Week 26 Recap

Monday

Today was Jordan/Daddy/Uncle Jordle’s birthday and he was off from work so we took a fun field trip to the Philadelphia Zoo. We have a zoo pass, an aquarium pass, and a Six Flags pass this year so we are set for fun things to do! I did realize after yesterday there is no way I could handle bringing both of them to the zoo by myself just quite yet. The listening skills are not quite there when there are other groups of people around, but we’ll get there. Maybe a goal to reach by the fall before we become a party of 4 (Tristan’s getting a sibling, not Lily)! Anyway, we had a great day! The zoo was pretty empty so we were able to do a lot of the hands on stuff we sometimes miss during our warmer weather or weekend trips. They got to play around in the treehouse for a little bit, and we got to see the tigers on the catwalk above us. They walked around for most of the morning, so once we got into the car, they were out cold. We stopped at Dairy Queen for our free vanilla cones (Tristan slept through it) and then went home to regroup. After we all pottied and had a little drink, we jumped in the wagon and took a walk over to the library to get library cards! It was a fun and busy day and we ALL slept like rocks!

Tuesday

Happy St. Patrick’s Day, everyone! We ate some Lucky Charms for breakfast (I wasn’t sure if I made green pancakes if the kids would actually consume them). We did our calendar and got dressed, and got out some fun St. Paddy’s dress up accessories and took some silly pictures. Then we played Find the Shamrocks. I took the foam shamrocks we used for our backdrop and hid them throughout the different rooms. Then the kids counted to ten (or usually seventeen) and then came to look for them! Once they found them, I counted and they hid them. It was a simple game but they absolutely loved playing it. We put on some Celtic music, then our usual lineup of songs we dance to, and then we got our shoes on and went for a wagon walk with our goldfish snack. The playground across the street was empty when we walked by so we stopped to play for a little bit before taking turns pulling the wagon around the track, then heading home. We took naps, ate green Shamrock pancakes for lunch (I caved and they enjoyed them), and then glued a foam leprechaun together. We finished the day with another wagon walk and green sprinkled shamrock sugar cookies!

Wednesday

Whew made it to the middle of the week.  Today was a very laid back one. It’s back to being blustery and windy and cold, and that is no bueno. Just as we were getting a taste for the sun and outside time! We ate breakfast, got dressed, did our calendar then had a dance party. We dusted and wiped down the downstairs rooms and used our new measuring tape toys from Gpa to measure everything in sight. We had some snack and painted Xylophone X’s and watched a video of someone playing the xylophone. We had some free play and did some exercising, then we got ready for our naps. After lunch we headed upstairs to play with all the fun stuff in Lily’s room.

Thursday

Another slow start kind of day. We ate breakfast and did our calendar after we got dressed. Then we played with one of our new games---Cranium Hullabaloo! It is a fun game where you lay out different pads that each are different colors and shapes that have different drawings on them like food, animals, or instruments. There is a contraption with an on/off switch and a speaker that says what to stand on next and how to get there (crawl, jump, twist). It is a great game for working on shape and color recognition as well as listening skills and standing still. We played for a few rounds and then moved on to the next task. I set up the little table and we colored birthday cards for our cousin Dani who turned 5 today. Once we were done with that, we cleaned up and danced to some music on the music channel. We ate our healthy snack of apples and oranges, and then had some more free play time. I got out another new skill game to play (which I found at the $1-5 bins at Target) which are different oceans shapes on wood with holes and yarn to practice lacing in and out. Lily loves to string a bunch together while Tristan took his time lacing the string through each hole.  

Friday

Seriously snow? Ugh. Happy first official day of spring. We started off with our usual routine of breakfast, getting dressed, and updating our calendar. Then we had some free play time while I straightened some things around the house up. Should have known that Fridays are the days we need slightly more structure because they are just about as done as I am with the week. We had a few moments and some time outs in complete silence, but then we all managed to pull ourselves together and play a matching game. We built some towers with little books and then with blocks. We kept tabs on how the weather looked outside, all while chanting NO MORE SNOW, NO MORE SNOW! We also had a very intense dance competition where they would each do a move and then I would have to copy it. We were all sweating and out of breath by the end. We ate some snack and used watercolors to paint a Yo-Yo Y and a Zebra Z. Finally our alphabet is done! We watched some Sesame Street and read a few books before nap. Thank goodness it is Friday! Hopefully everyone gets some good naps in and we are fresh and ready to do something fun after lunch. I am thinking play dough or something along those lines.

Have a fun weekend everyone!