Red Rover, Red Rover, Let The Wee One Come Over

Now that the Wee One is the ripe old age of one, I have started with colors.  I don't expect her to know her colors anytime soon, but it makes activity planning easier.

On her shelf is a coffee can with red beads inside.  It combines her love of taking things in and out, making music, and shaking things.  I talked about how the beads are red and shiny.  When I would tell her to shake them she would laugh and shake as hard as she could. 

I put them around the knob of the closet and she loved moving them back and forth.

Treasure Basket - Brushes

This Treasure Basket is still in the making.  I have collected as many brushes as I could here, but when I visit my parent's house I am sure to find more.  Unfortanitly, the basket is lacking wood handled brushes because we live in a plastic world despite my best efforts. 

• Hairbrush
• Paintbrush - Blue handeled
• Squid - Basting brush
• Wooden handle brush
• Make-up brush - Stiff
• Make-up brush soft
• Shoe polish brush
• Mushroom brush

My Little Smurfette

On the shelves for the Wee One is a basket with lacing objects that she can put in and take out of a metal bucket.  She can sit for hours, well baby hours, and do this kind of activity. 

When I introduced the activity to her I said, "This is a red ____" before she dropped it into the bucket.  She enjoys listening to them clank when dropped and carrying around the bucket by its handle. 

And yes my baby is blue and isn't wearing pants.  We are a classy bunch and it's because she insisted on using this

Those dots are pretty good for a 31 year old.

July Sensory Bin

Since this is the first 4th of July we have celebrated with meaning, the sensory bin has to be patriotic.

I Must Have Blinked

Sweet girl is one and I want to know how it happened.  One minute she was a squishy newborn and now she is a running toddler.  What a year it has been with 3 under 3 at one point, I thought I was going to have to have an intervention.  We all made it and a big Happy Birthday Sweet Girl!

Her party was shades of pink and orange.





Tissue paper wreath

Kitchen and inside party area

Second seating area

The candy and picture table with a Happy Birthday Banner

The Wee One's first cake. 

The new sew tutu and bucket as a party favor.  Good thing we only had 2 little guests.

We served strawberries, raspberries, cantaloupe, oranges, chips and salsa, red and orange pepper grilled chicken kabobs, cilantro lime rice, and a mango and bean salad.  We had strawberry lemonade for the kiddos and homemade pink and orange popsicles. 

And Then They Were Gone

One More Thing

The University of Illinois has a presentation on insects, that has some great content.  Mister and Ladybug had fun making their own bugs and learning about the parts of an insect.  The presentation is long and in depth, so we skipped through the functions of each of the body parts.