August 1-2

While Nana and Baba were seeing off the family we were out and about ourselves on errands and the like. I had a fun finish on the 1st – a pair of SHARK SLIPPERS I had commissioned by a twin mom for another twin mom. We are all in the same egroup and have been for ages! They are such a silly thing but turned out so lovely! I was glad to be able to get them in the mail before they needed to be taken across the border to Canada for a visit!

We did stop at a fun park while I sewed the eyes onto these. The kids have fully embraced the sunny days, though the heat can be rather stifling and make for shorter play times.

The twins assured me that after all that play some quiet tv time was in order.

The 2nd was the first Saturday of the month and so HOME DEPOT day…

Pencil boxes

But we made the day doubly exciting by being registered for a program at the Alexander Ramsey House (HERE). They do a once a month time capsule on the first Saturday and have a walk through of the house with a tour leader. It is so much fun! Limited photo taking opportunities but we did have a blast. And each of the kids ended up with a time capsule with little pictures of things they learned about in our tour. We plan on going again in October!!

Such a beautiful house!

And the kids got to get involved in the kitchen making hardtack (HERE)! Very cool!

Miss Trinity came home to a good bye present from Gabbi – a backpack and matching blanket that she is utterly in love with.

And I had an amazing gift – a drawing of the crochet items I gave her for her birthday. Thank you sweetie!

And a few more from the house…

Gotta love those flying dinosaurs… only not… flying LIZARDS! Potential relatives of dinosaurs AND birds! The Pteranodon is a rather LARGE version of this rather popular lizard. Found in the Cretaceous period with a diet of fish, it has been found in the USA (although a couple say Jurassic???). But enough about this intimidating fisher… onto the links and video.

We actually had TWO videos for the Pteranodon… first I’m a Dinosaur (yup running out of those)…

The second from Brookfield Zoo… Mesozoic Idol!

And now my link list… yup gonna keep the trend going!

• Kidsdinos.com HERE
• Dinosaurs.about.com HERE
• Kids Encyclopedia HERE
• TheLearningPage.com HERE
• EnchantedLearning HERE
• HealthStones.com HERE
• Wiki HERE
• And of course our colouring page for this reptile who had one of the largest wingspans known was found on SheKnows HERE.
  

  I love how proud they are!

A bit of a more difficult hunt finding out things about Mother’s Day. I lucked out with my lapbook. I had to join the Live and Learn Press Yahoo group and a member there was able to share the once easily attained freebie spoken about HERE.

For Trinity we did the “Are You My Mother?” lapbook. Something very simple and fun for a first lapbook. I found it HERE. I got an additional page from Obseussed HERE. A second matching baby and mommy picture.

Of course there were some choice Wiki pages we used for answering questions for the boys:

• Mother’s Day HERE
• Ann Jarvis (the mother the date was finally cemented for) HERE
• Anna Jarvis (the daughter) HERE
• Julia Ward Howe (the first person to really make the push for this day) HERE
• Mothering Sunday (a prior significant day in Britain) HERE

And Crafts:

• Fingerprint flower card (Zander’s favourite) HERE
• Photo Tulips HERE

And a special page that was also suggested by a member of the yahoo group…

• DayForMothers.com HERE

Worksheets:

• Colouring page and rhyme for Miss Trinity HERE
• Acrostic Poem HERE
• All About My Mom booklet HERE
• Trinity’s colouring page of choice HERE
• Mother’s Day Puzzles (we used the mazes) HERE

Books:

• Mother’s Day by Ann Heinrichs HERE
• T.Rex and the Mother’s Day Hug by Lois G. Grambling HERE
• Mother’s Day by Anne Rockwell (we also made the craft at the end of the story) HERE
• The Mother’s Day Mice by Eve Bunting HERE
• No Time for Mother’s Day by Laurie Halse Anderson HERE
• My Mother’s Voice by Joanne Ryder HERE

And a great short video on the history of Mother’s Day…

Oh and our DVD that included a Dora episode about Mother’s Day… Food With Friends HERE.