Christmas Banner Project

Last Friday was one of those sick, rainy days. Usually on those days, we would throw together a couch-bed, pop some popcorn, cover the windows and play movie theater, however this time, the girls seemed to have more energy than usual. H asked if we could do a "fun, fun, fun, project." When I told her I had an idea, she jumped up and down and said "Thank you Brooke! You are the best Brooke ever!" So of course, I had to break out the washable paint set, and make a giant Christmas Banner.

First I taped together numerous pieces of colored paper. 

Then I set out some paint, stickers, and other art supplies.

I wasn't at all surprised by L pouring out her purple paint and spreading it all over her paper.

I was however, quite surprised by how amazing H did with her pages.

So at this point L had said "Nanny, leg?" However I didn't know what she said, so I did one of those casual "Ohh, okay..." responses that you do when you have no idea what a two year old is saying. So there she is, painting her leg, since I did after-all, give her permission.

Yes, L enjoyed painting, very much.

 And here is our Christmas Banner, halfway done.

And more of L, having lots of fun.

And our final result!

I have a couple more Christmas projects to post, so I figured I'd keep this short and sweet. Hope you enjoyed it!

-Nanny B

Happy Halloween! (In December)

I know, I know, it's December. It's Christmas. It's snowman season. But I didn't want to skip out on a post about our Halloween Party back in October, so here it is! It may not have been posted in the same month it happened, but hey, at least it's still the same year, right?

It was a fairly last minute decision to have a small Halloween get together, which was basically the same as our weekly play-group, but with special music and pumpkins everywhere.

The day before Halloween, while H was at school, L (whose arm was broken at the time) helped me bake some salt dough pumpkin ornaments.

 And this is how I set up the table the next morning. I covered the table in some extra paper, and then placed a pumpkin ornament on a piece of colored paper for each of our guests. The papers were labeled (names were removed from image for privacy purposes) with each childs name, so they each got their own area to work, and the pumpkins were easier to identify after they were covered in paint.

 The kids all got to work! I know this is hard to believe, but this Halloween party, which contained 8 children, ranging from ages 2-4, all at one table, went perfectly. And when I say perfectly, I mean, no paint on the carpet, no tears shed, nothing was broken, and everyone had a great time, perfectly.

 And this is the table, and pumpkins (if you can find them buried under the paint) after the kids were done!

 And our final results. Note the West Coast Nanny pumpkin I made that morning ;)
Days later, when all the pumpkins were dry, I attached some ribbon and labels and we gave all the kids their keepsake ornaments!

So Happy Halloween, and Merry Christmas to you all!
-Nanny B