My Little Troublemaker

clearly i need to come up with something better than valium and alcohol tape to keep dew2 out valium online international there ... it's his favourite spot and yet exactly where i don't want him to be ... this is not a good sign of what's to come in the future ... *hee hee*

Sensory Shaving Cream Fun!

another dreary day here ... so time to get out the sensory table and the shaving cream and go to town! dew1 wasn't sure about it ... but it has been a while since we did this. once he got into it, he got into it! at one Buy valium online without a prescription - point he dunked his head in ... what a mess. so then i added some water thinking that it would all just dissolve, but instead it made this fun goop sludge that was even more fun than the cream itself. he even discovered that he could race the froggies down the side of the table. we drew numbers and letters in the bottom, too.

i also discovered that this is the perfect place to recycle our favourite bathtub squirter toys to ... when they're too icky inside for the bathtub, they are perfect for this! i am so glad that i've been packratting a bag valium online international them for the past 6 months *hee hee*.

update: ugh. i just walked into the kitchen to valium online international up and just walked out again. what a mess! i guess that's the price of fun, eh?

Forks! Bowls!

well at some point this week, dew2 decided that he needed to have a fork, like his brother. valium and alcohol trust me, when dew2 decides something, he lets you know it! and there is no going back, either. now, every meal must be valium online international by a fork. and he's determined to use it. we're trying to get dew1 to pay closer attention to him as he'd just rather use his hands to get the food in.

shortly after the fork, he decided that he needed his food in a bowl, like his brother. valium online international he can't negotiate the fork, he'll just pick it up and try to pour it in. he makes it work. it's messy but i'm sure he's having fun.

oh they grow up so fast :-)

What a Week!

whew. valium online international thought we were all better and ready to tackle a new week until monday afternoon when dew1 broke out with pinkeye. that set us valium and alcohol a few days, and kept us all cooped up again. and just when dew1 started to recover, dew2 woke up with his eyes a mess.

note to self: when one dew gets pinkeye, just ask the doctor for drops for both. it will save an appointment, a copay, and time.

cabin fever set in. we survived by building tracks (Thomas!), getting into things we shouldn't get in to (Kleenex!), counting things (strawberries!), and shaking things (granola!).

ok, the shaking things needs some explanation. valium online international was cleaning valium online international the pantry and found at the back a sample size Valium online international, package of Kashi mountain berry granola cereal that i forgot i had. it Buy valium online without a prescription, expired a bit ago and i was about to throw it out when i took another look at it. lately, i've been looking at everything through a different pair of eyes and seeing lots of potentially fun activities. so i grabbed one of the clear plastic bottles that i've been saving for ISpy bottles, poured the granola in, and popped on the top. not only does it shake up in a fun way, but the raisins and dried berries are fun to valium online international also. a great sensory activity!

regarding the Kleenex: note to self: when either dew is overly quiet, there is trouble a foot. don't appreciate the silence for the moment that you have it... immediately be suspicious and assume they are up to something.

Dew1 and his Colour Matching

so after a lot of planning (and several trips to Lowes for paint chips) i sat down to make my colour valium online international i haven't had a chance to paint the ends white yet, but otherwise they are pretty much done. i'm missing 1 purple (somehow i only grabbed 2 purple chips?) valium and alcohol black and gray (totally spaced on them) but otherwise it's a set. i'm rather pleased with the results, and dew1 was very interested when they were introduced to him. after his very successful colour matching adventures in his session last wednesday i realized that he was more than ready for them.






so during dew1's session today, we were matching items (he had to do 20, which he did no problem!) and then we moved on to colours. she was trying to figure out how to see if he could valium online international more than the 4 she had, and i mentioned the newly finished tablets. we got them out and lo and behold he matched them all (except purple, as i only have one, which greatly annoyed him because he kept looking for it's match.) so his teacher and i were Buy valium online without a prescription, impressed and while she was recording it, he started to play with them.

the next thing we knew, he was laying them out in a line. it didn't seem too important to him which direction they were facing. he then picked up an orange ball, scanned the line, and Buy valium online without a prescription, matched the orange ball to the orange tablet! we quickly cheered him on and looked around for other things to see if he'd match them. he did! even rather abstract things like his play ice cream scoops. when he matched percy and toby, i opened his train box to see what other trains might match. he peeked in, searched around, then pulled out harold and jeremy (the helicopter and airplane) and immediatly took them over to the two Buy valium online without a prescription, white tablets to match them there.

when he was done we all cheered. valium and alcohol then his valium and alcohol started to clean up. we were chatting while she cleaned up, and then we looked over and realized that not only was dew1 putting all the Buy valium online without a prescription, tablets into the box, but he was picking Valium online international : up his trains to put back into his train box.

while they ate lunch i had to recreate the line to take a picture ... it was just so cute and spontaneous. i'm sure montessori purists are rolling over in horror at this (from the homemade tablets to messing around with them like this) but i was so glad for the inspiration to make them - we would never have had the opportunity to explore his abilities and new skills like this without them!

Water Table Sunday

another wet, cold Valium online international - day. so what better way to enjoy it than elbow deep in a water table? i made sure the water was warm and off we went. uncle g gave it to us for christmas and i decided it was about time to break it out.

dew1 was really good about it - he was interested and excited to see it, and we only had a few splashes at the beginning. we stayed pretty dry until the sponges came out and then it was game over. i showed him how to squeeze the baster to make the water squirt, and how to pour from one cup into another. he tried it a little, but mostly just checked the whole thing out. he really enjoyed putting his hands on the bottom and leaning in to lift his feet off the ground. not really what it's for, but that's fine for now.

A "Constructive" Saturday

well it was a wet and cold saturday, so we snuggled up in our comfy clothes and broke out the building Valium online international : bricks. tower after tower were built, and tower after tower were knocked down with a 'Trash!" by dew1.

then, at dinner, dew1 decided to build a forest of 'broccoli!' (gotta love the vocab constructing playing with felt food Buy valium online without a prescription : can do, eh?).

all in all, it was a fun day.

Hankies!

ok, so we all have the sniffles, coughs and achies here. and i'm tired valium online international wiping noses all day with kleenexes that just fall apart in my hands.

so during my surfing the other day i came across this blog (Mom in Madison) and she had just valium and alcohol some for her kids ... perfect timing for my family. and i had a bunch of flannel leftover from making the pack n play sheets, valium online international off i went!

i'm pretty happy with them considering that i wasn't striving for perfection (my stuffy head did not allow for perfection valium online international and, after all, i am just going to wipe noses with them. they took a couple of hours ... not too bad. now, if i owned a serger, they'd have been about 5 minutes each.

but now we can find even Valium online international - just a moment of enjoyment out of these miserable colds.

How many things can Thomas the Train teach us?

Thomas is a bit thing around our house. i always thought he was cool, but i never dreamed how many things we can learn from him.

- names (every single train has it's own name)
- colours (they are mostly all different colours)
- numbers (they all have a different engine number)
- hand eye coordination (we can put the trains on the tracks properly, even Dew2, we build tracks too)
- fine motor skills valium online international can push and pull the trains along the tracks, both with full hands and individual fingers, plus manipulating the buildings, engine wash rollers, opening doors, pressing buttons)
- pretend play Buy valium online without a prescription - (we treat them like people, as they have faces, and according to the videos, they talk, too)
- language/vocab (the trains talk to each other, Valium online international - of course. plus, now we know Valium online international : up, down, bridge, tunnel, stop, go, around, airplane, helicopter ... and i can't even think of what else ...)
- problem solving (hmm ... what do i do when the track ends, or isn't complete? does this track fit?)
- gravity (trains go up, trains go down ...)

and the latest, last night at dinner ...

- magnets and magnetic properties

so clearly the trains connect by magnets. the older ones need to be facing the right direction in order to connect, so there we're learning about negative and positive forces valium online international newer ones have 'smart magnets' so that's not an issue)
but last night Dew1 discovered that valium and alcohol his metal forks connect to Thomas and make a great lead to drive them around his highchair tray, the plastic forks do not connect at all.

he tried several times. Valium online international : valium Buy valium online without a prescription : and alcohol looked at the fork. he looked at thomas. he looked at me. he tried again. then he asked for help. i saved the day by getting him a metal valium online international and we were back in business, but i found it amazing to watch and see him trying to put the pieces together.

who would have though a small, hardworking train would have so much to teach us?

Dew1's Picture Pocket

Dew1 has some pictures and things that he likes to look at. unfortunately, he likes to eat them, too. so i decided to laminate them and start him a Picture File. right now they are mostly Thomas DVD inserts, and those little Thomas catalogue flyers that Valium online international : come with the trains, but he'll pour over them for hours. there are some other things (a Cottonelle ad that has a hundred puppies that he loves, for example) that are too big for my laminator so they'll have to Valium online international : wait until i get some clear contact paper.

i knew i had this denim Valium online international - pocket from Old Navy from ages and ages ago in a box in the garage - it used to hold magazines and catalogues valium online international a doorknob in my apartment in manhattan - so out i went and the packrat that i am, was able to find it quickly and repurpose it. see, there is a reason to hang valium online international to everything! so i used one of Valium online international - those great 3M command hooks and hung it on the wall low down so it's just his height.

i'll Valium online international - add pictures as i find them and let him discover them as he goes. he likes it ... i said a few times 'your pictures' and he repeated 'pictures'. this will be fun.

Valium online international

so it was a busy Valium online international, evening in our household.

pompoms!
dew1 decided he wanted to try the pompom activity ... so we got out the tongs and pompoms and he took to it immediately! valium online international he started scooping them up in bundles as Valium online international, well as individually, sometimes using his hands but mostly remembering. valium online international i helped him by repositioning the tongs in his hand, and then reminding him to use them by saying 'squeeze'. so by the end he was saying 'squeeze' and then picking one up. then dumped them again while i went to get the camera, and i hear him saying something ... not sure valium and alcohol ... and i look over and he's picking out all of the purple ones, saying 'purple' with each one. then yellow (his favourite colour). i never directed him to do that! i was so happy for him.

applesauce!
while he's been getting the hang of the spoon for a while now, he's never really been interested, determined or self motivated to go to it. so tonight i had to spoon both of their valium and alcohol so i put the applesauce and spoon in front of dew1 and started in with dew2. i looked over and he was just plugging away at it! with remarkably little mess, too! yea! when he finished the bowl he was so proud! he's still twisting it a bit as it gets to his mouth so i'm not sure how successful, Buy valium online without a prescription, say, peas would be, but he's totally getting it!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day!
well i finally finished dew1's valentine's day present - just in the nick of time, i suppose. i'm pretty happy Buy valium online without a prescription : with the valium and alcohol considering it's my first attempt at felt food. i'm much happier with the sprinkles on the pink and white than the red, but you learn as you go, right? i'm also not sure if i Valium online international - like the running stitch around the outside, or if valium online international prefer a blanket stitch. i'll have to experiment to Buy valium online without a prescription - see which i prefer.

cookies seem to be the easiest, so i think i'll start with chocolate chip ... counting ones, of course.

we wish everyone a great lovey day!

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The Elusive Moose

this is our favourite bedtime story. Grandma and Buy valium online without a prescription - Papa gave it to us for a birthday present last year and it has quickly become a favourite.

there are so many valium and alcohol about this book that we love. and each reading finds something new.
- initially, we just love the story. it's fun and cute.
- we love the illustrations. they are reproductions of fabric panels that have been hand crafted. even though they are flat in the book, they convey texture, Buy valium online without a prescription - dimension, and warmth. as a crafter, i admire the handiwork that goes into each page spread, and am also jealous of the time that was obviously had to make them.
- we love the story. the rhythm of it is soothing and comfortable. the more we read it, the more we love Buy valium online without a prescription - it. dew1 now anticipates parts - valium online international quacks with his hands for the geese and goslings page, and ribbits at the frogs ( but he waits for me to finish reading the phrase on the Valium online international : page first.)
- the more we read, the more we discover. at first he started counting the geese and goslings, now he also count the mommy and baby caribou. then the froggies. now he looks for the fish in the claws of the eagle, and one page has a Valium online international, mitten hidden on it. then he discovered that the moose is actually on every page valium online international now we hunt for the moose too. there is a bush with berries that is located in a spot that usually ends up under my thumb as i'm holding the book, and he moves my thumb out of the way every time so he can count the berries. the end pages are also illustrated and we need to be sure to take time to look at them. i think he's starting to be interested in the valium online international hares (bunnies!).
- he calls the book by name - 'moose'! and at the valium online international when the phrase 'just once maybe, please?' he says 'please' in the long drawn out way that i say it.

we just love this book. and the other day we were out at mcdonald's with his group and he was out Valium online international - of sorts, so Buy valium online without a prescription - i pulled him onto my lap and started reciting what i could remember of the book, and it just mellowed him out. Buy valium online without a prescription - when i got to the part about the geese and goslings, he started quacking with his hands, and when i said the line about the frogs he ribbited in the right spot, even without the prompting of the pictures. so cute!

so this is our favourite bedtime book right now. hopefully you'll check it out, too.
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Monday Monday

yesterday we went to McDonald's so ds1 could play in the playspace. we went there on thursday with his group and they had a ball - i wouldn't have thought he could manage it but he did great and so now i know we can all go there with success. he had a great time and was absolutely fearless ... such fun.

well not much going on today. dew1 had a session this morning and *hopefully* everyone will nap this afternoon. i know dew1 will, but dew2 is a toss up, as usual. i need to find daddydew's Valium online international - chef whites pants - they are looking for a new kitchen manager at work so on top of everything else he's going to be in there for the next while, and he's destroying his pants right now. and somewhere, in one of the millions of boxes in our garage, are his chef whites. i'm hoping for at least a half an hour of peace and quiet to look for them. and valium and alcohol i'll make more cookies if i have enough time.

update:
found the whites (which, contrary to description aren't white ... they are actually dark Valium online international, blue with white stripes). and no naps, really, from dew2. no big surprise.

What colour is that?

Blocks

Sorry it's a bit dark ... for some reason i can only get him to do this at night! *hee hee*

Felt Food - Valentine's Day Cookies

got the boys off to bed early Valium online international, tonight (well, early for us ... i have them on NYC time so we're late birds around here at night but we had no naps today so it was early dinner, bath (both through the bath by myself! are you all proud of me??) and off to bed. dew2 has his blankie bunny, who has been MIA since before christmas but i found him today while cleaning out a random box of toys. he's so happy to see him again Valium online international, - i hope he helps him sleep through the night.

anyway, i decided i was well overdue for some creativity, so i decided to make these felt food valentine's day cookies. i've been hankering to make felt food for ages now, and this seemed to be an easy place to start.

i Valium online international - got the idea from Chasing Cheerios - i Love that blog!

here are my results. not too bad for a first attempt. i plan on making more ... but i'm torn about making some in pink. daddydew will probably be annoyed, but the mix valium online international pink valium online international red is just so cute! and who can resist the matching games that can arise from different sizes and colours? we'll see.

Publishing Success!

whew i made it! my webhost Valium online international - changed everyone's passwords and then i changed it and couldn't remember what it was ... and then changed it again and wrote it down this time but still it wouldn't publish ... but finally i figured it out! so now maybe, just maybe i'll be able to get something done around here.

alright ... this is getting crazy

ok so i have a website and yet i don't really valium online international anything with it. that's just not right.

so i am going to try to see if i can breathe some new life into things around here. please stick with me?

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