My 3-year-old, probably like a lot of other 3-year-old's has a wild imagination. She is very good at playing pretend and being creative. I've been doing some "school time" with her every other morning to give us something to do. Her favorite part is craft time - coloring, gluing, glittering, cutting...who needs math and science?:)
The other day Lee and I were talking in the living room. Isabel came running in saying, "Mommy, Daddy, come, look what I made." I'm not really sure what I thought it would be, but I wasn't really expecting this:
Can you guess what it is? Drum roll please...it's a clock. Those are all different puzzle pieces she used to make it and then the giraffe is one of the hands, which she explained to me. She has a clock that kind of looks like this. It has lots of colors, so I thought the whole idea was pretty creative of her.
Today we were wrapping a friend's b-day present and I was trying to explain to her she can't tell her friend what she got them before they open it, which she often does. Presents are meant to be surprises. I was finishing making our bed when Isabel ran and said, "Mommy, come here. I have a present for you." She had taken all the pillows off the couch and "wrapped" them with blankets. She said, "It's a surprise." So I preceded to open the "surprise," which I found out to be toys (pretend) of course. Here are the girls laying on the present, cause after all it was made of pillows and comfy too.
Ok, for this story I don't have a picture. I keep meaning to take one, but just haven't done it. I want to remember it though. We were walking home from a friends house the other day. Isabel had collected several rocks (rocks are her thing lately) at the friends house and wanted to bring them home. She kept telling me they were to "put in the flower pot." Seeing how I haven't had a flower pots out all season I had no idea what she was talking about. She asked me to hold the rocks for her in the stroller so she woudln't drop them. They seemd like they were something important. When we got home she asked for them right away. I said, "Isabel, what are you doing?" She proceeded to take the rocks and put them in our flower-BED. I noticed there were other rocks there that she must have collected from playing outside at different places. She had created a little rock mountain. I told her it was time to go in and she said, "just a minute mommy." She proceeded to pick a flower from the flower bed and put it on top of the mountain, like a flag.
Today on a wallk she got down on all fours and was crawling. When I asked what she was doing she exclaimed, "I'm a lion," as in duh mom.:) She showed me her claws and everything.
It's fun to see how her little mind continues to grow and learn, and look forward to more memories of her creativity.
The night before our small group had it's annual pumpkin carving party/contest. Last year we had done Elmo and Cookie monster. This year we decided on Micky and Minnie Mouse. Lee was excited to take home the title for best carved pumpkin. I have to admit, I'm a proud wife:)
So after all the excitement the last few days, what did we do today? Went out and bought the girls new tooth brushes, which for them seemed equally exciting:)
Can you guess what it is? Drum roll please...it's a clock. Those are all different puzzle pieces she used to make it and then the giraffe is one of the hands, which she explained to me. She has a clock that kind of looks like this. It has lots of colors, so I thought the whole idea was pretty creative of her. 
Ok, for this story I don't have a picture. I keep meaning to take one, but just haven't done it. I want to remember it though. We were walking home from a friends house the other day. Isabel had collected several rocks (rocks are her thing lately) at the friends house and wanted to bring them home. She kept telling me they were to "put in the flower pot." Seeing how I haven't had a flower pots out all season I had no idea what she was talking about. She asked me to hold the rocks for her in the stroller so she woudln't drop them. They seemd like they were something important. When we got home she asked for them right away. I said, "Isabel, what are you doing?" She proceeded to take the rocks and put them in our flower-BED. I noticed there were other rocks there that she must have collected from playing outside at different places. She had created a little rock mountain. I told her it was time to go in and she said, "just a minute mommy." She proceeded to pick a flower from the flower bed and put it on top of the mountain, like a flag.
