Jelly Sweets Fun

For our activities today we spent some time in the kitchen. First we made some yummy lemon and poppy seed muffins (inspired by the delicious muffins my sister-in-law made on Monday) ...


Then the pirate made some gummy sweets with jelly (we made half the recipe)...


These came out great. It's like eating jelly but just in a much more fun form. It doesn't show up very nice on the photo but we made butterflies, bears and of course dinosaurs...


T-rex didn't survive very long...

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Some of my blog readers have told me they can't post comments so I went through the settings and changed it from 'registered users only' to 'anyone' so there should be no problems with posting comments now.

I know when Andy is older he will look back on this blog and enjoy all your comments.

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Rainbow Rice

This is one of the best activities yet! Yesterday we took 4kgs of rice and divided it into 4 large ziplock bags. We put a generous splash of water into each bag, sealed it and squashed it around so all the rice grains were wet then we added a generous splash of food colouring and mixed it around again until it was well coated.


We then put it on trays to dry over night. I lined the trays with foil in case it got stained but it wasn't necessary cause the rice held the colour very well.


I put the rice into a large plastic container that has a lid so now we can store our rice container and play with it whenever we want.


Of course Andy played with it first thing this morning and the colours stayed separate for about a split second but it looks even prettier when mixed.

I bought a mini rake and spade and funnel for him to play with but be collected all his toy animals and insects and they're all having a great time in the rainbow rice (he's playing with it now as I type). You could also make it into a discovery center and hide things in it for them to dig out and find.

Balancing Butterflies

Andy made these lovely butterflies this morning and had such fun! The instructions and templates can be found here. He was so excited to do this craft that neither of us got time to dress this morning before starting our homeschooling for the day. It was just as well though cause I discovered that doing homeschooling before we go shopping makes for a much happier boy at the shops.

He requested to sit by the computer so that he could copy the colours of the butterflies in the photo.


Balancing his butterfly...


Having fun with some tricks...

Car Caddy

I saw this car caddy tutorial and just HAD to make it for my darling boy so one morning last week I popped Jane in the sling and while Andy built lego in his room I made his car caddy out of scrap corduroy pieces I had left from sewing 5 pairs of pants for him a few weeks ago.

A road and 6 pockets...


My sister bought him a set of 6 cars...


For the cover I used left over lightning McQueen material from the pair of pajamas I sewed for him...


It folds up and fastens with a ribbon and velcro...


Very fun 'scraps' project and Andy loves it.

LOL

Last night we put Andy's hamster, Teddy, in his hamster ball and Andy followed him around the house talking to him etc. Andy has a bit of a cold so when he coughed over Teddy this is how our conversation went...

Mommy: Please don't cough over Teddy.
Andy: Why?
Mommy: Because hamsters can get pneumonia from human colds and then die.
Andy: Huh? Do hamsters die in Ramonia and in South Africa!

Chores

Andy loves his daily responsibilities. His main chore for the day is loading and unloading the washing machine and the other day he had a wonderful brainwave. Instead of letting Mommy carry the heavy basket he put the washing into his cart and off we go...


Yesterday Andy washed all his sandpit toys so that we can put fresh sand in his sandpit. He loved working with water and afterward went to wash his dishes (his kitchen toys).

What we've been up to this week...

We've done other daily activities such as collages etc. but it's not always that the camera is handy and with our new baby it's not always that our hands are free :)

So here's just a few pics...

We have a fruit salad every day so on Tuesday I made it into a muffin tin meal...


One of our crafts... (will blog another time about our schooling system we're using if anyone's interested). Blow painting with bubbles and food colouring...


Dressing his 'baby' while I'm dressing mine :)


One of our daily Bible story times...


Keeping up with homeschooling and having a Baby has proved to be quite a challenge but that's what makes each day fun. We've settled in nicely and I'm even finding some time to blog again :)

Actually at this moment I'm typing with one hand, rocking Jane in my other arm and listening to Andy playing in the bath. :)