Beautiful Weather, Scissors, and Yoga

Culinary
We made soup again! Except today we had an extra ingredient--celery! Lulu washed the veggies today and everybody watched excitedly as we talked about each veggie that I was dicing. Ask your child what veggies were in our soup.





Nature and Gross Motor
With the weather so gorgeous, we went on another nature walk and collected more items for our nature books. We took a different route this time, and ended up at a small neighborhood park, and the girls played here for quite a while. It was just us for most of the time and then we met much younger boy and his mama when they arrived. The girls gabbed on to him about their shoes, how they slide down the slide, and about taking turns. They were also intrigued by the different language his mama used. We stayed a bit longer than expected, but couldn't help it with the beauuutiful weather. Walked back home in time to eat our vegetable soup.



Also enjoyed dancing to The Barnyard Dance~Baile Vegetal. Lyrics and an audio of the song are on yesterday's post if you want to listen.




Fine Motor and Art
We tried using our new toddler scissors today. The girls were so excited when they watched me demonstrate using these scissors, however, this was a bit challenging for them. These scissored are apparently designed for toddlers and the only motion they need to do is squeeze since they're connected in the back, yet, it was still hard, and after a few minutes, they decided they were done trying for today.







Yoga?
I often do yoga stretches on the floor when it feel I need them, so Sophia is accustomed to seeing her mama do funny things like downward dog pose, pigeon pose, and camel pose. So, it's no surprise to me to see Sophia doing these 'poses' and when Mia and Lulu saw her in downward dog, they decided to join in. I couldn't grab my camera in time to get all of them (it was so cute).

Since they seem to have such an interest, and also my Chiropractor showed me some stretches I need to do for my back and hip, I'm going to be working on a few yoga poses in the morning and the kids can join me after we have circle time. I have a Toddler's Yoga book on the way, which is supposed to have great illustrations and descriptions for the wee ones!

Phrase of the day

"When I pick her up from here, I fall in love with my daughter all over again."

-Mia's Mama