Squirt, Squirt

On Thursday Braden and I tried the toddler story time program at the Saco Dyer library.  It took him a bit to warm up, but he seemed to enjoy the songs.  The story was a little too long for him to sit for.  Then he had a lot of fun playing with the toys and some of his friends afterwards.  

When we got home we did some more coloring.  As soon as I said, "do you want to color?" he came running - "color, color".  First I cut some coffee filters into the shape of eggs.  Then Braden used markers to color them.  He was not happy at all when it was time to clean up the markers.  

Coloring

Then we sprayed each egg with a water bottle

Trying to help mommy spray the eggs

Final Easter eggs

Happy to be coloring

Peanut Butter Eggs - Yum!

On Wednesday I decided to get the markers & daubers out, because Braden loves to color so much!  He scribbled for a bit on a green piece of construction paper while I worked on creating a baby chick.  Then I turned his work of art into an easter egg that the baby chick could peek out from.  

Afterwards we emptied the sensory bin and made a new Easter themed box.  I filled a few of the Easter eggs with little surprises and we used the eggs that had the alphabet on them.  Braden really enjoyed finding the duck and saying "quack, quack, quack".  

And then we made some delicious homemade peanut butter eggs.  A new Pinterest recipe that I had not tried before.  

Supplies

Missed the bowl - oops!

The mess

Peanut butter time

Sneaking little tastes of PB

Mix it up

Sneaking a taste

Peanut butter center

All done!

Easter Eggs

Monday was a little busy with story time, yoga & an appointment.  So, we decided to go with a quick coloring project.  I printed off an easter egg sheet & Braden used crayons & the daubers to decorate them.  He absolutely loves to color - markers or crayons it does not matter.

After nap we made the birds nest snack from last weeks theme and added some "eggs" (starburst jellybeans).  Braden really liked eating the noodles.  

Birds nests

Tasting the finished product - minus the jellybeans

Then we finished off the night with a little bunny handprint!  

All ready to go!

Hoppy Easter!

Week 8 "Easter"

March 25th - March 31st

Crafts/Activities:
Easter Egg coloring page
Rabbit handprint art
Baby Chick inside an Egg
Water Spray Eggs
Tissue Paper Eggs

Sensory/Discovery:
Bird nest snack (used from last weeks bird theme)
Sensory bin - This week we dumped in a bag of Easter grass. I added his alphabet eggs from the busy bag & hid a few different toys/items inside.
Peanut Butter Eggs
Alphabet Eggs - from the busy bag, which I included in the sensory bin
Carrot Matching

Snacks:
Birds nests
Chick in an egg pancakes
Peanut butter eggs
Hardboiled eggs

Alphabet:
E - Easter, Egg  B - Bunny

Books:

Duck, Duck, Goose!

Sadly, this week we did not get very far with the bird theme.  On Wednesday we did a craft and brought out the ducks for 5 Little Ducks again, but that was it.  On Thursday we had a St. Patrick's Day themed play date.  Then we were away again for some of the weekend, so that was it.  

For our craft I brought out some of the feathers again.  I started by cutting a paper plate into the shape of a goose.  Then I let Braden play around with putting the glue on (he ended up needing some help) and the he added some feathers.  

First the glue

Sticky feathers

More feathers!

After lunch Braden's last Citrus Lane box came.  We had used Braden's Christmas money from Great Grammy Donna to try them out.  

Puzzle with the color wheel on the back

New scented pillow - lavender

Just before nap I decided to get the paper ducks out again.  Last time we had the 5 Little Ducks book from the library.  He loved it, so I have been looking all over for the book to put in his Easter basket, but I have had no success.  I guess I may have to actually go to Books a Million.  He had fun with the ducks anyway as I sang the song.  

Light as a Feather

On Tuesday we had another huge snowstorm and it was a day before the "first day of spring"!  But, we decided to stay inside and "think spring" ourselves.

First, we emptied the rice sensory bin and filled it with feathers.

Tickle Tickle

For a little while I also got the pasta bag out from our toddler busy bag play date.  Braden enjoyed dumping it from cup to cup and Sage enjoyed eating a few pieces.

Afterwards we created a little robin & her nest full of eggs - hopefully spring will be here soon! 

Braden colored the nest

Admiring his work