Wednesday, August 10, 2016
Monday, May 3, 2010
Little Explorer (ElKayla)
Kayla has a budding interest in nature. While I am excited that she is so interested in nature, I don't think Nature shares her enthusiasm.The other day, while doing some planting in our little patio, she kept asking for a worm and, once she had one, if she could bring him inside. Then she wanted to dry him off, then put him underwater. Poor creature!
Today's discovery was a little pill bug, which joined us from near our house to the Boy's Club and back. In the photo below, Kayla is kicking a ball around holding the poor bug.
Once home, she made the pill bug a little home in an Easter egg and then a yogurt carton. Last I heard, Daddy had her put him outside.
This all has reminded me of Tiny Toon Adventures (circa 1990) in which one of its main characters, Elmyra, loved the life out of little animals. So I deem our 3 year-old ElKayla.
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Pics of the Littles
It's long overdue: New pics of my cute girls. Enjoy!!
No, there wasn't a foodfight. Naomi just showed us what she thought of her first rice cereal!
Kayla is getting to be such a little lady!
Just plain cute!
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Kids Crafts, etc.
Living in sunny California, it took awhile to find some extra leaves to finish the leaf chandelier (maybe "chandelier" is an overstatement. "Embellishment" might be better...). I finally broke down and resorted to taking some leaves off of a tree at Target and here it is:
Other Kayla activities... I saw this idea online and thought it would be a great way not to waste expired oatmeal. At the end of her pretend baking session, Mommy gets to teach her about clean up. :-D
These bottles were a combination of two ideas: bowling + fun colored rice. The bowling idea: weight some empty bottles with rice and then knock them down with beanbag or other non-destructive item. I got the colored rice idea from a former preschool teacher (thanks, Barbie!) and thought color would be more fun than plain white rice. To color: mix food colors and rubbing alcohol in plastic bags and then let the rice dry overnight or until dry.
Well, I tried to demonstrate bowling to Kayla but was a total bomb. Kayla started wailing that I needed to stop hitting the bottles. So...maybe we'll try bowling next year. In the meantime, Kayla is content to play with pretty rice.*
Other Kayla activities... I saw this idea online and thought it would be a great way not to waste expired oatmeal. At the end of her pretend baking session, Mommy gets to teach her about clean up. :-D These bottles were a combination of two ideas: bowling + fun colored rice. The bowling idea: weight some empty bottles with rice and then knock them down with beanbag or other non-destructive item. I got the colored rice idea from a former preschool teacher (thanks, Barbie!) and thought color would be more fun than plain white rice. To color: mix food colors and rubbing alcohol in plastic bags and then let the rice dry overnight or until dry. Well, I tried to demonstrate bowling to Kayla but was a total bomb. Kayla started wailing that I needed to stop hitting the bottles. So...maybe we'll try bowling next year. In the meantime, Kayla is content to play with pretty rice.**Warning! The rolly little grains of rice makes this messier than the oatmeal.
Friday, November 20, 2009
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Blogs I'm Enjoying
I've been enjoying a few links lately that you might enjoy too!:
A Holy Experience
http://www.aholyexperience.com/
Balancing Beauty & Bedlam
http://inpassionatepursuit.blogspot.com/search/label/trash%20to%20treasure
Librivox (Free audio books online)
http://librivox.org/newcatalog/
Preschoolers & Peace
http://www.preschoolersandpeace.com/?p=509
Clover Lane (Low cost home deco tips and humor)
http://memoriesoncloverlane.blogspot.com/
A Holy Experience
http://www.aholyexperience.com/
Balancing Beauty & Bedlam
http://inpassionatepursuit.blogspot.com/search/label/trash%20to%20treasure
Librivox (Free audio books online)
http://librivox.org/newcatalog/
Preschoolers & Peace
http://www.preschoolersandpeace.com/?p=509
Clover Lane (Low cost home deco tips and humor)
http://memoriesoncloverlane.blogspot.com/
Charity:Water
Can you imagine how it would feel to give water to your child that you know could make him/her sick? charity: water is a non profit organization bringing about a solution by providing clean, safe drinking water to people in developing nations. Check it out at http://www.charitywater.org/pages/water4christmas/
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