Sunday, April 26, 2009

Bored, nothing to do?


We have been working on creative projects because Lucas is much, much happier when he is busy. We have spent a lot of time at the park. He will enjoy the park for a while but then he enjoys a few activities too.
I am always looking for new ideas to keep us busy. I thought I would share some of them so if you need something to do with your little ones, you could use them.
- We made a full size Lucas doll out of newspaper then let him pick out an outfit for him. Lucas drug him around for awhile.
-a fishing game where we put different actions on the back of fishing drawings, then fished them out with a magnet then acted out the actions
-We go for walks to look for "treasures" and then made a collage out of them.
-Trace your body on the Cement then let them decorate it
-Use a crayon and a piece of paper to make rubbings of different surfaces and objects around the house or outside.
-Put a bunch of objects in a bag then put matches of them out for your child to see. Then let them feel an object in the bag and try to match it to one in front of them without looking in the bag.
If you have any ideas for additional activities please, oh please put them in the comments

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Easter

We had a fabulous Easter and I wanted to share a little bit of our weekend with you. Monday Lucas, James and I went to an Easter egg hunt that was really fun.









They traded the kids all their plastic eggs for a trip to the prize room Lucas picked out a kite. We spent the rest of the afternoon flying it. As you can see, it made for one happy little boy.





Friday we had our friend Raegan over to dye eggs. After 10 minutes (I guess it is pretty good for 3-year-olds) they were done and wanted something else to make, so we made little baskets to put the eggs in. It was a great success because the eggs all got colored, none got broken, and nothing ended up stained except for fingers.

Sunday Lucas found his Easter basket and was very happy. There was a basket for James as well, which was a very smart thing for the Easter Bunny to do. Little boys don't really want to share their candy, and Moms really love Twix.