tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28674599622732054622024-03-13T22:10:44.430-07:00Dinosaurs and PoptartsStephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14588964235242501042noreply@blogger.comBlogger88125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2867459962273205462.post-2726550810779485262013-01-09T12:27:00.003-08:002013-01-09T12:27:29.497-08:00Cam's Room Update <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The blank walls in Cam's bedroom were driving me bonkers! So while I was at Target recently, I found that great dinosaur canvas that matches his colors perfectly. They also had that artwork display string with cute little dinosaur clips on it. The clips that say 'ROAR' kept falling over, so I took some of that tacky stuff and stuck them to the wall:) Cam seems fine with the new stuff, he is so proud of his coloring pages! "Wook, Mama, it's Super Why with the power to read!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you remember, the cute vinyl foot prints were on a different wall. I like them better here... although they are starting to lose some of their stickiness:)</span> <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Looking at this picture, I guess the changer table could probably go. I don't use it for changing, but I do keep all his clothes in there. Hmmmm....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Below is a cute Pinterest idea that I am really happy I stumbled across. Cameron is only 2.5 but he has been having trouble with fear. He's scared of the dark, scared of bees, ghosts, monsters, and ironically, dinosaurs. Whenever he sees a dark area, he says "the dinosaurs are going to get me!"</span> <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once he awoke from a sound sleep screaming about bees in his eyes:( Around Halloween, he mistook a white towel hanging on a knob as a ghost... it did look like one, I have to admit but it was still sad. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dinosaurs. Of course, he starts to dislike the theme his entire room is done in!! But I have only really ever put happy, cartoon-y dinos in there, and he doesn't seem to be bothered with those. There is a dino pillow that is a T. Rex with a big, open, toothy mouth that he doesn't care for. He will take it and chuck it into the hallway, proclaiming "No scary dinosaurs in my room!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So I made him a Monster Away Spray:) It is an empty dollar store spray bottle with a cute printable (laminated, of course). Can't remember where I found the website, sorry. I gave this to Cam and told him it keeps all the scary stuff away. He asked me why it was empty, and I told him it was filled with magic:) So he carried it around with him for the longest time, and is slowly and steadily working through his fears. </span><br />
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<br />Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14588964235242501042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2867459962273205462.post-67776999511385470662013-01-09T11:35:00.000-08:002013-01-09T11:35:49.728-08:00Tray works, Jan 2013 <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's a quick post about the new activities I set up for Cameron after I took down all the Christmas stuff. That a j-o-b job!!! But worth it:)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This pic is of his traditional Montessori unit, so as usual, I tried to keep that one as practical life-y as I could. The other two shelving units are devoted to transportation. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Santa Claus came to town and brought us lots of presents!!! I ordered about $95 worth of stuff from Amazon, and was able to get 9 or 10 different items. I was *thrilled* with these wonderful, valuable teaching tools... Cameron likes them ok:) Below is the pegboard we got, he is having trouble making shapes himself, but he enjoys identifying the ones I make. </span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Santa also brought a "Lauri's Toys Primer Pack" of educational awesomeness. Here are some of the threading cards, and string from a M&D set. (I like it better than the one that came with the Lauri's set.) Cam is doing better and still showing interest, but mostly he likes to drag the shoe lace around and lasso stuff with it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Also from Lauri's Toys is this great train counting activity. I love it, and Cam has played with it several times! You place pegs according to the train number, the trains all fit together like a puzzle, and the numbers are removable. Perfect to go along with my transportation unit!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I made this little activity a while ago, and it really isn't my favorite. But it was in the 'Ready' box and I had an empty tray slot, so... The bag of button shapes is from HL, I think. I traced them onto some scrapbook paper for Cam to match. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another Santa surprise! This one looked really cool to me, it goes beyond just basic blocks. I am going to do a Shapes and Colors unit soon, and I really got this toy for that... but I couldn't wait:) The above activity is also supposed to be for that same future unit, looks like there will be a few repeat appearances!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is one of Cameron's most favorite toys from Christmas. It's a crane truck or something from Chuck the Truck (we watch that show) and it builds things out of Play Doh. All the pieces come off and the truck itself lights up and talks. Cam went ape sh*t for it:) "Let's pway Pway Doh!!!" And of course, it works with transportation. Below is a pic of the instructions so you can see how much it can do!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is a counting activity courtesy of Confessions of a Home-schooler. The cards have corresponding dots, and you can either use counters or clothespins. He already has done several tray works with counters, but his clothespinning could use some improvement, lol</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is just an updated shot of his classroom table, complete with Christmas Legos and 'copters:)</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And, yes, we are still playing with water beads! </span><br />
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<br />Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14588964235242501042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2867459962273205462.post-59701946120395323992013-01-09T10:30:00.002-08:002013-01-09T10:30:51.347-08:00Montessori Corner, Dec 2012 <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I took down Cam's tray works from the November, I was so excited to set up Christmas activities! But things got hectic, so this little bookcase isn't as structured as I would like. But I did put together some really fun works!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is a Montessori based sound box exercise. The goal is to identify the objects, and place them with the letter they start with. He does pretty well at this, they do it at school. Below is a picture of the objects I used. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pegs! This activity has remained on our shelves for a looooong time:) He keeps coming back to it, so I can't take it down yet!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tweezing. I have been itching to use this cute little ice cube tray, and I just happened to have Christmas pom poms... so there ya go:)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">More counting activities. This one has appeared multiple times, but he keeps playing with it, so I keep bringing it out! I also put some magnetic numbers for him to match, just to shake things up a bit:)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I was first putting together activities and tray works for Cam, I realized that good organization of those items was going to be essential! I have revised my system several times over the past year or two. My poor hubby knows to stay away when he sees me pulling <i>everything</i> out of the back bedroom! It is usually accompanied by a few curse words...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyway, I think I have finally found a system that is working well for me. I don't have much closet space (this is a bedroom from the front part of the house, which was not renovated.) We did install a closet organizer from Target and thank heavens for it! My hubbs has since added on a few shelves for me, also. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ok, these pictures are a disaster! I have decided that for my birthday, all I want is for the hubbster to install can lights in Cam's classroom and the living room!!! I'm sooo not kidding:) This is just a shot of the inside of the closet and of the craft storage (AKA shoe hanger). I've got Cam's posters, large felt sheets, and art smock hanging on hangers to the right of the tower. Believe it or not, there are also a boatload of winter coats and dresses in there!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Starting from the top, I've got some bins from the Dollar store with chalk board labels. Those make me very happy! The top is just for random items that don't fit into other categories, or I haven't quite decided how to use:) The ready box has mostly items we have used before, but there might be one or two activities that are ready to go.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The bottom two cubbies are really just extra storage. The unlabeled (gasp) bin is where I am putting activities for the next</span> <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">unit. This has really saved me time! It would take forever to go through all those nooks and crannies and find specific little items. I first used it for Cam's transportation unit, and as you can see, I had a <i>bunch</i> of stuff for that one! The very bottom has puzzles that are not in use. I tried to keep them out all the time, but it was not working out so well. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ok, this shot is to the right of the middle cubby tower, and it is how I keep previous units organized. The clear shoe boxes are $1 at Smiths, and they are just the right size. I am not living the sticky-notes, but my label maker is out of paper, and I am banned from shopping for a while:)</span><br />
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<br />Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14588964235242501042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2867459962273205462.post-21488931870375102042013-01-08T22:33:00.000-08:002013-01-08T22:33:42.801-08:00Christmas 2012 <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What a year. Time has flown by these last almost 3 years that little Cameron has blessed our lives. Every day a new milestone, a new discovery, and a new challenge:) But of course, we wouldn't have it any other way. He has given me so much, and has made me a better person. Having Cameron in my life straightens out my priorities, that's for sure!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So...naturally, we had to spoil him for Christmas:)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">However, I wouldn't recommend taking your toddler Christmas shopping with you. We went to Kohls to grab just the last few ingredients to a gift basket, and left with a giant, very loud firetruck:) But look at that smile, it was worth it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And of course, when we got home, we had to put on our fire gear and pretend to be fire fighters!! Little man just got out of the shower, so his curls were...um...impressive:)</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love this picture! If we had been able to get Christmas photo cards out this year, this would probably had been the picture. Such a happy boy! </span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's a shot of Christmas aftermath... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's the Christmas inspired sensory bin I threw together for Cam. He actually really liked this one. Usually, I'm pretty sure I spend more time making them than he does playing with them, lol. This one has ornaments, stickers, bows, tinsel, strips of wrapping paper, cotton balls (for snow), and a few little gift items from the Dollar store. The train is the ornament that he chose this year, out of all the ones at WalMart. Ya, it was like $.97 :) Looking back on it, I suppose I should have made it more Jesus oriented. But we are not what you would really call God Fearing folks... so I guess it's ok to keep things superficial, at least for this year. </span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cameron's amazing school helped the toddlers put together these little gift bags for their parents. The kiddos even stamped and colored the lunch bags! I love this picture... but I remember that day, cuz he doesn't wear that coat often. His hair was *especially* wild that day! My luck, it was picture day:)</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cam had his Christmas program, and it was absolutely darling. They are so smart, they always have the toddler class go first with their performance, so parents can sneak out early and prevent melt-downs. I got him a pimpin' little Christmas suit with a sweater and a tie and cute little studly shoes:) They sang Away in a Manger, Starlight Starbright...and Cameron sang Jingle Bells at the top of his lungs. :) You can see him in the pictures below...he's the one laying on the floor. He did some break-dancing for a while, then I guess he just tuckered himself out. I was soooo embarrassed, but at least his cousin was up there picking her nose, lol</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On a side note, I didn't get any pictures of this but we did the 12 Books of Christmas with Cameron. And the 25 days of Christmas. He was really good at opening presents by the 25th, lol. It really wasn't that pricey; most of the gifts were from the Dollar store or Target's dollar spot. And the majority of the books were from the book basket that I bid on and won at Cameron's school's fundraiser. And I have to admit, he was really, really good and keeping it to one gift a day. He was mostly interested in his cousin Addi's big gift (it was about as tall as he is!) He kept telling me, "I'm a bigger boy, so I can have the bigger present?" He did eventually poke a few holes in it, but Addi didn't mind:)</span>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14588964235242501042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2867459962273205462.post-68705868636699710792013-01-08T22:22:00.000-08:002013-01-08T22:22:20.647-08:00Christmas Day 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I thought this was really cool: Our cousin's future wife was sweet enough to leave a note from Santa on the plate of cookies we left out out for him:) Cameron and I made a ridiculous amount of glazed sugar cookies on Christmas eve, it was so fun. And messy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At the end of the day, I think Cameron's favorite toys were the Playmobil sets that the MIL got for him. One is a farm and the other is a firestation. I was worried a little about losing pieces... and not really looking forward to putting it all together! But I have to admit, I truly enjoyed building these with Cam and he has played with them constantly since they were set up. Still, he struggles with using a soft or intricate touch for extended periods, so these are great for him. </span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was tired of playing on the floor (I'm old)</span> <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">so I put the lid on Cameron's train table and set his Playmobil stuff up there</span>. <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had a few sheets of that super firm felt leftover from previous projects, so I put those down, too. I have had an absolute blast watching him play with these! He will dress up in his fire gear and play fire station, and sing the FireMan Sam show song. He gets all concerned about his little people and tells them to be careful and wear their helmets:) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is a unit I was *really* excited to put together for Cameron, he is sooo into anything that has wheels!! I have been planning this one for kind of a long time, so it took up 2 shelves, lol:)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If there is anything that I think Cam might remember from these activities, it will be this sensory bin. He's had these great little tractors for about a year (thanks, grandpa Curt!) and he still treasures them. Against my better judgement, I stuck them in a bin with play sand and few other little construction-y toys. He has *loved* this tray; he takes it all over the house and is super careful not to spill:)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I found these little vehicle erasers at Target's dollar spot, and had to get them and do <i>something</i> with them! There weren't really enough of them to do much, so I thought maybe we would try erasing pencil marks. Cam has done ok with this, he would be better if the paper didn't move around. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stickers! Here are 2 packages from the dollar store and some construction paper. He loves stickers, and has a great time telling me what the different vehicles are:)</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Washing James:) I had this same one set up with a different train a while ago, and he loved it! "I wash his face, his back, his bum.."</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This kid loves his Do-A-Dot stampers. Now that he kind of understands how to use them, he colors with them often. Here are a few different printables for the stampers.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our transportation books. This pic makes me laugh because his tractor book with wheels is rolling away as I'm taking the pic:)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">More patterning activities. This one is probably a little difficult... The dominoes came from Target's dollar spot, and they really are cute. I lined them up into different patterns on my scanner, and them printed them off and taped them down to this tray. I only set out the exact tiles I used, so he's got a Control of Error. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cutting Practice! He is doing great with scissors, and I should probably switch out the toddler ones for big boy scissors:) </span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Below are some pictures of his transportation binder. I cannot remember where the printables cam from... Oopsey Daisy?</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is a pic of our transportation puzzles. The one on the right is his absolute favorite! He talks about the pieces, takes them out and plays with them, etc. </span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Remember this one from Chicka Chicka? He liked the big pin poker, so I set up another one with some cute printables that I laminated. </span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shadow Matching. This one is really too easy for him, but they weren't too time consuming to put together:)</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Coloring! I printed off several car coloring pages, and he has actually really spent some time on them. He usually just draws a few lines and is done, but not these:) I got the little cars and truck cup from Target forever ago, and I put his crayons in it.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tweezing Vehicles:) These are buttons from HL and Walmart, I think. I am having trouble keeping them in their tray, lol. I like that they are all different:)</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another Pinterest find, this one is supposed to be done with magnets or Play Doh. But I'm a rebel, so I just threw some rocks in there:)</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another Do-A-Dots page, but I used our magnetic Pom Poms instead. I love putting these pages on cookie sheets, they work really well. </span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oooo, I am proud of this one! Spooning river rocks into a dump truck. This one is hard cuz the rocks are bigger than the spoon and really heavy. You probably can't see, but I put a piece of packing tape across the back to keep the rocks inside the truckbed. Cam really likes this one, and has come back to it a few times:)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stamping. I kind of despise stamping activities... my carpets, his clothes... everything is red or green still from Christmas:( Whatever, he is getting much better. I found these stamps a long time ago, too and am glad I finally get to use them. But I had to run out and get a Jumbo sized inkpad from Michaels! The little ones were a joke, I feel silly I didn't notice that before I set them out!</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another Pinterest idea! Some amazing Mommy had cut out 'roads' out of stiff felt for her kiddos to play on. She even put little white dashes in the middle. I didn't go that far. So I cut up some felt sheets from HL and set out a variety of his nicer trucks (except for the mixer truck.) I just eyeballed it, so they don't fit perfectly:) I also ordered those awesome road signs off Amazon, for like $3 or something. I really wanted this unit to touch on road safety; Cam should know stop signs and traffic lights at the very least. He does, we are working on the others now. </span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While we are on the subject of traffic lights, I made this one for his classroom. I try to have relate-able posters</span> <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">up over the shelving units but I didn't have any available. So now we talk about colors and traffic lights:) "Green means go, Mommy and red means stop! Yellow means go faster.."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's a shot of his magnet board. There is a matching activity, and the train and firetruck came from a M&D set that we stickered and glittered up. The big die cuts are from a 'colors' pack, but I figured they were appropriate:) There are also most of his Thomas the Train magnet characters for him to play with. He keeps taking them out and putting them back in his room (that's where they came from) lol</span><br />
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<br />Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14588964235242501042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2867459962273205462.post-26278593272533710692013-01-08T17:52:00.000-08:002013-01-08T17:52:08.271-08:00Montessori Christmas 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Merry late Christmas! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My computer was having some technical difficulties, so I wasn't able to post anything for a while. Luckily, Christmas came, and my amazing hubby got us a new laptop. So now all is well:)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For the holidays this year, I wanted to set up Christmas-inspired activities for Cameron's classroom. I hadn't done a Christmas theme before, and Cam really had a great time playing with them. He's 2.5 now, and starting to get some understanding of Santa and Christmas and all that fun stuff. He kept saying, "Santa is going to bring me lots of presents!" Also, my MIL has a big Santa in her front yard, and Cam would go up to it and say, "Santa, are you coming to town?" :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Below are a few shots of Cameron's Christmas bookcase. If you remember from previous posts, this is the one that I try to keep only traditional Montssori activities on, but I suppose I made an exception!! I finally got his calendar hung back up; I had taken it down to move it a loooong time ago, and just never did. Um, guess which calendar card is missing, lol!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is a sticker and stamping activity that he really had fun with. It's all from the dollar store, so it's not the best quality, but I'm ok with that. He was really able to pull off and apply the large, glittery present stickers without any help. He still needed me to pull off the smaller foam ones, but I'm still proud of him:) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was running out of shelf space, so this is two-works-in-one, lol. The top pieces are just a 6 part puzzle printable that I found online and glued to thick cardstock. I think the printables all came from Pre-Kinders. The candy cane is a threading activity... and his favorite! He has not been into threading <i>at all</i>, and I introduced them at like, 20 months. The shoelace came from and Melissa and Doug bead threading kit. He calls it his Lucky Lasso. We have no idea why:)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Card-making basket! I wanted to do homemade Christmas cards this year... mainly because I was too late to do the photo ones. So here are some stickers from HL and the dollar store, some markers, and a pack of plain cards and envelopes. He had a great time with this! I later found some Christmas stamps for 40% off at Michael's, and we played with those, too. </span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Whenever we do any kind of matching or pairing or anything like that, Cam has to be able to 'stick' the object to where it goes. He can't just set the counter on top of the paper</span> <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">or whatever, it has to click or stick. So I magnetize everything:) And it's getting old (and pricey) so I thought I would give my Velcro stickers a chance. This is another printable from Pre-Kinders, but instead of Do-A-Dots or magnets, I put Velcro on the dots and the pom-poms. It went over ok, but it wasn't one he re-visited very much. But it was fun to make:)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pouring! My love/hate relationship with pouring works is improving, I guess because so is the kiddo:) He can pour these beans and not spill a single one! And he doesn't throw them all over the room, lol. I found these watering cans from Target, they are *perfect* for pouring. And they are Christmas colors, so they work just fine.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hobby Lobby, I love you! Look how cute this little Christmas tree is! It's solid metal (and heavy!) so I can do a magnet work if I wanted. But I thought I would try some threading/fine motor to start with. So we cut pipe cleaners into short lengths, and bent them into hangers. The star ornaments are from Target, and they worked really well. Cameron loved this tree, and had a great time decorating it. He was very concerned that we didn't have gold star to put on top of the tree (it came with one attached). He also tried to open the little pretend presents at the bottom of the tree :)</span> <br />
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<br />Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14588964235242501042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2867459962273205462.post-36442371761133292682012-11-20T13:28:00.002-08:002012-11-20T13:31:57.134-08:00How to Mail a Hug<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So my sweet hubby was crossing some things off his honey-do list by hanging some pictures up for me the other day. Of course, little man saw Dad using his hammer and then it was *impossible* to keep <i>him</i> from beating on the walls, too! "I use my hammer like Daddy!"</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I gave Cam his little wooden hammer and re-directed him to his tool bench, but no, he wanted to pound on the walls. Like Daddy. So, in a stroke of genius, I grabbed a scrap 4x4 out of the back yard (ya, we're ghetto like that) and hammered some nails into it. Ta Dah! Now Cameron has his very own 'wall' with nails in it to beat on! He loves it so much:) He pretends he is building a castle or fixing the roof:)</span><br />
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<br />Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14588964235242501042noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2867459962273205462.post-25828975971146413332012-11-14T14:42:00.002-08:002012-11-14T14:42:13.929-08:00Montessori Corner: Autumn Theme<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Remember a looooong time ago when I very first was interested in Montessori method and put up Cam's first shelves in the living room? That area has, over time, become cluttered and stagnant. Cam really doesn't even play with the toys that are there. And, of course, it's in my freakin' living room so it is time for a re-do!! Behold cameron's new Autumn themed Montessori Corner. Complete with tray works. And basket works and clipboard works...:)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As I mentioned in a previous post, I set up new works for Cam in his classroom that focused on Chika Chika and the Alphabet. Below are pictures of his Alphabet bookcases and activities. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once I started putting together the tray works, I realized that most everything from this shelf and the Chika Chika shelves were worksheets. I really try to have tons of hands-on stuff for Cam, he gets really bored with the one dimensional stuff. After scouring Pinterest and rummaging through my craft stores, this is what we came up with:)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Awesome interactive toy from the MIL! It talks, plays music, teaches letters and their sounds... Cam loves it!</span></div>
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<br />Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14588964235242501042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2867459962273205462.post-37497022881772226002012-11-14T08:17:00.001-08:002012-12-03T22:31:31.953-08:00Getting Ready for Thanksgiving<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love my husband. Don't get me wrong. But when he volunteers us to host Thanksgiving in the middle of November...</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I know that he is just trying to be helpful to the rest of the family. Our grandparents who usually host are getting older and struggling with health problems. My MIL (the best party-thrower and cook I have ever had the pleasure of meeting) is sooo busy these days. This year will actually be a small gathering, only 6 1/2 total. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So I guess I can't really be too upset:) It's kind of an honor to me, so I am planning of making the most of it. Now that I have had a few days to process, I'm getting kind of excited!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, I have been busying myself these last few days off with getting my house decorated and thoroughly cleaned. I guess I need to start finding and trying some recipes, too! Below are some pics of my fall decorations. I made some of them (yaay for crafting!)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My centerpiece! I am so happy with it, thanks Pinterest for the inspiration. Please ignore the dirty table top and the messy kitchen in the background, lol</span></div>
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<br />Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14588964235242501042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2867459962273205462.post-61070803752775476442012-11-13T19:01:00.002-08:002012-12-03T22:38:44.116-08:00Chika Chika Boom Boom<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is a shot of our Chika Bookcase. I probably could have filled up at least another one, there is so many great ideas and printables out there. On that note, many thanks to makinglearningfun.com. I mentioned a few posts ago that I am desperately short on trays... and that is sadly still the case. I have found a set that are the perfect size, colorful, and not horribly expensive but I just cannot quite justify the expense. However, clipboards are about $1 and have worked really well for this mostly-printable unit. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here are some sequencing cards that I laminated and made number chips to go with. Like I mentioned above, Cam is great at counting but I don't think he can relate a written number to an amount. So, I found some foam numbers and stickered them to those wood rounds from Hobby Lobby. The zero is red because it is an entirely new concept for him. Numbers are taught to start at 1, the absence of a number has been confusing for him. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The purpose of this activity is letter recognition; he matches the letters on the worksheets to his Melissa and Doug magnetic alphabet. I need to break this up into 2 or even 3 different trays, cuz it is just too overwhelming to sift through 24 letters. But I don't have any more paper trays. Sooo....we will see:)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sorry this picture is soooo awful!! I promise it was cute before my toddler stumbled across it. I found a Chika coconut tree window cling *with* coconuts! I was so excited, I actually bought this several months ago cuz it was too perfect. Cam loves those crazy window gels. There are still a few surviving fall leaves that are stuck up on top.</span></div>
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<br />Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14588964235242501042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2867459962273205462.post-78224357216621160422012-11-01T20:48:00.001-07:002012-11-13T13:23:33.442-08:00Craft Room <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, my good friend Michaels had these great craft storage cubes that you can mix and match. *And* when stacked one-on-top-of-another, are perfect desk height:):):) It's maybe a little difficult to see, but I was able to get a great mix of shelves, drawers with dividers, cubbies, slats and even a 12x12 filing cabinet. *Perfect* for my scrap booking paper! I'm pretty happy with the ribbon/embellishment organizer that sits in the middle. I like my cute stuff, and I want to be able to see it, lol. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Silhouette craft cutter works sooo much better in the office, too. That is where the computer with the Silhouette program is located, along with the printer. It is a lot easier to use that before, when I would spread my stuff out all over Ian's desk... and then get all pissy when he put things away and I couldn't find them:)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is a caddy that is like a lazy susan in the corner, it was a life-saver on the old desk, but I really don't need it here. There is all the room I need in the top drawers. So right now, it's empty... and that kinda makes my eye twitch:) But as with any bin or drawer, it will soon get filled up, I'm sure!!</span><br />
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<br />Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14588964235242501042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2867459962273205462.post-76827869898325021132012-11-01T18:52:00.000-07:002012-11-01T18:52:01.946-07:00Pumpkin Pickin'<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I cannot say enough positive things about Cameron's school! Putting him in a Montessori based pre-school was *seriously* the best parenting move I've ever made. He has thrived there! The following pictures are of a field trip his class took to a local pumpkin farm earlier in October. The little girl in the pictures is his best little friend, and that's her momma there chaperoning them. I was working that day so I couldn't go :( But I enjoyed the pics, and Cam even brought home a pumpkin!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our little family had a play date at Wheeler Historical Farm about 3 weeks ago. Cameron loves these two little ones, and they are close enough in age that they really get along well. the farm has so much fun stuff for kiddos to do: tractor rides, hay mazes, farmer's markets, and pumpkin picking. I think his favorite part- barring the tractor ride of course- was feeding the ducks. The other momma had enough foresight to bring two Costco sized bags of hamburger buns. They were gone in about a minute! I had forgotten that those giant geese kinda make me nervous...</span></div>
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<br />Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14588964235242501042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2867459962273205462.post-68767185641443516372012-10-31T11:59:00.003-07:002012-10-31T11:59:55.981-07:00While I'm away Bags<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So about a week ago, I took a little trip to North Carolina to visit my family. My sweet grandmother is getting older, and I needed to start making time with her a priority. However, we just couldn't take the time off or pay for 3 plane tickets...so I went alone. Awful, right? My sweet hubby and the whole fam damily pitched in to take care of Cameron while I was out of town, thank goodness for them. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I missed them *so* bad. I really have only spent 1 night apart from him in... 2 years 4 months:) This little trip lasted only 4 days, which were my scheduled days off of work. I was hoping to do something extra special for them so they would know how much I loved and missed them. Pinterest had a couple of great ideas, and I ended up going with Treat Bags.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This one was just called the Fun Bag cuz it was just a bunch of randomness. Magnets, Legos, play food, balancing game, and a Melissa ad Doug shape puzzle. What's sad is that almost all of these things were just stashed away in the closet. I'm a total hoarder. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I felt like the Halloween Bag was a little light, so I made up some activity books with printables from TwoTeachingMommies. They have such cute stuff for pre-writing practice, shadow matching, counting manipulatives... I love that site!! Um, yeah I may have gotten into Cameron's pile of Autumn stickers from Target... sometimes mommies want to play too! Sorry the following pictures are so bad, maybe Santa will bring me a nice camera this year:) </span></div>
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<br />Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14588964235242501042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2867459962273205462.post-30738130666387954752012-10-13T15:27:00.000-07:002012-10-13T17:28:23.414-07:00Halloween Decorations 2012<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This post is just some random pictures of the decorations I got up this year. Autumn is my favorite! Cameron has really enjoyed finding all the new stuff...'Look at all this Halloween! What's this Halloween doing?'</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*Sigh* Oh I so love Halloween:) I have been looking forward to setting up Cam's little classroom area with this theme for a while! Remember how I moved my craft desk out of the guest bedroom and set up more Montessori shelves a few months ago? That was seriously the best decision ever! Little Man absolutely loves his new space, and I love it too cuz it's organized and functional. Of course with anything, there is still some minor decorating/tweaking that I would like to do...Anyways, enjoy the pics:)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I only put together one bookshelf of Halloween manuipulatives, mainly because I spent so much freakin' time on his Farm and Insect themes, I couldn't bring myself to dismantle them:) So, I moved out the traditional Montessori stuff that was residing there and tried to make the new activities very practical-life-ish:)</span></div>
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<br />Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14588964235242501042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2867459962273205462.post-80922949705751197992012-10-13T14:27:00.001-07:002012-10-13T14:27:34.156-07:00Halloween Treat Bags<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So you know how much I love to make little crafty things for Cameron's school? And you know how much I love Halloween? Then of course, I had to put together fun little goodie bags! I was shopping at the Dollar Store to grab some October themed manipulatives, and just could not believe how much fun stuff there was! Everything from bubbles, stickers, erasers, toys, clappers and even faces to decorate your pumpkin with! I am actually kind of proud of myself that I was able to avoid putting any candy in there. I'm sure his school teachers were happy about that too! Enjoy the pictures</span></div>
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<br />Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14588964235242501042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2867459962273205462.post-2258243888644957342012-09-19T13:43:00.000-07:002012-09-19T13:43:06.900-07:00Road Trip! Part 1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After much planning and saving, our little family was able to finagle a trip to California for 10 days! It was incredible... and much needed! My poor husband does seasonal work and has been swamped. My job has also been particularly challenging lately.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We decided to road trip it instead of flying, thinking it would give us a little more freedom. I was not entirely convinced that was the right way to go, but it worked out wonderfully in the end. Cameron did *so* well in the car! I packed him a giant box of activities, snacks, new activities... I will post on those next!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We spent our first night in St. George, Utah since we couldn't leave until I finished my shift at the hospital. Second night in Las Vegas, then Anaheim, Santa Monica, Pismo Beach, San Francisco, and finally Lake Tahoe. I was hoping to head far enough south to see Sea World, but we just didn't quite have enough time. Maybe next summer!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's a pic of our super excited little family walking through the parking lot towards Disney Land. It was my hubby's idea to make that the highlight of the trip and I am so glad we did! At first I was thinking we should wait a year to take him there, since he really has never seen any Disney movies. But he loved it, and I feel lucky to have given him so many exciting memories. Um, no his shirt is not tucked in; it's just a funny angle:)</span></div>
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