About two weeks ago, Aidman went to a friends house and made this awesome grass caterpillar. All it is is a knee high, soil, grass seeds, google eyes, and pipe cleaners.
After alot of water and beautiful Florida sunshine for 2 weeks, it's looking more like a shaggy dog than a caterpillar.
So, Aidman decided it needed a hair cut.
This was a great cutting and fine motor activity, plus it was great for senses and textures.
It was the first cooler day of the season (the high was only 80 and there was little humidity) and we were so excited!! We had all the doors and windows open and decided we needed some yummy comfort fall food. Aidman and I had some alone time in the kitchen (Lyssy was napping) so we decided to make apple pumpkin muffins!
Aidman did most of this by himself with instruction from me.
Since it is very rare for me to get any alone time with either child, it was very nice to just have one kiddo to instruct while cooking. Aidman really enjoyed it being just him. 
The muffins were so yummy!
Today I told the kids we were going to make dip. This is a cucumber sandwich base, but I was afraid they might not eat it or want to make it if I told them that, plus I had every intention of letting them eat it like a dip if they so wanted to.
They added to their own bowl: 2 TBS mayo, 2 TBS cream cheese,
1/4 tsp each onion powder, salt, pepper, garlic; and 1/2 tsp dill.
Then mixed it.
I then told them we could eat it 2 different ways, we could make a cucumber sandwich with it or dip veggies in it. To my surprise, they wanted to make sandwiches.
The pictures of them eating it turned out too cute!
They LOVED these sandwiches!! 
We are using the leftover dip for veggies this afternoon.
This weeks Open Ended Art is Clay/Playdough Mosaics. Ours didn't exactly turn into a mosaic, but I wanted them to do as they pleased so I let them.
We started off by giving them strips of clay and scissors so the could cut it. They ecah cut it into little squares, a bunch of them.
Then Aidman decided to make a big ball.
And Lyssy made a tower.
Afterwards, they each smashed their work, cut it into pieces again, and then made balls.
I love painting with them, so I made this one.
Aidman just HAD to have leaves on his tree, so he added some after painting on the sticks.
I love Lyssy's.
AB didn't want to make it into a tree.
Lyssy had so much fun that she made another one.
I turned the muffin tin upside down and put a pancake, egg, cantaloupe, and syrup on top. 
The kids thought it was crazy eating like this! And had a really good time with it. 
I also made up a pot of "spagetti and meatballs" for them to play with.
They have had a GREAT time playing with this activity!
Here Aidman brought me all his baseball cards that he sorted by looking at the pictures. I LOVED his categories: hitting a baseball, pitcher, catcher, and just a picture.
Here Aidman sorted a bunch of his cars into different groups.
Dominoes. They stood them up.
And matched them up.
Dice. Every time they roll a number they mark/graph it on the chart with a bingo dobber.
Dinosaurs. This is a game, but we did not follow the instructions, we played it more like a puzzle.
We had alot of fun with today's Open Ended Art. The theme is Bean Mosaics. The kiddos each decided what they wanted to make, drew it on paper, and then glued beans on top. 
Aidman made a baseball.
Lyssy made a flower and a butterfly.
Mommy even got in on the action and made a big butterfly.
Todays Muffin Tin Monday is all about the Apple! We had apple cookies; turkey, cheese, and apple wrap; apple spritzer; apple smiles (apples, peanut butter, marshmallows); apple salad (lettuce, apples, mixed nuts/seeds,raisins, cranberry vinaigrette) ; and applesauce.
The kiddos arrived home from preschool and had this waiting for them on the table, they were so excited!
The apple smiles were a big hit. The salad was not with them, but I LOVED it!!
