4/30/14

17.52

"A portrait of my child once a week, every week, in 2014."

Logan: Best view at the field.


Linking up here.
Favorites from last week: sara, olive, and maxi.

13.52 // 14.52 // 15.52 // 16.52


"A portrait of my child once a week, every week, in 2014."

I have slacked on the project 52 series that I enjoy so much this past month-- which is a shame, because I loved having a documented photo each week.  We've been on-the-go so much that I have found the time, er, made the time to post them. These photos from the past few weeks are proof of a busy time: birthdays, playdates, cousin's basketball game and pizza party, and iceskating. And thats only some of it. There has also been baseball games, soccer twice a week, dinner out, trips to the museum, more birthdays, and lots of time outside. All things I want to remember. I'm hoping to get back into the swing of posting them regularly. Fingers crossed!

4/29/14

w a t e r c o l o r s


 Little art.
Complex, yet simple.
Anything goes.
Vibrant colors, dull strokes.
An over-legged tadpole in a rainbow water tank.
Purple sun and polka-dots in the air.
Couldn't keep it real.
A mix of this-and-that.
A self-portrait of a smiley girl.
With rosy cheeks I'm guessing.
Abstract.
Stripes and dots.
And lots of blue too.
Little art I want to never forget.

4/16/14

sensory play | | pond


As Logan grows, I am always trying to find ways to enhance her sensory play. I typically design the bins for a more unstructured play and find myself mostly pulling them out as a means to keep my girl occupied so I can get dinner started or send emails without distraction. But other times, I like sitting with her and using the time for new learning experiences. We've changed our sensory bin themes numerous times since she was a baby usually using the same tub and switching them out. (You can see some of our favorites here, here, and here.) To keep costs low, and distraction at a minimal, I opted for a smaller bin. The size is about 13x9. It was a dollar store find and came with the lid. The frogs we picked up there too. All of the other items were from Michale's Craft Store, including the rocks. I always try to throw in some form of real life texture. For that we go to our nature box-- Lo picked the pieces of drift wood which tied into the theme perfectly. I've used this bin in our habitat lessons. We will add in other things as we expand our lesson-- but right now, it's perfect.

4/14/14

preschool homeschool | | aquarium adventure





 We surprised Logan with a trip to the aquarium. We got in the car, and gave her a few books as clues as to where we were going. This girl loves surprises, and this one was perfect. We've begun discussing habitats, starting with ocean animals, so the aquarium was the perfect location to bring all of our readings and under the sea play to life. More on our habitat lessons to come!

4/8/14

logan says | | things i want to remember

--  "Wow! That's impressive..." Her reaction to a video where a woman was bouncing a soccer ball off her knees and head.

-- After telling her a movie was not appropriate for little kids, and that we wouldn't be watching it... in the cutest most confident voice, Lo responds: "I'm a bigger kid, I'm FOUR, are you kidding me?!"


-- "Ahh, damn commercials, right? Right mom, those damn commercials."


-- "Buzz Light-ner" So cute, I can't bring myself to correct her that it's actually Buzz Lightyear.


-- "Maybe you're right, mom." 

-- "Three things I'm scared of: frogs, trolls, and foxes."

-- "Kindergarten!! I'm going to go to that soon. They won't let you in kindergarten until you are older. Like 5."

-- "It was great we went to this movie today. Thanks, mom." In the movie theater after it had ended. Usually after a movie she'll say: "That was cute, right?" She may have got that one from me.

-- One night before bed, Logan told me that she wants to get a Hello Kitty doctor medical center like the Doc McStuffins one she had received earlier in the day as a birthday present from Grammy and Pop. After telling her how silly and unnecessary that would be to have two of them, I reminded her that there are children in this world who don't even have one medical set, or any toys for that matter, and that she shouldn't be greedy; instead be grateful for what she does have. Her response was beautiful, and melted my mama heart. "I understand I have a lot of toys. Soooo we can look through mine and give them to other kids in the planet. Maybe tomorrow?"

-- "That's an honor." Said to one doll by the other.

4/4/14

i s t i l l s . . .

^ brown bag wrapped tupils
^ home made french onion soup
^ f o u r candles for four years
^ i both love and hate my brother for introducing me to this
^ keeping my big girl little for as long as i can
^ mama baby day included a 6 month cleaning and check up
^ mimosas in the city
^ we the people, philadelphia
^ septa on a sunny day
^ nacho enthusiasts




Photos from my instagram.