Home for the Day

Maddie and I are home for Presidents' Day today... since everything is closed, we've been doing a lot of projects, including a little water coloring... things started out innocently enough, paints on the cardboard, some experimental mixing, etc:


But after things got a bit messy, I stripped Madelyn down and they quickly turned into this!:)





We've got a body-paint artist on our hands! Watercolor time was followed by a delightful bath, filled with fun colors in the water and on the washcloths:)

We've been playing on the bus this weekend! Entirely inspired by a pop-up book I found at Browse N' Buy - the full "Wheels on the Bus" song, including moving wheels, doors, the driver saying "move on back," babies crying, Mamas saying "Shhhhh..." it's been a big hit. So, yesterday we gave it a try in real life. Madelyn is so excited about it! She looks for the "bus stop" sign, we watch down the road anxiously for the bus to head our way, she loves it when the bus has lots of people on it, there are fun stars on the seat, and she gets to pull the cord when our stop comes up. She sings the "wheels on the bus" song, hand motions included... Plus, she gets her own seat next to Mama, which doesn't happen in the car. Both trips we've taken in the last 24 hours have ended with Madelyn shouting as we get off, "Bus is going to pick up other people!!" She thinks it's the BEST!