making paper butterflies - dancing to the 90’s channel on digital cable
- watching your toddler squeeze, scoop, and sort homemade playdough
- a shrieky "I did it!" after making her first peanut butter sandwich
- a decorated trash can
- watching the original Charlotte’s Web together
Links of Interest: Instant Parent Journal, Homemade Playdough (we used a small jar of cream of tartar); Montessori Mom, Teaching Montessori in the Home, Kiddley
I’m embarrassed to say this, but it took me several days to figure out the title to this post! (For those others out there with an addled brain like mine, I think it should read, [Taking time to smell] the roses) And because of that I kept trying to put the numbers with the pictures!! *g*
I’m so happy to see you capturing these moments, C, whether you document them here or simply “memorize them” for your heart & soul… may you continue to have awareness & time throughout your lives with E. and her sibling(s) (hey, I’m Gramma, let me dream!! haha) I personally wish I had done much more of it myself…. (((hugs)))
Missy,
She IS an organized two-year-old (she faithfully puts things back in their place) – BUT by the end of this particular day she had mushed so many of her little playdough pieces together that when we finally put them away I had to sort them into “mostly blue,” “mostly red,” “mostly green,” and “mostly orange.”
awww! I wanna play play-do with her! She looks nice and organized… not like my little Daisy who likes to mix colors! We don’t get along about that… LOL!
Missy
It’s the love in doing the simple things that make all the difference in the world. I am working on that at our house too. Great post!!
-Andrea