Bib is for Baby

Emma only knew that Scott and I had ordered cookies to share with our family members and Mommy's teacher friends. She was so excited to open the box and see them. And while she recognized the pink and blue booties, rattles, bibs, footprints, bottles, etc., she didn't question why we would want cookies with baby designs. She just wanted to eat one! This was surprising, because she doesn't have a sweet tooth. We were trying to tell Emma that she was going to be a big sister as she nibbled away on her dessert!

Superheroes! - Part 2

Books: A year or two ago, Target had these kid-friendly superhero books with Marvel characters in the dollar bins. For those of you who are not privy to the comic world, DC created Superman, Batman, Flash, Green Lantern, among others. Marvel penned Spider-Man, Iron Man, Wolverine, Captain America, Hulk, etc.

Puppets: Scott and Emma created several straw puppets over the course of a week--Tinkerbell, Elmo, Curious George, etc. After watching her Daddio make a Batman stick puppet, she decided to make her own one night when he was at class. Look closely at her version, complete with bat ears on the top of his head!

Creative Play with Figures: Scott snagged this Imaginext Batcave as part of Amazon Vine. They ask him to write reviews for products after reading/using them. This was a rare toy on the list of product to receive and review, and an expensive one at that--free! Emma loves playing with her tub 'o' superheroes with the cave.

Superheroes! - Part 1

Size Sequencing: These Hulk cards, as well as the next several activities, came from a blog called Preschool Printables.

Superhero Identification: Emma added a pom pom on the superhero as it was named. If I was a true fan, I would have known the alter ego of each, but I was only successful at recalling Batman is Bruce Wayne, Spider-Man is Peter Parker, Superman is Clark Kent, Hulk is Bruce Banner, and Wolverine is Logan something. (I checked with Scott, and he said It's just Logan--no last name. I guess I know more than I thought!)

One of These Is Not Like the Others: Three of the heroes in the row were exactly the same, but one was slightly different. Emma placed a pom pom on the one that was different.

Line Tracing: The Crayola dry-erase crayons work great on laminated pages.

Name Writing: Emma flipped over her tracing page to write her name--terrific!

Science Experiment 9

Experiment: Shiny Pennies

Materials: Old pennies, bowl, lemon juice, towel

Procedure: Add lemon juice to the bowl. Drop in old pennies. Wait 5-10 minutes. Remove the pennies and use the towel to rub them clean.

Results: The acidic lemon juice removes the oxide from the copper pennies, making them shiny!