once again, i am avoiding being the "dairy queen" by blogging. i'm trying to convince myself that i'll be fine if i skip pumping tonight, but i know that i'll be regretting that decision come 4am when i can't roll over in bed because my balloons might pop! so...instead, i'll make this quick and then do my duties.
andrew and i had a blast making crayons for the bathtub (another activity in his highlights magazine). this activity was done at a perfect time, since andrew's class at school learned about the color wheel and mixing colors last week. he had so much fun mixing the food coloring to make orange, green and purple. we were disappointed to find out that after our hard work, the crayons didn't work too well. if you'd like to give it a try, here ya go...
1 - spray an ice cube tray with vegetable oil spray
2 - grate a bar of ivory soap (we used 3 bars total!) using the smallest holes on a cheese grater
3 - add 10-15 drops of food coloring and about 2 tablespoons of warm water to the grated soap
4 - add more warm water as needed, and stir until it looks like thick dough
5 - press the mixture into sections of the ice cube tray
6 - freeze for 30 minutes
7 - pop crayons out of tray and let them dry for a day or two before using
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
good clean fun
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
SUM fun in the morning
In a constant effort to enhance Andrew's math skills (or usually in an effort to simply entertain him!) we play a lot of math games around here. For example, when Andrew doesn't want to eat what's on his plate, we play "plate math." It goes something like this...
ME: "Andrew, how many blueberries are on your plate?"
ANDREW: "Five"
ME: "If you eat one, how many will be left?"
Andrew then eats one and counts again..."Four."
The game continues until all of the blueberries are eaten. Sometimes I can't believe this simple game gets him to eat the food on his plate...AND...teaches him math at the same time.
This morning, Derek and I were in the bathroom doing our morning routine, when Andrew came in. He said, "Hey, there are three of us in here. One, two three." After counting us, he stepped just outside the bathroom door and then said, "And if one left, then there are two in the bathroom. One, two."
Oh, Nanny (she's a retired math teacher) must be SO proud!
