Lillie's comment of the day

On our way to violin class L decided that she was starving. With only 10 minutes until class we had no other option than to stop at this yukie, old and rather questionable looking TacoBell near her music class.
I knew that if I didn't give her something to eat NOW she'd have a major melt-down in class or worse would start chewing on that rented violin right in front of her violin instructor.
So in we went ...this was Ls AND my first visit at a TB. While we sat at a table, L was scarfing down her chicken burrito and looked around.

L: This is a nice restaurant Mama! We should come here more often, they have GOOD food!


... obviously these kids don't get out to REAL restaurants very often.

How to ... Yarn Basket

Lulu and I have lots of time to get down and messy while big L is at school now. Here is what Lulu created last week (we finally finished it this morning).

Yarn Basket

Items needed:

plastic bowl as a mold

plastic wrap

wool (cut in pieces)

white glue

(if desired Mod Pod - which we added for extra durability)

and here is how it works:

cover your bowl with the plastic wrap

cut your wool

shnip-shnap

pour the glue into a large container

soak your wool strings in the glue

lay string by string across your bowl

criss-cross for better stability

get messy!!!

get more messy!!!

of course in our house nothing is complete without sparkles

 a little more maybe

now we are talking!!!

Whats that on your hands, Lulu?

Glitter and glue!!!

A very sparkle-sticky mess!!!

now add some weights and let dry

After the first 24 hours I removed the books and just let the glue dry completely.
I added another layer of ModPod and let it dry again. The L's will want to use this for their treasures so it better be sturdy. This morning it was finally completely dry.
I trimmed the edges and we added some duct tape to finish off the edge a bit and add some more hold.

This is the final outcome

I knew that this would be used for Princess, I just knew it :)

Et voila, a home made yarn basket by my little Lulu. 

The inspiration came from here . Their tutorial is much more detailed than our little picture show.

Fun with Letters

Reading is on our minds lately. To help with the whole learning process we came up with (or copied) some nifty ideas.

Building up our Reading Skills

I found this idea here and we also did this but there was too much nakedness in the pics to post this here. 

A few months ago we donated all of our Mega Blocks ... OF COURSE now I could have used them again. A quick trip to our favorite thrift store solved the issue and now we have a basis for building up our reading skills (if anybody has Mega Blocks and doesn't need them anymore ... here-here-here ... we'll take them!!!)

L had fun all afternoon building her words ...somehow every sentence included the name "Jay" :):):)

Lulu, quite inspired by her big sissies new interest in letters and writing, made her own letters this morning.

Lulu's FIRST letters!!! 

All written by my three year old smart-cookie :)

And this is how we spent our time after lunch.

I got the inspiration here and there. 

More letter fun with letters on letters :)

The (brown bag) Post Office Sorting Station

The (brown bag) Mail Carrier Bag

Making the letters

Letters to all of our friends around the world.

Of course!!!

Issie hard working!

Time to drop the letters in the mail box

Sorting the letters by the letters

all done!!!

I guess we'll be working on making some mail boxes for the Ls this afternoon so they can receive their letters too.

How Humpty Dumpty became breakfast

L is reading Humpty Dumpty at school right now. Yesterday they did a little experiment in class which she wanted to repeat when she came home.

 her work from class that day

list of items needed for the experiment

TRANSLATION:

we need:

1 egg

clothes for HD

a bow for HD

a wall

the wall

designing the outfit

HD ready for his stunt

this is one confident smile, HD!!!

ready, set, 

.... ACTION!!!

oopssss....

L's comment:
 "he should have weared (L-grammar) a helmet."

... and this is how Humpty Dumpty became breakfast (scrambled that is :)