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This video, my husband says, reminds him of reading my blog. What do you think he's trying to say?

Cabin Fever

Dear Elijah,

The holidays are over and now we are stuck in the hard part of winter. It's cold and we are trying not to spend money. It's not a great combination. You are back at school and are loving it! When I pick you up you have tons of stuff to say.

Last week you and Sara started lessons at the YMCA - Sara is taking swimming and you are doing two classes: swimming and kick ball. For the first time in your life you don't have to have me in the class. You have a swimming teacher and a kick ball teacher. At first you wanted me to come - but then you were okay with it. You can adapt pretty easily. You loved the classes and can't wait till next Tuesday to go again.

Recently I've been working with you to learn your numbers and letters. You are now able to reconize your name and spell it. Writing your name is still going to be a challenge - but we are working at it. You get frustrated easily if it doesn't look perfect. Hmmmm, I wonder where you get that from? :) You talk about numbers all the time. Mom and Dad have a clock in their bedroom that projects on to the ceiling, you climb into bed with us in the morning and we talk about the numbers for what sometimes seems like an eternity. Currently your favourite number is 5. I'm sure that will change soon.

Eli, you and your sister are the love of my life. You two make me smile every day!

Love,
Mommy
xoxo

Review: StarFall.com

I love a great educational free web site. Here is a great one for pre-schoolers! It's called Star Fall . Today Elijah was able to handle the mouse by himself and learn and play with the alphabet. This site is great for getting ready to learn to read, learning phonics and reading stories. The best part - you don't have to register and it's free!

I would love to hear of web sites you visit for preschoolers.

And I'm Loving It!

We broke the snow record for December! God graced Green Bay with 45.6"! Oh... and we got 3 more inches today too :)

Smelly Good Homemade Play Dough

I found this recipe at the MotherLoad for Fruity Play Dough.

Here is why I love this so much:

-Takes just minutes to make.
-I had all the ingredients on hand.
-Frugal craft for the kids: I'm guessing that a batch would cost maybe 25 cents with your biggest expense being the Kool-Aid.
-It smells so good!

-and the kids will love to help too!

Fruity Play Dough

1 cup flour
1 package Kool-Aid (cherry flavor is pictured here)

1 tablespoon cream of tartar

1 tablespoon vegetable oil (I used corn oil and it turned out great)
1/4 cup salt
3/4 cup boiling water

Mix all dry ingredients in bowl then oil, then pour boiling water in and mix thoroughly. Wrap in cellophane or air tight container and store in fridge.