Brotherly Love

A few cute videos of some cute brotherly love.

We couldn't figure out why Logan was laughing so much while the boys were eating dinner. Then we figured out that Connor was throwing little bits of beef at Logan to eat. Logan thought it was hilarious!

Connor tickling Logan

C is for...

So I've just decided with everything I have going on this year we are going to take 2 weeks to do a letter. So these past few weeks we worked on the letter C. Here's what we did:

 We sorted Candy by Colors.

 Angry that I wouldn't let him eat the Candy yet. :)

A cute video of Connor counting (and sneaking M and Ms)

 We made Corn Dog Bread (Corn bread with hot dogs)

Arts & Crafts:

Paper Bag Puppet: Cow Printout

Paper Bag Puppet: Cat Printout

Caterpillar Names

Other Resources:

M&M sorting mat

We made Carrot Cupcakes for Logan's 6 month Birthday.

Food:

Carrots, cucumbers, coleslaw, candy, cookies, cupcakes, corn dogs, corn, crackers, and cantaloup

Great Books:

Logan's 6 Months!

It's hard to believe our little Logan is now 6 months old! He has been an incredible joy to have in our lives and we are thankful each and every day (even the crabby ones) for him. Big brother, Connor, loves to play with him and show him new things. He is always excited when he walks into the room and spots Logan, it's like he forgot we had him or something! :) 

Logan Facts:

• Logan is 26 1/2 inches long (50th percentile)
• Logan is 19 pounds! (80th percentile)
• He can now get anywhere he pleases, pulls down books, cords, chews on EVERYTHING. Time to baby proof!
• He can "crawl" but it's more inching (SEE VIDEO)
• He smiles almost ALL the time, even when he's sad I can still get him to smile just by talking in a high voice.
• He eats just about everything! He's even really good at picking up rice!
• He can almost sit up without help.

 Oh yeah, and he loves to show off his rolls! :)

 Picking up rice.

Connor at 6 Months:

B is for...

So this past 2 weeks we worked on the letter b. Due to sicknesses (mine and the boys) and a lot of things to do with the letter b, it took us a little longer than planned. But we had some fun and now Connor can recognize the letter A and B. :)

Here's what we did:

Every day we trace and practice writing Big Bs and Little b's

Here's Connor's B:

He was VERY excited about this B. And said "mommy, look at my B!" Personally I think it looks a little like pac-man. :)

B is for Butterflies, Bees and BUGS!

• We made butterfly and Bee stick Puppets.

Even Logan joined in for some fun!

• We watched some old Donald Duck cartoons about Bees. Check them out!
• Donald Duck - Bee on Guard
• Donald Duck - Bee at the Beach
• We read The Magic School Bus goes inside a Beehive by Joanna Cole
• We made Bug Finger Puppets.

• We read the book: Bugs, Bugs, Bugs by Bob Barner
• We went on a bug hunt and collected a grasshopper, stink bug, and an ant.

• We listened to sounds of different bugs on-line.
• We painted a lady bug printout.

B is for Bears and Bunnies: 

• We watched a video on-line of a bear catching fish in a stream.
• We made Bear masks & Bunny Masks

• Watched Bugs Bunny cartoons
• Read Goldilocks and the Three Bears and made stick puppets to go with the story.

Connor came up with his own story to Goldilocks where she takes down all three Bears. :)

• Read Bearenstein Bears stories
• Read The Bear's Bicycle by Emile McLeod AND Big Brown Bear's Up and Down Day by David McPhail

B is for Birthdays, Bubbles, & Balloons

Over the weekend we celebrated Connor's cousins birthdays. 

And Oma's birthday by making her Blueberry Cupcakes!

We played with balloons.

We took bubble baths.

Read: Happy Birthday to you by Dr. Seuss, Bubble Trouble by Stephen Krensky, I'm Still Here in the Bathtub by Alan Katz.

B is for all the things i wanted to do but didn't quite get a chance:

Make Bead Necklaces

Make Hanging birds

Ride bicycles

Sing and Read Wheels on the bus by Annie Kubler

Build towers with Blocks

Play Baseball

Food:

Made Blueberry Banana Bread & Blueberry Cupcakes

Made butternut squash puree for Logan

Ate: BLT's, Burgers, Bananas, Blueberries, Brownies, Bacon, Banana Pancakes, Broccoli, 

Movies:

Rio

Bug's Life

Brother Bear

Check out my Letter B line up at Youtube!

Other Books & Subjects:

Bats: Stellaluna by Janell Cannon

Birds: Bird, Bird, Bird A chirping Chant by April Pulley Sayre

Brother: I'm a big Brother by Joanna Cole

Baseball: Curious George at the Baseball Game by Laura Driscoll

Colors: black, blue, brown

So, as you can see we had a LOT of fun with the letter B. Connor especially loved going on a bug hunt, in fact the first bug he came across was a wasp. He wanted to catch it but I told him no flying bugs. And he was so proud of his bug house that we had to take it over to Oma and Opa's house to show them off. He also really loved the story of Goldilocks and the three bears and recreating the story. What a fun and special time Connor and I (and Logan too) had together learning about the letter B!