The End of Letter I

We finally wrapped up the Letter I.  I am pretty sure they are tired of doing I words, since the igloos were slow going and their hearts weren't into it.



H didn't like matching the numbers on the clothes pins to the numbers on the cards.  She preferred to count and stick any clothespin on the correct number.

They glued on cones and then rolled the die.  The number that came up was how many scoops they put on their cone.

They rolled the die again and that number was how many sprinkles to put on their ice cream. 

The igloos are white paint, white paper, and wax paper.  They also helped me write the word "igloo".  After they wrote the letter we pointed to each letter and the letter.
G and H "built" the uppercase I and added an inchworm. 

Letter I - Part 2

I am not a baker as you could probably tell from the cookies.  You have to measure and be accurate.  I am more of a throw it together and smell kind of cook.  So, my husband does most of the dessert and baking around here.  I planned to make pumpkin ice cream all week, but decided it would be best to have him around.  We used the Ben and Jerry's Ice book for our recipe.  Just what I need to shed the last of the baby weight.

The ice cream is ready for the ice cream maker.  It made more than we expected.

Sweet Cream Base
2 large eggs
3/4 cup sugar
2 cups heavy or whipping cream
1 cup milk

Whisk the eggs in the bowl until light and fluffy, 1-2 min.  Whisk in the sugar a little at a time and whisk until blended.  Pour in the cream and milk and whisk to blend.

Pumpkin Ice Cream
Sweet Cream Base
1 can unsweetened pumpkin
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Prepare the Sweet Cream Base and pour 1 cup into another bowl, add the pumpkin, nutmeg, and cinnamon.  When it's mixed add this mixture to the rest of your cream base and blend.  Put it into your ice cream make and viola in a few hours you have your own B&J ice cream. 

We found it took almost 2 hours to fully mix in the ice cream maker since it makes a lot.  Also we will cut down on the nutmeg and cinnamon next time.  Overall it's a fun Halloween ice cream.

Letter Cookies

We did a review of E-H by making sugar cookies.  I am not a baker and this was my first time making cookies using cookie cutters.  We had flour everywhere and I learned this is not a project to take on 30 min. before your husband gets home. 

Sensory Box

We are counting down the days until it is too cold to go outside and ride bikes, play with chalk, and run in the yard.  It's coming, so we have spent more time outside and less time on our activities.  While we were waiting for the littlest one to wake up so we could go outside I brought out the sensory box.  They spent nearly and hour playing in it. 

H enjoyed giving Bear a bath.  She made sure to cover her eyes and wash Bear's hair with purple pom-pom soap.

Pouring

We are still working on the letter I, so I thought it would be fun to make ice pops.  We used the ice cube trays from the Dollar Store and G and H practiced pouring.  It was difficult since they could only pour a little at a time. 

They had so much fun I pulled out the regular ice trays and let them practice pouring.  This was so much easier and made less of a mess. 

Marbelized Art

I found this great art project at Unplug Your Kids.  It's geared towards older kids, but I thought it would be fun to give it a try. 

I added too much water to the dish and we had to start over.  There wasn't any complaining since that meant they could add more food coloring.  Don't do this project before family photos because your children will have lovely rainbow colored hands.

I divided about 1 tablespoon into 4 parts so G and H could pour them into their cups.

The eye dropper is great practice for prewriting and writing. 

Not bad for a duo of rowdy two year-olds.

I is for Island

Yesterday G and H had no interest in activities.  Today they couldn't get enough and sadly I didn't have enough for them to do.  We did finish our letter I art project with I is for Island.

G and H dipped their hand in paint to make the palm tree leaves.

G and H added sand to the land.  I know, I know sand, paint, and two year olds is asking for trouble.  It's a good thing we had Nay-Nay to help.