Ok First of all I did something bad to my blog!  I changed the way you write a post and now it's very weird and I have to upload one picture at a time... :(   Fiddlesticks.  If anyone can help me change it back that would be great since I can't find how I did it!

Anyways today is a crazy blizzard day and so we are staying home all warm and safe!  We made a few popcicle sticks crafts.  I saw Jill and Maddie do a tree like this so Becca made one too!  She was so good at it!  I traced the shape of each stick on the paper and told her to put glue on the paper and then put the right stick on it and she did!  She would look at the stick first and make sure she had the right size.  After we were done that part I let her glue a diamond on top and then we needed a trunk!  So after that she declared that it was an elephant...wrong type of trunk sweetie!

Then she made a triangle and a "W" for "wickey" its what she calls her grandma!

Craft time

This past week Becca and I made a few crafts. First we did a crazy Styrofoam ball/googly eyed type of thing. I didn't really plan it out we just kinda did it....lol I took some Popsicle sticks and stuck the Styrofoam balls on top and glued on some googly eyes and buttons. She loves gluing stuff. The we made a Popsicle man with more googly eyes and buttons, then she decided she had enough. Here is a crazy picture of the gang!




Then I decided to try her out with beading. I didn't however, have any beads to use but I found some buttons. So I gave her some buttons and a pipe cleaner and showed her how to put a button on and she gave it a try. She absolutely loved this and worked very hard at it, I could tell because she breathes heavy when she concentrates! She put quite a few on and then decided she wanted to wear it so I tied it around her neck for her and she was so proud!




The next day we went to her Grandma's house, who pretty much has a craft store in her house, and Becca got to make a necklace and bracelet out of real beads and wire, not a pipe cleaner. To my surprise she did it quite well and didn't even get mad! She learned quickly after a few attempts to hold onto the bead while she got the wire all the way through, because unlike pipe cleaners, it will slip away.

So I am definitely getting her a bead set for Christmas. :)

Treasury #2

Another treasury!! Holy smokes I'm on a roll! Click here to check it out!

This one features my Michael miller rustic guitar Snuggle Square.

Some new products

Hi there! Here are a few new products I made today. The first is a crayon roll-up. It's a great way to bring along crayons for your child to play with while waiting at the doctor or in a restaurant, etc. It has a flap that you fold down and then roll and go! Rebecca loves the one I made her!

Next 2 are both Snuggle Squares. I love the colors and designs of these two toys. It almost makes me want a little boy!

I am working on some more crayon roll-ups but I ran out of thread! lol. So as soon as I get some more I will have a cute little construction theme for a boy...so cute!

Adventures in hair bows

Well folks I have decided to start my own "business". I am going to be on Etsy selling hair bows and such very soon, as soon as I get some made anyways. I figured it would be something I would enjoy making and then to sell a few to at least pay for the cost of materials, would be a bonus! I am moving out of town soon so I need something to keep me occupied! I will be doing the no slip alligator clips and some other clips with bigger bows and then I would like to get into some simple sewing things like a diaper clutch and aprons. I will post a link whenever I am up and running and I hope you all will check it out and share some feedback with me!

The pic of Becca is her wearing a sample of what I will be making, this one is a very plain style and I will do more "pretty" ones with bows and buttons and flowers etc.

Oh and Jill.....the song in the top right corner is for you...also I have a bow in mind which is inpired from you and Maddie....I hope it turns out!

Mr. Clown

This morning I decided to make a clown with the puff ball things I have. So at first I was going for a big puff ball head which I was trying to get Becca to help with but she only did a couple then wanted to eat her fruit. So I finished that and started on a body...then I realized the hair would be waaaayyyyy too big so I made a different head of clown hair. So this is my finished clown, I think he's cute...all original! Becca likes him too.



In other news I think I traumatized her yesterday! She was picking her nose (I know not very lady like) and I asked if there was a booger up there and she said no and continued jamming the finger up there...then I asked if there was an elephant up there...she then bawled her eyes out and I asked what was wrong and she looked at me through tear filled eyes and said "elephant?" and cried some more...then grabbed my finger and tried to stick it up her nose, I'm guessing to get the elephant out. Finally I pretended to get him out and throw him away and said he was gone...she stopped crying and cuddled in for some comforting....now what was I doing through all this? Laughing my butt off! I know bad mommy but I couldn't help it, it was so funny that she actually thought there was an elephant up there! Oh dear, such innocence! Later on Daddy taught her that if there is an elephant or any animal up there to say "get it" and we will get it out for her and throw it away...she likes that.

more bugs and a bike!

Saturday the kids were here and we did a few crafts. They made paper bag puppets and they each made a caterpillar out of egg cartons. I let them paint them and put the legs and head on but I cut them out and poke the holes. It was fun for all.



We bought Becca a tricycle as well. I know its still winter but I figured she needs to learn how to work the peddles first so why not try it inside. Then maybe by spring she'll be able to do it on her own! She loves it and kept calling it a car.



Then she took her valentine puppy for a ride!



So tonight Josh and I are going to Ottawa for a free dinner with his boss. Can't wait! Wickey will be watching Becca boo.

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Morning craft, spiders!

Today we did a craft I found in a magazine a while back. It's not the right season for it but Becca likes spiders so I figured she would like it!


Take a egg carton and cut out the single egg sections. Paint black and when dry poke 8 holes for legs around the bottom and then a hole for the head. Take equal lengths of black pipe cleaner, I cut each one into 3. Poke them into the holes and shape into legs. Take a piece and use it for the head, I just twisted mine a bit. There you go a spider!



Rebecca liked it a lot, she tried to help but black paint and white pj's were not a good idea, silly mom. So after she got cleaned up she watched me poke the legs through and then had fun playing with the spider and trying to sing the song.


I sang itsy bitsy spider for her and she tries to do the movements to it! Gosh I love her ♥

colors

Yesterday we had some family over, my cousins and Aunt C and Uncle L and Becca had so much fun with them. She just loves to be around older kids and they read and playing in her cardboard house and ran around outside for a bit.

I made some play dough with flour, water and salt yesterday and it turned out well but Becca doesn't like the feel of it. Oh well I guess another time!

Today I made a few things to help her learn her colors. The fish I printed out from DLTK, its a great site for crafts and printable items. I have also printed the cow in the picture and an Elmo door hanger. Very cute stuff there. Also I put a few stickers on some construction paper. The fish one she liked but when I would ask what a color was she would say fish, so I figured the stickers would be better to learn the colors with. So far she can identify blue and red and orange, but sometimes she gets those last 2 mixed up. I'm not putting much pressure on it though, its just for fun and we will do it as long as she is interested.

Numbers

Yesterday Rebecca successfully counted to 5 so I thought I would make some kind of number thing for her. This is what I came up with. Its a cute caterpillar with 1-10. I printed the caterpillar from DLTK. I put it in the living room so we can practice together. She likes to count so now I will try to show her what the numbers she is counting look like.

Also here is a pic of the "R" I did for her room the other day.

Painting is fun!

Yesterday Becca made her Daddy a painting, she had a lot of fun untill it got on her hands, I had to clean them before she would paint anymore.

She was very proud of herself! Now we just have to work on staying in the lines! LOL



Then in the evening she decided to make cakes again, putting the muffin tin in the oven. She even wears my oven mitts!


Today she wanted to wear a dress and her beads I got her at the dollar store, my new favorite place!!! She is very pretty wearing her "jewels" Later maybe we will try coloring or painting again.

I am back

Ok I am going to try this all again. I am looking into trying new things with my daughter and I would love to share with all my friends the pregress I make. Also if anyone has ideas on some fun activities for us then let me know!

Also an update on my girl! She will be 19 months old soon and she is the bestest thing that has ever happened to me! She can say well over 100 words, its hard to get her to stop! lol. She loves having tea parties, especially with daddy, oh and Elmo and her bear. She has been in a toddler bed since 15 months. She has most of teeth and her beautiful red hair is getting longer.

Some activites she enjoys right now are playing music, on her piano and "drums", she is a beautiful "singer" and so much fun. I built her a house out of a box yesterday and she loves it, so do the cats. She also enjoyed making "cake" with the muffin tin and some liners.