Kate's Christmas Trees

Autumn Crafts (and a few random things)

Kate made a few autumn crafts and a treat for everyone to enjoy.

I painted Kate's hand and forearm brown and then placed it on white paper to make a tree.

Then I painted her hand red, orange, and yellow (separately of course) to complete her autumn handprint tree.

 She added some fallen leaves with different paint brushes and her fingers.

 While it dried, we read a few books about autumn leaves.

Kate helped me make these applesauce puffs.  Everyone enjoyed them.

Look at Kate's sleeve in the above picture, right in the paint!

She enjoyed making this pumpkin.  It's fun to do crafts with her that I remember doing with Collin and Reagan!

Kate sorted acorns into three piles, nuts without caps, nuts with caps, and caps only.

We have been going to the Barrington Library for story hour on Thursday mornings.  Kate enjoys the story hour (this week the theme was squirrels!!), but she loves visiting the guinea pig there; his name is Rudy.  I love the way she has her hands in the above picture, so sweet.

Three is such a fun age.  Kate is funny and silly and loving, and for now, she still thinks I am the best person in the world.  Kate is such a joy to be with, and she loves learning.  She is always asking for homework or projects, and we really enjoy doing them together.

DOUGHNUTS - North Pole Style

We woke up to find Cherry trying to compete with Dunkin Donuts by offering his very own Elf Doughnuts.

It seemed like the perfect day for a North Pole style breakfast.

Kate's Tree

I rolled a piece of poster board into a cone shape, taped it, and let the girls paint it green.

Once it was dry, I covered it with contact paper (sticky side out), and gave it to Kate to decorate with some pom poms and stickers.

This kept her entertained for quite a while this morning, and I'm sure she will continue to add and remove decorations over the next few days.  Most likely, Reagan will add some decorations too!

O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree

 We got our Christmas tree on Saturday, and decorated it on Sunday.

 Kate was very excited about all of the ornaments.

Our tree may not be beautiful in the eyes of others.  We do not have any fancy ornaments, and the tree certainly won't be featured in any magazines.  BUT, most of our ornaments have been made by our children or feature their pictures.  I thoroughly enjoy decorating the tree because it's a walk down memory lane.

Christmas Trees

 Cherry started off our Christmas tree theme by using a window crayon to draw a tree on the sliding glass door.  He left some window crayons on the table with directions for the kids to decorate the tree.  They happily obliged.

Kate asked for tomatoes (she calls them "no nos") and cucumber for lunch today.  I was thrilled to create a spur of the moment theme lunch.  The star is cheese.  She ate the whole thing and asked for more.

Reagan, Kate, and I made sweet trees for dessert tonight.  I found this idea at The Artful Parent.

I just arranged the pretzels, poured melted chocolate to fill in the tree, and let the girls decorate the trees with mini m&m's and star marshmallows.

 I placed the baking sheet in the freezer, and the trees were ready to eat in just a few minutes.