Ocean Theme

First our Pinboard for this theme is HERE
   We took two weeks since we had a holiday and several other family things come up. Didn't get as much as I would have liked done but QC spent two weeks telling me that O is for Octopus, J is for Jellyfish, S is for Sea Turtle and Shark, and Sea horse, so he is learning!

      We are starting to do some pre-writing exercises and so far QC is loving it!

From this I realized that hey putting these in page protectors and dry erase markers will save me lots of paper and let him practice more. 

We made some Toilet Paper tube Octopuses. QC got to paint to his heart's content and then we let them dry cut the legs and put on a smile. He carries these all over the house now and plays with them. Very successful project I have to say.

We made a Jelly fish in a bottle which my picture doesn't do justice so I am going to post  a picture from the page I got the idea. My pinterest board linked above has the link with directions.

A Colorful Sea Turtle was next for projects! QC really liked dipping the tissue paper into the glue and sticking it on. It's not exactly the way I pictured it but most crafts by a toddler aren't perfect, that's what makes them unique and perfect in a mother's eye.

Then we took a break for the 4th of July! We went to a large Parade on the 4th, the 5th we went to the zoo for LT's first time and then did fireworks. It was a busy busy weekend and lots of fun!

QC's favorite thing that wasn't a Fire Truck.

LT pretty much slept the entire 3 hours we were out at the parade.

QC enjoyed himself so much and loved getting candy thrown at us.

They were so ready to go home!

QC, LT, and Mama at the Zoo!

QC in his Jammies ready to watch the Fireworks. 

LT with Daddy!

QC with his very first Sparklers!

Now that the weekend was over to stayed home and relaxed. We were worn out! We took it easy and did lots of coloring and some painting.

These Pictures which you will see lots of in the coming weeks are from 1+1+1=1. They are Q-Tip Letter painting and QC was in heaven with them! I printed out the entire alphabet for him and downloaded it to use again many times. 

I finally remembered to pick up the Bingo Markers! QC LOVED working with this and I know this is quickly going to become a favorite in our home.

This past week was also our county fair so we got to go see all the farm animals (4 H is huge here) and had our yearly funnel cake YUMMY!

Ready to head out!

The big chair! It is going to be neat to see how big they are on this next year!

This coming week: Silly Monsters

We are hoping that showing QC that monsters are happy and silly he will not be afraid of them anymore!

Patriotic Week!

   First off a Link to this weeks Pintrest Board where I pin all my ideas I have found for the themes we are or will be working on.  I don't always do all the crafts because QC has the final word on what he would like to do on any particular day.

   This week we worked on Patriotic crafts to celebrate 4th of July and to help him learn the colors red and blue. He has many difficulties with colors so I am trying to focus a little more on them. I have taken to describing everything with it's color.

  Monday QC was so excited from the time he woke up because we were doing school again!  He was asking to start before we even had breakfast! I did make him wait until we were done eating and we jumped in. We started with one of his favorite crafts and did a star with blue and red pieces of paper.

  Then some playdough fun! Even Mom played this time!

  We started work on his windsock. He thought it was sooo cooool!  We will hang it out next week once there isn't nasty weather coming and going.But for pictures I had to get it out there! I think it turned out nice! Instead of the embroidery hoop that the instructions called for I used a milk carton that I cut the top and bottom out of.

We then made a cheesecake because well it's something easy he can help with. Mom's job is to make the crust and open and measure the ingredients. He get's to do the rest with help when it comes to the electric mixer. Turned out amazing and he felt like such a big kid!


  Tuesday was our big craft day! I pulled out the paint and we started two projects and did two others.  This journey with homeschooling has made my craft mess anxiety go away. I don't mind the mess and love to see him figuring things out.
     
   We made a flag with his and and fingers.

   Then did the handprints for another project that will be finished up later this week.

   Wrapped Toilet paper rolls with white paper and let him paint to his heart's content for the start of another project.

   And the big messy project! We took Shaving Cream and food coloring and mixed with a fork to make awesome swirls, then added paper. The results are perfect and QC had so much fun making a big mess. Paint on Mom's table (thank you crayola for super washable paints), his head, and shaving cream all over his head,body, and paint shirt. I seriously just threw him shirt and all into a shower and rinsed him off. This he found to be so funny. I am silly mommy!

A friend mentioned they look like Tie-Dye!

Silly Mom!  The shirt and the artiste got clean together. 

   Wednesday we finished up the projects we already had started and did some coloring. Mom really enjoyed the low key day!

The rockets turned out Awesome! We used TP rolls (I have about 30 saved up for projects, Soda cases are great to store them) the tops we used a box from our recycling box and cut them from it. 

 The handprint Firework!

This one is one of my favorite hand projects we have done thus far.

   Thursday we pulled out the lego blocks and sorted them by color and built towers!

LT got in on the lego action! 

QC with his big rocket. Then it got knocked down to make more!

  Friday is our no mess day. Daddy is coming home! We are reading some new books we got from the Library's  yearly book sale and relaxing.

   Another awesome week at the Perz house!


 




Next Week: Ocean Week!

Break time coming to an end.

         QC, LT, and I really needed this break! With the nice spring weather we spent so much time outside enjoying it. QC is starting to string 3 words together which makes me so happy, for his age he is behind on speech after losing his speech around 15 months. Taking the time off we have noticed a few quirks that we will be addressing to his pediatrician that we suspect may be linked to Autism. As much as it scares me to possibly put a label on him, we want to also do the best we can for him and get him whatever therapies we can to help him get past this. Even with all of his issues this little boy is so smart! He knows his alphabet inside and out and in any order, he knows most of his numbers and shapes, can tell you all about the different types of Semi- trucks (dad is a trucker) and emergency vehicles, and he is now able to do the shape puzzles on his leap pad like a pro!