K is for... Costco?

This week we are working on the letter K with Emily. We generally do lots of crafts and worksheets, and listen to some songs and videos on YouTube (we find those by using the Easy-Peasy site. It's great!) for the letter we are working on. We also try and point out things that start with the letter of the week each week in books or on signs or wherever, really. She did very well this time finding kites, kittens, koalas, kangaroos and pointing out the letter K. She's really doing well in school so far! I'm a proud mama.

(Please excuse the jammies she's wearing in some of these pictures. Both girls have been sick all week so we are taking it easy around here. And really, we school at home so we can wear whatever we want, right?!)

Tracing letters. She's getting very good at this!

Karen the Kangaroo, from Easy-Peasy 

K is for King!

More tracing.

(This is from last week but too cute to pass up - she was using a sponge cut into the shape of the letter "J" to make stamps with paint. This is one of her favorites!)

We took a trip to Costco the other day and both girls rode in the cart together for the first time. Nattie is getting so big! And also so grabby! It was all Emmie could do to keep her crackers for herself.

Gimme those!

 As we're going through the store looking at all the shiny toys and treats, Emily says, "Mama, they spelled it wrong." I'm confused. "They spelled what wrong, sweetheart?" "Costco," she says. "They spelled it wrong!" What? They spelled Costco wrong? Um... Ok then. I have no idea what she's talking about, so we just keep going.

A minute later she says it again. "See, Mama! They spelled it wrong!" She's pointing to a big sign that says Costco on it. "Costco starts with K, Mama. K-K-Costco! But they have it with a C, and it should be a K. K is for Costco!"

This proved two things to me: First, all this hard work is paying off and she really is learning in school, and second, we spend far too much time in Costco. I don't think she actually "read" the Costco sign, but she certainly recognized it. Good job, kiddo!

Baby ponytail! 

And then there's Natalie. This kid is going to kill me, I swear. She's getting to be very mobile, very quickly! We had to drop the mattress down in her crib once already and will likely have to do it again, and soon. She pulls up on the edges of her crib and stands there yelling instead of going to sleep. Fun times.

She scoots all around on her tummy and pulls herself forward on her elbows to get where she wants to go. Time to begin the hardcore child-proofing! She also learned how to move herself around in her walker. Now instead of putting her down to play with the toys on the front of it, she follows us around and runs over our toes, giggling like crazy. Yep, we're in trouble.

"Can I play too, sissy?"

Emmie LOVES to push her in her car, and it keeps them both entertained for quite a while most times. Two birds, one stone, yes? :)

I'm not sure I'm ready for another totally mobile baby. But at the rate she's going, I really have no choice! Time flies for sure. I'm doing my best to make the most of all our days while the girls are still small.

Anyone have any duct tape...?