Springtime Weather

Fire

Spring Planting Has Begun!

Carrots, potatoes, and onions are in the ground!

Lucas liked the dirt.

Look What I Made!

After seeing a friend's idea at church (thanks, Amber!), I decided to make something like it for Lillian. We started with a colorful paper folder. Then, I chose several sheets of felt in various colors.

I glued a black background to both sides using good ol' Elmer's. Next time, I think I'll use hot glue and I'll tell you why in a minute.



The last and best step was to design/create/cut out whatever Lillian wanted to "stick" to her felt background. If you've never played with felt, it is a wonderful thing that sticks to itself. I used no pattern (isn't it obvious!) and Lillian decorated the face. We cut clothes and decorated with sequins or made designs to glue to the front of shirts. I will use hot glue next time because Elmer's doesn't hold felt to felt very well.

We took our finished product to church last Sunday for a quiet time activity. I ended up doing a sun, clouds, grass, and flowers as an alternative to the doll and clothes. I store all the pieces in a Zip-loc bag inside the folder and it's ready to go!

I envisioned this turning out way cooler than it did, but Lillian helped with most of it and that made the project very fun no matter how it actually turned out!

Planes, Trains, and Automobilies

Last Saturday, we took Lillian and Lucas to visit the train museum in Guthrie. It was cold and windy outside, so we thought this would be a great inside activity. I was blown away by the detail in the train models!

Lucas liked watching the train go around and around.

There were at least 7 displays, each one different. The curator explained that many of the train cars were worth as much as $500 each. Some even had a Mercedes-Benz engine! We watched in fascination as the tiny treasures sped around the tracks, some going in tunnels and through towns.

This miniature house and SUV was perched on top of a "mountain."

The train designer had some fun portraying a "car wreck" on a bridge.

Toy Of The Year

"Of course you can play with the onions, sweetheart!"

A Boy And His Mess

The following events happened in a 30 minute period one afternoon this week:

Dumped out shells and then stepped on as many as possible to see if they would break.

(Yes, son, they do break...into a million pieces.)

Discovered flower pot with dirt inside

"Hmmmm... this dumps easily"

"I wonder how it tastes?"

"Not like I expected!"

Lillian was calmly washing the car while Lucas made a mess.