Memory Game

these photos were taken awhile ago and for some reason i never posted them.

i got the idea from one of my favorite blogs, childhood magic...which is sadly gone from the blog world.

  (and i know for a fact a lot of moms miss your blog Ariella!)

this project we actually used for a birthday present for one of emmett's friends when we are a little tight on money....and I think handmade presents are way better....

we collected some thick sticks and then dad used his saw to cut them.

mom & dad painted "matches" on the pieces.  we used acyclic paint and painted a base of white first...  then let it dry....then painted the color.  acyclic dries really fast!

we tied it up in a piece of fabric.  the fabric also acts as the "board" to play memory game on!

Bees & Community

do bees live in a city? he asks

yes, i guess they kinda do.

like the city daddy goes to?

yes, actually JUST like the city daddy goes to....

we start the morning off with a honey smoothie with yogurt & fruit.

emmett chooses pineapple & mango because bees like yellow.

we play a game where we go out and look for bees in our garden. 

for every bee he finds, he gets a wood chip.  

he then trades in the chips in for something special....

(i lead him over to the catmint because that is popular bee hangout)

though he tries to swipe more, emmett finds 5 bees.

he trades his chips in for "sun chips" a.k.a the health food version of m&m's.

i had to hide the bag so he wouldn't see where they came from...

(we ended up playing this game twice!)

emmett wants to color bees "with happy faces"

we framed emmett's drawings above our nature table.  

(he calls it the gallery)

typically on Sundays, we do things (or at least try to)...and that is bake and go into the "community".

luckily, we live in a place where we can walk lots of places ~ bookstore, health food store and emmett's favorite - the bakery. 

we got a flower cookie in honor of our theme :)

we made a honey cake ~ ~

this is a good cake for kids because it has lots of strong spices to smell...cloves, cinnamon & nutmeg.  

the house smelled strong and homey. 

when i picked out honey cake to bake, i hadn't realized it was a traditional cake in lots of cultures....poland, greece and a popular one on rosh hashanah.  

so we got out our globe to check out some of these far away places.....