our new pet Henry!

We got Lola a guinea pig! She named him Henry. We sure learned a bunch of new stuff about guinea pigs today.....honestly, I wish I would have known some of it before actually getting one, but so it goes!

Art Project!

Lola made a lovely art project that we ended up giving as gifts to our friends. She made paper plate faces of her and Elise. We are planning to give them to her aunt J & uncle M. So cute! We went to the craft store and found yarn to match their hair color and everything!

5 senses (at home)

The weather hasn't been warm enough to do our 5 senses in the park, like I'd prefer so we improvised a new game here at home with ordinary household objects. We focused mainly on touch because we had been talking about textures earlier that day.
This is what Lola had to say about each one:
1. Fuzzy lamb slipper: soft, squishy, furry
2. Stainless Steel water bottle: the metal part feels smooth, the plastic part is smooth in some parts, but bumpy in others
3. Pine needle branch from our dried out Christmas tree: rough and scratchy. Feels smoother when touching the branch in the directions that the pine needles grow, but scratchy when touched in the other direction.
4. Penny: Feels smooth around, but you can feel the texture of the engravings on the face.
5. Cat toy: ball with bell inside. Feels smooth, but textured also because of the holes.