Claire and Ronin were sick last week. I kept them out of school last Thursday and reluctantly wrote to the other Claire’s mom and told her they couldn’t make it to the Valentine cookie decorating party on Sunday. They weren’t horribly sick, but both had fevers, coughs, and runny noses. I didn’t want to expose [...]
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Happy Valentine’s Day and sick twins and even sicker Soren
Posted in Arts and crafts on February 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
“Be My Valentine” and other stuff
Posted in Arts and crafts on January 28, 2012 | 2 Comments »
After having children at preschool for more than a year, I am better prepared this time. I am not going to be taken by surprise and suddenly need to produce valentines for a whole school full of kids at the last minute. We were browsing for supplies at a craft store last week and Claire [...]
Happy New Year!
Posted in Arts and crafts on January 3, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Claire and Ronin did 2012 collages yesterday, and Ronin actually had fun and completed his. I asked them questions about the past year and the year to come while they were doing it. Favorite Color: green, blue, dark red (R); pink and purple (C) Favorite Food: oatmeal (R); macaroni and cheese (C) Favorite Activity: [...]
A tale of two robots (and a drawing update)
Posted in Arts and crafts on November 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This robot used to help run mass spectrometers. He made too many mistakes, so they told him he had to stop. He was nervous about losing his job. He sat on a log and watched the birds. He did that for 20 hours. He tried to go back to his old job, but it was [...]
Drawing, coloring, beads
Posted in Arts and crafts on September 17, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Our friend Chris gave Claire a bead kit for a present not too long ago, so while Soren was napping today we made necklaces and bracelets. She was very particular about which colors and sizes she wanted and in which order. She is also quite good at noticing what other people are doing and complimenting [...]
Another bird craft
Posted in Arts and crafts on July 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It was very simple. I did a lot of cutting. I drew bird shapes and wings and cut them out, and the twins glued wings on bodies. Then they learned how to open and clip mini clothespins on the bottoms of the birds to make legs for them to stand up, and Ronin had some [...]
Grandma Jan’s Birthday Party
Posted in Arts and crafts on June 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It wasn’t a very big party. Justin was out of town for a week. My aunt Shelley was also out of town. However, Chris and Luc were there and we had enough balloons and shrieks of delight that the house seemed packed. Claire and Ronin had made my mom some necklaces and then painted her [...]
Visit from Omie and update on Claire’s forehead
Posted in Arts and crafts, Visitors on June 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
For those of you who haven’t tired of the gruesome pictures, here is the update on Claire’s forehead. Since she banged it open, the wound is about halfway in between the original deep hole and the petite tidy glued line. It appears to be healing nicely without any sign of infection, and as long as [...]
Coloring Easter eggs
Posted in Arts and crafts on April 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Claire and Ronin helped me make Easter eggs today. Soren did not help much, but at least he did not hinder. The twins colored hard-boiled eggs. They put stickers on them and colored them with crayons and then put them in food coloring. Some of them turned out quite nice. Only a few were cracked, [...]
Things to do on a rainy day
Posted in Arts and crafts, Regional parks, Video included on March 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It looks like we’re in for at least another week of cold and rainy weather. I can’t believe I never knew about Crab Cove before, but at least we can enjoy it from here on out. The best thing about it was that despite it being a cold and rainy weekend day, we actually had [...]
