Boys Book Club

Today will be marked off in 20 minute increments as I attempt to potty train William. I figure I might as well give it a whirl. The timing is good because William and I both have a cold, we have nothing on our calendar for the next three days, and we have tons of post-Easter reward candy. We'll see how it goes. Since we will have lots of down time, I figured I would also catch up on the blog. We are running about a month behind at this point, so I'll try to weed out and just post some highlights.

About a month ago, I decided that I wanted to start a book club especially for little boys. Since William is not in school, I wanted to give him a school-like experience. Luckily, we have 10 friends with little boys between the ages of 2-3 that were game. I kicked things off at our house, and it was a great success! We started off with our featured book (Brown Bear, Brown Bear), and then the little ones got to partake in various animal-themed activities. It was fun to see them having a good time and maybe reinforcing some skills along the way. The funniest part is that William slept through the whole thing. He was not feeling well so he fell asleep on the couch and did not wake up until the very end (despite all the commotion going on around him). Oh well, we have another Book Club meeting coming up soon, so we'll see how he takes to it then.

Monkey bread for snack - yes, please!

Giraffe handprints - Lily was so kind to make an example before she left for school that day.

Will making a very special handprint giraffe

Animal number match game

Andrew's on it!

A little science mixed in there with an animal habitat match game

Michael challenges his memory

Hakon puts animal puzzle pieces together to hear various animal sounds

Will playing the Elefun game - a favorite of most kids visiting our house.