W Week

We learned about the letter W last week. 
Since it had been Earth Day the Sunday before our week started, we included some activities about our earth. 

These two are so cute together. 

J loved pulling Tater around on the little wagon.

Learning about the letter W and playing with our walkie talkies. 

Exploring the world through the power of Google Earth.

We finger painted worlds on paper plates.

Unlocking the window

Reading What Am I?

Making W's

 Watching an episode of Word World.

 We went outside for lots of fun.

 We ate some worms.

 We had some worms and dirt in our yogurt. 

 We made a web.

We had to crawl under the web.  And yes, even I crawled under the web. 

 We put some watermelon in size order.

 We did a W puzzle.

 We ate some delicious watermelon. 

 We found W in one of our ABC books.

 I made them a wig made out of crepe paper. 

 Transferring water from one container to another using a medicine dropper. 

We made a paper plate watermelon. 

 We drew a world with chalk.

 We played with water. 

 We made worms out of playdough. 

 B loves to find weeds (flowers) while we're outside. 

 We made wheel paintings. 

 We made special world cupcakes. 

 Dancing to worship music, which to them means running around like wild and crazy monkeys.  :)

 We read What Do You Do?

 I tried to teach them how to whistle.  While I wasn't successful at teaching them how, they did make me laugh for about 10 minutes. 

 We looked at a picture of a walrus and put straws in our mouths and pretended to be one.

 We learned about water machines.

 We painted with worms (cooked spaghetti noodles).

 We attempted to paint by blowing through straws to make wind.  This was another project that didn't quite go as planned, but provided lots and lots of giggles and laughter. 

W is for whale.

 We made windsocks. 

 We learned about waves and watched some on tv.

 We made white W's. 

 We weighed ourselves to see how much we're growing.

 We went for lots of walks.

 And we watched another episode of Word World. 

Edits

I loved some of the pics that I got of Tater when we were playing in the cloud dough.  Couldn't help but take two of my favorites and edit them a little.  I especially love the second one.  :)

April 15-30

April 15:  Enjoying lunch and a run through the sprinkler at Gramma and Papa's house.


April 16:  Tater and I found a caterpillar.

 April 16: Running in the fountains.

 April 17:  Nothing like having the "sounds of freedom" (jets flying directly over our house) for ten minutes at 5:15 this morning to get the adrenaline flowing.

April 19:  So tempting to spend money on going to the circus. Sooooo tempting....

April 19:  Second night in a row I've been in bed before 9. Second night in a row I'm still awake at 11 and can't fall asleep. Yuck.

April 20:  Decided that since it was midnight that I should try to sleep and then jets started flying directly over my house. Fun. :-[

April 20: Playing with cloud dough.

April 21:  Enjoying my time with my boys at Busch Gardens. Love having passes. :-)

April 21:  Tater is in line for his first ride on the log flume. He's excited.

April 22:  Teaching Tater how to drink like a big boy.

 April 22:  Love this note I found from my little sis. :)

 April 22:  Goodbye crib!

 April 22:  After about 30 minutes (which is normal for him), we have a sleeping Tater in his big boy bed. :)

April 22:  My big boy.

April 22:  Really wish we had a video monitor.

April 25:  Life's a happy song when there's someone by your side to sing along. -The Muppets

April 26: So sleepy today. :(

April 26:  Nothing better than seeing the joy on Nate's face as he splashed in the puddles.

April 27:  Zoo date with my Tater.

April 28:  Spent the day with Nana and Papa on the farm. Wish we didn't have to head home tomorrow.

April 30: On my to do list for tomorrow: Write out a to do list. :-)

Zoo Date with the Tater

On Friday, Tater and I had a zoo date.  I didn't take my camera because I knew that keeping up with him would be hard enough.  Taking pictures while keeping up with a busy (and very fast) two year old my myself just never works very well. 

 I was able to snag these few cell phone pictures while we were there. 

The orangutans are such a cute couple. 

 We always love seeing the giraffes. 

My busy boy taking a break.  Of course, when I go to take a picture, he was ready to get up and move on. 

 This is how I spent most of our zoo trip.  I love spending time with this little guy. 

April Cell Phone Pics

Just some more cell phone pics from the month of April. 

Swinging together at the park.

 Checking out the tortoise at the local farm. 

 We loved looking at the baby goats at the local farm. 

 Playing in the fountains with Uncle Chris. 

 Dave took Tater to the park one afternoon and he sent me this picture.  Tater made a friend at the park.  He likes the older ladies. 

 Fun at the local amusement park.

 Fun at the park.

Enjoying a chocolate milkshake.   This boy is so spoiled. 

 He LOVES his bike.

 Train fun with Mommy.

 Dave took Tater to the local mall to play in their play area.  While playing, Tater decided that he was hungry and needed lunch. 

 Even dinosaurs need something to drink. 

Another mall playdate for Tater and Dave.  :)

 Making cookies together. 

 I spend a lot of time following this little guy around.

 Cloud dough always makes him smile. 

Sleeping on the way home from Nana and Papa's house.