Daddy agreed to stay home with R during R’s afternoon nap so I could take S to a Tinkerthon with some folks from a homeschooling group. Tinkering Labs (not to be confused with Tinkerlab) has launched an IndieGoGo campaign to raise money to produce their catalyst, a collection of items for tinkering. The idea was for the kids to use the items in the catalyst to make a machine that would draw a curved line. Continue reading
Two Boys & Their Mama
What do we do all day? Well, after meals, naps and diaper changes there isn’t much time left, but I try to work in one fun activity every day. I make sure the boys (and their mama) get plenty of unstructured play time. The following is not indicative of our whole day. It’s just a quick snap shot of those fifteen minutes when we make a plan and try something new.
Oil Pastels
Today I scrolled through Pinterest to find an activity for my preschooler, S. I came across a pin with a 30 day drawing challenge that lists a different drawing prompt for each day. The first is “yourself”. So I pulled out the oil pastels and S got to work drawing himself.