True story. Seriously.
When this happened, I remember thinking, “Huh. I guess it got there while I was unbuckling my toddler from her chair after dinner.”
After a quick check for more, I quickly dismissed it from my mind. I mean, I’d be showering soon enough anyway, right? And really, mashed potatoes are not the worst thing, by far, that my kids have gotten on me…
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This is a great resource that you can get from the Shel Silverstein website. See all of the Poetry Month downloads, or go directly to the 2013 Poetry Month download.
This year’s download is full of Silverstein’s drawings and poetry, offering examples and illustrations, and prompting kids to write their own versions. Types of poetry include rhyming, epigram, visual, concrete (shape), list, rebus, non-rhyming, and acrostic poetry.
Even though most of it is still outside the grasp of my toddler and preschooler, they do enjoy his poetry. I’ve been known to read aloud from my old copies of A Light in the Attic, Falling Up, and Where the Sidewalk Ends to my kids while they play. Many of the poems I have nearly memorized. :)
So why am I suggesting this? It’s cool. If nothing else, you can read the included poems to your kids and talk about the silly sketches. And even if they’re still too young to write (like my girls) they can still use it for coloring pages. And if they are old enough to write – what better way to inspire your little artist?
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This references an older post, “Mommy’s Mini Vacation”. I decided to start making my own “Momisms.” These will be inspired by real life.
I’m hoping it’s something other moms can relate to. And that it inspires a few laughs. After all, ours is a crazy, wonderful life, and one thing us moms have all had to learn is that if you don’t laugh at yourself, you’ll go crazy.
Or more crazy than you already are.
Either way, enjoy this Momism … there will be more to follow in future posts! :)
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My 3-year-old daughter loves to play with flashlights. She’ll carry them from room to room, turning off lights, and organizing “sleep over parties.”
We often make shadow puppets with our fingers.
Then, this morning, she happened to put down the large flashlight next to a yellow sippy cup full of apple juice. And, lo and behold, the light cast a yellow shadow on the wall behind the cup.
Oooohhhh….. project!
So I grabbed some red and blue sippy cups from the kitchen, filled them with water, and we lined them all up in the room to see how their shadows would look.
Mostly, the 16-month-old was interested in drinking from all of the cups. What can I say? She’s my eater. Food = more exciting than shadows to her.
Anyway, we made shadow finger puppets in front of the red, blue, and yellow shadows. We moved the cups closer to and farther from the flashlight to watch the shadow get bigger and smaller. We moved around the cups to see where they had to be in relation to the flashlight to cast the brightest colors. We made new colors by overlapping the shadows.
Lots of learning, but it just seemed like fun to the girls: the best kind. :)
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And that right there is Mommy’s Mini Vacation. A trip to Target and a Mocha Frappuccino. This was one of those trips that I took without the kids, so there was a lot of quietness … and no one trying to steal my whipped cream.
It was a rather long trip, actually, because the heavens opened up while I was shopping, and I didn’t want to leave in the midst of what appeared to be a hurricane.
So I waited. And I shopped. Flipped through all of the interior decorating magazines. Revisited the women’s and baby’s clearance sections. Smelled all of the candles in the candle aisle.
Still raining.
Oh well. I’m not allergic to rain. So I walked out to my car, bags in one hand, giant box of diapers hanging from the other, and received a very thorough shower along the way.
But even with the large amount of water that I brought home with me, it was a good day. A nice mini break.
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We recently took a trip to “The Dali,” as the The Dali Museum is affectionately known. I hadn’t been since I was a kid, and I was excited to return. And to my delight, my girls had a great time, too.
Granted, the 16-month-old was just happy to be out and about and exploring new places, and the 3-year-old didn’t really grasp everything – but we toured the gallery, did crafts directed by a docent, completed the scavenger hunt, and had tapas in the cafe.
My oldest studied the Disappearing Bust of Voltaire, her eyes focused on the painting as she walked backwards and forward again and again, until finally announcing, “Yup, I see it.”
They both climbed on the sculpted windows as we ate our tapas, and they threw change into the fountain at the foot of the giant stone that appears to be supporting one corner of the building near the front entry.
All in all, a great day. I’ve written about our outing, about Dali and his artwork, and some of the Dali-themed crafts we did at home on Squidoo: Salvador Dali Crafts and Lessons for Kids.
Here is a collage of some of our pictures from the museum and the crafts we did:
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This is the first post of my new blog!
… not terribly exciting, I know. But we all need to start somewhere. I’ve been writing for awhile on Squidoo, but that’s not a blog. And I’ve been creating on Zazzle for years, but that’s not a blog, either. So I figured, it’s about time to start one.
This will be where I will share my daily adventures of motherhood, life, food, decorating, writing, traveling … all my favorite things, and even my online endeavors as well.
I hope you enjoy! :)
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Roaming Rosie 