Did you see the cool new series that Melissa started over at her blog I Still Love You? On the first Wednesday of every month she is hosting a "virtual gallery stroll" of kids art work. This works out great since Abi wants to grow up and be an artist someday so our house is overflowing with masterpieces. Now I have more of an excuse to share her work with you all :). The series is called...
The day after preschool ended for the summer I instituted a new rule at our house. I started restricting screen time. If I didn't do something she would spend all her watching tv. She is allowed to watch for an hour in the morning (because neither of us are morning people and we need some sort of buffer from each other while we fully wake up), then another hour at lunch time and the final hour after dinner and before bed.
It has worked out really well for us so far. We get more chores done, more books read, more games played. Most most important - more pictures drawn. But there is a point during the day - usually right before lunch - where action needs to be taken. We need a real "project" to do, not just a coloring book to color.
Lately she has been obsessed with the little wood things you can paint. The ones that are only a buck at the craft store. So a few weeks ago I bought a bunch of those and we've been painting one every day.
Her favorite so far has been the horse. She even decorated the paper :).
Head over to I Still Love You to check out the other great stuff linked up today.
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