10 and 2, Counting & Bippity-Boppity-Blue

This was a picture taken at a birthday party over the weekend. I have to remember this moment as B Man LOVED driving this little car. You would have thought he did all the driving with his 10 and 2 driving hands!!!

This morning while Brady napped, Charlotte asked to paint with water. She worked on Tigger. She also told me all the colors she saw.

Then Charlotte worked on counting. We used pink heart erasers and counting cards. She wasn't interested most of the time, but we counted together when we could.

Then we did a numbers puzzle and concentrated only on numbers 1-5.

 

 She enjoys working on simple puzzles.

Then we read books one including "Cindewella". She asked for her toes and "gee-gos" to be painted.  I got out the Bippity-Boppity-Blue nail polish from her Christmas stocking and she sat so still when I painted away. I loved our quiet moments together painting her toes, we giggled and whispered as Brady napped away. I love love love my girly girl.

Playdough with Mr. Potato Head

 Yesterday, Charlotte looked through her new Cinderella Tot Lapbook. She LOVED it! The book practices colors, shapes, counting and the letters of her name.

 Charlotte telling me the colors she sees.

 Today, we did a Do-a-Dot shamrock page with her green marker. She went right to work when I put the page in front of her.

 She LOVED it!

 We also did a cut and paste with the letter Aa.

 Gluing the acorn down.

She LOVES her glue stick too.

 Finally, we played with play dough at Charlotte's request. She asked me all morning if she could play with it. So I got it out.

I also took out all the Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head pieces so we could make some silly creations. Turns out she LOVED this too!  

 She giggled and laughed and was so entertained by all the faces she created... it was so fun. :)

 C made a hole for it's mouth, she was giggling the whole time she made this creature.

 Then she put the lips on...

 And sang Happy Birthday to it! Too funny.

She also requested that I make an "H", an "L" and a "T". Who knows, why? She told me "Thank you, Mom" when I finished. ;)

My Girl

I caught my girl playing in mama's makeup the other day...

 ... feeling real bad about it, Charlotte?!?!? I see no conviction in her face but a proud 2 year old.

 I put her up on the bathroom counter and asked her to do makeup like mommy and she gave me this face... apparently this is how I apply my makeup... Lol!

I love my girl. I love that she loves my makeup. I can't get enough of her!

Tot Trays

Charlotte's really enjoys doing her tot trays/baskets. The activities continue to keep her engaged during play time.

 More stamps... she had so much fun last week with her stamps, I thought we should do it again.

 Stamping a butterfly

 Hand/eye coordination with an empty egg carton, plastic tweezers, and pom poms

 Hard at work

 Science fun with a magnifying glass and plastic lizards. We studied the colors and back stripes of each lizard.

 Goofin' around with silly Charlotte

Funny Face Charlotte Grace!

French Braids & a Green Crayon

 So my 2nd attempt at french braids isnt too shabby?!?!... between the help of YouTube and my community group last night, I can now french braid for the 1st time in my life.  This was definitely on my bucket list. Haha. Charlotte watched 2 episodes of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse while I worked on her hair. Hot Diggity Dog! Lol

Later this morning we went over to Charlie's house. On the way there, Charlotte saw that it was cloudy out and kept pointing to the sky, saying "What's wrong with sky, Mommy?" "It's scary. It's cold. It's sad." I think it really bothered her the sun wasn't out. She is such an Arizona Girl!!! When we drove into Charlie's neighborhood, C said over and over "Charlie's house YAY!!! YAY!!! YAY!!!" Then she squealed and giggled and hugged and kissed the book she was reading. Charlotte loves her friend, Charlie so much!

 Dancing and balancing on the line at Charlie's house.

 Playing tea party at the table. C loved the hanging hearts.

Making stickers books.

 Picking stickers

B Man watching the girls. So I forgot B Man's pacifier and Vicki had one unused one to offer to B Man. I don't think he cared that it was PINK! I think the picture is so funny... little boy with a pink pacifier. Lol 

The princesses with their crowns and necklaces having a Valentine's tea party.

Eating a scone

And it wouldn't be a successful play date without a child being drawn on?!?! Or an eaten green crayon?!?!Not sure how this happened but it was pretty funny to discover his whole mouth covered in GREEN. Im sure he didn't care. B Man is pretty un-phased by it, look at my happy-go-lucky guy.

President's Day Fun

Charlotte's friend, Logan came to play at our house this morning. I made heart shaped waffles with whipped cream and strawberry slices. I also made fresh squeezed orange juice with my Bountiful Basket oranges, it was SO tasty! The kids loved it too!

Silly Logan eating his breakfast.

Since President's Day is just around the corner, I thought we could do a themed art activity. I read them this story, of course it was modified in some very funny voices. Lol. Then the kids did coin rubbings of the president's faces... we talked about what a president was and looked for their faces on their papers.

Some more fun with coloring.

Tracing lines

Today, C and I worked on her activity baskets, matching game, and tracing lines. She refused to get dressed and only wanted to wear her "Marrmaid" nightgown... we are going to have to get her more t-shirts with "Marrmaid"/"Princess Tia-on-on-aa"/"Cinderwella" because getting ready in the morning becomes a huge challenge these days. Just for the record her hair was fixed and her teeth were brushed. Lol

 I made Charlotte a strip with her name written in purple fabric puffy paint. She can trace the letters with her fingers and learn her letters in her name.

 Fine Motor Skills with plastic tongs (Thanks Ashley!), pom poms and a paint palette.

 I could tell this was a little difficult for her as the tongs were hard for her to maneuver. She will get the hang of it soon!

 C is always playing around when we do stuff together, it is her way of asserting her independence. Here she is singing "Happy Birthday" to me and blowing the "candles" out. Lol

 Stamps and booklet

 Practicing her stamping skills

 Sorting blue, red and yellow objects

 St. Patrick's Day matching game

Tracing Lines... so since we have been working on so many fine motor skills I wanted to test C to see if she could trace a straight line. So I had C practice going from one starting point to the ending point. She got that she needed to connect the dots, see top line. The next 3 lines are her tracing a dotted line from start to end. She actually surprised me and did quite well, check out her bottom 3 lines. She LOVED using a marker on the board and erasing her doodles so easily.