One of my favorite movies of all time, Singing in the Rain, is coming to life in my home! It all started with combining these: Four quarters secured with packing tape to shoes and he’s off tap’n! Thanks to the introduction in his kindermusik class, Xander was hooked! His enthusiasm was contagious and before I knew […]
Creative Toys
Where Art and Eating Meet
Playdough is so versatile! This week we’ve been playing around with color mixing! It is so much more fun to discover things for oneself than to just be told what’s true… So we set out to find out what happens when you mix blue and yellow. It was hard work… Mixing, mixing, mixing. Look mom, […]
Go Team!
The Olympics may be over, but the memories haven’t faded yet! Training for the 2026 2-man bobsled team has commenced…
Slowing Down…
Enjoying calm days at home this week doing a little of this: Homemade playdough with green coloring, peppermint extract and glitter in honor of the holidays! Easy on the eyes and smells like Christmas! Still pondering how to make it work with 3 wannabe helpers… Any tips? There was quite a few shed tears and […]
Umbrella Play
Since there hasn’t been much “real” opportunity to need these, the boys have come up with creative exuses for pulling out the umbrella. Pretending it’s raining: twirled umbrella = “Helihocker” Shooting or utilizing a shield (or anything else battle related) Going around the sun. And then finally, he tried to step into it as if […]
Space Sledding
So the wonderful break in the weather today has us looking forward to cooler things… The boys spontaneously decided to have their astronauts go sledding today! It looks like a trip up north this winter or some more ‘desert snow’ will be added to the docket for this winter!