I can do it myself.

I usually allow A to grab her own snacks.  She knows where they are and will usually bring them to me if she needs help.  This time, however, I guess she was seeing if she could do it herself.  I love it!

The best toy...for the moment.

This is A's favorite activity/toy at the moment.  It's from The Dollar Tree.  Who knew we could get so much use out of it?  If she sees it, she'll say, "numbers, numbers!"  We do this puzzle over and over and over.  So worth it.

Strawberry Pops!

We made strawberry popsicles the other day.  I found the idea here. 

You basically puree a carton (or less) of strawberries, adding a little water and sugar to taste.

So easy!  There isn't much to them and they do simply taste like pureed strawberries.  A is used to eating only pureed fruit popsicles, so it worked for her!

Tot School: Easter and Sharing

We're keeping a few activities from last week and adding others.  Our focus is sharing, with a little Easter (eggs, mainly) thrown in.

Sharing ice cubes: each egg spot gets a cube.  I'm not planning on using the tongs pictured.  I may use a large spoon or just have A use her hands.  We'll start out with no patterns and go from there.

Spooning eggs: spoon eggs from one bowl into another.
A was not excited about using a spoon, so we turned this into an activity where she took eggs from one bowl and ran them across the room to the other one.  We did this over and over and over.

Egg Shape Match--a favorite from last week.  Check out last week's post
to see where you can print yours for free!

A version of the Sharing Caterpillar, taken from Instant Bible Lessons for Toddlers.
-Glue circles onto paper
-Color circles with markers
-Decorate with circle stickers
-Glue pictures of things we can share
-Write memory verse on top (They shared everything they had.  Acts 4:32)
(This craft is done over the entire week, not in one sitting.)

Uppercase/Lowercase alphabet egg match

This was printed for free online, but have no idea where I got it.  If anyone knows, drop me a line so I can give credit!

Number Egg Match from last week

What are you doing this week?

Made by Mama: Peg People!

A has been under the weather, so I think we'll stick with the same tot school we had from last week.  I'll update if we add a few new boxes.

I finally made these cute little people in cups as an Easter gift for A!  I saw them on Etsy and have had the materials since Christmas.  

The only problem...ONLY the yellow person fits.  Ugh.

 I thought maybe they could be hats, but it would be hard to play with them this way on the carpet since the people wouldn't be very stable.

This is how we ended up using them.  I think I'll have to try again another time, but this works for now!

Looks Like Spring?

Yesterday we woke up to giant snowflakes falling from the sky.  When we opened the door to show A, her response was, "Outside to play!  Outside to play water!!"

After breakfast, A and I suited up (I had already put her boots away!) and we went out to play. 

She even found a few puddles to jump and splash in!

By the end of the day, the snow was gone and the sun was shining so brightly.  It's a funny place where we live.

Shoes, shoes, shoes!

We spent a good part of yesterday morning playing with shoes.  (we are still working on the pacifier thing)  I had brought out a basket of shoes over the weekend to look for any that might work as church shoes.  A found them and had a lot of fun pulling them out and having me put them on her feet.  Then we played a few rounds of match the shoes.

Who knew a basket of shoes could provide such entertainment?  

Side note: many of these shoes came from a friend who has two little girls and was nice enough to pass along their shoes to A.  :)