Tuesday, April 5, 2011
It's hard to believe that it's spring. Our weather continues to be unseasonably cold, and for the past two days we've had rain too. Needless to say, the girls (and this mama) are beyond done with being inside. Don't get me wrong, we are a family that loves winter but this inbetween stuff is definitely wearing on us. All they want is to be outside, digging, exploring, gardening and building fairy houses, and honestly, I can't say I blame them. After two (more) days of coldness and rain we've about hit our wall. A wall that was quickly approaching by late afternoon today. So, in an effort to avoid certain disaster, I busted out one of the super cute projects from my days as an elementary school teacher. It worked like a charm!
Monday, March 28, 2011
"What would you like to do today, girls?"
"Can we finger paint, mama? And can I use the waffle box?" (We always use boxes that are going to be recycled for finger painting.)
So, boxes were gathered (as were toy cars), smocks put on, a table cloth placed on the floor, and finger paints brought out.
Then, the creating began!
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
My friend Sarah from college contacted me last week and asked if we would like to have Flat Stanley come our way. I wrote back a resounding "yes!" and she promptly put him in the mail. He arrived over the weekend but since it was busy he remained in his envelope until today.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
There was much excitement in our house this afternoon! Tulip (as the girls have decided to call the Amaryllis) has been moved to a warm, sunny spot up in our room, and the girls came running down to get me this afternoon exclaiming: "Mama! Mama! Come see! Come see!" We headed upstairs where they showed me that she had grown! "She needs water, mama!" So back down we went to get some for her.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
On Sunday (before I started feeling crummy) we headed to the EcoTarium. Dave and I had been there probably nine years ago and had not been back since. We thought that it would be a good time to head back and see if it had changed at all (it really hadn't), and as an added bonus our membership to the Boston Children's Museum also gets us in for free to the EcoTarium (and roughly 300+ other children's museums and science centers) so we felt like we couldn't go wrong!
