"Jolly" good week!

Monday morning began with us trying some jelly. Kieryn has never had it on her toast before and needless to say... she DID NOT like it! :)

We also tried jello for the first time this week... She didn't really eat any of it, just squeezed it and then wanted her hands washed off. By the end of the week she was licking her fingers and saying "umm," but I don't think she really liked it.

 We did LOTS of jumping this week! She loved the jumping song we found on Youtube and the jumping games we played... but as always, her favorite place to jump was at gymnastics!

Ronan enjoyed some playing too!

Kieryn's favorite "J" activity this week was making jelly bean J's. I spread it out to three days, but over the weekend she was asking to do more. She's got quite the sweet tooth!

This was the first week she showed interest in tracing the letter. I think it was because we talked about how "j" has a hook on the bottom like James Hook from Jake and the Neverland Pirates... she was so excited that she could draw a J!

Over the weekend we did a felt sticker jack-o-lantern.  No actual pumpkin carving yet, but we will soon!

We have been getting outdoors in the afternoons which is nice. It's still 80 degrees here with lots of sun! 

Kieryn and her collection of trains. She's really loving Thomas and Friends! 

Until next time!

"I" love keeping busy!

We began this week by making honey cakes - because bees are insects. Kieryn loved watching the video of bees working to make the honey and how it was harvested by the bee keepers. Over the weekend she was able to catch an insect and inspect it before letting it go.

It wouldn't be "I" week unless we talked about ice cream!

Surprisingly, she doesn't really like it because it's too cold for her. The past two times we've eaten it, she's said, "Mommy, warm it up," while trying to hand me her bowl.

We had lots of fun with ice this week too. She played with it on several occasions. We talked about how ice is made and what happens when it gets warm. She even got to freeze some of her toys!

 We had an indoor picnic with the MOMS group and Nano got to join us because it was a "Teddy Bear Picnic." It was nice to meet some new friends.

Daddy helped us make Native American Indian head dress. We watched a few videos of them dancing and then we tried some dancing of our own. Kieryn loved it. She wore her head dress several different days!

I think Kieryn's favorite ice activity was throwing it and watching it break. We did a letter/number matching game with those that broke free from the ice blocks.

 

Ronan thought we were being silly!

Another fun activity was ice skating on the hard woods. We watched a few videos of ice skaters and then we put some socks on and tried our own spinning moves. She was pretty good!

Ronan had his tummy time while we acted crazy!

We got out the Bumbo for Ronan, but Kieryn thought it was her new chair. We had to practice taking turns so Ronan could sit in it a few times....

H is for "happy campers!"

Story time with Daddy is becoming one of the kids' favorite morning activities. Ronan is very alert and analyzes all the pictures too!

 

We began the week with some simple H activities.... we wore hats each time we read our H book. We made a house and read about the different types of houses people live in.

I think playing indoor hopscotch was Kieryn's favorite!

We watched helicopters fly over our house to the Med center and we colored H pictures...but H is for happy and Kieryn was HAPPY all weekend after her visit to see Thomas the train on Saturday morning!

We went with her friend Noah who loves trains as well.

Ronan was enjoying the excitement too!

 She smiled the entire time we were at the event!

Not only did we get to see the life-size Thomas, we got to take a 25 minute train ride on him. Kieryn was ecstatic!

There were lots of train toys for kids to see and play with. The lego Thomas was very impressive.

Wide awake and loving all the trains too!

Kieryn got quite a few souvenirs from the event. She wore her new Thomas shirts all weekend!

Ronan is more awake during the day and sleeping through the night (thank goodness!) He is a happy little guy and loves chatting and cooing when he's awake. We are so blessed to have two amazing children!!

H is also for Hershey Park! We took Kieryn to the park on Sunday with her friend Molly and their family. She's fighting a bit of a cold, but she still had a blast on all the rides! We are SUPER excited about having season passes!

Ronan was practicing with the letter H too when he showed how HAPPY he was about the start of the Chiefs' season!

Until next time!