Well almost, just a few more days and it will be Thanksgiving! I had to share this cute little craft using my toddler’s hand prints, he is great when it comes to crafts like this…mostly becuase he loves getting his hands painted, lol
(sorry about the orientation, I can’t seem to get the picture to flip 😦 )
ok, so “technically” Halloween-ify is not a real word, but who will notice…I’m finally starting to get into the spirit of decorating for Halloween, its about time since it is only 22 days away! I decorated my home (I’ll hav a post on that later) but what about my work space?! I found some really cute desktop wallpapers to use on my computer..enjoy
Decorate your work space!
So my youngest turned two in September, YAY! But I forgot to have his 2 year old pictures done. Now usually I’m not that forgetful but lately this momma has had a lot on her plate, and honestly I was kind of dreading taking him to a professional studio, they always take like a million pictures, ok, I’m exaggerating a little, but they take so many, and they all look ADORABLE! I get wrangled into buying over $200 in portraits, and I honestly don’t have that many family members to mail them to, so they sit in a drawer…forever…
This year I figured I’d attempt to take them on my own, I mean hey, I have a nice enough camera, and I’ve seen enough family and baby portrait pictures to choke a horse. So off to the park I went with my 2 kids in tow, my camera, a few photo props, and an ‘irrational sense of optimissim’ . Well I should have known that 2 hyper children and a park were a receipe for disaster, the oldest child would not sit still no matter how much I tried to bribe him, and they youngest (whom I really needed to sit still the most) wanted to copy his older brother and run amuck at the park. I ended up getting a few good shots in and thank heaven for photoshop editing, lol. And here were a few of the finish products…
So i’ve been seeing this “Pin” on Pinterest (the most AWESOME Site ever!) and decided to try it since I hate cleaning my glass top stove and everyone says the method of using baking soda is so great and easy….well…
PROS- It is a cheap method (i hate paying a high cost for cleaning supplies)
It does work well, just not as “Amazing” as everyone says
CONS- 1. Kills your hands (wear gloves!)
2. I had to redo the steps several times to get all the “crusty’ stuff off, so it wasn’t as effortless as most said, or I just have an EXTREMLY stubborn stove
Since Saturday was the official start of fall, that translates to scarf season, I found this little helpful illustration on pinterest..enjoy!
This past weekend we took our oldest on his first fishing trip on the boat! We were trying to catch trout, but we caught 6 catfish and 2 sharks, lol…all were thrown back…we had fun, but no fish for dinner
This activity kept my 7 year old busy for a while! I took baking soda and spread it across the bottom of a baking dish, and mixed 2-3 drops of food coloring (different container for each different colors) in with white vinegar, and let him use a dropper to squart the vinegar mixture and watch it fizz! In the words of my 7 year old “THIS IS SO COOL!”
I found these cute little monster finger puppets at Target in the clearance section a few months ago and have been trying to figure out what to do with them. I’ve got it! I drew numbers on their bellies and stuck them on a pipecleaner (i did end up running a quick sewing line across the bottom to keep the pipe cleaner from coming out). And now little man has a cute new counting game! We work together and say the number first, then start counting the beads as he slides them up the pipe cleaner to the monsters belly! This works on his counting, number recognition, and fine motor skills. I love activites that are like 3 in one!
Use this Halloween themed counting worksheet for your little one to practice counting and writing numbers up to 10!
The winner of our Ella’s Kitchen giveaway is…
Please email me at Heather11183@yahoo.com to claim your prize!
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adventures of a mother of TWO! 