Baby Babbles 1

Having a new baby in the house is wonderful. Sure, it's as exhausting as I remember from the first time. Yes, activities with T are a little different right now since F arrived. But we're all so happy!

With the addition of my sweet daughter F the blog gets its own addition: a new corner devoted to all things baby. Baby Babbles! Baby Babbles will feature some of the activities we do together and highlight anything baby. Who knows what all will appear in this series?

Photo 1: visual tracking exercise. Slowly we moved a rattle in front of F. My favorite to use is the black/red/white which isn't pictured. We watched as she moved her eyes and even head tracking the rattle. It's so exciting to see my 2 week old grow a little more aware of her surroundings with each passing day.

Photo 2: Activities this week are all revolving around seeing how F responds to various stimuli. You notice even T got involved as he showed F an "instrument" he constructed (our current theme is music). She seemed fascinated by the sound the rubber band made as he strummed it. Babies are such fun!

Preschool Fun: catching up

Little girl is here. You'll see her mentioned on here as F. We couldn't be happier. T is seemingly loving everything about his sister. He's a big help, too.

T meets baby F

 Some highlights! Activities we've been doing. Linking up to the Preschool & Kindergarten Corner!

Science and Math:

Land / sea creatures sort.

 Make a large heart on the floor. Geometry!  


Motor Skills:

 Decorate a gingerbread house!

 He loved trying to shovel snow.






Building with his new construction set.

Of course, writing on the magnadoodle is always a hit too.

Enjoying the snow:

Listening to Dinotopia and Mr Popper's Penguins on audio at rest time.

She's Here! My new baby daughter!

She's here! My new baby daughter. Born a week ago today.
T is so happy to have baby F around. He loves "Sissy" dearly. Every day he runs in our room calling out "Good morning Sissy!"

Collecting ideas for baby's room

I'm thinking this would be a great color scheme for little girl's room (assuming the 20 week ultrasound was right).

I found a beautiful bedding set at Buy Buy Baby and Babies R Us called "Daniella". It has a set for cribs, and even a twin/double set. Obviously would grow well. I'm thinking of using parts of it for her room.

The room I'll be giving to her once she's no longer sharing with us is painted a nice beige. It has two windows, which provide some pleasant light. On pinterest I found an adorable pillow project I think would compliment it nicely. Cream, brown pillow fabric perhaps.

Also on pinterest I've seen several girl rooms with tree branches and leaves/flowers on the wall, usually near the bed. I'm considering something like that, and using initials instead of an entire name (pinterest idea again!):

I'll be collecting more ideas as time goes on, and pinning them here http://pinterest.com/flutterbyfleur/baby-girl/

A new home, a new year

Greetings, and happy new year! It looks like January will be a very exciting time. First we'll be busy continuing to settle into the house we bought while waiting for baby to be born. Second our themes for the month will include arctic animals and also dinosaurs. In anticipation of busy times ahead I've taken the plans from Flowering Baby age 3-4 for Jan-May and put them on a daily calendar. I still may end up bumping T up to the age 4-5 level when he has his birthday in March. We'll see. But for now, prepare for posts on dinosaurs and penguins. Which reminds me, I'd better order an audio cd of Mr Popper's Penguins this week. While we have the actual book on kindle I've learned T enjoys rest time if there's a book on cd playing.
I've ordered Dinotopia on audio CD for him to enjoy.



We'll also be planning on trips to the zoo (arctic exhibit) and children's museum(dinosaurs) over the coming weeks.

Do you have any favorite activities or books to go with these themes?