Music Day

We had a music day for Mom School this week. Our friend brought over lots of different instruments and the kids could play. And the moms could play. It was so much fun. I totally want a set of congas now!

Joshua trying out congas.

Delia singing a little bit of Somewhere Over the Rainbow.
Wizard of Oz is our book this month.

making music

We spent the first couple of days of the week outside, the weather has been beautiful. On Monday we walked to get Delia a hair cut and to the donut shop. We figured since we were half way to Jason's work we'd surprise him with a donut. When we got there he was just on his way out the door (so glad we didn't miss each other) and we got to walk home together.

On Tuesday we walked to Silver Lake Park and played with friends from Mom School. Joshua rode his bike both days and I think it was about ten miles altogether - so glad that he can ride his bike and that he enjoys it. I did get my stroller and it makes it pretty easy for us to get out and do stuff.

We made some drums from food storage cans
(the tops are canvas that I painted with watered down glue)

We also made the toilet paper roll kazoos - very fun, but they didn't last long!

Eliza is just along for the ride!

And check out my sister's news here. Yay!

Giving

This month for Mom School we are reading a Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens and trying to focus on giving to others.

For a service activity last week we made newborn caps out of old t-shirts. I found this project through Soule Mama. You can find out more about the caps to Haiti project on her Mama to Mama site.

The caps were super easy to make. We made 19 of them in a morning. The moms did the cutting and sewing and the kids helped with the decorating!

Cinderella and The Ball

I started a Mom School in October.

What's a Mom School you ask?

A “Mom School” describes some kind of group activity, lesson, or club that a mother creates for her own child, and then invites other families to join in. They can be designed to be whatever the mother who runs it needs them to be.

In October we read Perrault's version of Cinderella. We were able to attend a musical based on Cinderella and then I hosted a Ball at our house. Some of the kids dressed up, we put music on, and some of the kids danced. Delia danced. Joshua did not!

This was my one minute costume for Joshua (I just cut up an old shirt of mine with pinking shears) - I was really happy with it! Joshua decided he didn't want to dress up minutes before everyone got here, but at least he let me take a picture.

I made a mural out of craft paper the kids could color on.

And Jason made us a little cardboard castle that the kids have been playing with all week!