Here are Liam and Malia playing with their sensory bin. I threw some small red things in the bottom of this container and filled it with red rice and encouraged them to find the paperclips, crayons, and legos at the bottom. They had lots of fun running the rice through their fingers and making a little bit of a mess.
This "homeschooling preschool" idea was mainly to benefit Liam but I think Malia may benefit a little bit too. She's been talking so much- she says mama, dada, all done, bosh (which means paci), thirsty, uh-oh, yes, no, juice... there's probably more but that's all I can come up with at the moment.
Also, I have a funny story to share about Liam. There's a pretty good consensus that Liam looks like me rather than Zachary but one thing he definitely inherited from his father is his mischievousness. Last night, he woke up pretty late- around 11 and was pretty mad. We went upstairs to make sure he was okay and he kept telling us he was hungry. So we brought him downstairs for a snack. As he was walking down the stairs he said "Ickey Ouse, Ickey Ouse" and we told him we would not be watching Mickey Mouse. There's only so much Disney and Sprout TV a mom can take in one day. So he immediately requested football. He's done this several times- he knows that request is more likely to be honored. He also asked for spaghetti by name- well his name for it: "ettie."
That looks like so much fun! Finding treasures!
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