Pinterest Win - Ziplock bag painting!

We found a Pinterest pin that worked perfectly for a cold rainy afternoon in mid October.

Ziplock Bag Painting

This post is brought to you by the letter Cc

Today we started the letter Cc!  Some of this stuff I have been saving for months to try out. 

Box #1 the Very Hungry Caterpillar book along with the butterfly’s life stages out of plush, sweet, little softies.  Luke wanted in on this one… and then he wanted to nurse.  :P

Box #2 was some letter Cc pages from LOTW.

Box #3 was a caterpillar craft.

I thought it turned out extra cute!  I love the second one where Logan took some ‘artistic license’ and made his second caterpillar in different, funky colors.  :)

Box #4 is a lacing card with Cc is for Cat.

Box #5 is a set of matching coins (American currency this time) to match and a couple of “Cc is for Calculators”.

#6 was a Montessori pouring activity.

He REALLY enjoyed this one… loved the idea of being able to pour me drinks.  Luckily the pitcher wasn’t too big or I’d be swimming away.

Box #7 was a coloring page with “Cc is for Cat”

Box #8 was the Waldorf Alphabet Book.  Logan loves to find all the things that begin with each letter in the pictures as I read this to him.

Box #9 was the Leapfrog Fridge Letters again… but this time we added Cc!

Box #10 was an idea I got from Pinterest. 

These sheets are free to print and when you put them in sheet protectors it makes a wipe off free handwriting workbook!  Logan thought it was the coolest thing ever.  Even Cyan wanted a turn with this fun new workbook idea.  (I’ll have to make her some with cursive phrases… that’s what she’s working on right now.)

Lucas’ first 6 weeks

Back to the fun stuff…

Adding the fun back in a day at a time.  Today it was our bento lunches.  How the kids have missed them!  Cheese and crackers on the bottom, carrots, dip and a few graham cracker goldfish on top.  They so enjoyed going to the spring party today and bringing their little lunch boxes and water bottles.  Even Alex said he liked it, although I had to pack a fruit bar on top of a double portion of lunch for his ever growing appetite.  (He is now 5’10” and wears a 13 shoe!)

I lead a butterfly craft at the spring party today.  I got to learn a few things about being a mama of a newborn and a teacher.  The baby woke up just before I started and so I had him on my lap the entire time.  It made teaching really difficult and I was flustered and hard to follow most of the time.  When I got done and we were all sitting down to lunch I had the grand idea of putting Luke in the sling (which he prefers to being on my lap anyhow, the cuddler that he is) and then thought how helpful that would have been had I thought of that while I was trying to teach the craft!!!  I will know for next time. 

My babymoon being nearly over (7 weeks old today!), I am excited that I am starting to get my grove enough to want to do things like lead a craft table or pack a bento lunch. I have loved taking the time off to love on my sweet new babe, but I am guessing I will love living my life with him along with us even more.

Bliss...

Oh yes, this is what bliss looks like...

PS for more pictures and info on everything else, see my other blog... and we'll be back to more regular homeschooling stuff next week... or sometime soon after that. ;)