Dot Fun!

I bought some cool new paint supplies the other day. All the back to school madness had me feeling like we needed to switch things up a bit around here. :D

Today we experimented with dot paint things. The boys loved using them. They were easy to figure out, and made awesome pictures. I am actually considering buying a canvas, and having Connor make me some wall art for the hallway!

We used primary colors, and had some great color convos!!

Bath Time... in the dark!?

We do bathtime every other evening before bed. Connor loves bath time and always had.. He loves it even more ever since he got Yookidoo Flow 'N' Fill Spout

It recycles the bath water so its like the water is always on! He loves it. Logan loves bath time too. I think the water soothes him, and he loves to watch Connor play, and dump water on him. However, sometimes I get kind of bored during bath time. Especially, since they can both sit there for a good half hour enjoying the water. So I decided to switch it up the other night. We have a Cloud b Twilight Constellation Night Light, Turtle which btw is also another one of my favorite toys. We use it as a night light.. and it automatically shuts off in 30 minutes or so. You can change the colors from green, blue, and brown. It has real constellations too, so when the boys are older we will look for them. For now, its just very relaxing.

I decided to bring him in the bathroom, and they took a bath in the dark. Logan hasnt seen the turtle on yet, and he loved it too! Connor thought it was so funny that the lights were off! We had a good time! I think it helped everyone relax more before bed as well because everyone slept great that night!

You could also use a disco ball, lamps with different color light bulbs, black lights, etc. I think we are going to bring some glow sticks into the bath soon!

Stay tuned for that :D


UPDATE:
We did try the glow sticks, and they were so much fun too! I bought a bunch of 100 8" Premium Lumistick Glow Stick Bracelets Assorted off of amazon.

St. Pattys Day

So, usually St. Patrick's day is one of my favorite holiday. When I used to teach preschool I would make a big deal of it. The day before we would always create a leprechaun trap, and the next morning we would find his clothes in it!! (he used his special magic to escape!) He would make a mess of the classroom-- leave green paper shamrocks & glitter trails etc. I figured the boys were still a bit young to really get much enjoyment out of this idea. So, I decided to just focus on the colors associated with it! Such as the color green, and rainbows! I pretty much put green food coloring in everything we ate today!

We made leprechaun hats, wore green, and made some rainbows!

(the trick was to only give them one paint color at a time, and let it dry a bit in between colors, otherwise it would have been a big brown mess!)

For the letters I used my Sizzix Die Cut Machine. This was one of the first personal die cut machines. It has been around for a while. I don't have much knowledge about other machines out there, but I love mine! They don't make many new dies for it though :(. I have had it for a good amount of years now.. and truly feel I've gotten my moneys worth :D

Happy St. Pattys Day!

WayBack Wednesday

I bought Connor a paint with water book a little before his first birthday! I thought what a great way to practice using a paintbrush and learn about colors without a huge mess! He loved dipping the brush in the water and spreading it around!

Playdoh Set

Connor received some late Christmas gifts from his Nonna today. One of them was a full on playdoh set! We had so much fun with all the cool new playdoh tools!

I found the set on amazon! I would recommend it!

We even pulled it out again this evening! Todd made our little (growing) family out of playdoh and included soon to be baby Logan!