Summer Party

Pirate Ship

Here we are at a Play date at Theo's House

We were Joined by Rowan and Teagan



Holly was having a wonderful time playing

She discovered this Buzz Light year action figure!

But even better then that was this Pirate Ship

Theo's Mommy Berrin made it from leftover appliance cardboard. It was wonderful.It opened up so many opportunities for imaginative playHere is Holly playing a Trumpet she was so cuteLater Robin and his mom Renata came over to join us.

Throy is getting to be so big, he will be two any day now.He follows around his older brother and wants to do everything he does.

Here is Theo taking his turn on the TrumpetHe was trying to teach Holly how to play tooWhich was really cute. She had practiced before in music class though, so she was making some soundsThen we had a little impromptu music sessionIt was fun with Keyboards, and shakers and a drum and tambourineHere is Holly playing with the clappersNext Theo decided to read a story to the other kidsHolly was totally listening and paying attentionThen she decided to read a story on her ownBut that didn't last for long and she was off finding more toys to play withWe enjoyed spending the afternoon with our friends, it was lovely. Thanks for inviting us!

Messy Art Day @ Holly's House

After Messy Art day I was inspired to host a Messy art play date of my own.It was such an amazing sensory experience I decided to invite over kids from my Special needs Playgroup.It was the first time we hosted an event at our place with this group. The timing was hard and last minute a few couldn't come.But we still had Nathan, Citlali, Quinn, and Robin which I felt was a good small sizeThe kids played with shaving cream and paint, we had large sheets of paper out for themThey could make foot prints and hand prints and then they wanted to play in the water tooThey used our play sink to rinse off there hands which lead to water play. It was a hot day so we let them put on bathing suits.We had some snacks which the kids enjoyed. It was really nice to see everyone doing art.Nathan and Citlali came first thing in the morning, but Nathan had to leave after an hourCitlali had to go after lunch. Quinn stopped in then, he liked the gardenThe kids played with the slide, and the swings and play structureI wasn't brave enough to let them roll balls covered in paint down the slide, but who knows, maybe next time.Robin stopped by after lunch and stayed until he and Holly were exhausted and ready for a nap.Here is Citlali painting, she is being careful not to get too messyHolly is more like to paint all over herself these daysWe played with bubbles too which the kids lovedWe also had water spray bottles filled with dyed water that the kids could spray on paper We hung those up on the back fence and they made pretty patterns as the colored water drippedThey used the paint on the easel and we had large sheets of cardboard on the floor they painted too.The water got all messy, mixed with paint and shaving creamIt was like a whole new item on the sensory listThe play date was quite a successIts too bad more people could not make it. I planned on doing it againBut I haven't got around to it yet. Maybe I will next month while Holly is out of schoolHer bathing suit was covered in paint, so she ended up taking it off so she could play in the poolIt was a lovely day to have good friends over and a wonderful time was had by all. it was a good first step follow up to the official Messy Art day.