X,Y,Z

As you may or may not notice, I skipped letter V. Sometime today we will be making our own mini volcanoes and I will share a little later on that.
Well, on Saturday i decided lets learn the last few letters. All letters are important for learning, but not all have enough to learn 1 per week. So, I cut out each letter from construction paper. The letter Y, I chose foam.
W-I cut a green W from construction paper and added a red middle, cut some black seeds and let Colton go to town gluing!

X- I cut it out then, took white foam and cut bones and created an X-ray. Colton liked gluing them on.

Y-I cut a yellow Y from yellow foam and took a hole punch to it following the Y. I also cut a piece of yarn and Colton laced his Y. I was super proud of him for accomplishing this! When I first started this blog I did the same concept with his name and he had difficulty. However, he is older and could not believe he did this!!

Z-I cut a white Z and cut stripes from black paper. Also, I cut some ears and now I think about it I forgot the tail...OOPS!

The letter U

Honestly, like all the other weeks, this one I did not have a lot planned. I was glad because Easter was at the end of the week and I wanted to make cookies and get ready.
The weather just happened to be nasty and how perfect since we would be learning about Umbrellas! For this craft, No Time for flashcards had a perfect one! I added my own 'zing' to it and we had ourselves a textered picture showing Umbrellas!

Cupcake wrappers, pipe cleaners, cotton balls, glue, and construction paper!!!

Our Easter

My family is in  Michigan and the husbands family is in Missouri and Illinois. So Easter this year was just us. The Easter bunny hid both Colton's and daddys baskets. Colton and daddy found theirs and I began making breakfast.
I made Baked French Toast. The recipe is at Loving the Little Things. Not only is the recipe yummy, but stay awhile and visit, there are some more yummy recipes and her 2 little girls you will just adore! I cut the bread into Easter shapes for a tad difference for the Holidays.
The weather was pretty awful so the egg hunt we had planned had to be located inside. Colton actually had a lot of fun going room to room looking for his eggs and loading up his basket. Then we had nap time and while Colton napped I decided to slowly start dinner. On the Holidays I always make an early meal,
His Godmother and her daughter joined us later in the evening and we shared a nice visit. That was our Easter this year. How was your Easter?

Recipe of the Week: Toddler Pizza!

Friday nights are pizza/movie night in our household. There are so many ways to make pizza it is pretty intense. We make or order delivery. Lately, we have been finding that making it is fun and easy. I enjoy cooking so building a pizza is fun for me. Last Friday, I decided to include Colton. He made his very own pizza shapes! I rolled out some dough and had him cut out some shapes and I put them on a cookie sheet for him to top. Daddy helped him by putting sauce on, but everything else was ALL Colton. While he was having fun making his very own dinner, I was rolling out a pizza for the husband and I and adding toppings.
We like all sorts of toppings, but definitely DESPISE anchovies! I highly suggest bringing your children into the kitchen with you designing some pizzas.
Here are some pictures of last week having fun on a Friday night!

How do you spend your Friday nights? And I must say, Colton CHOWED more than ever, we believe it is from making his own dinner! He was cheesing so hard...I see a very proud face :)

Down on the Farm

Yesterday we went to a farm nearby. I found an ad in a paper about a farm that has goats, pigs,chickens,llamas,and also some fun stuff like hay rides, easter egg hunts, an Easter bunny, and barrel train rides. The husband and I decided yesterday would be a perfect day to go. Little did we know it was going to be really cold. The weather didn't hold us back. We bundles up, which we should have added another layer or two. We had a BLAST! Everyone that worked there was so nice and friendly. We also got to feed the animals. Colton loved feeding them and instead of saying 'baaaaaaaaaaaa' for a goat he said,'moooooooooo' HILARIOUS!! At one point the husband and I had tears streaming down our faces in hysterics ROLLING at the animals and Colton interacting.
The hayride was a first for us as a family and first ever for Colton. The laughter,smiles, and family time was just what we needed and felt so good. Although we were only about a half hour from the house I felt like we were in our own place in the world all by ourselves. We will be going back to the farm in the fall to gather up our pumpkins.

A bunny family

Since I have been crafting with Colton a lot in the past year. I have also accumulated some toilet and paper towel tubes. Although I really haven't found many crafts for Colton that involve them. Well, that was until i found Crafts by Amanda Okay, I not only recommend visiting, but I also recommend following and using her ideas! Kids of all ages will love the bunny family as well as the other animals she has come up with! Even monsters :)
I followed her directions but added some of my own personality! This was also something I did while I had Colton do a different craft. However, once they were finished he has gotten some great play out of them!

I am really excited how they turned out and love how they have brightened up our home as well!

'T' is for

This week we learned all about the letter T in fun new ways!
For boys tractors and trains or really anything with wheels are most loved. I decided to buy a couple canvases and let Colton paint with his favorite toys; trains and tractors. I also bought some putty from the houseware section and this is definitely something I recommend. I added pictures in a previous post. After those projects, I cut a big 'T' from green construction paper and turned it sideways and added some wheels,a little 'T' for steering wheel. Colton's party this year was Thomas and I had left over wrapping paper and also some tractor wallpaper samples and let him make a collage which turned out cute and was something very fun.

Turtles and Tigers also start with the letter 'T' and I must say Colton really learned a lot. You can ask him what letter does tiger start with and he says "T". I decided to stay simple with some shapes and have him put together his own turtles and then cut some turtles and bubbles from my Cricut as well. That way he can have some fun gluing and practicing. For tiger, I grabbed a paper plate and had him pate it orange and while he painted I cut some black stripes and chose neon orange googly eyes. Hobby Lobby has a summer craft aisle and I found some very crazy googly eyes and just couldn't resist them.

So that was our week of learning about the letter 'T'! Not many crafts were planned, but there was a lot of learning involved! Happy teaching and learning your Rays of Sunshine!