My Little Artist

The weather is dreary today, the baby is sick and fussy and our 3 year old is bored out of her mind. I decided she needed a project. I pulled a canvas out of my art supply closet along with some paint and brushes. I dug through my husbands tool chest for some tape and I made a big letter A on the canvas with the tape. I then set my daughter up with some paint on the back porch. She had a blast painting the canvas and mixing all the colors. When the paint is all dry we will remove the blue tape to reveal the letter A for her name Addison. It was a fun project and killed about an hour of our time today. Now I don't feel like such a failure of a mom today because in my little girls mind she just got to create a masterpiece!

How to Entertain a Toddler on a Rainy Day

Today was another rainy day and daddy was at work so little Addison and I were pretty bored. I decided to pull out some beads and work with her on stringing them. She was having a hard time stringing them and before I knew it she was sorting all the beads into little piles by colors. That is when I had a brilliant idea to give her an ice cube tray to sort her beads. It kept her very busy and it was fun to watch her little mind hard at work sorting and organizing the beads. Not only was this a time consuming project but also very educational.

Teaching My Toddler Numbers

My 2 year old (26 months) is truly a little sponge. She is learning at an alarming rate and every day she surprises me with new words and things she knows. She can recognize and say every letter of the alphabet and she knows some of her colors. She can also recognize and name more animals than I knew she even knew. It's actually amazing to realize and see how much she knows. I have been excited about her growing intelligence and it has inspired me to teach her even more. A few months ago I ordered some blank board books with the hopes of making her some fun new books. However, I couldn't think of anything to make so they got lost in closet. Well today I decided to use one and make her a learning numbers book. She knows a couple numbers but not many and has no idea their meaning. I wanted to make it very simple so she can learn and count in a very simple way. I can't wait to show her and see how fast she learns her numbers.