Day 56, Photos 56

Gabrielle loves to color and draw. For the past week she has been going to her little table a lot more frequently to sit and draw on her own. I love seeing her creativity on paper! As I was sorting through my craft supplies for an upcoming yard sale I came across a Crayola circle stencil. Gabrielle asked if she could have it and has loved creating her people with it. Once I showed her how it worked she did the rest completely on her own. I was surprised at how well she did with it. Here are some of her creations.



This is the first time I noticed her drawing five fingers for hands instead of the usual circles.

This one cracked me up. The lines in the mouth are not teeth - they are germs! I have no idea where she gets these things!

My sister sent me a link where I could print off lined paper with dotted or dashed letters for Gabrielle to learn how to write. This was the very first time she has ever done anything like this. I helped her with a good bit of the top line but the rest she did on her own. I was proud at how well she did for the first time, especially since some of the dotted letters were difficult to distinguish from the "lined paper". Gabrielle is going to love school once we finally get her in one. I wish I took more time to do stuff like this with her. She absolutely loves it.

And more people. This time she made circles for the ears and smaller circles inside the bigger circles for the eyeballs.

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Just some pre and post bathtime cuteness!

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Peaceful.

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What happens when you give a 3-year-old free reign with the sprinkles.

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We enjoyed the beautiful weather this afternoon by playing in our backyard (or Mattie and Bella's yard as Gabrielle calls it. She calls the front yard her backyard.) I have a lot of great pictures from our afternoon but I chose to use this one as my photo of the day. Samantha loved being outside but her favorite part had to be riding in the wagon with her big sister. And Gabrielle was more than happy to have someone to ride with her for a change!

From 2010 - A Year in Photos

Day 50, Photo 50

Gabrielle loves her fleece hat and mittens - so much so that she insists on wearing them around the house all the time. But this just takes the cake, coloring in mittens? Only my child...

From 2010 - A Year in Photos

From 2010 - A Year in Photos

Day 49, Photo 49

From 2010 - A Year in Photos

I love a good deal. While in Target yesterday doing my regular weekly grocery shopping I noticed the Valentine stuff was all 75% off. There were slim pickings but I thought I'd browse through the leftovers just to see if there was anything worth buying. When I saw these cute little mailbox craft kits I had to get them! They were only $1.49 each! Gabrielle loved decorating hers while I obviously made Samantha's. Gabrielle loves getting mail as I'm sure Samantha will as well once she is old enough to realize what mail is and I thought these little mailboxes, even though decorated for Valentine purposes, would be cute in their rooms for me to put all of their mail in throughout the year. And maybe just for fun I'll put other little notes and cards in their for them.

Another good deal I got yesterday was on baby formula. We use the Target brand and about a month ago Target had put some "bulk" items in their seasonal department. A two-pack of Target formula was one of the products available. This 2-pack cost just under $20 while one single can runs $12.99. This already was a good deal. Yesterday I noticed all the bulk items had been put on clearance. I found the 2-packs of formula had been moved to the baby aisle and were included in the clearance prices. I wish I could have gotten more but I bought 2 2-packs, so 4 cans of formula for $34. If I had bought 4 single cans it would have cost me $52!!