beans and fine motor skills

At Vivi's school, they do an activity where they give the kids dry beans and containers and they move the beans carefully from one container to the other. Apparently Vivi quite enjoys this at pre-school and it's good for fine motor skills. So we tried it at home. Ends up Vivi worked on her gross motor skills instead.

Mommy thought this would be an activity that wouldn't require much clean up - hahaha!

I like to throw the beans - by the handful. I try to get them in the bowl, but my aim is developing.

I pretended to help clean up - but I was really just making piles of beans to throw again.

Little helper

Vivi snagged the dish towels right off the towel rack...

..and started cleaning the floor!

Bicycle inspector

Matching socks

Vivi loves "helping" sort her clean laundry. This usually means that as I (or Lyle) put her clothes into piles (all the shirts in one pile and the pants in another), she grabs the clothes out of the top of basket and throws them somewhere on the floor. However, last week, as I was sorting out her laundry, she systematically picked out socks and handed them to me. I figured that was progress - she was starting to recognize that we were putting clothes of the same type together. Then, last night, after making a pile of socks, I was matching her socks and folding them together. She found two socks (that matched!) and handed them to me to be put together. It's amazing what she learns from watching.

February 12

I went to a conference last week. I helped load the car. 

I love my shoes! I find them first thing in the morning. I even wear them with my pajamas. 

Videos

Two videos - the first one is of Vivi giggling. 

This one is of Vivi "helping" with the Laundry.

Daddy's assistant

I'm inspecting a bike frame that we just got back from the painter. Daddy and I think the painter did a great job.

Now I'm helping Daddy write some emails. I don't know how he managed before I arrived.

Helping

Helping with the dishes

Decorating for Halloween

Who left these lights in such a mess last year?

I guess it's up to me to untangle them.

Look! A skull.

Cole's Birthday

We went to another birthday party - I helped wrap the gift

Happy 1st birthday!