Happy first day of spring!

Springtime is here! With it comes so many pretty projects.

We made coffee filter flowers today. First we added food coloring to some cups of water. Then we placed a folded/scrunched coffee filter in each one.

Pretty, huh?

The idea was for the color to travel up the coffee filter without having to dunk it, which it did. But the colors were so very pastel, they weren't very noticeable. 

So, I did some sneaky naptime magic and squirted a bit more food coloring on each one. You've just got to have that wow factor, you know?

I think they turned out very pretty.

What a rainy, blucky first day of spring. But hey, it's not snowing!

Have a lovely day!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Today we matched numbers on a shamrock!

I got the idea here but changed it a bit. We didn't use stickers. I glued the numbers on the shamrock with a glue stick then printed and "laminated" their numerical mates. This goes home with the little ones for play later.

Here is how I fake laminated the mates:
I put one strip of packing tape, sticky side up, on the counter.
Then I stuck the numbers onto it.
Another strip of packing tape, sticky side down, made it like a sandwich.
Then the pieces were snipped, ready for matching with the numbers on the shamrock.

We also made rainbow bracelets with Fruit Loops.

I chose against necklaces, because I didn't want them to have something around their necks. You've got to be careful with these bracelets, too. Kids are quick. And tricky.

Tonight for supper we're having pastrami and Swiss sandwiches on rye bread. I bought the stuff for it on Saturday. I was told last night that pastrami is NOT corned beef. Of course it isn't.

But can't a mom get some credit for thinking ahead?

Hope you're having a lovely St. Patrick's Day!!