Keeping busy

I've kept my promise about having a lazy summer. However the girls do need some structured activities. Here are a few they seem to enjoy.

Cyrena's been working on adding. So we pulled out some manipulatives and did some number sentences. She loves working with the little whiteboard.

Natalie played with this for a LONG time. Until it broke actually. She would take out the playdoh then fit each of them back into the holes. It was great work for her little muscles and it definitely took some hand-eye coordination.

Here Natalie is matching up block shapes. This took a little longer to catch on but she got it. She likes to do one-on-one things like this with me since she sees me doing a lot with Cyrena. Don't you love how babies just naturally sit in the butterfly stretch?

They love to lay and read books together. Cyrena's becoming such a great reader!

Natalie's practicing her big scribble movements. Good thing I have big paper. That's their 'writing station' I have set up. All the utensils (markers, gel pens, crayons, markers, scissors, and stickers) are in that tray and then paper, envelopes and word cards are in the blue basket. This has really encouraged Cyrena to write!

I grabbed some Mickey Mouse paint samples from the hardware store and Natalie loves to match them up. I found this idea here. David and Cyrena are watching a movie on the couch behind her.

I wanted to see if she could do it with pictures so we got out our memory game and let her match some of the cards. She did great!

David's been making milkshakes for the girls and boy are they enjoying them! No shirts allowed though.

On Sunday I cut some bangs for Natalie. I was tired of watching her eat her hair since it was hanging in her face. She looks so pretty in blue. David said she should be the cover girl for a summery magazine. Ahh, dads.