Monday
Wow what a beautiful (and warm) day! We started off by taking
our long walk while our mini pool warmed up! We have a bigger tarp + PVC pipe
pool somewhere in the garage, but for now, this baby pool and recyclables will
do just fine! When we were finished with pool time, we filled our bottles up
and watered all G-Ma’s plants! Then we finished off the fun with ice pops. The sights,
smells and tastes of summer are upon us! We came inside and painted a little more
of our Mother’s Day presents, and then settled in for some nice, long pool
induced naps!
Tuesday
Another warm day! We took our walk while our pool water
warmed up a bit, then we came back and got changed into our bathing suits. It
wasn’t quite as warm as yesterday, so we didn’t stay in too long. We had some
popsicles and watered the flowers and then came inside to play with our
stacking/building manipulatives. I picked up two more sets of them from Target’s
dollar bins so we made a big bridge and a very tall tower. These are a toy that
I probably enjoy more than they do, but they had fun waiting til I built
something tall so they could smash it.
Wednesday
It was slightly chillier today so we opted for some sandbox
time after our walk. We used our new trucks to push sand around and build
castles. We played with our hula hoops for a bit. We all need some practice
with those and I am sure any car or person passing by got quite a show, but it
was silly and we had fun! We saw two bunnies hiding under the boat, so we
practiced sitting very quietly and watching them before having our snack
outside. We’ve been practicing sitting at the big kid table vs our high chairs
for snack, and it makes me appreciate everything the high chair does for me
i.e. keeping them in one spot so I can pee/clean/sit for a moment. We came
inside and took good naps after reading a few stories. We have to get to the
library soon and pick out some new books to read before nap!
Thursday
We started off today by rocking out with our instruments. It
got quite loud and crazy in here, but Thursdays stink so I thought maybe
switching up our game plan would negate some of the crazy that occurs. I was
sort of wrong, but they were able to channel their energy into pounding on
drums and crashing symbols. I was able to sip my coffee and get to my ohm place
before that started, so it was all good. We did some projects to help out prep
for VBS. We created some campfires using different materials. The first one we
did was simply construction paper that we glued together with gluesticks and
then glued onto a toilet paper and paper towel roll set up. For the second one,
we used markers to color on coffee filters and then sprayed them with water to
spread the color around. That was a little messy and a lot of fun! We glued
that fire to some popsicle sticks we colored brown. We took a walk after that and then played outside in the sandbox for a little bit to finish other projects. We put the finishing touches on our Mother’s Day projects, and got ready for nap. While the kiddos were asleep, I put my finishing touches on their Mother’s Day planters! They came out very cute and I can't wait to give them to our Grandma's!
Friday
Alas, the weekend is just about upon us! We started today
off with a nice three mile walk! Tristan now loves to keep track of how far we
are going (29 miles) and in which direction we are headed. I use my Fitbit app
to keep track of how far we go, and he loves hearing our mile mark and the
time. After we (well, I) got some exercise and steps in, we headed back home to
fill up the pool and go swimming! We have been using recycled items for pool
toys, and they absolutely love pouring water from their ketchup bottles to
their creamer bottles and onto G-Ma’s flowers! My goal for this weekend at some
point is to explore and reorganize our summer swag and brainstorm new and
exciting things to play with outside. I think a sprinkler and some water guns
are needed this year! Our snack of choice now is popsicles, obviously so we ate
those with some juice boxes while we dried off. We came inside and warmed up by snuggling, then read a book and got ready for nap. Hopefully this afternoon is an easy one and we can start the weekend with big smiles!!
Have a fun weekend! And happiest of Mother’s Days to all you
moms out there!
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