I've been trying harder to find new fun activities for Millie to enjoy. I always want to do fun stuff but find that unless I have it planned ahead and written down it doesn't usually happen. So, I finally got around to making a plan. I wrote down some fun ideas and searched online and penciled them in my planner: 1-2 activities each week (and I found enough so that I could schedule 3 months worth of activities). ANYWAYS, here are some of the things we had fun with.
Nature Box: paint each compartment of an egg container with diff. colors then go on a nature hunt and find objects that match the colors. Mill Loved this one!
Bead Butterfly: all you need is beads and wire- make sure the wire is thin enough that you can fit 2 strands of wire inside the bead hole (so you can make your feelers). I obviously had to shape this but Mill enjoyed trying to string the beads on the wire.
Easter Chicks: 2 diff sizes of pom-pom's, yellow and orange felt, beads for eyes. I used hot glue- then after I put the glue on I let M. press the pieces together.
Flower cupcakes: Mill loves to mix up cake mixes and cookies etc. and also loves to put sprinkles on stuff (I think all kids love that huh? it's just the best thing ever!) Then we just put dum-dum's in for the flower and cut out some scrapbook paper leaves.
Back Yard Picinic: I put her food in an easter basket b/c we don't have a real picinic basket- ha ha. The dress she is wearing is her "picinic dress" (it's something I made in a sewing class in college) I'm not really sure why it is her picinic dress but she has clearly stated this to me several times.
Strawberry mice: slice the bottom of the strawberry on a diagnal so the mouse can sit flat. poke 2 almond slices in for ears, I used chocolate sprinkles for the eyes and mini chocolate chip for the nose. The tail is pull and peel licorice (this was my attempt to get millie to try nuts- but sadly, it didn't work)
Science: This one was super fun! We made "Oblec": 1/2 c. cornstarch and 1/4 c. water. She LOVED playing with this. We also did Volcano's: 1 T. Baking soda, then pour in 1+ Tbsp of vinegar. Also: color mixing: get a clear glass cup/jar and fill it with water. put drop's of food coloring in and watch them swirl around! Oooh!
Pink bath: probabally not a great idea because now she wants it all the time... She fell and scraped up her knee pretty bad and wouldn't take a bath b/c it hurt her knee. After a couple days with no bath I was getting desperate. But- now I need to plan some more activities so what ideas do you guys have?
This was his first steeple of the season. He did take a little fall, but was fine & still ended up winning! (I can never get clear shots of him while running, so you get to see the starting line line-up.
We went out to Santa Cruz for several hours. The drive out there was georgous-- it's so nice to be out of the city and on the relaxing coast. Mill literally had the time of her life!!! The day was pretty cold so we didn't bring her swim suit but she loved running from the waves and of course ended up gettin soaked- we took off layer by layer, and she ended up like this.
