Muffin Tin Monday - Making Faces with M's

Today's theme for Muffin Tin Monday was "Faces", so I tried to incorporate that with the letter of the day - M!

First off, there was Macaroni and Cheese with a Ketchup and Mustard smiley face (it's a lot harder to draw with Ketchup and Mustard than I thought it'd be! lol) Then there was Marshmallows, Maraschino Cherries, and Mandarin Oranges. I told Jase to use those 3 things to make any face that he wanted. Here's what he came up with -

I was so impressed that he did it all by himself, without any guidance what so ever!

He didn't like the Maraschino Cherries, but he ate everything else! I wanted our last picture to be a picture of a "Milk Moustache" face but he didn't want to be messy, so that didn't turn out :(

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L

Today's letter is...

L! Jase had a blast putting a bunch of hair on his Llama. We also made some Lasanga, and Jase helped me put on the layers, and then Lime Sherbet for dessert.

As a non-L related trip, we went to go see some hot air balloons. Except, it got rained out, so we only got to see a few :( And most of those were tethered to the ground. Oh well!

K

Today's letter is...

K! We definitely haven't updated for awhile, but were back in action again! For snack time, we ate some Kiwi and Grape Kabobs (pictured below).

Our K books are waiting for us at the library, so hopefully we can get there tomorrow while they are still open to pick them up. After we got done with everything else, Jasey still wanted to do more crafts, so he got to pick between a Kangaroo or a Koala Wreath. You can head on over to http://www.dltk-kids.com/world/australia/maustraliaanimalswreath.htm for the instructions to it. I decided to use tissue paper instead of rolls of paper and I really like the look of it a lot more - looks just like leaves! Here's how ours turned out:

Let us know what you think! =] We love to get comments! (I'm not sure if anyone else was having problems leaving comments - I received an e-mail telling me that there had been some problems, so I disabled the word verification - hopefully this helps!)

Tone Matrix

I wanted to share this excellent website that will fascinate both you and your children. It's called Tone Matrix and it's incredibly simple to use. My 3 year old LOVES it, and I've heard feedback from people even saying their 2 year olds can't get enough of it.

It's a simple 16x16 grid that you can click each square to light it up. Once the square is lit up, it will produce that tone, ranging from low (at the bottom of the screen) to high (at the top). Left to right determines at which point in the "song" this tone will play. It's so confusing to explain, so really - just hop on over and try it out! It takes any jumbled up piece of nothing and makes it into something you'd hear from a symphony. The link to this webpage is: http://lab.andre-michelle.com/tonematrix

Let me know how it goes with your little musicians!

By the way, at the beginning to show Jase how it worked, I set up a "beat" for him, as you can see in this video. Then he draws a .. rocking chair. haha.

J

Today's letter is...

J! An extra special letter, because it's the first letter in Jase! Jasey spent the weekend at my parent's house, so grandma and grandpa had to help him with his J activities. They made Jello Jigglers, Jack Cheese Sandwiches (I believe - did these ever get eaten?), and my favorite - Strawberry Freezer Jam! Jase was obviously a big help in making the jam...

Adding the Strawberries...

and then the Sugar...

Stirring it all up (two bowls at once!)

Pouring them into containers, annnddd...

All done! (Complete with his cheesey smile. It's impossible to get him to give a normal smile lately.) Best of all, you don't even need to get out of your Jammies to do it =]

---------------UPDATE:---------------

We went ahead and added a little more to our Jellyfish - it now has a face (a little hard to see) and some water to swim in!