A two year old on ice!

Yesterday was awesome! I have been wanting to get my on son out on the ice to see if I have a future hockey player in the making. I've been thinking about this since before he was born and "planning" on taking him since he could walk. When we finally went yesterday it was "Geez...finally!"

I am happy to report that Matthew LOVED it! He keep saying "More hockey! More hockey!" Whenever we had to stop. I was exhausted! Over the course of about 2 hours we only managed 2 and a half laps. Pretty unexciting for someone that used to like to time the number of laps that she could do in "x" number of minutes! Still, I did enjoy seeing him have so much fun!

Here are some awesome pictures of our great time skating!

All felt and glue gun play mat...WOW!!!

Since I've really put my blogging foot to the floor, I've found a lot of cool ideas from people that are doing lots of cool things. Today, I was hopping from blog to blog and found this amazing activity mat made totally out of felt and a glue gun. The site is "A girl and a glue gun" and I think you are going to have to check it out!!

BTW...She made one for girls too!

Winter Sensory tub

Matthew loved his winter sensory box!



That's what it looked like.


Here's the contents:

This box includes: (from top) 1. blue Legos (Christmas gift-free) 2. jingle bells (yard sale over the summer, 10 cents for a ton of them) 3. pink snowflake and blue gems (Target-dollar bins, $1 for a pack) 4. q-tips (out of the bathroom) 5. Decorative rocks (bought years ago at Target) 6. silver ribbons (had them leftover from Christmas) 7. plain blue pompoms (Target-dollar bins) 8. Facial pads (Extra bonus that came with the q-tips out of the bathroom) 9. Sparkly blue pompoms ( Target-dollar bins, $1 for a pack with a bunch of colors) 10. Cotton balls (bathroom) 11. (not shown) Snowman, 2 reindeer, and candy cane ornaments from Target on 75% off. 12. (not shown) ice cube tray brought down from the attic

So what did he do with it? As soon as he saw what was inside he started searching for all of the jingle bells. He took out all of them and started sorting them into an ice cube tray. Then, he went after the flat marbles and put all of them into the ice cube tray.



After he sorted a little, I thought it was cute that he decided that the reindeer needed to eat. So, he put the face of the reindeer near the ice cube tray and started making the slurping noise that he always makes to show that something is eating.


I want to mention that none of what he did was directed by me. I did not suggest that he sort anything, but I did play with him for a while. Then, I started making dinner and my normally pretty active son, sat at the table with his sensory tub and played.