Tot School Fall Style

I haven’t been very good at posting on here lately, but we have been very busy learning and exploring here are a few of the things that we have done in the past couple weeks during our school time together. Mommy has not been very good at downloading all of them on the computer lately. To much to do and so little time. First, we had school “camping style” coloring pictures in our new tent that we got for our 3rd Birthday. Abby thought this was really fun and enjoyed learning about the Alphabet and just coloring pictures inside her secret hang out.


We dyed rice in fall colors and enjoyed playing with our new sensory bucket. Measuring, scooping, and just making a rice mess!! But that’s ok it was not anything the vacuum could not clean up.

Abby really loves Curious George and wanted to look for worms like George this particular morning. Mom had to put on her thinking cap because it was really rainy. So we made worms out of yarn and hid them in our dry milk sensory bucket. Therefore, we dug for worms in the sand and stayed dry all the while.

And for a little file folder fun we matched colors with little raccoon images. The word colors match up to the actual colors themselves. Abby did great at this and we now make a little game out of it.

Finally, one of our other on going projects over here is our indoor garden. We planted seeds from our Chia Pet Herb Garden Abby did the entire thing and this is her little prized possession. Mommy does not have a green thumb, but Abby sure does like to care for the plants in our house. More power to you kiddo!!

Come join us and others teaching our Tots at home!!

Tot School

Paci Revelation

So this week has truly been one of the worst in my Mommy journey thus far. It all started with dropping and I do mean “DROP” a pot of coffee on my kitchen floor at 4:30 AM Monday morning. Not a good way to start the week!! I thought of writing a book called the “Untold Stories of a Sleep Deprived Mommy”. I know I would have plenty with that one ranking amongst the top. Coffee was everywhere! Nothing like mopping up “Liquid Gold” at 4:30AM I could have cried how could I spill something I truly do need for my own survival at this point in my life? However, I might add God was truly watching me as I did it because not one drop landed on me I could have seriously burned my feet.

The week progresses…..Abby refuses to take a nap we are on day 3 of no nap in her bed. My sweet angel who would sleep 3 hrs now refuses to take one at all? errrr!!! Exhausting is the best way to describe it. Sometimes I feel like super nanny dragging her back and back again to her room, take quiet time, play with whatever you want, sleep, just sit there! Mommy needs a break…even a half hour is better than nothing. Only to cave and let her watch a movie on the couch so I can have a few minutes to myself. That is to add if the little one cooperates too.

Yesterday took the cake….everything was a battle…not wanting breakfast, not wanting a nap, demanding that her paci go with her everywhere she went….Im talking 21/2-3 hrs of crying throughout the day from a 3 yr old. It was so bad at one point I took a “mommy time out” I shut the door to my room. I told her why I was going in there; because I was being mean and getting really upset I needed to take a break. That REALLY made her mad. Pounding on my door yelling (I might add the baby slept through it all!!). That was when things began to change. The paci was no longer important and we had a great evening. I do mean great!!

Abby decided on her own after dinner that she was going to throw the paci’s in the garbage she no longer needed them….I didn’t believe her so I had my husband dig them out and hide them. Clean them too!! But she did it!!! It is 6:00 AM right now and we are paci free!! She is so proud of herself I saw her 2x’s in the middle of the night (bathroom and needed covers) both times she looked at me with those big brown eyes and said “Im sleeping so good” “Im big”!!

Whatever brought us to this point I do not know but I thanked God last night 100x’s for this outcome. This mommy couldn’t have another paci battle!!

Ever wonder where our little ones minds come from? Or look at your little one and say do I really sound like that? Or wish you had 1/2 the imagination that they have now that you are older?

Sometimes I look at my oldest one and think she is my mirror image. She is the part of me that I need to look more closely at. She is the one I need to strive to be more like. She is fun, loving, usually cheerful, usually very appreciative, and starts her day with a smile!!! A good lesson for all of us adults who easily get caught up in this thing called “life”!