preschool snapshots

some recent preschool snapshots of noah playing with mr. potato head, making a firetruck craft, making a police man hat, playing in the sand table, listening nicely during circle time, and playing hair salon learning how to use rollers.

love, laurie

play-doh!

noah has been into play-doh recently and has been having fun using the tool-themed set that a friend bought him for christmas.  i like the little tool-shaped molds it has!

love, laurie

do you know the muffin man?

do you know the muffin man?  well, i do and his name is noah.  

this guy loves chocolate chip muffins and they are a special treat once in a while when a friend makes them for him.  i found an easy recipe for mini chocolate chip muffins and asked noah if he wanted to help me make some.  of course he did.  he was pleased with himself and the results!  

the muffin got a thumbs up, so it was a success.

love, laurie

costumes during a blizzard

luckily i brought some costume work home with me over the weekend because being stuck inside during the blizzard was a good time to work on costumes for both cabaret and rapunzel.  i was especially pleased with the way the trim and appliqué turned out on rapunzel's dress.  here's a sneak peek photo. 

there's still tons more work to do on costumes!

love, laurie

too cold

it has been way too cold lately.  it was cute when i pulled the laundry load of towels out of the dryer and dumped them on the bed because leko curled right up to one of the warm towels.   poor guy!

love, laurie

preschool snapshots

some recent preschool snap shots of noah dressed up as a pink "ghost," doing art projects, reading, playing with excavators, wearing mickey mouse ears while chiseling ice for a science project, and saying "cheese" in a noah-sized snow globe!

love, laurie

our little character

the spring main-stage musical is "cabaret" this year at our university and we're well underway working on it.  so i'm deep in the trenches with costumes.  i ordered a wig for the actress who is playing sally and when it arrived noah was excited to try it on!  he could be the understudy!

he's a theatre kid for sure.  he hangs out at mom's theatre and dad's theatre, he helps us with tech work, he helps me with costumes, he is constantly singing, and he likes his private ballet classes with mama.

love, laurie

our four-leaf clovers

i have mentioned so many times before that ryan seems to have a knack for finding four-leaf clovers.  (he has found dozens and i have still never found a single one.)  

i have saved so many of the ones that ryan has found over the years by pressing them between pieces of wax paper.  they have been piling up in my jewelry box waiting to be displayed in some fashion, but i could never think of what to do with them until now.

i got the idea to search for a picture frame holder that would allow a photo to float between two pieces of glass and i was happy to find one.  i put several of the clovers in there and i think it's a neat little thing to display.  

this isn't all of the ones that ryan has found, but it's a nice way to display them and remember them instead of having them all in a jewelry box.

there's even one five-leaf clover in there too!

love, laurie

a tent for everyone!

noah's not the only one who loves the new tent from grandma and grandpa . . . leko thinks it's a pretty nice hang out spot too!

love, laurie

preschool snapshots

a few recent snapshot from preschool of noah playing with a magnet puzzle, chillin' on his nap mat with grandma's christmas penguin, learning about ice skating by making a toy "skate" on frozen water in a tin, drawing time, doing great at the obstacle course, building tall towers with magnetic blocks, and getting really good at tracing shapes!

love, laurie