Bug week!

Coloring book of bees...he really excelled at this! He knows all his colors :)

For our 1st week of 'school' we learned about bugs(insects). Bees,ants,catapillars,butterflies...and so on.
Each day we learned about a new bug. Worksheets,songs,sensory bin,games,story time,and snack/lunch time.
Monday: Bees! You can find the printables I used 2 teaching mommies.

Size sequencing, he did a GREAT job with this!

Making bees using his foot and drawing the lines and wings, a face too :)

Do-a dot

Tuesday: Ants the printables I used were also from 2 teaching mommies

Do a dot

Taking a break for a drink after he finished the pattern :)

Finger stamped ants. I so love this!

Wednesday-Thursday: Catapillars and Butterflies

Friday: Bug hunting and review.

All in all this was a great test for the week of more of a school feel. Instead of just having him work and craft, I had more of a schedule and structure. Colton enjoyed it more and I kept it shorter knowing his attention and self would ware down after a while.

The sensory bin for the week:

Fun at bath time!

I have been meaning to post this last week. Between napping,cleaning,and working out. On top of a demanding 2 year old that seems to need any and all attention lately(not complaining) I haven't gotten much blogging done like I should be.
Anyways, moving on. Colton loves his bath time so much! he has quite a few toys to play with but I want to 'spruce' it up. So, I took some shaving cream and food coloring and mixed up some bath paint. It was fun and  he enjoyed it so much! I gave him a paint brush to paint it ALL OVER. The neat freak I am didn't mind having a crazy colored kid or bath tub...BECAUSE it washes right off!!! He played for a long time and even smelled good too :)
Here are some pictures!

Pregnancy, Week 20-21

20 weeks! Half way!

These 2 weeks were pretty good. I have been getting tired more and more. My cravings have almost seemed to subside. I can't seem to get over how I still am wearing my normal pre-pregnancy clothes though. I had my OB appointment this week as well. I told the doctor my fears and wants. Everyone has a fear for something. Mine is going to the hospital and never leaving. I know, weird. But I have dealt with relatives who have died in them,seen the angels and so forth. For that reason, I think has a lot to do with my high blood pressure, because once I am there and relaxed my blood pressure drops to normal; but when I first get there it is high. Anyways, the baby sounded great and also talked about having another csection. We  talked about it a lot at the appointment and I decided that would be best for me and the baby.

Another great appointment this week was the gender ultrasound! I was a nervous wreck! I couldn't and didn't sleep well. The husband and I wanted a girl this time. Our reason is we wanted to be done having kids. If we had a boy this time, we would try one more time for a girl.
WELL.......

meet...... Kruz Brian Price! I have to be honest, we were sad at first and I cried on the way home. Once home, we both became happy once it hit us. Colton will be a GREAT big brother and we are so lucky to be parents of not one, but TWO handsome boys!
I also have to include a small clip of him moving around in there :)

So, it has been a monumental couple week/weeks in our household. Thank you for stopping by and enjoying My Rays of Sunshine!

Pregnancy, Week 18-19

I had a scare. At my last appointment I was told I had an abnormal papsmear. Now, I have never had one before and I guess people have them all the time. Well, not me. I was in shock and so scared because I automatically think cancer. Of course I think the worst right? Oh and to top it off the nurse checked my blood pressure AFTER telling me this. It was in the 150s! I have had high blood pressure before but man, that was too high for me. So she waited until the doctor came in to explain more. the doctor says it is nothing and don't worry, well of course he was a man. I am stereo typing here and am sorry to all the men and women even that may be offended, but of course I am going to worry! To me, it's a big deal. Well, I cam back this week for a coloscopy. What this is is a microscope they use to look closer at your cervix by swabbing it with different solutions to see if anything shows up. If something shows up it may lead to me having a biopsy. Well, long story short it was NOTHING!!!!!!!! WOOHOO!!! I was so relieved!
Also, the doctor checked the babys heart beat and was so exciting listening to the beat. 153 :) I walked out of there with my head held high and a smile on my face. After praying and hoping it was nothing.
Here are some pictures from the past two weeks :)

Camping a new way!

Camping is something we haven't done as a family....yet. I have always wanted to go for a weekend but we don't have the gear. Which, is something we need to start accumulating. Surfing the wonderful blogs out there I came across some fun new ways you can have fun with camping without leaving your house.
I went to 2 Teaching Mommies and downloaded the printables I felt Colton could do as well as challenge him. I added a sensory bin to the unit as well. Colton loves sensory bins and I love coming up with new ideas for them. At the end of the week we had pizza and decorated the living room into a fort camp type of thing. Watching movies and 'camping' out. We had fun for sure and will be something we do again.
 A yummy snack we enjoyed were s'more cookies. Add marshmallows to your chocolate chip cookie recipe and a graham cracker on top and bake no more than 11 minutes. BUT when I plan on making them again I will be adding crushed graham cracker to the cookies instead of a graham cracker underneath the cookies didn't taste as good and the cracker ruined the cookie over time.

Do a dot pictures

Here are some pictures of the fun camping week we had!

The sensory bin: sticks and pinecones from the yard. beans to be pretend stones, and  felt sleeping bags,  and of course dyed rice :)

size sequencing and enjoying yummy apple slices

A fun craft: red and yellow paint to make 'fire' blow the paint with a straw to spread the fire all over. Color popsicle sticks brown for logs to finish!

Counting fireflies

learning shapes with camping gear...he caught on QUICK

I thought I took pictures of the cookies but I guess I didn't. That was our camping fun. So much fun and so enjoyable. Learning and crafting too!

Something fun to do when your pregnant

With this pregnancy, I have been way more curious to find out the gender than I ever had with Colton. With Colton it didn't matter to me whether he was a boy or a girl. With this one, I hope for a girl but of course a healthy baby is all that matters.
My curiosity though has been at an all time peak! I was searching the web on crazy ways to find out the gender. None of them are accurate, but are still fun to do and fun to see if they are right.
So, the cabbage test is the one I did.
To do this, you buy a red cabbage and boil it for 10 minutes. Take 1 part of the juice and 1 part urine and if the color stays purple it means girl. If the color changes to pink or red it means boy.
Here are my results:

The left is the cabbage water. The right are my results.

So, my result is Girl. Now, to see if this test was right for me. I will find out Aug.18!!! So stay tuned for an update!

Popsicles of all kinds!

One of the units for the summer we have worked on was all about popsicles! I came across this awesome blog called 2 Teaching Mommies. I have to say, I LOVE this blog and can't get enough! Unfortunately I have not made any printables of my own because well, I am not that savvy nor have I looked into it much or know where to start.
Colton had SO much fun! We made pudding pops at the end of the week and were a HUGE hit with him and of course me too! During the week we enjoyed learning through a fun way of popsicles and enjoying eating some as well.
Here are pictures to share :)

Do-a-dots...instead of Do-a-dot markers we use bingo dobbers!(cheaper too!

learning and matching shapes!

learning his colors, he even stayed in the lines :)

Helping to make pudding pops!

Hope you enjoyed this unit as much as we have! Colton learned his colors and stayed in the lines; for that I am ecstatic!