How Time Flies

Wow...it has been FOR.EV.ER since I"ve blogged anything for you guys. Sorry! LOL, here's what's going on: McKayla had a great Halloween. (I'll be posting pictures soon!) She chose to dress as a bee! She was adorable. We went to Safe Trick-or-Treating down Main St. Her bucket was completely filled. It was actually spilling out and I had to put some of the larger items into my purse. Later that night, she went to a few houses in our neighborhood. I'm not sure, but it doesn't seem like a whole lot of people participated this year.

Here's something new, in order to further our childrens' education, McKayla's teacher has sent home a list of "homework" assignments that will need to be completed each week and turned in before Friday of each week. Since they are only 4-years-old, she's allowing them to turn in things late. Thanks to her for that, since I work full-time and have my own homework to trudge through. Here's how it is...she sent home a list of things they will be learning each week. This week, the color white and letter G. It is up to the parents to come up with something for the child to complete and turn in each week. I have been racking my brain to come up with fun things to help her out. I know this is the chance to involve her in several crafty fun things, but I just can't think of anything "kid-friendly" enough for her actual weekly assignments. If anyone has any suggestions on things, please please please let me know.

This week, we celebrated white by talking about all the things that were around our house or that she could think of that were white. I scoured the Family Fun website and they had a recipe for Snow Play Dough! To better illustrate the counting, I helped her measure and count each ingredient. She loves the dough! It's great, it looks just like snow would...if it were meant to be brought inside. She spends hours playing with it and forming snowflakes and snowmen. I'll be posting the recipe later tonight along with a few pictures!