Letter E

 This week was very simple. I couldn't think of a lot of things that started with the letter E that we could do crafts and activities and I was busy throughout the week but we had some simple E fun.

Monday- some coloring and tracing

And make Elmo out of uppercase E.

 Tuesday she made this elephant mask.

 Wednesday we had a fun E day. It was our egg day.

It started with eggs for breakfast.

 She made this egg craft out of the lowercase e while I hard boiled some eggs and let them cool.

 After lunch Paige helped me make some dye.

 We did four eggs since Paige is four and I helped her do each one a different way. One we used white crayon on it, one we put lots of little rubber bands on it, one with a large rubber band on it, and the last she put some stickers on it.

The finished product- the crayon didn't show up really at all and the stickers didn't really come off good but the rubber bands worked out good.

Thursday was our eye day- she helped pick out lots of different eyes on Google and I printed them off and she glued them on the letter e and did some more coloring.

 Then we played eye spy with an Eye-spy wand.

 Friday and Saturday were busy with other things but it was a fun and simple week of preschool activities.

Papa's Birthday/Retirement Party

 Most all the Smith family came last weekend for a big party. Papa turned 66 and he retired on Friday so we made it one big party.

We started the day off with some bowling. The kids loved it and we had fun watching and helping.

 This photo is a bit blurry but so cute. Every time it was Carly's turn she would jump all the way up and jump around as the ball headed down the lane.

 What a cute little beauty with her beautiful locks.

 And this was the smile after she got a spare.

 Then I took some pictures of the other two lanes that had the older kids on it and the photos were fun to look at to see all their different forms.

 All those kids with their Papa. They all love him lots!

 Then we headed back to the house for lunch. All the adult men went out to eat and the girls and the kids stayed home and had fun visiting and playing. Most of the time all the boys were in the forest playing around with sticks and building things so Lily and Paige made them some "soup". I loved watching Paige's imagination go into making the soup and I made lots of pretend food with whatever was around when I was a kid too.

 Most of the older kids went over to the park. All the little girls stayed home. Carly was sleeping but Paige helped us take some cute photos of the two youngest Smiths who are only two days apart. They are so cute and lovable!

 Then when Carly got up Paige and her spent quite awhile "reading" to each other.

 Then we had a nice barbecue and then it was time for the birthday party. There was lots of candles for Papa to blow out but that meant lots of candles to be licked off too.

 Aaron and Rachel left on Saturday night but everyone else that was still around had a nice little dinner after church before Mike and Christy headed home.

So of course it led to cute pictures of the cute girls.

 What a cute little girl that is my entire world!

 And there is the face when she sees a bee. It is so cute and sad at the same time.

 The line up ready to see Mike and Christy off.

 And they were off. It was such a fun weekend and we are all so grateful for everything that Papa has done for us!

Letter D

 We had a fun time with the letter D last week!

We started the week off by going in the morning to get a donut for breakfast on Monday and Paige got to eat it while watching Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood. And if you are wondering that is stamps all over Paige's arms and face. :)

Dot stickers and some coloring of things that start with D.

 Then she made a dinosaur that she painted and helped me cut out some of the pieces.

 Tuesday was our duck day. She made this D duck.

 And then we had a little puppet show. We took turned singing the song "Five Little Ducks" and I had this mama duck and the 5 babies. 

 It was the perfect week for feeding ducks because one mama had seven baby ducks that we got to feed and see all of their cuteness.

 Wednesday Paige did some digging. I was going to get some dirt but it has been wet and most of the dirt outside is moist with lots of bugs that would freak Paige out. So I opted for some flour that she could dig in. I made some bones that half of them had things that started with the letter D and the others started with A, B, or C. She had fun finding them all and then organizing them into different categories. After we were done with the digging she played in the flour for a good hour and a half.

 I needed to do some shopping so Paige made a quick thank you card for Nate and we went shopping and then found out where he was working to visit him for a minute.

She colored the cars/trucks/boats on the bottom green and blue because "they are Seahawks colors and Dad loves the Seahawks."

We took him his card and some jerky. We always love seeing daddy!

Then we made some dirt cups to enjoy for a snack.

 Thursday Paige helped me create this paper bag dog. Then we took turns feeding the bones that she dug up yesterday and feeding him only the ones that started with the letter D.

 Then she did some dancing. Paige loves dancing and does it on a daily basis but I got the camera out today since dancing starts with d. I love this shot that I got of her- she is my spinning and twirling girls. According to Paige it is a spin if you go one way and a twirl if you go the other.

 Friday and Saturday were busy days so on Sunday we finished up out D crafts/activities. 

She made some dandelions.

 And then she did an alphabet matching game with the uppercase letters on the dinosaurs and the lower case letters were on the dinosaur eggs. 

 It was a fun letter D week with my little preschooler!