Archive for June, 2010

Letter of the week – W

Posted in Food, Kid crafts, Letter activities, Molly on June 30th, 2010 by jen – 1 Comment

Our week began by making a W for watermelon. While preparing this week, I remembered that a college friend had made these letters with her daughter months before I started with Molly. At the time I thought it was a great idea, but since it was the day before Leah was due, my pregnant brain obviously forgot about it. So now, 9 months later, thanks Christen for sharing!

W is for watermelon

When I saw these watermelon cookies, I knew we had to make them this week! Molly loved cutting and adding the special "seeds" to these cookies.

Watermelon cookies

Molly did a little watermelon math and sorted, counted, then graphed the different shaped watermelons.

Watermelon math

She also did this Wonder Pets puzzle all on her own!

Wonder Pets puzzle

The end of the week was spent in the water. First, Molly started swim lessons. Here she is ready and excited to go to her first lesson. Sorry, no pictures from the lesson as I couldn't manage swimming and taking pictures simultaneously.

Swim lessons

She then spent an afternoon at the pool celebrating a friend's 3rd birthday.

Run away

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A swimmingly good time

Posted in Celebrations, Molly on June 29th, 2010 by jen – Be the first to comment

On Saturday, we spent the afternoon at the pool celebrating Allison's 3rd birthday. Molly has been asking for weeks to go swimming with Allison, so it was nice of her to oblige and have her party at the pool!

Allison's birthday

The girls spent most of the party jumping at the side of the pool.

Jumping

Run away! Don't let the water get you, nevermind that you are in a pool!

Run away

Sometimes peer pressure can be a wonderful thing. After one friend jumped into the pool, Molly decided to try. This was the one and only time she jumped in!

Peer pressure

And this was the best shot of Molly with the birthday girl (who does not like pose for pictures!).

With the birthday girl

Turning ordinary into unique

Posted in Sewing on June 28th, 2010 by jen – 2 Comments

I did a few applique projects recently. Two for my sweet niece,

A snail for Emmie

Emmie's flip flops

and a set of personalized pajama pants for my dad for Father's Day.

Personalized pajamas

How to excite a 9 month old

Posted in Leah, Molly on June 27th, 2010 by jen – 3 Comments

Pull out the musical table and you'll get this reaction! And Molly kept saying, "We're playing together!"

How to excite a 9 month old

Fun with packaging

Posted in Leah, Video on June 27th, 2010 by c-had – 1 Comment

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You can spend a lot of money on toys, but often the simplest things can be the most fun for kids. Leah got a kick out of the packing materials from this box.

She’s a hip baby

Posted in Leah on June 26th, 2010 by jen – 3 Comments

I love my Hotsling. I was introduced to it from my friend, Emily. I've had people stop me at the zoo and while shopping to ask me about it. You can carry your baby three different ways, but Leah was not a fan until I could wear her on my hip. My sister has been asking to see Leah in her sling, so this one's for you, Michelle.

And if you're the sewing type, I ran across this video tutorial to make your own sling. I passed it on to a friend a few months ago and she's already made two. They look just like my Hotsling!

For Michelle

Letter of the week – F

Posted in Field trips, Food, Kid crafts, Letter activities, Molly, Playdates on June 25th, 2010 by jen – 2 Comments

Flag Day was at the beginning of our week, so we made our letter F accordingly.

Flag Day F

Molly had a great time rolling, and pressing her thumb into our chocolate peanut butter fudge buttons. She had to be reminded to be gentle when pressing, or her she'd press her thumb right through!

Fudge buttons

I hosted a playdate to create wacky foam snakes by blowing air through a simple, homemade bubble-making device. I found the idea in my Family Fun magazine.

Making a snake

We took a field trip to a local farmer's market. The favorites from the loot? Blueberries, raspberries, and honey whole-wheat bread.

Farmer's market

We made several Father's Day cards during the week, and even went to a friend's house to make a special card for Daddy.

Father's Day card

And finally, we read The Very Lonely Firefly.

The Very Lonely Firefly

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Foam snakes playdate

Posted in Kid crafts, Molly, Playdates on June 24th, 2010 by jen – 2 Comments

I hosted a playdate to create wacky foam snakes by blowing air through a simple, homemade bubble-making device. I found the idea in my Family Fun magazine. The kids dipped bottles into bubble solution,

Foam snakes

used their little lungs to blow into the bottle,

Use your lungs

to make a foam snake appear out the bottom.

Making a snake

There's a snake on the ground!

Bubbles are fascinating

Our star player

Posted in Molly, Sports on June 16th, 2010 by jen – 1 Comment

We had soccer practice again (twice in one week, actually), and Molly did great. This week she started making it through the whole hour participating the entire time. If you missed it, Chad posted a video sampling of the practice.

Soccer practice

One of the favorite games - knocking down cones with the soccer ball.

Knocking down cones

Because Molly did so well, she and Daddy got an after practice treat. A blue snowball was a perfect choice on this hot day.

After practice treat

Letter of the week – N

Posted in Kid crafts, Letter activities, Molly on June 15th, 2010 by jen – 1 Comment

Our N week began during our weekend roadtrip to North Carolina. We went to visit Grammy for her 80th birthday.

Shocked again

Again, our week was short due to our trip, but we did make our N for nest,

N is for nest

watched Finding Nemo,

findingnemo1.jpg

and worked on learning family names. I created flashcards of all our names. Molly then used milkcap letters to spell them out.

milkcap names

You can check out what other moms are doing with their tots at 1+1+1=1.