D's 4th Birthday- Low Key

This year we decided that we're going to celebrate one child's birthday and do the other's low key and alternate each year. So this year we celebrated T's 1st birthday in UT and D's was low key at home. Next year T's will be low key at home and we'll celebrate D's big.

For lunch we went to the Cheesecake Factory...

Books from Gma Sharon.

Dinosaur puzzle from Aunt Erica.

More books from Gma Sharon. 

Our gifts to D. Soccer stuff!

and his Super Cape!

Opening his cleats...

Gma Shelley's gifts...

Yay! A game to play!

Magic markers and his monkey card...

Books from Gma Shelley...

We're no Cake Bosses. Lol

Such a cute picture!

D let T wear his other Super Cape.

All his gifts! His dad sent him a lego set, his Gma Sharon sent him his name puzzle, and his Aunt Erica sent two more dinosaurs books...

1. What is your favorite color? Blue

2. What is your favorite toy? Buzz Lightyear

3. What is your favorite fruit? Grapes

4. What is your favorite tv show? Disney, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse

5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? Banana, (sandwiches)

6. What is your favorite outfit? My costume- super hero costume

7. What is your favorite game? Let’s Go Fishin’

8. What is your favorite snack? Cookies

9. What is your favorite animal? An elephant

10. What is your favorite song? My song

11. What is your favorite book? The Picnic one (Spot's First Picnic)

12. Who is your best friend? Elizabeth, “Lizaben”

13. What is your favorite cereal? Honey Bunches of Oats

14. What is your favorite thing to do outside? Run, (go to the park)

15. What is your favorite drink? Chocolate milk

16. What is your favorite holiday? Christmas

17. What do you like to take to bed with you at night? my bunny, (books, blanket)

18. What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? Pancakes

19. What do you want for dinner on your birthday? A cake! Mac n cheese.

20. What do you want to be when you grow up? A firefighter!

Kiwi Crate: Farmer's Market

The first part of this package that D chose to do was My Colorful Harvest. We created stuffed fruits and vegetables.

Here are all the items: fruit and vegetable fabrics, laces, cotton balls, felt, pipe cleaners, and the stencil.

D loved the lacing part. It was so fun watching him do it and knowing that he's come along way. The laces were great because they looked just like shoelaces. 

He said his favorite part was lacing but then when I asked him what his favorite part was while he was stuffing he said it was stuffing. 

After stuffing them I tied them up and cut the laces.

I then cut out leaf shapes out of the felt and attached them with the pipe cleaners. 

Here they are finished. The pear and apple.

The carrot and eggplant.

Put them in his basket so we can play Grocery Shopping. Once his apron (Part 2) is finished we'll practice taking turns being the customer and the seller. 

D's Soccer Photos

D finished up Soccer a little bit ago and he didn't have as much fun as I thought he would. On many occasions I had to talk him into going to practice. I think he just didn't like the structure of the meets. He just wanted to kick the ball. During pictures he wasn't too happy at first either. He wanted to run around with the other kids but it was time for our pictures. Man is he a Turkey sometimes!

Motivational Monday

Some things to always get me moving...

Arrowhead Lake

We were invited up to Arrowhead Lake, CA so we ventured up there. It reminds me of Park City, UT. The drive there was about an hour and a half and it was up in the mountains. The road ended up being really curvy, so much so that there were a few you had to take at 5 MPH. Anyway D has really bad motion sickness so just as we were pulling into the Hotel he vomited. :( Poor guy. He was ok after a bit to ride rides so I'm glad he had some fun. 

They loved the train ride. I liked that it wasn't crowded at all. Strange because it was during a time where a festival or something was going on. Venders were setting up tables and things.

This is the funniest part here. I wish I could post the video because D was having fun until he felt like it was getting too high. He's afraid of heights. It was doing like a boat motion, swinging back and forth. I couldn't help but bust up laughing. I felt bad afterward. 

CRACKING UP! They're like, "Really?"

Again, because D is afraid of heights he didn't want to attempt this one. T loved it. NOTHING scares this kid. EXCEPT car washes. 

After rides we ventured off to the lake and stuck our feet in. T on the other hand LOVES water so he wanted to attempt swimming!

Setting the Table

Items Needed:
Plates
Silverware
Napkins
Glasses

Have your child set the table for dinner using nonbreakable or plastic items. Make sure to have them set the table for the right amount of people that will be eating. Count out the same number of plates, knives, forks, spoons, and cups and then show them how to lay them out properly on the table. For younger kids you can have them set out silverware and napkins.

Source: The Preschooler's Busy Book

Nature Colors

Items Needed:
Plants and flowers
Crayons
Paper


Go on a nature walk and collect a variety of plants and flowers, such as grass, leaves, dandelions, etc. Spread out your collection and encourage them to draw a picture using only crayons in colors that match the items collected.

Source: The Preschooler's Busy Book