Nostalgia

My sister and I loved our Holly Hobbie nightgowns so much when we were little that our mom bought an extra nightgown for each of us. She put them away in the closet to give to us at a later date. She didn't realize at the time that it would be about 28 years before she thought about the nightgowns again! Thank goodness we both have little girls who also love the nightgowns! O was thrilled with her very old "new" nightgown!

Monoprinting

This fun and easy painting activity came from The Artful Parent.

First we used a mini roller to paint an acrylic frame. O enjoyed rolling the paint on at first, but eventually I was the paint roller for all of the artwork :)




Then she drew her design with a q tip. When she was finished drawing, we placed a piece of white cardstock over the design, pressed evenly, and then took the paper off the frame to admire her art :)




She decided to mix things up a little and dip the q tip into the paint to paint on the frame.




Surprisingly, blue was the last color she chose. You can see a few of her finished masterpieces in the background of this picture.




Here's one of her finished masterpieces. I'm not sure why the yellow turned out so splotchy. Maybe we should have used more paint on the frame...

Little Cooker

 
Guh-guh told O they could cook anything she wanted for lunch on Tuesday, and she chose to cook macaronni and cheese. I was shocked since we haven't even eaten macaronni and cheese since Thanksgiving. Although, maybe that's why she chose it...

Independent Artwork

O spends A LOT of time at her art shelf! She loves it, and I love that she is getting more and more creative everyday. She recently (within the last 2 weeks) started drawing faces. She calls them "a people." Here are a few of her recent creations :)

She said this is the bald headed man that she saw at the grocery store. He can't hear (he doesn't have any ears), he ate too much candy so he has lots of cavities and fillings, and he's a little grumpy :)




She made this collage while my mom and I were organizing. She said 2 girls are playing in the grass, 2 girls are swimming in the lake, and 3 girls are playing in the sand.





She glued the whole sheet of stickers to this collage. I asked if she wanted to take them off and place them on the paper, but she was not interested. I guess I should know not to question an artist's creative spirit :)


 




Another collage...she loves cutting pictures out of magazines, especially Pottery Barn Kids catalogs.




I was not very happy when I saw that she had cut up the suction cup thingy. She looked at like I was crazy when I questioned her about it and said "but mama I needed it for the man's eyes." Well, what was I thinking! She agreed to only cut things after asking. It's partly my fault since I told her she could take the suction cup thing to her art shelf. I just had no idea she'd use it in her art. I should've know better...


 

Seasons & Clothes Matching

I recently introduced seasons and clothes matching from Montessori for Everyone to O. I didn't give her all of the cards because I thought it would be a little overwhelming. She did very well and enjoyed the activity.

 
I put different colored stickers for each category on the backs of the cards to aid in self checking.

A Fun Butterfly Craft

My friend Jennifer bought O this butterfly craft kit from the dollar section at Target. O was SO excited, and we had a fun time making the butterfly.



She pretended the butterfly was fluttering around the room.


 

Marrying Girl

O loves to pretend to get married! She wears her flower girl dress, which she calls her "marrying dress." We are all about pretend play in this house!

 

Gardening

Shelling sweet peas.

 



Here's our deck garden. We have lots of green tomatoes, and a few squash that may be ready by next week. Hooray!

 

Lazy Days Skirts

I've wanted to make O a couple of skirts using this pattern for a LONG time, and I'm so happy that they are finished and she LOVES them! The skirts were easy for a beginning sewer like me to tackle. Although, I had my mom finish them since the ribbon directions confused me a little bit, and I really needed a nap :)

We appliqued a little monkey to a shirt to match her skirt and to complete her outfit.




We also thought it would be cute for Little Kicker and O to have matching outfits. O chose the monkeys for her shirt and Little Kicker's onesie.


 




Here's O's 2nd skirt.