It's no secret that I have a slight obsession with yarn. So for the letter K I thought the kids and I could try some finger knitting. First things first, we made some t-shirt yarn out of a couple worn out shirts. (You can see my t-shirt yarn tutorial HERE.) I practiced with Oldest Twin first, to show Littlest how it worked. Oldest Twin has done some finger knitting with me before and … [Read more...]
Preschool Jokes
Preschool humor is so much fun. Trying to learn the art of telling a joke. Even their cute fake laughing when they make up a joke to tell you. Littlest has become very interested in jokes lately. So for the letter J this week we worked on some jokes they he could tell and enjoy. These were some of our top choices. The twins helped find jokes for us, including the cheetah joke. Do … [Read more...]
I Scream for Ice Cream
In my mind there were no other options than going out for ice cream this week when we talked about the letter I. So last night just Littlest and I headed over to Melt Ice Creams for an after dinner treat. It was our first time there and I was excited to try some of their locally made ice cream flavors. Littlest got vanilla (or what … [Read more...]
Harry Potter, Hermione, and Hogwarts
a little throwback Thursday with Youngest Twin wearing a Gryffindor scarf Some books and movies just seem to fit with certain seasons. For me, Harry Potter is required fall/winter weather watching material. It's probably the fabulous scarves and hats. My sisters started me on the Harry Potter obsession. They read the books first and then loaned me their copies to read. (I have since purchased … [Read more...]
DIY Kid Friendly Ghosts
How handy that we could make ghosts for our letter G activity this week? We made two variations of these friendly ghosts. First a simple popsicle stick ghost. And the second started the same as the first with the addition of a bunch of tissue paper squares glued on the top. Then we used a cotton ball dipped in black paint to add the faces. This was great because it was simple enough for … [Read more...]