Back to School - again :)

Today, we repurposed the cardboard box the baby's new carseat came in. We turned it into a playhouse! My 5yo had a blast! First, we cut all the flaps off, then cut a door and two windows. We used two of the flaps to be awnings over the windows. Then, my daughter started painting it.

Messy and fun :) She mixed some colors and came up with other colors, so definitely some learning going on :). Lots of arts and crafts these past few days :)

Last night at Cubbies, my daughter got a few presents, so she spent some time making flowers (one of the gifts) and eating some yummy chocolate

It's been rather cold here and most of our plants have died. Somehow, the herbs have survived thus far, so I decided we'd take some containers we had just sitting around and put the herbs in there and use them as a centerpiece on our dining room table. They turned out pretty nicely, if eclectic *smiles*. Last year I took some material I'd had for a while and turned it into a table cloth. I never did finish hemming it, but it's nice and summery and goes with the herbs on the table - the material is yellow with blue cornflowers and green chiles. The table now lends a nice summery and relaxing air to the whole house :)

We also did some worksheets from Answers for Preschoolers. My daughter really does love that curriculum, but she decided we needed to "start at the very beginning" so we did lessons 1 and 2 today. We (re)learned the letter "A" and number "1". We learned again about God creating the world and the memory verse the curriculum gave us is Genesis 1:1 - "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth". We did Bible Numbers (naturally, the number 1) which teaches the story of the woman who lost her coin and searched until she found it.

We've definitely done lots of arts and crafts today! We did a reading lesson, there isn't much my daughter loves more than learning to read! But we also did science, Bible, math, social studies and gardening - she even did a maze all by herself! We've been quite busy - just the way we like it *smiles*

My daughter's been having fun playing with her playhouse throughout the day! She wants to take it to whatever room she's going to, it's definitely a favorite play thing now - nice and cheap too....mama definitely likes that! Not only cheap, but teaching skills, color mixing, being a nice babysitter and providing hours of play - a win in my book!