Spider day :)

At home I do some real fun activities with Lily and Lexi to stimulate and entertain their young brains. Today we did Spiders :) In this activity we learned all about colors, counting, fine motor skills, sweet and salt and of coarse spiders.

Even though school started I was still in my PJ's feeding Ruby. I just love our out door class room. As winter is in the air we wont be able to do this much longer.

I cut out two of the cups on a egg tray to form the body of the spider. Lily and Lexi use a brush to paint the body of the spider. Each time they use a new color they had to first tell me the name of the color. It is a small space to paint on so it took some serious concentration.

We then talked about spiders and their anatomy. I told them that spiders had 8 legs and we counted to 8 a few times. It is so funny but Lily insists on leaving out the number 6 when counting. After the spider had legs we put it on a string and they took their spiders for a walk.    

We then had lunch and I recited the itsy bitsy spider to them a few times with all the hand actions. They loved the show !!

The itsy-bitsy spider
Climbed up the water spout
Down came the rain
And washed the spider out
Out came the sun
And dried up all the rain
And the itsy-bitsy spider
Climbed up the spout again

And they then had their afternoon nap ..... zzzz

 In the afternoon we made spider biscuits. This was great fun, I made them taste the salty biscuit and the sweet icing sugar and we talked about the difference. Again counted the legs of the spider. As a challenge we named the colors of the small 100&1000 ;)

 
They were so exited to eat their cute spider cookies, and really enjoyed it.

After a long day we had a candle light bath with a CD playing and one of the songs was .... you guessed it ... Itsy bitsy spider. We sang along with it.

This coming Saturday we are going to a special friends birthday party. Marko is turning one year old. And this very special spider in now on Marko's birthday percent as part of the wrapping decor. We called him Fred. We hope you will make Marko smile Fred as we really enjoyed making you !!!

SPLISH SPLASH I was taking a bath !!

Today was a special day for Ruby. She got a chance to spend some quality with daddy ! They took a bath together and had such fun !!! Ruby really loved the water and her dad talking to her and just loving her.

"Someday i will find my prince but my Daddy will always be my King"

Big-Brother-Bear-Babysitting

Justin has been on an adventure holiday in Cape Town hoping to find a job there. For the 3 months he was there he worked as a bar man, a carpenter, a plumber, a handyman and even helped on a farm in Tsitsikamma that strip tree bark to make compost. He is convinced the Cape is for him, and feels he left his heart behind coming back. His mission is to work a bit here in Gauteng before going back. But while he is here, looking for a job, he has to "work" in our house as a babysitter. The pay is not great, as he only gets food and lodge. But he is connecting with his 3 little sisters and creating a special bond in this time. I really believe he was led back here to help me. With the long Easter weekend approaching  and Annah being on leave he is a "God sent" !!! I look at my 4 children and I know I feels so rich. They are such a blessing.

There's no other love like the love for a brother.  There's no other love like the love from a brother.  ~Terri Guillemets

When Justin arrived back home the first thing we did was take a photo of him and Ruby. I took photos of Lily and Lexi with him when they were two weeks old, so there wasn't a second to spare taking it Ruby now being seven weeks old. This was special as it was taking straight after they met for the first time. And it was love at first sight. Ruby has that effect :)

You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them. - Desmond Tutu

 It takes two men to make one brother.  ~Israel Zangwill

 

Lord help the mister that comes between me and my sister... - Irving Berlin

 

 Our brothers and sisters are there with us from the dawn of our personal stories to the inevitable dusk. - Susan Scarf Merrell

 

He takes them for walks 

Plays in the sand with them

Gives Ruby a bottle while I'm busy, something her dad hasn't done yet.

Lexi loves falling asleep in his arms

Lexi just loooooooooves Justin and looks at him with eye pouring with love.

Sometimes being a brother is even better than being a superhero.  ~Marc Brown

The other day I did my grocery shopping while Justin kept them busy playing on the toy's in Clearwater mall.

 Done playing around, heading home, but a waaaaaay more fun walk to the car  :)