Mallory has been out of her "school" since February, and she misses it so much! She really misses the interaction with the other kids, and I won't lie, I miss the BREAK! Moving here to be with Grandma and Grandpa has bees such a great decision, because Mallory and I both get the support and love we need when we get on each other's nerves! I mean, really? Who wants to be stuck with the same boring Mommy all day long!?
A saving grace for us here has been our local library. They have a craft time every Tuesday night and a Story time/ Craft every Saturday morning. Mallory has yet to miss one event, and we are slowly creating quite a collection! Everything is FREE, which makes it all the more fun!
This is the first craft Mallory made at the library- it is a Butterfly Kite with yellow crepe paper streamers and a blue string. Mallory has been OBSESSED with Mary Poppins lately (among other things), and ran around and around the back yard with this kite singing "Let's Go Fly kite...." at the top of her lungs for at least 20 minutes when she got home!! If any of us tried to sing along, she would stop and yell "STOP! I SINGING!!!" She likes to a lot of things by herself these days!
Thank goodness for Grandmas! Mommy just cringes at the thought of a painting project... the mess, the spills, the stains, oh my! But leave it to Grandma to take all these things in stride, and wouldn't you know that Mallory LOVES to paint! And she is actually very careful with everything. I am always glad to have someone who can push me to just let Mallory let loose once in a while... it is good for both of us!
This is by far my favorite craft they have made at the library so far! It is a little Pinata made out of a lunch sack! My mother helped Mallory with the scissors to cut all the fringe, and they glued it around the bag in layers. Then, they stuffed the bag with Candy and toys (again... all FREE!) and put on a face. They stapled it shut, added a pipe-cleaner hangar and voila! A little mini pinata! It is too cute for words! What a great craft for a party!
BTW- the above picture is Mallory's "excited" face... below is a more natural smile!
Mallory got a card from Charles and was SO super excited! We gave it to her just before dinner, and she kept picking it up and hugging it throughout the meal! It was so darn cute!
Besides Mallory, there is another little lady in all 3 of the above pictures... can you see her? Mallory won't leave home without her, and insisted she be in the posed pinata pictures. She also joins Mallory at just about every meal we have at home. Blog to follow....
