When it was certain that I would be returning to work I pinned several toddler activities. Sometimes it's easy to play with BK with the toys she already has, who am I kidding, that's always the easiest thing to do. I wanted to find activities that would strengthen her fine motor skills, her letter recognition, her colors and numbers. Things that would center around an upcoming holiday, perhaps.Them life got busy (which could also read: I was a little lazy) and I didn't think much about it anymore. Don't get me wrong we play every single day but coming up with a new activity and executing it falls by the wayside in the midst of sheer day-to-day living.So I thought, if I started a weekly post … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2012
read, read, read
From as far back as I can remember I have always loved to read. I can remember my mom having to ask me to put my book away to eat dinner or worse, to clean my room. In elementary school our books were color coded by grade level and I can remember making it my goal to read all of the books for my grade level each year. And read them, I did. Every last book on the red level, then the blue, even the yellow, green and purple. Then somewhere along the way life became a little busier. And there is nothing like having to read a million pages in some college text book to make you dread reading anything you aren't required to read. I would sneak in books over the summer and on breaks but … [Read more...]
Project 365: Week 3
I almost completely forgot to post a Project 365 for today. I don't usually blog on the weekend so this will take some getting used to still. If you're doing Project 365, you might want to check our Laura's blog and link up, if you haven't already. Bath time has always been her favorite thing. Every night when we tell her it's time to take a bath she drops whatever she is doing and runs straight to the bathroom. And the water? She isn't scared at all and even pours cups of water on her own head, on Sunday she was drinking it straight out of the faucet. (And the yellow water is a result of those bath tabs that she insists on each night :))I was off on Monday and we had a lazy day at … [Read more...]