Sense of Touch

Sense of touch: grass, woodchips & sand.
These are from a park visit a couple weeks ago.
Illusia loved feeling all the textures with her little fingers.

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wordful wednesday @

For the Kisses

 I don't have much to add today. Only a silly, corny poem I just made up this second:

For the Kisses

I do it for the kisses, 

I do it for the hugs.

I even do it for the messes

you make upon my rug.

I do it for the hand to hold

and the eyes that gaze so true.

I love being a mommy

and I do it for you.

I do it for your messy hair

when you first wake up.

I do it for the food you pretend to eat

...only to spit up.

I do it for your sleeping face

and the laugh that gets me through.

I love being a mommy

and I do it for you.

Very Faerie Birdhouse

 

After Illusia's nap, we finished decorating our birdhouse. Well, I might add another thing or two to it, but it is mostly complete. We now just have to get some hooks and it will be up and ready for our feathered friends.

I must've lost all of my paintbrushes during the move, so it kind of put a damper on the decorating. I also seemed to loose the tinkerbell stickers I was going to put on it ;(. So, I improvised with an assortment of q-tips, fingers and colored pencils dipper in paint. And I used a mini hot glue gun to glue on the little faeries. I think it could have been a lot better looking than it is, if I had found the proper painting supplies but, I still am proud for finishing it and I doubt Illusia minds my sloppy decorating.

I really hope the birdies like it!

Crafty, for Nature

Earlier today we went to a local 'O.K. Kids Day' hosted by the Great Plains Nature Center here in Wichita. It featured a lot of cool crafts and information on the local wildlife. Illusia got to help in the making of simple wood bird house (which we plan to decorate and post the finished results later!) 

We made a great bird treat with a pine cone and some vegetable shortening covered in birdseed. We got a free pouch of wildflower seed and a wonderful little Burr Oak Tree sapling to plant. Lastly, Illusia got to practice her artistic skills on a pair of toilet paper roll binoculars! She got to see a lot of other kiddies and seemed to have a great time being crafty, for nature!

Here are some pictures of the event: