Quiet Activity - Fuzzy Balls!

My 8 month old is super interested in doing what everyone else is doing.

So I grabbed a mason jar and some fuzzy balls and showed her how to put them in and take them out.

She immediately tried to do it, every other one went in her mouth, BUT I would just take them out and point to the jar and she would put them in, and then take them out!

It was fun for her to do something and she loved the feeling of the balls and the jar.  

I had both items at home so this was free!

Musical Xylophones

I was sitting watching my son's favorite show with him this morning as I usually do, and right before it was over I realized that we hadn't done a project in a long time. At my house my son only get's an hour of TV in the morning so this was perfect timing. I went into my recipe box of ideas and pulled one out, and I have decided that every Monday from now on we will be doing Music Mondays. If you want to join us, just call me and we can set up a music date!

This week we made water xylophones.
We opted to do 6 instead of 8 and it worked out just fine. We filled up each mason jar with 1 cup and each one got one more cup until we reached 6 cups.
Then we put food coloring in them, to make them look cool.

Then we headed outside and went to town. I love my daughter pooping in this last picture! Hahaha.I am ready mom!

We played music for about an hour talked about the Jamaican sounds and then had a picnic lunch in the grass. The little one wasn't really into it, so I let her bang on my metal bowls and we had a mini band outside. I wish I had my harmonica! It's packed away somewhere, DANG!

Here is my son concentrating...


Happy Monday everyone!

Original Post 7/21/08