First Week of September Fun
When baby’s due date came and went with no sign of baby, I
decided that I was going to try to get as much fun in as possible with Hannah
and Ella.
The weekend before (Labor Day weekend) we spent Saturday
morning at the Cow Chip Festival and then they took off for the cottage with
Grandma and Grandpa the rest of the weekend.
Ella's throw |
Hannah's throw |
Protecting their hearing during the parade |
Yarn Bowls
On Wednesday, we decided to try out yarn bowls. I had a number of different colored partial
skeins from previous projects that the girls and I could choose from. We also had a few different shaped bowls to
experiment with. We initially tried to
accomplish this with a glue-water mixture, but it did not work out. The yarn was still soft the next day. We re-did the craft with only glue, and while
it took two days to dry, it worked! We followed the directions from Pretty
Prudent http://prudentbaby.com/2009/10/prudent-home/diy-spooky-yarn-bowl-2/
and really enjoyed the craft.
Yarn Bowl Supplies |
Cutting their yarn
Bowls covered in plastic wrap and cut yarn |
Finished Bowls |
Fireworks in a Jar, Dance Recital, Park
On Thursday, we decided that the Fireworks in a Jar from
Money Saving Mom (http://moneysavingmom.com/2012/06/4-weeks-of-frugal-family-fun-fireworks-in-a-jar-day-10.html#_a5y_p=650674)
sounded like a fun idea. We had plenty
of jars and put our oil and food coloring in a bowl ahead of time like the post
said. However, the food coloring all
stayed in the bowl when we poured the oil out.
It worked out much better for us to pour the oil directly into the jar
after putting the water in and then dropping the food coloring on the top of
that oil. The food coloring eventually
sank to the water to produce the “fireworks” but we also found that we could help
it along by pushing it down through the oil with toothpicks.
The girls also decided that they wanted to put on all of
their dance gear and perform some wonderful dances for us when their Daddy got
home. Hannah starts dance class next
week and is very excited.
Ballet |
Tap |
After their
wonderful dance recital, we decided to have some family time at one of the
local playgrounds. I’m not sure who had
more fun, Daddy or the girls!
Glitter Sidewalk Chalk
The girls have been looking forward to trying this out since
I first found this recipe on Pinterest from The Imagination Tree http://theimaginationtree.com/2013/07/rainbow-glitter-sidewalk-paint-recipe.html
. They enjoyed mixing in the food
coloring and, of course, picking out and mixing in the glitter. They had so much fun painting in on the driveway. I think we will definitely try this again,
but with fewer colors. We ended up
washing quite a bit of it down the drain.
Supplies needed |
Soccer Game, Origami Cats
On Saturday morning, Hannah had her first soccer game of the
year. It was a hot one, but she had a lot
of fun. Last year, she wasn’t sure she
wanted to keep playing anymore, but she seems a lot more into it this year.
After soccer, we were pretty low-key. I even managed to get in a long nap. We worked on getting ready for Hannah’s Daisy
troop meeting the next day by reading through her Journey’s book and found
directions on how to make origami cats. We
decided to make it a family activity and the girls got us to cut out different
sized paper so they could have kittens too.
International Crane Foundation
Sunday afternoon, Hannah’s Daisy troop took a trip to the
International Crane Foundation https://www.savingcranes.org/
just north of Baraboo. I had never been
there before and Christopher hadn’t been there since middle school, so we and
Ella decided to tag along. It was so
interesting! I definitely recommend anyone
in the area who hasn’t done so yet to check it out.
Now, I don’t know for sure if it was walking around for a
couple of hours there on Sunday that did it or not, but it definitely didn’t hurt. Baby Olivia was born the next morning! We’ve been off schedule as you can imagine
all week, but I am hoping to get more projects done with the girls – although they
won’t be every day.
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