Sister snack

I was recently pinning some ideas for morning and bedtime routines on Pinterest.  I wanted to make a chart for A, to help her get herself ready for both transition times.  I saw a picture of two kids eating cereal as their bedtime routine on this blog and a light bulb flickered on in my head.  We needed a bedtime snack in our routine!

When A was a baby, we'd feed her baby oatmeal and a bottle of milk before bed.  Why weren't we doing something similar now?  (a lot of our bedtime battles revolve around being hungry...for both girls)

We now have a "sister snack" box

I keep this box on the top shelf of A's closet.  (Her room doubles as the girls' playroom)  Every night, unless we've had a late supper, the girls put their jammies on and have a sister snack together before bed. There is a little table with two chairs they can sit on. Sometimes I'll read them a story or two while they munch.

Our snack box is packed with two types of applesauce (I figured they sort of doubled as drinks) and then some dry snacks packed in snack bags (duplicates of everything).  There are bowls to put the snacks in, a spoon for applesauce as well as a refillable pouch to put baby sister's applesauce in.

 

So far this has been a nice transition to get the girls ready for bed.  I'm happy that it also helps fill their little tummies for the evening, too!

Travel Binders

We went on a four hour road trip last weekend.  With the way I prepared, you'd think it was a 16 hour ordeal, but we were only in the car for 4 hours.  I had a few friends ask for details, so here they are.  There is more to come!
 (be sure to scroll over the words, I've provided links to the activities)

Big Sister's Binder

1. Highlights magazine, Laminated Kumon activity pages, pencil case with crayons and paper, Wooly Willy, ISpy book with magnifying glass

2.  lacing animals, envelope with plain paper and stickers

3.  Color Wonder coloring pages, We Choose Virtues coloring pages

4.  Color by word apple page, Melissa and Doug Stamp Marker Activity Pages

5.  Tracing page I had from teaching, Kumon coloring pages

6.  Name writing practice (using letter boxes),  cutting practice sheets  

7. gumball stickers   

8.  Butterfly sticker page, Alphabet match-up with abc stickers

9. Hello Kitty/My Little Pony sticker sort, 1-10sticker sheets 

1.sticker activity page ,happy face/sad face sticker sorting

2.sticker shapes,  Color sorting with stickers

3.  Poking shapes with a golf tee (Montessori Print Shop), Letter search (Living Life Intentionally) 

4. Blank reindeer face (I found this on Pinterest and a Google search)

5.  Blank boy and girl (Pinterest and Google search) girl face here

6.letter tracing    

7.  Tracing from Musings of Me (no longer available),laminated Doc McStuffins Tot Pack

8. (more Doc)

9.Mr. & Mrs. Potato head felt activity   

Baby sister's binder

1. Highlights magazine, laminated Kumon pages (with dry-erase crayons), pencil case with paper and crayons, envelope with paper, coloring pages and stickers

2.  Color Wonder pages

3. Velcro Mitten Match (no longer available)

4.  Velcro Animal silhouette match (can't find the link!)

5. Blank faces

I'll update soon with what was in our TRAVEL BOX!