Praises of a Wife and Mommy

A little painters tape and chalk and you can create a masterpiece!    We eventual broke the chalk up in baggies and added water and then used a paintbrush to make it go faster.  

The Color Game Thanks again to Pintrest where I found this idea from Toddler Approved .  We love fun ideas for outside and chalk!   My daughter never has played "Simon" so I called our game the Color game.  We played it similar to  "Simon" but my daughter is only 4 so trying to get long sequences was not the goal.  I also used 8 different colors so my goal was to sequence the 8 colors.  I would call out a color and she would jump on it then back in the middle.  Next I would say the same color and add one more and she would jump from one color to another and then back to the middle where I would add another color.  We would do that similar to "Simon" but we did not repeat a color so we would use all 8 colors  once.  She did a fantastic job of remembering where to go and each new color when it was added.   :)  This game was played several times for at least 45 minutes!  :) Yay!  My 16 month old a...

It was another hot and humid day.  Majority of the day was spent being lazy and staying indoors but when the sun started to set it cooled down a bit and we headed out on the patio to enjoy some fresh air.  My hubby has the whole week off so today started our "staycation."   We started the "staycation" with some good ole chalky fun! First I made a hopscotch for my daughter and we had a lot of fun reviewing numbers and then hoping on one leg then both legs.  I was reinforcing which leg was her right and her left.  Lots of good little lessons were added to our outside fun today. Then daddy's artsy side kicked in and he drew a nice picture. Then Selah and I drew a butterfly together.  :) 

Very Cool!  

Alice in Wonderland!  I have not watched this movie with my daughter yet.  I am not a big fan of this movie but this artist did a great job.  

Where the Wild Things Are!!!  I have not seen the movie yet but I plan too.  I love how this artist added so much color.  She was still not done so I never saw the finished product.  

YAY, BAMBI!  

OR should we head to the beach today???  I think lil man might get to warm???  

I need a beach day!  Do you?