Making a U-Turn

After catching up on some of my favorite blogs, I have decided to come back to my own blog and develop it into what it was destined for from conception - a quick, handy, (hopefully) daily 'journal' of being a mom. It's for my own enjoyment, but I hope others can get something out of it too.



So, here it is November and I feel like I'm finally getting back into my groove. J and I are back into our daily routine of having time set aside for a learning activity and a craft activity.



Our craft today was cutting colored paper (cardstock) into scraps and then gluing said paper onto white cardstock. We practiced our colors, cutting skills, and glue management. If you have kids, you know what glue management refers to.



Our learning activity was me showing J a flash card with a color (red, yellow, blue, green). He would find the corresponding colored clothespin and drop it into a glass jar. This was the first time we played this game (usually we clip the clothespins onto the cards themselves), and although the first round went slow, we 'raced' to see how fast we could fill up the jar the 2nd round.



My favorite Mom moment of the day: Jack and I were playing with Play-Doh. I was ready to clean up but he resisted, so I said he could play for another few minutes. We had lunch and then got busy doing other stuff and I totally forgot about the Play-Doh until close to dinner time. I go to the table expecting to find hardended Play-Doh rocks, but all the Play-Doh was put back in the containers. As I glance around to see if my husband came home early and cleaned it up, or hey, maybe the dog really is gifted, I realize that my little man cleaned it up and even matched the right color play-doh to the right color container!

It's the small things that make me smile - and make me proud!!