Playing Shop

A couple of weeks ago, we read "Night of the Moonjellies", and continued learning about coins. 

 

One of the accompanying books we read was "Have a Good Day Cafe", and decided that we would open our own little play store at "school".

I had set the store up while you were busy watching a video, and so you were very pleasantly surprised when I called you in, and you saw the stuff all laid out.

You loved toting around the little brown grocery bag, picking out what you wanted to "purchase", and then figuring out with me how much to pay and which coins to use.  To keep it simple, we paid for the items one by one.  When we reopen the store the next time, I'm going to concentrate just on one or two denominations  at a time.

We even managed to rope Daddy in on the adventure. :)  You had a grand time showing daddy "the ropes".

Expression

We've been trying out the "writing aid" we got recently and it is really easy to use.

I try to gently nudge you to "pinching" your pencil with thumb and index finger, without being too pushy...

We also got some chalk pastel for school, and got to use them when we read "Night of the moonjellies".

You LOVED using the chalk, and when I showed you a little bit about shading/blending, you were at it like a little pro. :)

You were so enamored that you went ahead and made a bunch more drawings, every one of which, had a story :)

Poetry in Motion

You love rhyming, and this is a short song that you came up with while I was giving you a shower.

"If I had a hammer,

I would flush it away..

So I could have a new one

Every Single Day."

Classic or WHAT.

Cars 2 Revisited

The last time you were so caught up with Cars or Cars 2 was probably 1 1/2 years ago.

Here you are, enjoying your afternoon matinee, complete with drink and popcorn, while mummy takes a nap. :)

 

At time of writing, you have watched it from beginning to end about 4 times, all seen within a week.  We also borrowed "Mater's Tall Tales" from the library, and you have been watching THAT on a daily basis :)

Happiness is Playgrounds....

Even though it tugs at the heart strings to see how fast you are growing up, but it makes me proud to see your little achievements, and how you are getting stronger and more nimble and more confident...

Just a few months ago, you would not have even contemplated attempting to climb up dubious looking steps :)

You were climbing UP the slides like a little monkey, and making me run up and down to watch you did so.

We even got to get Cindy in on the action.