Megan School 5/17 - 5/21

Theme: Ladybugs
Letter: L

Tuesday Megan and Tatum enjoyed playing mommy with their babies and strollers. They even set up 2 separate tents upstairs for their separate homes. It was pretty cute to see them play and interact this way. :)

Maya and I busted out the Lincoln Logs and we had fun constructing log cabins, houses and forts. We tried to keep them safe because she really wanted to show Riley when she got home from school but alas Tatum had other plans...at least we took pictures to show her!

Megan and I worked on the letter L all week. Here she cut out pictures that began with the letter L and glued them around another piece of paper with L on it. We haven't really worked that much lately on cutting but she really surprised me with how well she cut all these out.

Practicing writing upper case and lower case.

Did some pages out of one of her work books. On this one she had to put an X on all the small ladybugs and circle all the big ladybugs.

This worksheet I printed off online. She did write pretty good L's in the boxes but when I turned back around she had been busy scribbling them out.

Wednesday we got some play time in with our friends Lauren and Charlotte and also her 2 cousins, Katie and Mikayla. I read them some ladybug books we got from the library and then we did an art project.

Silly girls, Megs was pushing Lauren in the shopping cart and Charlotte was trying her hardest to keep up in chasing them. :)

We did some rubber stamping with Tatum.

Then worked on some geometry shapes and patterns.

Alphabet puzzles.

Thursday we had only Tatum as Maya with at a zoo field trip with her dad. Our neighbors Christine and Isaiah came over to play with us too.
We used bingo dobbers on a ladybug sheet.

Megan and I worked on more patterns with lollipop cards. I set up an ABABAB pattern which she continued with no effort. Then I set up an ABBABB pattern that again she grasped right away. I think she's ready for more challenging patterns!

We also made some fingerprint ladybugs. She loved making all different colored ones.

Friday night Riley's school was doing a Family Bingo night so we went. She had fun eating candy, coloring in the numbers called and playing out on the playground during {and not during} breaks. We were able to sit next to Riley's friend Kailee's family and Megan just adores her.

Sad for Riley but Megan happened to win a game and pick out a prize. She really wanted yet another baby doll but I convinced her to try and pick out something that they would both like to play with. So they picked a Polly Pocket playset. They had some really nice prizes!

Riley was VERY VERY upset over not winning but hopefully she had fun anyways. Looks like we are going to have to work more on playing boardgames at home to help her with 'it's not just about winning' all the time.

Megan School 5/10 - 5/14

This week we didn't spend much time at all on planned activities. I started watching my friends 2 little girls 2 days a week and while it was fun to have more kids, we just sort floated from one unplanned {yet FUN} activity to the next.

Here's Megan and Maya sharing headphone to the kids music player. It was cute because they were both belting out the tunes like - Knick Knack Paddy Wack & B-I-N-G-O

Then they decided to have a picnic lunch up on the play set both days. We spent a lot of time outside playing with the weather being SO nice and there's always lots to do outside.
Chalk + swings + bikes + trampoline = hours of fun!

Thursday we spent the morning playing out in the front yard. Riding bikes and playing with chalk. Megan was chasing Tatum and fell on the pavement but a cold wet washcloth helped her feel better. :)

We drew our own shadow people. They made a shadow and I traced it. Then they colored in their faces and extras. Maya drew my shadow!

Friday we took off for an early weekend of camping over at Leavenworth. There was so much to do that our weekend zoomed by way too fast!

Megan School 5/3 - 5/7

We had a really busy week and Riley was home on Monday for a teacher professional day so we went to Jump Planet to play. The kids love this place and for just $10 all 3 of us can jump and slide to our hearts content. I tell ya, it's really quite a workout for us moms!

Our theme of the week was:
Health and Nutrition

We worked on the letter F for Food.

We talked about doctors and how they help us. Leading in to that we messed around with colored band-aids. First she sorted them by color, then counted how many of each color there were.

Then I'd start a pattern and ask her to finish it. She loved doing that!! Then she even came up with her own patterns.

And when we were all done she did 'Band-Aid Art' by sticking them anyway she wanted to the paper.

We talked about good food and bad food for our bodies and how we feel after we eat certain foods. She was pretty smart when it came to what was good for you and what wasn't. I was a little concerned when we started off and she thought Ranch dressing was good for you but then everything else she placed it correctly on the paper. Phew!

I printed these out from an order I placed with Me & Marie. I spread them all out on the floor and had gathered a basket of play food. She took each item out and had to determine what category it belonged to. She knew all the sweets and surprisingly all the dairy (there was a egg over easy and a egg still with the shell on) but she did have some troubles with which was a fruit and which was a veggie. Not bad though.

We also did a science experiment after talking about germs and how they can be bad for our bodies and make us sick. After they came in from playing in the backyard I had them watch me peel a potato and cut it in half. I handed one half to Riley and told her to rub her hands all over it and then give it to Megan to do the same thing. They then went in the bathroom and washed their hands really well. I handed them the other half of the potato and instructed them to rub their hands on it too. We have been charting it for a week now and not much difference has been seen. Supposedly the dirty hands potato was supposed to be growing things while the clean hands potato wasn't supposed to have much change. As you can see in the picture, neither has had much change. The dirty one IS slightly dirtier but not growing things.

We are going to continue this subject next week too as I have a lot more I want to do with her. Some of the things I want Riley to partake in also as I think she could benefit from it as well.

Tot School 4/26 - 4/30

This week we worked on the letter B....

using our Geoboard.

Handwriting sheets
(notice how she liked to go back and color in the part on the b's!)

Practicing writing numbers

Blowing Blue Bubbles . . .

. . . which of course turned into 'Can I give my baby a bath? She's really dirty.' :)

We had our friends Maya and Sean over on Tuesday. I think Riley really enjoyed being the oldest one and succumbing to their little ideas. Like being tied up!

Megs loves having a baby around and was always RIGHT there to get whatever was needed - diapers, wipes, food, blankets, binky. You name it and she was on it 10 steps ahead of you.

While Sean took his nap the girls did a Butterfly art project. I didn't get a close up picture of one but they just rolled up pieces of tissue paper and glued it to their butterflies.

We had a fun but super busy week. Megan also got to play with her 2 cousins, Katie and Mikayla one day while I went to a dr. appt. The 3 of them had grandma & grandad wrapped around their little fingers. They made banana bread & jello together, watched Dora and played outside for awhile. Grandma tried to get all 3 down for a nap but Megan told her that her eyes were broken and they couldn't close. ;)

Tot School 4/19 - 4/23

C is for Caterpillar

We started the week out by ending our 1st camping trip of the year.

Lacing card caterpillar -
Megan has a new found love for lacing!

Patterns with colored caterpillars

Graphing caterpillars

I gave her the option of gluing fuzzy balls or doing the bingo dobbers and she wanted the balls. But then got bored.

We read The Very Hungry Caterpillar and as I read, she laced the appropriate items onto a lacing string. We did this many times during the week!

Pom Pom caterpillar

Monday:
We also had a lot of fun going to the zoo on Monday. I forgot my camera at home so sadly I don't have any pictures to share. It was a great day for the zoo as it wasn't too rainy out and not many people. Megan did get the poop scared out of her by a peacock that was blocking our path and looked ready to fight!

Tuesday:
Megan enjoyed her swim class at the YMCA. Then we came home to work on our tot school stuff.

Wednesday:
We went to a play date at our friend Lisa and Jadelyn's house with the Woodinville Mom's Club. Lots of snacks were consumed and she enjoyed playing with all the other little ones. :)

Later our friends Maya and baby Sean came over for a few hours. They loved playing in the backyard, making bead bracelets and playing with little Sean.

Thursday:
Our neighbor's Christine and Isaiah came over to try baking some sprout bread. We ended up not being able to find the sprout flour so we used coconut flour and made bread, honey muffins, and blueberry muffins. The kids had fund with the marble run I set up for them and they liked playing with the playdoh.

Friday:
Megan and I had a shopping day. I had to get 2 b-day presents and went to spend some of my b-day money at Michaels (ended up getting a cool sticker maker - thanks Julie!!). Then we had a nice girly lunch at a cafe before heading to Old Navy to find me some jeans.

Tot School 4/5 - 4/9

We didn't do Tot School this week since Riley was out on Spring Break. I figured we deserved a Spring Break from Tot School too! :)

Here are a few pictures I snapped of the girls this past week:

My mom & I took them to St. Edwards park. It was so stinkin' cold out and it eventually started raining and I had to call it quits. They got to play for about an hour but Riley was bummed because there were lots of cool walking trails to explore but being the hour it was I knew Megan would want to be carried.

This place had the most amazing play structure. It was GIGANTIC!!!

We played hide and seek and I caught them both ducked down behind a bench. :)

Megs playing some music.

Afterwards we went to The Village Bean at County Village. The kids love this place as they can have hot cocoa and sit at little tables and chairs and there's lots of cool things for them to do there. They have a huge magnet wall, a play kitchen, many toys, and a reading nook.

Riley played her first softball game of the season. I am so amazed at how much these girls know their stuff this year. It's a huge step up from T-Ball!!

My serious batter. :)

Having a snack outside while listening to music.

Dave found a birds nest when he was taking the cover off our travel trailer. Sadly there was no where close for him to put it where neighborhood cats or our dog couldn't get it. He had to put it in a tree about 50 feet away. I just hope the momma bird accepts it and continues to care for them. She was not happy!!!