Catch The Thief!

Hi,

Today, we had some fun. It has been a while since we did anything. Sarah has requested playing with her policeman costume over and over. I had the idea in my mind and it took me less than 10 minutes to put into action so pardon the randomness of it and the fact that the cards were not computerized or laminated. 

Getting Ready to catch the thief!

I had 8 cards, the instructions were as follow:

1. To catch the thief, find 10 gold coins that he dropped.
2. Go to the living room and hunt for the eggs.
3. Play a basketball game.
4. Go to the bathroom and shoot the target.
5. Let's do the ABC activity.
6. Tell sister a story and get another paper from mommy.
7. Spell your name using the blocks.
8. This is the final episode, go to daddy's rocking chair in the living room and catch the thief.

Pretending to read her first clue ;)

The gold coins were hidden in obvious places, the target of the game was fun and not to frustrate her.

Searching for the gold coins.

The illuminated eggs is PAHMs idea. They used it in Easter. I bought laser lights from five below store, the pack contained 4 lights and cost $2. I hid another gold coin in each egg and one egg add a clue card,

Hunt for the illuminated eggs.

Reading little sister a story!

The ABC activity game!

This one exhausted her and I was happy, it means someone will sleep early tonight ;)

Jumping over the pillow, flexing muscles and moving like an inchworm!

She did it on her own :D

Shoot the target

(It was in the bathroom and I used a temporary marker)

Basketball game, obviously she was cheating, lol!

Catching the thief,

No one could have imagined that her doll is the thief!!

Shame ;)

Thank you for joining us, I hope you enjoyed.

Love,

I Can Spell My Name!

Hi,

Missed us? I hope so. We played a little with light, we tried to put everything on our light box and see what looks best. Sarah knows how to spell her name but I don't think she'll recognize it if she sees it so we worked on that. Here:

We did some role playing too. Sarah was a boy. She found this hilarious. She put the mustache on all of us and kept saying, "No, I'm not a boy, I'm a GIRL."

Some coloring too, she's getting better and better but she gets bored faster and faster nowadays.

Some hand painting, she got to choose what she wants me to paint. We did some on Farida too :)

Thank you for reading, come back soon.

Love,

Mcdonalds!

Hi.

Don't worry, we didn't go to Mcdonalds and we are not promoting it, lol. We had some pretend play yesterday and it was about restaurants. If I had the sign of "The Manor" or something, I know that Sarah wouldn't know what I mean so Mcdonalds did the trick ;) We had a sign, a menu and Sarah had her money and phone. I think this was the first time since Sarah was born that she eats without getting up or jumping. It was so peaceful and she enjoyed it the most. Here:

I added prices to the items.

Yes, I had to sit with her in this tiny chair.

Why not in the dining room? It is a MESS:)

Her fake, real money and credit cards :)

Choosing from the menu.

Looking for money to pay.

You have to pardon the mess in the back, Sarah jumps on it :)

Making sure it is the correct amount.

LOST:D

Speaking on the her phone and telling her friends she was in Mcdonalds. 

See that smile!

For older kids, it can be used for addition or multiplication as well.

After finishing our meals, Sarah said that she wants to go to the bank, lol. I asked her why she wants to go there, she said, "To sit there for a while." Apparently, every time we go to do a transaction there, she sits for a long time. I explained that we go to the bank either to deposit money or withdraw money. She said she wants to deposit money, this girl has a lot of money.

At night, we played the hopping frogs game and she is getting better and better in it. Then, we did some pattern blocks. I printed and laminated from Prekinders, thank you :) 

I didn't think she will be able to do the black and white one but I gave it a shot and to my amazement, she did with no help whatsoever.

Today is our Arabic day. To make it fun and attractive for Sarah, I made her a personalized notebook. I am not crafty so it was an amateur's try but I love it. She helped me add the stickers but she still doesn't know that it is hers, I am sure she'll be happy when she finds out.

Tissue papers!

Added transparent sticky book cover.

I'll add a few papers at a time.

Thank you for joining us, come back soon.

Love,