Fall Leaves

REWIND---
Here is a sample of two Fall leaf projects we did to decorate our house with---Ink dots on coffee filters and tissue paper pieces on contact paper:

Ella starting to use the ink dots on her coffee filter

 Molly dotting

 Adding color

 Ella almost done dotting

 dotting party

 tissue paper on contact paper leaves

 Molly being precise about her positioning

 concentrating

 finished contact paper leaf

 ready to hang

 our Fall leaf display with the light coming through the window

 looking pretty (and when we could actually see green grass out the window!)

 dot leaf

 colorful tissue paper

admiring her craftiness

Making Tree Garland

This year, we made garland for our Christmas tree from Fruit Loops cereal and floral wire.  The girls (and I) had fun and it turned out to be easier, less messy, and more colorful than the traditional popcorn garland.  When our Christmas tree was taken down, we moved the garland outside to the holly tree by our front windows and got to enjoy watching the birds and squirrels eat the sweet treats!  I'll post pictures of how it looked on our Christmas tree when I finally get around to posting Christmas pictures

 Molly concentrating on her "stringing"

Using floral wire was great for her age because it stayed taut and was easier than yarn

 Ella stringing

 some of our colorful strands

 pulling the loop through

 The girls enjoyed finding the broken cereal pieces because that meant they could eat them!

 listening to Christmas music and sisters stringing garland

 this kept them busy for a while!

 "Is it as tall as me?"

 watching the loops slide down the wire

cute Molly

Rewind---Thanksgiving 2013

If anyone is still interested in seeing old pictures, here are a few from Thanksgiving that I never posted.  We enjoyed a few days at Rob's parents and a few days at my parents (my camera broke in Harrisburg) and we were all grateful to have that time together.

 Molly making pizza

 showing Granddad how to make pizza

 making pizza?...eating cheese!

 makign some turkey drawings

 coloring like her big sister

 silly Molly

 starting a project with Nana

 tickles from Granddad

 still working on a project

 turkey lurkey

 and her turkey sister

 making cornicopias with Lesley

 Molly dipping the cone in chocolate

 time to dip in sprinkles

 someone took a bite of the project!

 Molly helping Granddad fix the table

 waiting for the pop-up toy to pop!

 learning how to draw a turkey from Nana

 more turkey time

finished cornicopia project

2 on the 2 - December 2013

December 2, 2013 (kind of!)

Ella--6 years, 3 months; Molly--2 years, 10 months

2 on the 2 - January 2014

January 2, 2014

Ella--6 years, 4 months; Molly--2 years, 11 months

To Compare to 2012:

January 2, 2012

Ella--4 years, 4 months; Molly--11 months

2 on the 2- February 2014

(I haven't been doing a good job about keeping up with these photos exactly on the 2nd of each month, nor with downloading my photos from my camera, so December 2013 through February 2014 "2 on the 2's" are going to be approximates):

February 2, 2014

Ella - 6 years, 5 months; Molly- 2 years, 11 months

To compare previous years:

 February 2, 2012

Ella--4 years, 5 months; Molly--11 months

February 2, 2013

Ella--5 years, 5 months; Molly--1 year, 11 months