Zoo with friends

I don't think we could have picked a more perfect day for the ZOO. The air was cool and the sun was warm. The friends were great. The babies and tots were mostly content. We saw giraffes, tigers, lions, cheetahs, monkeys, flamingos, elephants, and the cutest koala bears. Only one bump on the head for Landon Man, 1 tantrum from a pint size C, an entirely eaten lollipop, stick and all from again C, and a couple of whiny screams from this little guy... only a few problems.

All strapped in and ready to roll...

 Checking out the giraffes

Logan and C looking at the sleeping tiger...

 There he is!!!

 B Man mostly content...

... and 2 seconds later, not so much!

Lazy lions

The Fabulous Firstborns... Logan, Calvin, Landon and Charlotte

 The Sleepy Secondborn... a much needed nap. 

 C & B Man playing at the Fisher Price Farm Playground

 Watch out, here comes Charlotte Grace!

 See ya!

 Crazy Driver!

Me and My babies at the Zoo. It was a perfect day... with almost no problems at all. Lol. ;)

The letter C, GREEN and a square

This week includes... the letter "C", the color GREEN and the shape, a square.

C's letter craft... C for Crab

 Letter Sensory Box... all things that begin with the letter C

 Tot Trays... Sticker Fun with stickers and a booklet, for her to fill up with stickers.

Sorting with green and yellow cubes.

 Spooning with an empty egg carton, pom poms and a formula scoop.

 Science fun. C loved playing with the green ice in a baggie. She observed the different phases of ice melting, going from a solid to liquid. It was fun and perfect activity for a limited attention span.

I have to say I am really enjoying the tot trays and other fun activities and crafts with C. She seems to really enjoy our time together too. Her focus is excelling. I have noticed her attention span has increased since we started 3 weeks ago. She loves working on the trays, or I guess, baskets.  Her motor skills are improving with the activities as well. She is building on her coloring, cutting and gluing skills. She can now hold crayons properly, when cutting I have noticed she can open and close scissors with one hand and hold the paper with the other and she loves using a glue stick. I am really happy I am spending time set aside with her purposefully. A little bit of planning goes a long ways.

C&B's Favorites

Her favorites... at 27 months

Of course, Daddy and Bear (they are probably equally loved the same in our house)
Loves my cherry chapstick
Wearing Mommy's makeup and playing with all the little brushes
Getting her toes painted
Brushing hair, especially the very little on Brady's head
Anything sweet (candy and cookies are big hits with her)
Talking on the phone
Swinging at the park
Our kitty cats
Being outside
The Moon
Making Brady laugh
Books especially about babies and their mommies
Having tea parties
Painting (with a brush and finger painting)
Singers on TV
Singing any and every song
The color Pink
Her silver sparkly mircophone
Dress up
Picking out dresses
Her friends (Logan, Charlie, Calvin and Landon)
Barbie from Toy Story 3
Playing with her baby dolls
Chicken and Fries (chicken nuggets and french fries), Mangoes, blueberries, chips/crackers/cookies

Funny things about Charlotte's vocabulary...

Marm-maid= Disney's Little Mermaid
Cinderwella= Disney's Cinderella
Gee-gos= fingers
Bye-da-boo= her daily vitamin
Peat= Please
I stopped correcting her because it really is just so adorable to hear these words come out of her mouth.
A common phrase... If she doesn't like something she usually tells me, "It her-ts meee" or when she leaves the room she says "bye, see ya, have a good day" and waves.

His favorites... at 10 months

Tapping two objects together
Eating cat food, yes, I know, yuck.
Doing the Nemo (crawling with one arm on his belly)
Crawling over to sister and kissing her until she giggles
Hearing his name called, B MANNN!
Ugh.... the blue lights on the DVR
My cell phone
Chasing a fabric stuffed soccer ball
Anything with wheels fascinates him
Being in the same room with people
A full belly
Bear hugs
Being tickled
Open mouth kisses
Homemade Macaroni and Cheese, Green Beans, Peas

Brady's vocabulary...
Mama, Uh oh, Baa-baa (bottle), and UP with hands raised

My Little Muffin Maker

Today we read books, played with play dough and made coffee cake muffins. C loves to make anything and everything. She usually sings songs during our activities... that's when I know she is the happiest. :)

Very focused at stirring all the ingredients.

 "Stttttirrrring!"

 "Is that an egg? Is it white?"

 "Yeah, it is white"

 More stirring

 Let's not forget about our favorite Buddy

 Busy at work

 Smelling the batter

 Into the oven... do you see the smushed nose against the glass. C is very excited!

  

Dancing and singing during the baking. Still excited.

Trying to figure how the muffins are changing... very observant C!

 Back to supervising.

"MMMmmm, let me have one!"

 Delish!

 Buddy joined in on the goods.

 "No Buddy I do it"

 "There it is"

Buddy and his Big Sister