Fun week

Wow! We had quite the week. It feels like we didn't stop once, which makes relaxing today all the more sweet:)

> We made this adorable "back to school" craft from No Time For Flashcards, one of my favorite pre-school craft sites.

> I got crafty and busted out these DIY Geoboards from No Time for Flashcards and Mom Tried it. They turned out GREAT (I will admit that my amazing husband cut the wood for me and also did most of the hammering, lol) and the kids really love them. Aiden in particular has enjoyed playing with his and making all kinds of cool shapes and objects.

> We went kite-flying at Lake Erie and collected rocks to paint pet rocks like these from The Crafty Crow (ours didn't turn out as cute, but the kids still loved it) and we made beach art like these over at Artful Adventures (I didn't bring my camera to the beach, but we made a giant rock sun and a rainbow--so cool!)

> I made these cool number boards for Aiden from Mom Tried It, and he really enjoyed these. We also practiced color patterns and he really impressed me with his pattern-making abilities.

> Aiden and I made robot collages from paint samples we snagged at Walmart (I forgot to take a picture of his, but he was very creative and really is doing great practicing his scissor cutting skills!)

> We copied my friend Lori by making these adorable marshmallow creatures and sculptures. The kids LOVED sorting the colored marshmallows first and then building (and of course EATING!) all sorts of animals and sculptures.

> We did a really fun and COOL marble painting like this one over at Let The Children Play. This was a neat project--I've heard of it but never tried it before and I loved how it turned out. I could totally see buying some cheap canvas and neat colors and making these to actually hang up as art in your house!

We still have two more weeks until Aiden starts pre-school (the latest start of any school in the area! We're restless here!) and we're all looking forward to the change. He's been out of school for 5 months now, which feels like a really long time, lol. I'm looking forward to staying home a bit more and hopefully convincing Miss Ava to use the potty here VERY soon:)

PS--the pics aren't in any real order, sorry for that!