want to wait for Daddy to come home."</em><br />"Ok"<br /><br />A little closer to Daddy's arrival I thought I'd check again...<br />"Are you hungry now? Would you like dinner early or wait for Daddy?<br /><em>"I'll wait for Daddy."</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />Just before 6.30pm a tired, hardworking Daddy gets home, takes off his boots and walks in the door. As I set dinner on the table I announced, "Daddy is home!!!! Hop up to the table for dinner please!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />Begin meltdown here!<br /><em>"But I want to eat BEFORE Daddy gets home!!!</em> (tears) <em>"I don't want to eat with Daddy here!!!</em> (more tears and inconsolable sobbing)<em> "I want to eat with Daddy at work!!!</em> (flailing around on the floor) <em>"He HAS to go back to work!!!!!"</em> (ups the volume)<em> "IT'S RUINED!!! I CANT EAT DINNER NOW!!! HE HAS TO GO BACK TO WORK!!....</em> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />As I console Daddy and remind him he is loved dearly by his child, the meltdown continues for around about 15 minutes.<br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Poor Daddy comes up with the idea to go outside and feed the dogs and to take his time about it so the little man can sit up and eat dinner, Daddy free! He walks out the door. I play along, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">"Bye Daddy. We will miss you while you are at work."<br />The 4 year old chimes in<em><strong> </strong>"Bye Daddy."</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Drying his eyes he sets himself up on his chair to start dinner.<br /><em>"Mummy, where is Daddy?"</em><br />"He's going back to work, so you can eat your dinner."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />Wait for it....<br /><br /><em>"But I want Daddy here!!! I don't want him to go to work!!!! "I WANT TO EAT MY DINNER WITH DADDY HERE!!!!</em> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />Of course you do! "Mummy will stop him from going!!! I'll go get him to come back home ok?<br />(sniff, sniffle)<strong> </strong><em>"Ok"</em><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Daddy walks back in to the kitchen to big brown teary eyes and a smile and helps the little man eat his dinner.</span></div>
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That man is amazing!! I'd have been in tears at such rejection!<br /></div>
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This journey of Parenthood isn't always easy. It doesn't always make sense. It can be exhausting and confusing, but, it is a precious gift. It is an adventure. It is awesome and worth it!! .....and boy are we going to laugh when we look back at this moment!<br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I love doing creative activities with my son.<br />I must admit that that sometimes
I find it difficult to come up with the ideas. T</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">here
have been times when almost the entire day has slipped away
before a bright idea has hit me....so, when I found an activity/photo
challenge at the beginning of this year I jumped right in!!! I loved that the initial idea was done for me and all I had to do was run with it!!<br />Each
day was partnered with a short prompt and total creative licence
was left to those who wished to participate. F</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">or
example, one of the prompts was 'build a den'.....we chose
to use the sandpit and created a little cave/den for the
dinosaur toys and imaginative play followed from that.</span>
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the photos I saw that some people made dens in
their lounge-rooms with sheets and doonas, other's made dens for
their pony toys out of cardboard boxes. It
was also fun to comment and encourage, and receive the same from
others and a great way to get new ideas for future activities.<br />However, at the end of January I discovered
that this particular photo challenge was just set up for that month and I felt my heart sink a
little as it meant I now had to come up with ideas myself!!!<br />This got me thinking......perhaps I should start MY
OWN instagram activity/photo challenge?? People can join in as
they please and creative ideas can be viewed via
hashtagged images.<br />A good idea? I think so!!!!</span></div>
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juanitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04558068214158109497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8824733801880220060.post-36718932831249328962013-11-25T20:18:00.001-08:002014-02-08T16:52:51.718-08:00What Now?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> This morning, my 4 year old son and I spent some time making potato stamp paintings.<br />He really enjoyed the whole process and got right into it! It's such a joy to watch your child play, explore colors and patterns and try new things.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">He is now<strike> </strike></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><strike>laying down quietly for a sleep</strike> </span>destroying the rest of the house while I'm cleaning up the debris left by the little creative tornado.<br />The paint trays (in this case, washed, foam food trays) and potatoes are in the bin. Yay! No washing up!!<br />All the paintings are hanging to dry.<br />The table and chair and walls, and floor and cat are all paint-free again,<br />but, <br /><br />what now?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />What will I do with the little masterpieces when they are dry? I</span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> like to keep everything my son draws/paints/creates.<br />(probably because my parents never kept anything I painted as a child <br />and I was quite the little painter!) But, </span>there is only so much room on the fridge! I could just pop them in the large plastic storage container I keep all of his creative works in?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">However, I have decided that today's efforts will be made into a book. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Now, this isn't very complicated or difficult and there are no age-old intricate binding techniques required.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">simply......<br />1. Collect the dry pages.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">2. Ceate a title page (I used a page I stamped so I didn't have to write all over one of his.) </span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">3. Punch holes down the side and tie with wool, or simply staple. <br />The big page (top image) I folded and glued to the back so it can easily be opened to see it.</span></div>
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juanitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04558068214158109497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8824733801880220060.post-54910603684477819462013-10-16T22:37:00.001-07:002014-02-08T16:53:54.856-08:00here goes...<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">A few of my dear friends have been encouraging me to blog, </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">so here goes! <br /><br />Please feel free to join me on this journey
as I share the bits and pieces that make my life as a wife and
mother, the blessing that it is. I can't promise that I wont bombard
you with a trazillion (you might as well know now that maths is not
my strong point) stories about my precious little boy, he is after
all, who I spend the most of my time with (and I'm very grateful for that)......but along the way I
will also try to add a mix of info about my own creative projects,
dreams, our pets, the building of our house, cooking, wife-hood and
the general day to day happenings of my little family. <br /><br />Hope to see
you again soon. </span></span>
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