After breakfast, these girls wanted to paint!
The cold rages on here, but it manifests itself mostly in the form of crankiness and runny noses.
Luckily, the art seems therapeutic.
Then it was puzzle time. Here you see an impish Kate chomping down for an illicit bite.
Grace is awesome at puzzles, I am amazed at how easily it seems to come to her -- even this puzzle that has a good many pieces that consist only of images of green leaves. As some of you may recall, though, I always was good at puzzles and loved to teach my sister Christina how to put them together. (Can you hear Christina shrieking in protest from where you sit?)
Suki and Kate play their bead shaking game.
Kate is thrilled when she gets real one on one attention from her sisters.
She is always scrambling for what someone else has. In this case, she grabbed my coffee cup, thinking it was a great prize. It really makes no difference to her that it was empty, just the way it makes no difference to her whether a can of soda is open or not.
These sisters had a time trying to share a tiny lollipop.
I love the way Grace is looking at Kate here.
Rocking out on the Yo Gabba Gabba mat.
Suki takes her turn.
The girls wanted some macaroni and cheese for lunch, so I agreed -- as long as they were the ones to make it. Here Grace fills a pot with water.
It didn't take long for Suki to realize there was some fun to be had.
Okay, I did help them with the stove top parts. Here we were talking about boiling water, how it bubbles, how to stay safe around a hot stove, etc. They are very excited for the day when I show them how to be safe enough around the stove so that they can do this part themselves but I think they understand that this is definitely a little too early.
Kate practiced her standing by taking her hand on and off of the seat.
Then she came into the kitchen to help by shaking the box.
The girls watched as I poured the macaroni into the colander and then back into the pot and we talked about how much the pasta had changed in its short time in the boiling water.
Then it was time to squeeze the cheese in its little packet.
After we put it in with the macaroni the girls stirred up our little meal.
Suki makes her happy face. Right after this, Suki actually briefly touched the pot with a finger despite my admonitions to only touch the spoon to stir. I was glad to see there wasn't even a red spot but she did say that it hurt. An easy, ER-free way to learn the lesson that hot pots stay hot, even when they're off the stove. Suki didn't mind, she just kept stirring.
Funny face.
Then it was time to dish up their little meal.
Kate practiced stirring in the colander.
Suki is always on the alert for our friendly chipmunk and took time out to look for her pal.
Into the dish! They were so excited to eat what they'd made that we just sat down and ate that and came back for the rest of our lunch a bit later. What fun!
After breakfast, these girls wanted to paint!
The cold rages on here, but it manifests itself mostly in the form of crankiness and runny noses.
Luckily, the art seems therapeutic.
Then it was puzzle time. Here you see an impish Kate chomping down for an illicit bite.
Grace is awesome at puzzles, I am amazed at how easily it seems to come to her -- even this puzzle that has a good many pieces that consist only of images of green leaves. As some of you may recall, though, I always was good at puzzles and loved to teach my sister Christina how to put them together. (Can you hear Christina shrieking in protest from where you sit?)
Suki and Kate play their bead shaking game.
Kate is thrilled when she gets real one on one attention from her sisters.
She is always scrambling for what someone else has. In this case, she grabbed my coffee cup, thinking it was a great prize. It really makes no difference to her that it was empty, just the way it makes no difference to her whether a can of soda is open or not.
These sisters had a time trying to share a tiny lollipop.
I love the way Grace is looking at Kate here.
Rocking out on the Yo Gabba Gabba mat.
Suki takes her turn.
The girls wanted some macaroni and cheese for lunch, so I agreed -- as long as they were the ones to make it. Here Grace fills a pot with water.
It didn't take long for Suki to realize there was some fun to be had.
Okay, I did help them with the stove top parts. Here we were talking about boiling water, how it bubbles, how to stay safe around a hot stove, etc. They are very excited for the day when I show them how to be safe enough around the stove so that they can do this part themselves but I think they understand that this is definitely a little too early.
Kate practiced her standing by taking her hand on and off of the seat.
Then she came into the kitchen to help by shaking the box.
The girls watched as I poured the macaroni into the colander and then back into the pot and we talked about how much the pasta had changed in its short time in the boiling water.
Then it was time to squeeze the cheese in its little packet.
After we put it in with the macaroni the girls stirred up our little meal.
Suki makes her happy face. Right after this, Suki actually briefly touched the pot with a finger despite my admonitions to only touch the spoon to stir. I was glad to see there wasn't even a red spot but she did say that it hurt. An easy, ER-free way to learn the lesson that hot pots stay hot, even when they're off the stove. Suki didn't mind, she just kept stirring.
Funny face.
Then it was time to dish up their little meal.
Kate practiced stirring in the colander.
Suki is always on the alert for our friendly chipmunk and took time out to look for her pal.
Into the dish! They were so excited to eat what they'd made that we just sat down and ate that and came back for the rest of our lunch a bit later. What fun!
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