Colors week #2

This past week has been crazy, and I didn't do much - only two days, pink/brown on one day and black/white on the second day. Here are some pictures...



Pink day - Colored, tried a puzzle (these are too hard for her, but she enjoys playing with the pieces and watching me complete the puzzle)
Colored with a marker (she's holding her finger out because she got marker on it and she didn't like it) After she colored I tried to have her glue some tissue paper hearts onto the pig. She cried when she got glue on her hand, but eventually was willing to stick them down if I put the glue on first. She did however, enjoy showing off her finished work!
Pushing her baby - I took this stuffed doll, opened her up, and shoved a bag full of marbles in, and closed her back up. She weighs almost 2 lbs (we used the scale at the grocery store!) Ashley really likes her. I don't let her play with her unsupervised (I'm not sure I trust my sewing skills) but she's a favorite toy for sure.
The last picture is playing with her other "pink" toys.



Same day but not related to pink or brown - a ziplock bag of hairgel. I hoped she'd like it because she didn't have to actually touch the hairgel, but she was not a fan. She did like to smell it, and eventually was willing to lay it down and push on it a little with her fingers, but over all she didn't seem to like it.



Brown Day - we just colored and played with another puzzle.



She had a great time with the black and white day. The first picture, she's coloring, and pointing out that the dog on her coloring sheet matches her toy. Played with a puzzle. Read a color book. She loves the doggy/kitty page. She enjoyed putting little puff balls in a paint tray, but didn't really understand how to put black on one side and white on the other. In the last picture, she is playing with a black feather and a white feather.



This was her favorite part of the day. I printed out a picture of our conviently black and white dog and cat. She loved the print out! We then went on a search through the house to find them. The dog really has no opinion of her either way and accepted sitting for a picture. The cat however, was completely unwilling to come out from behind the chair.

So that was our two days... This week isn't looking promising, but I'll get something up next week.

Linking up to TOT School...

Fun with Feathers!

Color Week #1 (3/28-4/2)

This past week was our first week doing a specific set of projects every day. I didn't get pictures of everything, but we did coloring with crayons, talked about things that are the color we were using, found things outside in each color, dressed in the color, and did lots of activities related to the color. Here are some highlights...


Red - I forgot to take pictures in the morning, so she's in her pjs at this point, but you can see some reading/red toys, and putting together a three piece puzzle (which she didn't get at all yet)


Orange - Coloring, dressing up in her Home Depot apron, Feeding the baby (orange juice!), Stamping


Yellow - The yellow tub, acting out "five little ducks," playing with the items in the box, trying out some yellow playdough (which she would not touch with her hands, only the plastic cup)


Green - Coloring and Dancing to the music the green caterpillar plays. I had to include the bottom picture because she was having so much fun!


Blue - watching the clothes in the washer get dyed blue, building with blue blocks, wearing a blue hat, coloring. The shirt she has on (though not entirely blue) was colored by Ashley the night before. All of the kids got to decorate shirts with fabric markers for spring break.


Purple - Coloring, Reading the purple penguin book, riding the purple bike, throwing the purple ball.

We're taking a break from the colors for a few days so I can get the next set of stuff together. Look for Pink, Brown, Black, White, and Grey next week!

Linking up to TOT School for the first time!

Tub of Balls!

Who can resist a tub full of balls? I gathered every (small) ball I could find into one tub, and brought them in. Even the older brother couldn't resist, and he's six! Good times!

Shaving Cream

Ashley is not a big fan of new tactile experiences. She used to hate grass, though she's pretty much over that, and she still seems to hate our carpet.
When she was about 13 months, she briefly went to daycare, and on our last day we "painted" with chocolate pudding. She wasn't a fan of touching it, but she sure enjoyed eating it when she figured out that it was good!
I thought I'd try shaving cream with her. Though she did smile for the camera (she can't help herself!) in the end, she was not a fan, and scrambled to get away from it, and cried until I washed her off. Here are a few pictures. We'll have to try it again. She is 20 months in these pictures.

A new blog

I've been keeping a pretty good photo record of activities I do at home with Ashley and the other kids - since Ashley is home with me, I am her main "teacher," so I thought I'd be a little more formal with it and keep track this way. Let's see what we get. :-)