As part of our "Stay-cation," we visited a local "Interactive History Park." Everything is set in the 1800's. Specifically, there is a Prairietown from 1836, a Balloon Voyage from 1859, and an Indian Camp. We had lots of fun, as you can tell....
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Family Pizza Night
We had a family make-your-own- pizza night this week. I've started buying the packs of little Boboli pizza crusts and then everyone can create their own pie. It makes it extra fun.
This time, we got extra creative (it was also a bit of a kitchen clean out).
Abby decided to make a "taco" pizza. She used leftover taco meet on hers instead of traditional toppings. She loved it.
Lily went with the standard (as did I), but Lily has the practice of topping her with "one for me, one for the pizza," when it comes to the pepperoni and handfuls of cheese.
Matt also got creative and made a barbecue pizza. He used some leftover barbecue sauce from one of our favorite restaurants as the sauce, and then used taco meat. He said it was good and pretty spicy.
What do you like on your pizza?
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Making our own Farmer's Market
Our most recent Kiwi Crate was one of my favorite to date, so I thought I'd share...
The theme was Farmer's Market, and the first activity was to create aprons. They included fabric crayons, aprons, and a couple stencils. I have never used fabric crayons, but I really liked how easy they were for the girls to use. All I had to do when they were finished was iron over them (according to the enclosed directions) and now they are permanent. Love 'em. As you can tell, even Lily had no problem writing on the fabric.
The second part of the project was to lace together fruits and vegetables and stuff them with cotton balls. Then, they had money to punch out and they could set up their own Farmer's Market to play.
The theme was Farmer's Market, and the first activity was to create aprons. They included fabric crayons, aprons, and a couple stencils. I have never used fabric crayons, but I really liked how easy they were for the girls to use. All I had to do when they were finished was iron over them (according to the enclosed directions) and now they are permanent. Love 'em. As you can tell, even Lily had no problem writing on the fabric.
The second part of the project was to lace together fruits and vegetables and stuff them with cotton balls. Then, they had money to punch out and they could set up their own Farmer's Market to play.
They had a terrible time, can't you tell!? :)
(I love that they made price tags- that is soooo Abby)
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Spinning in your Spiderweb
We checked out a new play structure at a local park yesterday and the girls loved it. I saw it while Lily and I were at the park for a preschool field trip, and just knew that we were going to have to make a special trip.
From a distance, it looks like a giant spider web. I couldn't tell if it was rope or plastic/metal. Turns out it was rope, which made it all the trickier because it was wiggly. Abby loves to climb and LOVED it. Lily was pretty content to swing for most of the time, but we finally got her to try it and she did pretty well too (she just needs longer arms and legs to really "get" it).
From a distance, it looks like a giant spider web. I couldn't tell if it was rope or plastic/metal. Turns out it was rope, which made it all the trickier because it was wiggly. Abby loves to climb and LOVED it. Lily was pretty content to swing for most of the time, but we finally got her to try it and she did pretty well too (she just needs longer arms and legs to really "get" it).
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