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, [...]
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Coloring Easter eggs
Posted in Arts and crafts on April 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Sea creature craft
Posted in Arts and crafts on March 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
We’ve been having more homework for preschool lately. A while ago we had to fill out pages called “Special Me” with categories like “I’m good at ________” and “I have a hard time with ____________” and “I speak _______.” I asked the twins to help me fill in their answers, and even though I didn’t [...]
Happy Valentine’s Day
Posted in Arts and crafts on February 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Claire and Ronin have been preparing for Valentine’s Day for weeks. Last month, Claire and I started working on valentines during one of our afternoons together. At that time, I was thinking there wasn’t that much improvement in scissor use since a year ago, and then just in the past month the twins have both [...]
Recetly overheard at our house & art projects
Posted in Arts and crafts on January 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Claire (who doesn’t know how to swim): “Daddy, do pikas know how to swim? Do they? Do they? I think I’m going to have to teach pikas how to swim if they don’t know how to swim.” Justin (kidding): “Ronin, you’re three and a half already – you should know basic geometry by now.” Claire [...]
More Christmas crafts
Posted in Arts and crafts on December 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
For those with kids who still haven’t finished all their Christmas wrapping, here is a great way to recycle some artwork. Get some address labels, stick them on any art, cut around them with a little margin, punch a hole in the corners, and voilà you have some unique gift tags for your presents. Today’s [...]
Holiday activities and crafts
Posted in Arts and crafts on December 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We have had a ton of fun making gift bags. I don’t even know if I have any presents that will fit inside them, but we have had multiple sessions of gift bag decorating, and it’s been a wonderful way to spend some time on more than one occasion. The twins have been going wild [...]
Steam Works, Fall Leaves, Dinah’s Party
Posted in Arts and crafts on November 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’m trying to get caught up – I’m two weekends behind and my only excuse is that as soon as Claire started getting over her pneumonia, Justin and Soren and I got sick. I’ve been wavering between feeling miserable and feeling awful. I’ve called in sick to work for the past two weeks, and I [...]
Popsicle stick turkey
Posted in Arts and crafts on November 9, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Both twins are sick, but Claire in particular has been running a consistent fever of 102.6 when the Ibuprofen wears off. She is limp, unhappy, and not hungry. They’re both a little whiny, congested, coughing a bit, but not having any truly dramatic symptoms at this point. I kept them home from preschool today and [...]
Fall Tree Craft
Posted in Arts and crafts on November 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I have to give credit to my friend Kim for inspiring me to do this craft this morning.
