Old Navy’s summer t-shirts are on super sale and we couldn’t be happier! These t’s fit Reagan perfectly, wash well and are absolutely adorable! We snagged these 8 shirts for around $25!
Too fabulous of a deal not to share!
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Coloring Box
Super easy and couldn’t be more convenient! We are loving our new coloring box that we saw somewhere in the Pinterest World! A new staple in our diaper bag and always a hit when I pull it out in sticky situations…waiting too long at a restaurant, a car ride that has exhausted every other option and even while riding in the stroller at the market.
Materials
Johnson & Johnson First Aid Box
Various Color Crayons
Sticky Note Paper
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Color Identification/Matching
When you ask Reagan the color that a specific object is, more times than not, she will answer ‘blue’. Is blue her favorite color or have I been slacking in the color identification aspect of life? I put together a small activity for Reagan and I to play this afternoon and she absolutely loved…eating the pieces to the game. Seriously though, this was a great activity and will be super beneficial in strengthening her color identification and color matching skills.
Materials
Tape
5 pieces of white paper
One crayon of each color- red, green, yellow, purple and orange
Fruity Cheerios
Directions
On each piece of paper write the name of the color crayon that you are using at the top of the paper, draw a large circle, using the same color, and fill in the circle.
Tape down the pieces of paper to a flat surface, in a arched shape, so that each color can be easily seen and reached by your child.
At this point, Reagan and I did various things.
1- I pointed to each color, one by one, and told her the name of the color.
2- I then pointed to the colors again, one by one, and repeated their names. This time I asked Reagan to repeat the colors name aloud.
3- I laid each color Cheerio in front of Reagan and one by one, I told her the color name of each Cheerio.
4- I then pointed to each Cheerio, one by one, and repeated their color names. This time I asked Reagan to repeat the color names aloud.
5- I then showed Reagan how to match the Cheerio color to the circle and name color on the papers in front of her. ‘ this Cheerio is red. Can you find the red circle that matches/is the same as this red Cheerio?’ We continued this activity for several minutes.
6- I then gave Reagan multiple Cheerios of the same color and had her group them together onto the matching circles. ‘ can you place all of the yellow Cheerios onto the matching yellow circle?’ Etc.
Reagan definitely ate more Cheerios than she matched, but she was learning, having fun and eating all at the same time! Which, in my opinion, is a successful activity!
I folded back the pieces of tape and stuck them to the backs of the paper. I stacked up the papers and put them away for future use.
A super easy activity that your child will enjoy, if not the activity portion, at the very least, the Fruity Cheerios!
Have Fun!
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Blueberries!
Blueberries are absolutely perfect here this time of year, so what better way to enjoy them then to pick them ourselves! S & G Orchards is beautiful and has the friendliest staff! The weather couldn’t have been better and all three kids were a dream!
Henry was determined to pick enough blueberries to make a blueberry cake, while Reagan seemed more concerned with the amount of blueberries that she could consume. Whatever made them happy, worked for us!
Then there’s this trooper, who hung out the entire time with no complaints- rock on Holden!!
With a $20 bill lost and then immediately found, a 21 month old telling us that she was walking home (a solid 20 miles), and a few delicious gooseberries to top off our gigantic blueberry pile- I have to say, that we had one pretty fantastic morning!
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Magnetic Letters
Upgrade! We purchased new magnetic fridge letters today and I couldn’t be happier! Fridge magnets keep Reagan busy for a very small portion of dinner prep time, which is better than no time! We previously sported the plastic magnetic letters on our fridge, I think that they are probably a staple in most homes, seeing how they can be purchased at the Dollar Store or in the dollar section at Target. These magnets always made me a bit nervous with their tiny circular magnetic backing. However, I still allowed them on my fridge…probably not the best idea. Whenever Reagan sat down at the fridge to play with the magnets, I would tell her that we needed to buy new ones, but of course I was usually making dinner, so the idea never sat with me for very long. It wasn’t until Reagan started to remove the magnets from the fridge, put them into her purse (an old Vera Bradley of mine that she has fallen in love with) , and carry them around the house and into the car with her that I knew it was definitely time to get rid of them. This activity, of traveling around with the magnets, threw up huge DANGER signs for me. I was afraid that with her out of sight, one of those little magnets was sure to find it’s way into her mouth. Which in all actuality, could happen just as easily with me in the same room…such a stupid mom moment. Into the garbage the plastic letters went!
On a recent trip to Marshall’s I was so glad to find these awesome Melissa and Doug Alphabet Magnets. They were an immediate hit with Reagan before they even came out of the box! The magnet backing (seen in first picture) is the exact same size as the letter and the letters are large enough that they aren’t going to be swallowed by my little one! The colors are bright and stick to the fridge magnificently! Three letter words are easily spelt with the 52 letters included in the box set. Mixing the upper and lower case letters allows for longer words that use two of the same letters, ReagAn, to be spelt.
All in all I’m super happy with the purchase and at a great Marshall’s price of $7.99! You can find the letter’s here and here as well as various other places.
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