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Tot School ~ Bears

~Krash is currently 45.5 months old~

Learning Toys

I am honestly amazed with how much Krash loves this Flip Along Fun book. He asks to read it often, and loves to look at it by himself! IMG_1442

Tot TraysA little button sorting, or “feed the cars their favorite color of food” play time ;-).

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tub of funThis is something new for us but not new for many of you. I have gleaned many wonderful sensory ideas form many of your blogs and have finally decided to make this a part of our time! It has been on my to-do list for over a year…talk about procrastination! I plan to have a new tub each week.

This week I filled it with our jewels (they are those colored glass jewels you can get at Michael’s or Dollar Tree). I added in some bears, a few neat spoons, a cup and a tube. K is only allowed to play with this after he finishes his other school work for the day, and then only at that time. This kept it fresh and exciting and he enjoyed playing with it every day!IMG_1281

Theme

Lately Krash has been loving the book Brown Bear, Brown Bear, so it was finally time to explore our own Tot Pack. I made this pack last year while pregnant {and sick}, for my readers, but we have never actually used it until now! We had a week full of bear books, and Brown Bear printables! You can find all links to the printables shared here on our Brown, Bear Brown Bear Tot Pack page.

Each day we began by reading Brown Bear, Brown Bear, and using our “Clink Can” {an awesome idea I got from Making Learning Fun}. I LOVE this, and so did Krash. It is a great way to easily make a story interactive, I definitely thin we will be doing this more often!IMG_1264

Each day he worked with a different character, in a few different ways. He made the color word with Play Doh {he used to refuse to make letters with Play Doh so I was shocked that he willingly participated!!!} IMG_1271

He Dot-Painted…IMG_1277

He counted his number cards and practiced recognizing the numbers for the character of the day, and also practiced putting the numbers back in order.IMG_1453

Each day he enjoyed some free Play Doh time with the color of the day. He invented this game and we played each day! I make him balls, and we take turns rolling the balls around playing keep-away while the other person tries to trap the ball with the Play Doh ca and feed the balls to the animal. Giggles galore…he loved this!IMG_1425

A little size sequencing practice…IMG_1272

He enjoyed making some silly matches and giggling 😉IMG_1569We played a real game of memory with the cards a few times also. IMG_1571

He loved the shadow matching…IMG_1718

When we got to the end of the week, I decided to pull out everything we had left to do and we had one big Brown Bear party together! Krash enjoyed Pac Man helping him finish up his dot-paint sheets, and all of us working with the Play Doh mats together.IMG_1709I was blown away with Krash when I looked over and saw what he had been working on while I was preparing snack. He had made this entire word by himself! This is the first week we have done this and he was mostly relying on me to help a lot with it. He did this on his own and I was so proud . 😉IMG_1715

These are the bear books we personally read {over and over again} this week, with The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear being the favorite-funny it doesn’t even actually show a bear!

 

 

Post SubTitles ABC

We made our D is for Dinosaur, and read one of K’s favorite books Dinosaur Dinosaur!IMG_1614

 

Rock Star Tot

We revisited our 10 Plagues lesson after the bad attitudes we had for family Bible time. The 2nd go around was much better and more fun!

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Tiny Tot SchoolLadybug loves her books! I LOVE that she loves her books {the boys didn’t nearly as much as babies}. This is one of her favorites, That’s Not My Fairy…IMG_1321

A few of her other very favorites right now…Fisher-Price: How Big?: A Sooo Big Book, and Baby Faces. I just LOVE that she loves books! Reading to the boys when they were babies was a bit of a chore as they only ever wanted to play with and eat the books!

I am trying to give Ladybug unique {non-baby} items to explore under my close supervision. This week I decided to try bells. She loved them! She only tried to lick them a few times, but responded well when I stopped her. Plus I think the metal tastes nasty! She went wild a few times shaking the bells, putting her whole body into it!

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Pac Man had the idea to tie a string to one of the bells and this created a whole new twist. It was neat to see her explore in a whole new way with the string attached.

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IMG_1516Finally on this day, we added a metal mailbox {from our Valentine’s Day stuff} and put the bells inside for her to get out. She was HILARIOUS with this. They were loud inside of the can, and she was banging them all around. She couldn’t get her hand into the box at first and it was so cute watching her try, try again. She finally figured it out and got them all out…we did this several times!IMG_1531Another day I put the bells in the yellow basket for her. She had fun figuring out how to get them out of the basket! I had fun watching her ;-).IMG_1619She was still enthralled with the bell on the string. IMG_1637We also added a paper towel tube and rolled them down it together. IMG_1650Daddy got in the action another day, using the bell as encouragement for her to actual scoot forward… IMG_1682To our shock, IT WORKED!!!!! She scooted for the very first time when I snapped this photo!!! IMG_1683 IMG_1684Later Daddy set up a little course for the ping pong ball to roll through, He was playing with Pac Man but Pac was gone for awhile, so Dad built a track for L-bug to watch, she was SO into it!

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She was a lovely helper-readjusting parts of the course at every opportunity she could find! IMG_1700

 

Life School

We have had a lot of snow lately and I just can’t muster the energy to get them all dressed, and undressed in snow gear to go outside every day. This has made for a bit of cabin fever and a bit of energy overload for Krash. Knowing he needs some intense physical activity each day, I popped in our Kick to Get Fit Jr. – For Kids and wore him out! He loved it and was adorable to watch!

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Moms Favorite

My fav just had to be of Ladybug this week….Piggy Tails!!!!!IMG_1335 copyfb

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Yes, we still walk our cat in a stroller. Mabel ev Yes, we still walk our cat in a stroller. Mabel even posed for the picture. Our other cats go in the stroller sometimes too, Mabel is the frequent stroller-er.

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It was a Christmas filled with many emotions. Joy, It was a Christmas filled with many emotions. Joy, happiness, excitement, surprise, sadness, longing, and a bit of emptiness. 

We celebrated with my parents on the 24th, and that was a very joyous celebration. We enjoyed church, gifts, food, and mostly one another. 

On the 25th we celebrated with my husband’s family and sadly we are missing our beloved Nana who went to be with Jesus a few weeks ago. We all did our best to honor her love for fun last night. We played games, we laughed, we ate well, but it was all mixed with a longing sadness, wishing we had her with us. 

The next to last photo is it Kyler and my father in law, who lost his very best friend. We just love him so much and pray for his continued healing as he grieves this horrible loss and emptiness. 

The final photo is of Nana’s grandkids each holding their collage of photos of them and their Nana. This gift brought some tears, but we can tell will be treasured by each of them. She was one of a kind, and so special to all six of them.
Paxton won the gift award this year. Swipe to see Paxton won the gift award this year. Swipe to see what he bought his little sis! She was SO surprised! He loves giving gifts and having a job the enables him to do surprises like this is a gift to him. Sweet moments. ❤️
Not posed. Our foster kitten Jolly posed herself i Not posed. Our foster kitten Jolly posed herself in the perfect spot! See more of her and her sister Holly here: @crazy_foster_kitten_lady Merry Christmas Eve! 

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Tree decorating night! Goodness I love my kids. Tree decorating night! Goodness I love my kids.
I know many of you don’t know many of the people I know many of you don’t know many of the people in this photo, but I know many of you pray. The beautiful woman on the far left of the couch is my bonus-momma, my husband’s mom. She has stopped all treatment for her cancer and is going home to be with Jesus soon. We prayed for her to feel well enough to be with us at Thanksgiving, and though she felt pretty crappy, she was there. 

If you know her, you know what I mean when I say this is one of the kindest, most joyful, selfless people I have ever known. The world won’t be the same without her. We are devastated and hurting. We pray for her peace, her comfort, her pain, and for God to relieve her of the suffering. 

Last night was a huge mixture of pure joy and devastating sadness. We celebrated and hugged, and laughed, and we cried. It’s just so hard. Thanks for praying for our family. ❤️
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Webby and the lizard. Swipe for the video version Webby and the lizard. Swipe for  the video version. 🐱 🦎
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Mabel has turned out to be the most entertaining c Mabel has turned out to be the most entertaining cat we have ever had. She is sweet and sassy, mischievous and marvelous. Equal parts of each. She annoys all of our other animals just like a little sister should and keeps the humans on our toes too. She LOVES Lili, and is still BFF with Pebbles (Lili’s cat). So glad we decided to add this rambunctious ball of fluff to our crew!
Fun night celebrating my momma’s birthday and tr Fun night celebrating my momma’s birthday and trick or treating in her neighborhood with Lili and her friends! The gum ball machine costume made it back for another year!
My amazing bonus-momma, my husband’s momma, is f My amazing bonus-momma, my husband’s momma, is feeling good today so we met for lunch. She hasn’t had many good days lately so we take the moments when they come!

She has cancer and chemo is making her sick, it’s been a long hard road as any of you who have dealt with there horrible C word know. We don’t know what the future holds, so we cling to today! I loved sitting by her and laughing together. I am so blessed to have her as my mother in law! ❤️

Sadly since it was last minute, my boys couldn’t make it to lunch.
Every year they drive up to the mountains for the Every year they drive up to the mountains for the day and just spend time together. It’s their thing and I love it. Today they hiked, that’s Lili laying on the rock! She’s not much of a hiker but she loves the mountains, the leaves and her Daddy!
Goodness they are cute. Love them so much! 🧡🧡🧡
Totally thought I would hate it. It’s not that b Totally thought I would hate it. It’s not that bad. Reading it for chemistry this year, and I have to admit I am learning a LOT, and it is interesting! 

We are using @guesthollow Chemistry in the Kitchen, this is one of the many books we are reading and will read.

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Beautiful Fern on my beautiful new fall cat blanke Beautiful Fern on my beautiful new fall cat blanket. 🧡🧡🧡 

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Remember them? We don’t see much of my oldest no Remember them? We don’t see much of my oldest now since he’s been living on his own (renting a house with friends), but we love when we do! That’s his dog, Melody, who is temp. living with us due to not getting along with a roommates dog. She’s smiling in this pic because he came over to visit her and she ADORES him. 

Paxton is 20 and doing great, I know many of you have watched him grow up on my blog! He works for a robotics company that contracts with Amazon, so he runs the robotics portion of an Amazon warehouse (did I explain that kinda right @paxtoroni ?) he’s VERY into cars, and has been for years, this is his car account in case you’re into cars too: @paxgt 😬 I don’t love cars but I LOVE him.

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