What My Kids Have Been Wearing

sweater: hand-me-down, shirt: gift, pants: gift (similar $21)
shark shoes: gift (similar $29)

Lately, Big Buddy lips have been really chapped so I was teasing him a bit; telling him he needed to put on some of his Chapstick and then all girls would want to kiss him. He made a gagging noise but Mini Man, however, perked up and said "then I want all the Chapstick!" I seriously worry about what this kid is going to be like as a teenager. We went on a custard date this weekend and all on his own he got up and pushed his chair closer to me: "I just want to be by you." Hoping he learns to use his charm in a positive way.

sweater: gift, shirt: thrift (similar $26), jeans: gap (same),
batman shoes: gift (similar $36)

One or two nights a week we let Big Buddy stay up a little later and listen to Harry Potter and the Socersor's Stone - it's been such delight to see him enjoy one of our favorite stories. They had just introduced the invisible cloak and Big Buddy was really excited about it. We asked him if he'd want one and of course he said, "yes!" We then asked him what he'd do with one and with the most mischievous grin he said "I'd play hide-in-go-seek!" Jeremy almost feel out of his chair he was laughing so hard.

dress: vintage/hand-me-down, leggings: old navy (same), boots: hand-me-down (same)

We originally bought these boots for Big Buddy (for a wedding he was in) - he hated them! Mini Man, on the other hand, loved them and now they belong to Little Lady. She pretty pumped about them too and will tramp around the house singing "these boots were made for stomping and stomping just what they do." - it's pretty funny to watch. However, this past Sunday when we got to church some of her little friends showed up in some new pretty spring shoes. She didn't have words for it, but you could see the discontentment on her face as she tried to take her boots off. It was bit comical but also really sad, that at such a young age she's already starting to deal with comparing and coveting. Thankfully, with just a few words of encouragement she once again happy in her boots and glad that her friends had fun shoes too.

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A Little Red Cardboard Barn

We've finished our farm unit and are moving on to a new theme tomorrow - but before we do I wanted share the barn we made. The wooden farm animals came with a beautiful handmade ark that we gave Big Buddy for Christmas a couple years ago. I would someday love to have a wood barn but it's currently not in the budget. So in the mean time we decided to improvise and make our own. I stumbled upon this perfectly sized milk box (4 gallons per box) while subbing and thought it would be sturdy enough to handle play. Hubandie and the boys used an x-acto knife and wood glue to build a barn shape. to get the doors to fold out hubandie used an x-acto knife and scored the inside of the cardboard We then painted with a basic primer and outlined a window and a door with painters tape. cardboard is very porous so priming is a must if you want decent coverage Big Buddy however insisted that we add more windows so it...

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Preschool Syllabus: Dr. Seuss

Normally I'd do a Dr. Seuss unit in March around his birthday. We had to do one now though because on Saturday Big Buddy and I going on a date to a Dr. Seuss exhibit . The exhibit is only at the museum until January and I'm afraid if we don't go now we might not get the chance. We are of course reading lots of Dr. Seuss's books. A great advatage to studying Dr. Seuss in November rather than March is that all his books were available at the library. I also found a great children's biography which is perfect for preschoolers. Pebble First Biographies: Dr. Seuss We've read it a couple times and Big Buddy loves reciting all the facts he's learned WRITING CENTER ADDITIONS big buddy's name in sand paper letters, coloring pages & mazes from seussville.com skills practiced: fine motor, letter recognition, creativity, reading comprehension LEARNING "TRAYS" - I rotate these, setting out about four a day from which the boy...

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Jack-O-Lanterns on the Fridge

Last fall I saw the idea for refrigerator pumpkins with face pieces in FamilyFun Magazine and have been anxious to recreate them ever since. It was pretty quick and easy and since the only thing we didn't have on hand was magnetic sheets ($1.50 with coupon at Joann's) it was also very cheap. my supplies: magnetic sheets, orange & black construction paper, white pen, tacky glue *i know they have self adhesive sheets but my Joann's didn't carry them glued (very messily) and ready to cut Both the boys were quite enthused when they discovered them after rest time :) Hopefully it will keep them entertained until we carve real pumpkins.

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