Success Times 3

What a GREAT weekend we had!!!

1.  The 2nd annual Valentine's Tea Party went off without a hitch.

She is helping prepare the fruit pizza.  (Thanks for the recipe, Aunt Dana!)

There is some great conversation going on here!!!

2.  Okie (our Maltese) & Macy finally play well together!

He is trying to get his ball out of her hand, and both just love this game.

They have been jealous of each other like you would not believe since the day we brought Macy home from the hospital.  They truly fight like brother and sister...hiding each other's toys...pushing each other out of the way from getting too much of our attention...it's quite hilarious!  Anyhow, just this weekend, they have started playing ball together, and it is amazing.  That 5 minutes to myself or time to have a conversation with my husband is priceless!  

3.  We have found a television show to enjoy as a family that is not a cartoon!  Hallelujah!!!

I don't know why this show hasn't come to my mind before.  I am probably the last parent on Earth to figure this one out, and to think, this show is quite the tradition in our family.  It brings back fond memories of being at my Granny and Pa's house sitting around their kitchen table (which is now in my breakfast nook) waiting for Granny to finish the goulash while Pa buttered my bread with his shaky WWII hands.  Oh, how I miss my Granny & Pa!  

Anyhow, call me a bad parent if you want, but there are just some times that we want to chill in front of the TV instead of constantly entertaining a 3 year old, but yet still enjoy having her close to us, and Wheel of Fortune is our answer to this dilemma.  Hey, it is all about letters, and that, I say...

is a Teachable Moment!  

Red and Purple Make Pink

In preparation for our 2nd annual Valentine's Tea Party with Granny, I found this marvelous yet simple craft over at Make and Takes.  I thought it would be perfect for Macy to make for placemats for the tea party, so off we went preparing our art area making sure not to let the paint touch on the paper plate.  Ya know how some people can't let their food touch???  Well, Macy can't let her paint touch...

until today...

She was making the best heart prints and they were going to be the cutest little placemats...

and then...

She started finger painting and screamed out, "Mommy, red and purple make pink!"   

  I assured her that it is really red and white that make pink, but she insisted and told me to watch.  Her pink paint-covered hands took some red paint and blobbed it on the paper and then some purple paint and blobbed it on the red and sure enough it did make pink!  In fact, every combination of paint she came up with made pink, and when we washed her hands in the sink the water even turned pink!  Fun Times!!!

Teachable Moment for mom ~ They are still the cutest little placemats!

Teachable Moment for Macy ~ I can mix colors to make new colors!

In order to convince her that every color combo doesn't make pink, we did some more mixing with chalk, crayons, and water color paints.  Then we played a Curious George mixing game on the internet, and read one of her old favorite books, White Rabbit's Color Book by Alan Baker, that now has brand new meaning!