places to pick apples

we were just talking this weekend about where to go to pick apples and then today i saw this!!   http://chesterfield.patch.com/articles/five-places-to-pick-apples-in-and-around-st-louis-099cbe4e

here is a list of 5 places to pick yummy apples!

gianna the big helper

i am going to start watching 2 little babies so all the newborn stuff has come back upstairs!  gianna is loving being able to rock her babies to sleep, change her babies and play with her babies!  she has been doing this for over an hour! fantastic!  if you notice she has books in the swing and with the baby on the floor!  pretend play is so much fun and so important!  i must admit hearing the swing on makes me sad for the days of my real babies in it, wipe away a tear!

halloween bath time fun

Gianna is having a Monster Bash Birthday Party!!! She is so excited and so ready for the big day, poor girl has 2 months to wait!! To help with the excitement we had a pumpkin themed bath time!

I found these foam Jack-o-lantern cut outs at the dollar store!  When you get these wet they stick to the bathtub wall!

So much fun!

We also made the bath water orange to celebrate the fun fall season that is approaching!  Yay!

My cute little man had fun as well! 

Sticking them all on the tub wall!

Gianna was so excited with herself, she made a pumpkin patch!

Happy Fall everyone!

pancake muffins

I have been seeing this idea on pinterest for awhile and have always wanted to try.  Today was the perfect day!  I did not take a picture but you guys don't really need one.  I made pancake batter according to the box (nothing special here) then poured it into greased muffin tins a little more than half way. Oh and we were out of fruit so Gianna added chocolate chips, that is the same as fruit, right?!?  We baked our pancake muffins at 400 for 10-13 mins and then it was yum time!!  We may not be buying the frozen pancakes anymore!


I don't know which pinterest post I saw this first so I don't know who to link this post to.

Bath Finger Paint

This morning Gianna needed something to do while her brother took a nap!  So we made bath finger paints!  Hey 2 birds with 1 stone and bath and play time!! 

I got the idea off Pinterest and it is so easy here is the blog that posted about it: http://teamdischinger.blogspot.com/2012/01/bathtub-paint.html 

The easy directions:
1 tbsp cornstarch, 4-6 pumps baby shampoo, 2-3 drops food coloring, 1-2 tsp water = voila! bathtub paint

Gianna had a blast and is now smelling so clean!  ;)

The Olympics!

We have been having so much fun watching the Olympics!  I think this time has been the most fun because we have been acting out each sport!  This morning it was the Equestrian events!  The rolled up blankets are the jumps!  HAHA!!  She was jumping over them!  Cracks me up!

Then everyone needed an Olympic snack!  Toast with applesauce painted on it and Gold Medal Pineapple rings! ;) 

Flour paint

A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to babysit a lovely little angel.  She is a friend's little girl and Glenn is in love!  He spent the 2 days hugging and kissing her! So sweet! 

 One of the activities we did was to paint with Flour Paint.  This paint is awesome because the little guys can do it and if they put some in their mouths it is okay, let me just say I did not let them eat it but if they were doing like Glenn was in this picture I did not have to scream and jump into super hero mode to stop him.  It was more calm than that!  ;)

 http://www.icanteachmychild.com/2011/06/squeezable-homemade-finger-paint/  Here is the link for the blog that I found the recipe

Recipe for Homemade Finger Paint


1 cup flour

2 tablespoons salt

1 1/2 cups cold water

1 1/2 cups hot water

Coloring: food coloring, tempera paint, or powdered tempera will work

I wish I would have taken a picture of the masterpieces these artists made but I did  not!


I have also done just flour and water and mix together until it becomes a paint consistancy.  Just another idea!

Enjoy!

A special walk!

I found this great 3 section organizer thing in the dollar section at Target!  I was excited because I knew it would be a great way to work with colors!  (I only bought 1 now I wish I would have bought another one for the little man in a couple of months!)  So this walk we looked for Brown, Black and Pink!!  The cool thing is each walk we can look for different colors just by switching out the squares!About to head out on the walk!

Searching without using to much energy...

Now the excitement was too much, she is off!

"Look mama something brown!" A nut!

Gianna also worked on fine motor skills by opening the container!

By the end of the walk we found something in each color!  YAY!! I was not sure if we could pull pink off but we found a wild flower!  So cool!!!

We will be doing this walk again soon!  So cool!  Check out your dollar section at Target!!!