tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12019886534324661562024-03-15T02:16:34.351-07:00Learning and Playing in 2 Bedrooms or LessFor those of us whose playroom is also the living room/dining room. EY Thrift Storehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06278006105714289275noreply@blogger.comBlogger132125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1201988653432466156.post-31128680448430238962014-04-09T13:15:00.000-07:002014-04-09T13:15:03.983-07:00Yo Ho, Yo Ho, A Pirate Week For Us<div style="text-align: center;">
My son has recently become obsessed with pirates. I think it all started when we went to Disney World (makes sense, right?). He asked if we could do a pirate week and I'm glad he did because it was a lot of fun. </div>
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We turned the sensory bins into treasure chests by adding necklaces, beads, stones, and jewels.</div>
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Later, I hid the treasure chests and drew the kids treasure maps to find them. I was impressed that my kids could for the most part interpret my not-so-skilled depictions.</div>
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With glue and feathers we made pirate parrots. My daughter insisted on wearing a pirate scarf and making a pirate face in this picture. </div>
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We turned our airplane into a pirate ship. I was really proud of this because the wheel actually spins.</div>
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We practiced making x's for X marks the spot.</div>
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I attempted making a wind tunnel so that we could pretend it was a cannon and the balloons would shoot out of it. I think if we had a big powerful box fan it would have been a lot more effective. Instead of the balloons shooting out, they kind of meandered. It was still fun. </div>
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My son dressed up in his pirate costume almost every day. </div>
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We counted syllables in our weekly words and marked them with jewels.</div>
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We also did a do-a-dot page with jewels.</div>
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We made a felt flag banner, but the kids used the skulls as masks for a while.</div>
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And finally, we made pirate t-shirts out of freezer paper and paint.</div>
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I think they turned out pretty cute!</div>
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EY Thrift Storehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06278006105714289275noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1201988653432466156.post-37477980273694464832014-03-31T14:27:00.002-07:002014-03-31T14:27:52.958-07:00It's a bird, No it's a Plane<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I've decided I'll let the pictures do most of the talking, and add only a little bit of commentary.</div>
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For plane week, we had plane crafts including clothes pin/popsicle stick airplanes, tin foil airplanes, painted airplanes, and dry erase jet trails.</div>
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We talked about some aerodynamic vocabulary.</div>
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We found some cute flight books, including this one.</div>
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We went to the local air and space museum.</div>
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I let the kids take pictures, and it was interesting what they found important.</div>
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Finally, my favorite project of the week was this cardboard airplane.</div>
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<br />EY Thrift Storehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06278006105714289275noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1201988653432466156.post-69364947849484138052014-02-14T13:52:00.000-08:002014-02-14T13:52:31.706-08:00I Heart Valentine's Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Soooo, I guess it's been quite a while since I've posted considering that the last post is a Thanksgiving post and now it's Valentine's Day. Time sure does fly. </div>
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Unfortunately my daughter woke up sick this morning, so we haven't had a very thrilling day. However we have done quite a few Valentiney (is that a word?) things this week as preparation.</div>
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Early in the week we set up a Valentine station in the living room. My kids spent lots of time coloring with markers, decorating with stickers, and creating lovely cards.</div>
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Everyone had their own mailbox, and we kept leaving each other notes.</div>
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I also printed off several Valentine games from Pinterest.</div>
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With our playgroup we went to visit a Retirement home. This was the most special thing we did this week. The activities coordinator got a group together for us and when we got there we sang them some songs, handed out Valentines, and talked to each person individually. I only snapped one picture the whole time (I was really enjoying talking with those we were visiting and got wrapped up in it), and this picture looks kind of goofy because the kids were singing "Once There Was a Snowman" and they had all just melted to the ground.</div>
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We went to a cookie painting party.</div>
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We graphed conversation hearts. </div>
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I forgot how disgusting those things are! How to people keep buying them? Yuck. My kids have major sweet tooths, and they were only interesting in eating three of four.</div>
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Finally, we put conversation hearts into different liquids to see what would dissolve them fastest. This is how they looked after about an hour. </div>
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My the next morning, the only hearts that had totally dissolved were in the vinegar. We're still waiting on the others.</div>
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I hope you all have a wonderful Valentine's Day with those you love!!</div>
EY Thrift Storehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06278006105714289275noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1201988653432466156.post-7671764294199419872013-11-10T19:57:00.000-08:002013-11-10T19:58:07.604-08:00Happy Thanksgiving: Free Printable!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hi all! This is Dagny's sister, Emmy, and I'm here to join the party! I also happen to live and play in a two-bedroom apartment with my three kids. Luckily we live in Southern California, so we get lots of great outdoor time. <br />
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Living and playing in two bedrooms (or fewer) means that storage options can be...limited. Which means that ALL of my holiday decorations have to fit in two Rubbermaid bins. So to keep things festive and flat-packed, I rely on lots of paper decorations! It's lots of fun to create lots of these with my kids, but printables (in easy-to-change frames) are also great to dress the walls up a bit.<br />
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My goal over the next few weeks is to show off some of the paper decorations we've made, but in the meantime, Happy Thanksgiving! (Go ahead and click on it to make it full size, then save or copy it into whatever program you like to print out for your own personal use. Enjoy!)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1201988653432466156.post-10763150845780531512013-10-04T18:38:00.001-07:002013-10-04T18:43:16.900-07:00Thomas Costume<div style="text-align: center;">
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I'm feeling super proud of this home made Thomas costume, so I thought I'd share. I bought a $4 zip up sweatshirt and sewed on some felt shapes and #1's. The smokestack is made of felt and cotton and it made my little boy so happy he almost exploded. I'm planning on sewing some wheels on his pants and calling it good. What do you think?</div>
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EY Thrift Storehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06278006105714289275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1201988653432466156.post-36430093526808504492013-09-14T20:18:00.001-07:002013-09-14T20:33:20.158-07:00I Ain't Gonna Paint No More!<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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It is so cute. You should probably go check it out at the library right now. It is a favorite at our house. It's about a little boy who, after promising never to paint again, goes on to paint himself from head to toe. To make it even more fun you can sing the words in the book to the tune of 'It ain't gonna rain no more'. </div>
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It was the feature book at a special story-time we have in our library where each child gets to take home a copy of the book. My kids often request to hear this book and today when they pulled it out of the bookshelf, I had an idea. </div>
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I took a picture of each of them standing in front of a white wall. I printed the picture out in black and white. </div>
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I taped the picture to the kids' easel, and let them paint themselves from head to toe. </div>
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<br />EY Thrift Storehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06278006105714289275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1201988653432466156.post-41723430250058293112013-09-13T21:39:00.002-07:002013-09-13T21:39:35.329-07:00Leaf Magnets<div style="text-align: center;">
My kids love collected things outside. They usually come home from the park with several rocks in their pockets and a whole bunch of sticks and pine-cones in my bag. I'm not sure how they sneak all of that nature in my bag, but somehow I'm constantly reaching in and discovering some kind of flora when all I really want to get is my wallet or a diaper. The other day I gave them the job of collecting leaves around our neighborhood. It's still a little early in the year for colorful leaves, but we did find a few that had already changed. We took them home, laminated them, and then hot-glued some magnets to the back. I stuck the leaves to our dishwasher (since our refrigerator is already full of letter magnets) and they were a hit right away. It's been a fun thing for the kids to play with while I make dinner. </div>
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My son is obsessed with anything with wheels. Thomas, Lightning McQueen, the backhoe from<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Im-Dirty-Kate-McMullan/dp/0060092939"> "I'm Dirty"</a> and the garbage truck in "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/I-Stink-Kate-McMullan/dp/0064438368/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1379132697&sr=1-1&keywords=I+stink">I Stink" </a>(books by Kate and Jim McMullen), and any other thing that rolls, honks, or beeps. He even goes to bed each night with a garbage truck named Garbee. When he wakes up he carries it around all day wrapped in a baby blanket. He even feeds Garbee with a baby bottle. </div>
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I decided to feed off this obsession and take my kids to an overpass. Not far from us there is a big giant overpass over the freeway that connects the light rail station one one side to a parking lot on the other. Not only did we get to watch cars, trucks, buses, and even the occasional boat on a trailer, but we also go to watch the light rail trains come and go. I kind of expected this outing to last maybe twenty minute or so (I mean, how long can you watch cars go by <i>really)</i> but we ended up staying about an hour. I'm glad a brought a snack along!</div>
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It was Apple Week at our hour this last week. We did a lot of fun different apple activities. Here are a few of them.</div>
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My favorite thing we did all week was an apple tree collage. I cut out the apples and the leaves and my daughter cut up the bark. It was great cutting practice and very relaxing for both of us. </div>
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I took a piece of poster board with an outline of a tree and taped it to the window. My plan was to cover in with contact paper, but I was fresh out, so I just used a whole bunch of strips of packing tape layered up against each other. It made the perfect sticky surface and was only slightly more work than contact paper. </div>
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My son was very excited about the apples (I used all sorts of paper, glitter paper, holographic paper, and other craft paper), but that's about where his interest ended. My daughter continued on sticking on leaves and bark, but lost interest when she got to this point:</div>
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I thought it looked pretty the way it was, but I decided to leave out the materials for several more days. I'm glad I did because after a week, this is what it looked like. I did end up helping with the trunk because my daughter asked me to, but the rest was mostly her doing, with a little help from her brother. She made me laugh because she was bothered by the apples and bark my son put on the side of the tree. She ripped them off and put them in a more 'appropriate' place.</div>
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For an outing we took a trip to the grocery store to pick out several different kinds of apples. My daughter washed them. </div>
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My son sorted them.</div>
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We all tasted them (and appreciated the stars in the middle). Unfortunately the one we liked the best had already lost its sticker, so I'm not sure what kind it was, but it was delicious!</div>
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Painting an apple tree was much more appealing to my son than the collage. That boy sure loves to paint!</div>
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I also found a bunch of apple printables on Pinterest. There are all sorts of wonderful packets if you search long enough. </div>
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My kids begged me to go out on the porch in the rain. I couldn't resist their sweet pleas. I figured that while they were out there, they might as well get really wet, so I sent them out with bowls and cups and bottles filled with water to pour, stir, and dump. To say the least, a good time was had by all. </div>
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EY Thrift Storehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06278006105714289275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1201988653432466156.post-46025587240360371322013-09-04T19:34:00.001-07:002013-09-13T21:19:03.945-07:00Paint Date<div style="text-align: center;">
I feel pretty lucky that I have a garage. For the last 5 1/2 years of my life I have resided in a two bedroom apartment/house/townhouse/apartment/townhouse, in that order. For some reason we just can't shake the two bedroom thing. I really can't complain too much because 1. I only have two kids. My sister has three kids in a two bedroom, so I do realize we could be much more cramped than we currently are. 2. We have a two car garage and only one garage door opener, which means my husband parks in the driveway and I use the other half of the garage for arts and crafts and toys. The other day we had a paint and playdough play date in our garage. It was so much fun. The kids painted and painted and painted. I opted for a group mural as opposed to individual painting, and I was really pleased with the outcome. </div>
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If you notice, I wrote "Please keep paint over here!" on the top of the paper, and then later remembered that everyone involved in the painted was under 5. Oh well. At least the moms knew where to keep the paint.</div>
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I found this recipe on mamapapabuba.com. It makes fluffy smooth play dough. It dries out pretty quickly, this is definitely a one time use dough, but it's fun while it lasts. By the way, do you want to know my favorite play dough tool? Scissors. Paper and scissors don't always mix with those chubby little two year old hands because it requires just a little too much coordination. Play dough, however, is easy to cut even when you hold your scissors by the thumbs of both hands. </div>
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colouring into each. Add 3/4 of a cup of cornstarch to each bowl to
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cornflour once the dough is cool enough to handle. If needed, add an
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EY Thrift Storehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06278006105714289275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1201988653432466156.post-23160647708277879382013-09-04T15:26:00.000-07:002013-09-04T15:26:19.868-07:00Sour Grapes<div style="text-align: center;">
We've been exploring different tastes lately. When it was time to try something sour, I found a really fun recipe to try. Sour grapes. You may have already seen it on Pinterest (if you are as addicted to Pinterest as I am). They are also known as sour patch grapes. It's a super easy recipe, which means it's great for kids to make. All you need are grapes (obviously) and jello mix, we picked lime. All you do is dump out the jello mix in a bowl and then stir in some recently washed, slightly damp grapes. </div>
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I made my kids do every step of this process, included pick the grapes off the stem. It's recommended to put the grapes in the fridge and let them sit for a bit, but there were some sneaky hands that just couldn't wait. I didn't snap any pictures of the cooking process, but I did get an after shot of the sour tongues. Can you tell which tongue ate more?</div>
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Each day this week we talked about a different animal and had a snack to go with that animal. On doggy day, we made dog bones out of pretzel dough. On kitty day, the kids were ecstatic because I let them lap milk from a bowl. </div>
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On bird day we tried sunflower seeds. My little guy refused to try them. His logic was pretty sound. He said, "I'm not a bird. I'm not eating that." My daughter on the other hand dug right in and even asked for seconds. </div>
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We did an animal sort of Farm animals and Zoo animals. For some reason, blogger thinks that this picture looks better sideways because it refuses to let me put it on any other way. </div>
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We also did an animal sort of all the 'animals' at our house. Turns out we have more bears and elephants than anything else. How did we end up with so many stuffed elephants?</div>
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We also took all the plastic animals out to play in the rain. It seemed a little Noah's Arkish to me. Fortunately, it didn't flood.</div>
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We had some other fun activities, including a trip to the zoo where we acquired another toy elephant. </div>
EY Thrift Storehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06278006105714289275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1201988653432466156.post-59282151705770149692013-08-20T13:00:00.000-07:002013-08-20T13:00:03.998-07:00Marshmallow Mouth Math<div style="text-align: center;">
This was such an easy activity to set up, but it was really fun to play. I cut out a mouth shape for all three of us, drew some circles where the teeth should go, and printed off a dice pattern. I figured out that if you just type 'dice printable' into Google, you'll find several options. I chose to stick to numbers 0-3 because my little guy is still working with basic counting. Surprisingly, no one every rolled a 0. I wonder what the odds of that are. I'm sure I could figure it out, but I'll save that math lesson for when they get a little bit older. Anyway, we each took turns rolling the dice, and whatever number came up, we glued that many marshmallows on our 'mouths'. Both kids were dying to sneak a few marshmallows, but I told them they had to fill up their whole mouth first, and then they could keep rolling for marshmallows for their real mouth. That made it all the more thrilling when they finally filled up their whole mouth. </div>
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I didn't snap any pictures of the mouths folded, but we all three got the giggles chomping our mouths and shouting, "om nom nom nom nom!". </div>
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EY Thrift Storehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06278006105714289275noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1201988653432466156.post-16948805099638864422013-06-12T10:04:00.001-07:002013-08-12T14:33:14.872-07:00Train AccessoriesMy kids (both the boy AND the girl) love, love, LOVE trains. They could play trains for hours almost every single day. Half of our trains are Thomas trains. They were mostly gifts. The other half are from IKEA. When we first started investing in trains I had no idea how expensive all of the accessories were. To get the set up they have in the kids' section of Barnes and Noble, including the table, I think your looking at several hundred bucks (or more). I know you can get them on Craigslist or other similar places, but in the mean time, we found a pretty good solution: cardboard tunnels.<br />
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I love what cereal boxes can become!</div>
EY Thrift Storehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06278006105714289275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1201988653432466156.post-86028053804021352962013-04-14T11:58:00.002-07:002013-04-14T11:58:57.981-07:00Hello Again!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Hello Blogging world. It's been a while, I know. Between getting my tonsils out in February and moving from Colorado to Arizona last week, blogging has fallen to the back burner as of late. Here are some older pictures of some craft projects:</div>
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Last year for my birthday I bought I laminating machine from Costco. It was the best birthday present I have ever given myself. I think it was only 20 or 30 bucks, and I love it. I have used it many times, but one of my favorite projects was to make magnets for our fridge. My daughter picked out a princess magazine from the library and found these pictures. We photocopied them, laminated them, and stuck a magnet on the back of each one. I pulled these out when it was time to make dinner and they were a life saver! It was a fun way for her to be in the kitchen with me, but not so bored that she made a mess. </div>
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2. Storybook puppets<br />
I just developed a love of felt. This is the project that helped me realize that. I didn't use a pattern, just randomly cut out shapes and then sewed them together. I was really pleased with the outcome. The animals are finger puppets, but my daughter discovered they work best with a spoon inside since her fingers are still pretty small. <br />
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3. Letters<br />
We finally finished our door full of letters. Here's a picture with *most* of them. A few of the lower letters got ripped off by curious little hands. <br />
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<br />EY Thrift Storehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06278006105714289275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1201988653432466156.post-77767361639001106682013-01-10T13:14:00.001-08:002013-01-10T13:16:33.636-08:00Happy Birthday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Play-dough+baby food pouch lids+birthday candles=just about the best birthday cake I've every seen!EY Thrift Storehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06278006105714289275noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1201988653432466156.post-89164272321006832912012-12-27T13:29:00.001-08:002013-09-14T20:32:59.498-07:00Goldilocks and the Three Bears<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
My daughter loves to act out books she reads. One of the most recent was Goldilocks and the Three Bears. We made three bowls of porridge (which was really old rice cereal I had lying around from when my son used to eat it). I stuck one in the microwave, put ice cubes in one, and left the other room temperature. </div>
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We then went into the living room and sat on three different chairs.</div>
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Finally we laid down in three different beds. The first one was too hard. </div>
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The second one was too soft.</div>
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But the third one was......"Just right" my daughter shrieked, which sent me into a giggling fit, because it obviously wasn't. </div>
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<br />EY Thrift Storehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06278006105714289275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1201988653432466156.post-87728414272487542112012-12-23T19:45:00.000-08:002012-12-23T19:45:08.988-08:00Almost There!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
We down to our last leg of the alphabet. It's taken us about six months to get here. This is what we have:</div>
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W is for wagon. </div>
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X is for x-ray.</div>
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Y is for yarn. </div>
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All we have left to finish is Z. It's a good thing because we're going to be moving soon and we'll have a brand new door to start all over again. </div>
<br />EY Thrift Storehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06278006105714289275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1201988653432466156.post-26199470520741798472012-12-17T12:41:00.002-08:002012-12-17T12:41:53.768-08:00Have Yourself A Lolly Little ChristmasThis weekend the kids and I made Christmas gifts for their friends.
My daughter saw me looking at Pinterest, saw these lollipops, and
insisted that we make some. We got all the supplies and sat down to make
them. That's when I realized I don't have a candy thermometer. I wasn't
sure what to do next, so I turned to my good friend the internet. Did
you know you can make hard candy in the microwave?? I know. I blew my
mind as well. That solved our problem because you don't need a candy thermometer in the microwave. This is how the first batch turned out:<br />
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The kids of course had to sample both kinds. </div>
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It was hard convincing them to only eat one of each kind. There was some grumping involved (especially from the youngest one). Then I had an idea: Bananas on sticks dipped in sprinkles! They like the banana lollipops just as much as the chocolate! </div>
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I know it's been a while. I've kind of been on a hiatus. Here are some more letters from our door. Enjoy.</div>
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O is for octopus. </div>
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P is for princess. </div>
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Q is for queen. </div>
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R is for ring. </div>
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S is for snake. </div>
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T is for tree. </div>
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U is for University of Utah. It's kind of a big deal at our house. </div>
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<br />EY Thrift Storehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06278006105714289275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1201988653432466156.post-88939609311632924392012-10-17T20:07:00.001-07:002012-10-17T20:07:42.992-07:00Pumpkin Window ArtI had read online that if you spray a little water on a window you can get foam shapes to stick to it. A while ago I bought foam sheets in bulk. I still had some black, orange, yellow, and white..all the colors perfect for a Halloween craft! We started out making jack-o-lanterns and then quickly added spiders, bats, a moon and stars. Now our window looks ready for Halloween! <div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-PWcWVj549Vs/UH9yWLp0buI/AAAAAAAAFXo/vEMmN5Qw7p4/s640/blogger-image--1011791023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-PWcWVj549Vs/UH9yWLp0buI/AAAAAAAAFXo/vEMmN5Qw7p4/s640/blogger-image--1011791023.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-tsk5d18Cgso/UH9yWvPkHgI/AAAAAAAAFXw/mw5qEywBn9U/s640/blogger-image--1374056463.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-tsk5d18Cgso/UH9yWvPkHgI/AAAAAAAAFXw/mw5qEywBn9U/s640/blogger-image--1374056463.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-ah93qa4_3LM/UH9yXeYXS_I/AAAAAAAAFX4/Qa5fKaJJD0A/s640/blogger-image-1132956555.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-ah93qa4_3LM/UH9yXeYXS_I/AAAAAAAAFX4/Qa5fKaJJD0A/s640/blogger-image-1132956555.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-abHkz6m4Gwo/UH9yX8PUEzI/AAAAAAAAFYA/Sg3iCTK6Lx0/s640/blogger-image-1692720122.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-abHkz6m4Gwo/UH9yX8PUEzI/AAAAAAAAFYA/Sg3iCTK6Lx0/s640/blogger-image-1692720122.jpg" /></a></div>EY Thrift Storehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06278006105714289275noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1201988653432466156.post-7166292441274463992012-10-04T13:40:00.003-07:002012-10-04T13:42:01.758-07:00More Letters<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've gotten behind posting about our 'letter door', but we haven't gotten behind making them. We have:</div>
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G is for grass:</div>
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H is for house:</div>
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I is for ice cream:</div>
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J is for jellybeans:</div>
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K is for king:</div>
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L is for ladybug:</div>
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M is for money:</div>
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N is for noodles:</div>
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And this is how our door is looking so far:</div>
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Sometimes being a parent is all about being deceptive. Recently, trying to sneak move veggies into my kids diet, I started adding carrot puree when I make mac and cheese. Doesn't look very out of the ordinary, does it? I don't think they would actually mind if I told them (like do like vegetables, they just like cheese more), but I know my husband would ABSOLUTELY mind (I hope he doesn't read this post!). <img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3V616UhRqqA/UGYBm-gy2bI/AAAAAAAAFP0/lB62mIOPnFU/s640/IMG_2075.JPG" width="640" /></div>
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I feel like I'm constantly struggling to get protein in my kids. While they're big fans of nuts, they are usually not to thrilled about meat. I decided to try getting them to eat some 'eggs in a basket' (toast and eggs). The plan was to throw on some sprinkles and call it 'Party Toast'. They went for it, hook, line, and sinker.</div>
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Now let me clarify, I'm not really a proponent of sugaring up regular meals, but I figured it couldn't hurt when trying something new, right? Oh, and just for the record, this picture was taken before I finished cooking. I didn't actually serve them raw eggs. </div>
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What creative things do you do to get your kids to eat something they wouldn't otherwise?EY Thrift Storehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06278006105714289275noreply@blogger.com0