More crafts

Crafts from storytime. The painting on the left is supposed to be a dinosaur egg and with stamps of dinosaurs.

Piper loves to fingerpaint. The upper-left one is really cool with her handprints. Piper told me that it was a Blue's Clue.

Craft class projects

First class

Second class

Halloween craft time

I found this kit of Halloween stick puppets for Piper and I to put together. They were fun but the Frankenstein one was a bit tricky.

We've loved doing lots of crafty stuff lately. Stay tuned for some pics of Piper's latest creations.

Going to class

Yesterday Piper started a "class." We signed up for the Monday session storytime for two- and three-year olds at the library. It was great! There were probably 12 kids there in total. They sang songs, did rhymes, wiggled, read books, and made a project. The librarian was awesome with them and I was really glad that we had signed up to go. And it's free! Yesterday's theme was all about dinosaurs, Piper's current fascination.

Last week was Piper's first craft class at the Rec center. For 45 minutes every week she and I get to do a crafts class together. Last week we did some leaf projects. Today we did fingerpainting and a family tree.

It's so great to have these outlets for me and Piper. It helps us meet new people and gets us out of the house when the weather's lousy.

Whenever we see a school bus, which is often since we live right near a high school, Piper tells me that she wants to go on the school bus. I've explained to her that when she's five she can go. Since I've explained to her that she has to be five, if you see a school bus and ask her her age, she'll tell you that she's five.

I'll post some pics of Piper's artwork when I get the chance.

Waiting for Daddy

Rick has been away for business for a week and a half. He gets back next Friday. We've been keeping busy; Piper and I have been baking a lot and we've drawn lots of pictures too.

Rick will have to set aside a good half hour when he gets back so that Piper can show him her stuff and tell him all that she's been doing. The daily phone calls just don't cut it. So since he won't be home for a while yet we made this chain to count down to when Daddy will get home. And contrary to what Rick would probably tell you, I let Piper pick the colors for the links (I'm not that Halloween crazy).

And thanks to Diantha for the idea - I know you did this for Cole when Ben was gone.

Growing up

A couple weeks ago we switched Piper over to a toddler bed. She had climbed out of her crib four times in the month we lived in the new house so it was time. And so far, so good. She has yet to fall out. She hasn’t quite realized that she can climb out of the bed on her own; she’s only done that twice. She usually stands at the end of her bed and calls for me to get her like she did when she was in a crib. Due to the stairs being between Piper’s room and ours we put up a baby gate at her door once she falls asleep. That way there are no midnight trips down the stairs.

What a big girl!

The Zoo

On Friday we went to the zoo with our friend Emily, her three boys, and Emily's friend and her three kids. The weather was perfect, not too hot, not too cold.

We lucked out because it was the last weekend that the sting rays were on display and it was free. Piper attempted to pet them but just couldn't reach far enough. Emily's oldest got to feed one; it just sucked the food right out of his hand.

We got to see a brand new baby giraffe and a young giraffe. It was great to see them run. We pretended to run like giraffes.

We will have to go back, preferably sooner rather than later what with the cold weather setting in. Thanks for the great afternoon Em!