This week has been an interesting week and the first few days of it started out a little rough for Mommy and LittleBear (LittleBear IS two and Mommy IS human, after all). We were out running a quick errand when we saw these Fire truck wall stickers on clearance at Pinwheel Kids. LittleBear quickly asked if we could buy them and I agreed/caved.
I'm so glad I did...he LOVES them! They can be taken
off the wall and put back on as LittleBear desires, though so far they are all
still where he put them. Each time he walks into his room, he starts talking about fire trucks. He even said the other day that he wanted to be a fireman so he could drive the truck someday.
Here he is putting them up on his wall around his bed:
Friday, May 25, 2012
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Brown Family Beach Vacation, May 2012
Earlier this month, we had the wonderful opportunity of getting together with Jeff's entire family for a long weekend in Surfside, TX. We were blessed to stay in a large house on the beach and had a wonderful time.
LittleBear loved the time with family, especially his cousins, and in particular his cousin Little J. Here they are playing with punch balloons in the living room:
And playing baseball on the beach (even without a ball):
We had a lot of fun at the beach -- flying kites, playing in the waves, walking along the shore -- but LittleBear's mind was frequently fixed on baseball. Here he is playing with Grandma (again, without even the need for a ball):
Too cute! With us, Aunt Kim and Uncle Josh, Grandma, and Aunt Sue and Uncle Vic around, we got plenty of pictures, too; see here:
LittleBear loved the time with family, especially his cousins, and in particular his cousin Little J. Here they are playing with punch balloons in the living room:
And playing baseball on the beach (even without a ball):
We had a lot of fun at the beach -- flying kites, playing in the waves, walking along the shore -- but LittleBear's mind was frequently fixed on baseball. Here he is playing with Grandma (again, without even the need for a ball):
Too cute! With us, Aunt Kim and Uncle Josh, Grandma, and Aunt Sue and Uncle Vic around, we got plenty of pictures, too; see here:
Friday, April 27, 2012
Before Five In A Row: The Red Carpet
And we're baaaaaaack! Phew! Sorry for the lack of school posts around here, we took a little sabbatical :)
We started back up with Before Five In A Row this week because LittleBear seemed like he missed it and kept asking for "more games" and I'm so glad we did! We discovered one of our favorite books so far! We had originally checked it out from the library, but I went ahead and bought a copy off eBay because we all liked it both in text and illustrations. It's called The Red Carpet by Rex Parkin and if you haven't ever read it, you should totally check it out...
Here is what we had planned for the week:
Day 1- Read The Red Carpet
Roll the Red Carpet through Town (loosely based on Delightful Learning)
Day 2- Read The Red Carpet
Talk About Police Officers- What do Police Officers Do?
Read A Visit To The Police Station (from Library)
Read I Wanna Be A Police Officer (from TOS)
Coloring Page from TheOldSchoolhouse: Wanna Be A Police Officer
Day 3- Read The Red Carpet
Day 4-Read The Red Carpet
Play with iPad App: iRoad Signs
Surprise eating soft pretzels with Daddy on his lunch break!
LittleBear's best coloring job to date!
LittleBear's best coloring job to date!
I think we got to just about everything except the iPad App (iRoad Signs), which I am ok with. LittleBear seemed to enjoy just about everything, but if I had to pick a favorite it would be our reenactment of rolling the red carpet through town and eating the red carpet snack. At first he unrolled the snack and thought that was the fun part, then I told him to eat it. Monday was a really fun day :)
I also got our school bulletin "board" up on the wall, which I will switch around a bit here and there, but this is what it looked like this week:
I also got our school bulletin "board" up on the wall, which I will switch around a bit here and there, but this is what it looked like this week:
I got the idea from Pinterest (original source here) and it's been a big hit with LittleBear and his friends!
Here is a photo gallery of our week:
Here is a photo gallery of our week:
Inspiration, ideas and printables I used for The Red Carpet can be found at:
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Baseball, from father to son
I think there are probably few greater joys for a father than when your son takes interest in the things that interest you.
Yesterday, LittleBear wanted to look at some of my old Starting Lineup figures that I have on a shelf in our office. (I have three different Ryne Sandbergs and a Mike Scott from when I was a kid, plus a Jeff Bagwell and a Craig Biggio from my groom's cake decorations.) I then went and got LittleBear one Bagwell and one Biggio card from my collection that he could look at and play with.
That led him to ask to see more baseball cards, so I pulled out one of my binders of Astros cards and we did this for a little bit:
The joy of sharing baseball from one generation to the next...
Yesterday, LittleBear wanted to look at some of my old Starting Lineup figures that I have on a shelf in our office. (I have three different Ryne Sandbergs and a Mike Scott from when I was a kid, plus a Jeff Bagwell and a Craig Biggio from my groom's cake decorations.) I then went and got LittleBear one Bagwell and one Biggio card from my collection that he could look at and play with.
That led him to ask to see more baseball cards, so I pulled out one of my binders of Astros cards and we did this for a little bit:
The joy of sharing baseball from one generation to the next...
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