Jessi Rose

Piano Birthday Cake -1

Éowyn’s 1st Birthday! She is such a contented baby, so smiley and sweet. Her father LOVES music, so they decided to have a music themed party.

Éowyn helped me mix up the chocolate cake, and the buttercream. I made the cake in my Giant Cupcake Pan. I added some crushed Oreo’s to the buttercream. I placed white Kit Kat’s around the bottom half of the giant cupcake. Then I placed smaller Kit Kat’s on the white ones to look like a piano. We sprayed the top of the cake to look purple and blue, and place a Pink Sparkle #1 Candle.

Buttercream Icing

Ingredients:

1 cup butter
1 cup Crisco
4 cups powdered sugar (2 lbs)
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 tablespoon milk (if thick)

Directions:

Cream together the butter and Crisco with a mixer.
Slowly add in 1 cup of powdered sugar at a time.
Add the vanilla, if it seems too thick you can add a bit of milk.

Storm is so excited to go to her niece’s birthday party! She believes that balloons need to be brought to all birthday parties.

Her dad loves her more than anything, and he was excited to see her dig into her cake.

Happy Birthday, My Love!

Here are some of my other parties:

2 Year Old Tiana Toddler Photos

The Princess and the Frog is fun for her to watch… she loves when Tiana says “Yuck” about kissing a frog!

Princess Tiana is such a sweet girl who know how to work hard for what she wants. What she wants more than anything else, is to fulfil her father’s dream of having a fancy restaurant. Her mother supports her all the way.

Storm is such a sweet and cuddly girl. She says, “hug”, to me dozens of times a day (and night). I want to support her in all of her dreams as well.

She is 2 and a half now and is still learning about princesses. She says, “Pretty” when she gets all dressed up, and runs to the mirror to look at herself. I made this dress with colored tulle tied to the baby stretch crochet hair bands. Then I cut felt and glued it to the front with a big silk lily. We went to a local park with a pond for this photoshoot. I put her hair up with a bun shaper and curled some on the sides of her face. I also made her headband from a Dollar Tree headband and some felt. She wore her white pearl earrings that I bought when she was a baby. She wore her white dress shoes with the bows and her white tights. I found a ceramic frog that fit so nicely in her hands.

Colossians 3:23 Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men.

Below she is Tiana 1 year apart in each photo…

You might enjoy Storm’s other Tiana photoshoots:

Or some of her other Princess Photoshoots:

2 Year Old Jasmine Toddler Photos

One of her favorite movies right now is Aladdin. She had fun dressing as Jasmine today!

She’s a dancing girl!

Below she is Jasmine 1 year apart in each photo…

2 Year Old Rapunzel Toddler Photos

She is such a silly girl. Starting to understand who she is dressed as for the pictures.

I made a WANTED poster for her photos this year.

Below she is Rapunzel 1 year apart in each photo…

2 Year Old Elsa Toddler Photos

She did not enjoy posing for me today, but we did get a couple good ones.

I tried an easy loose braid, but she absolutely hates when I mess with her hair.

She loves getting a “Pretty like a Princess”

So many expressions.

Below she is Elsa 1 year apart in each photo…

She’s so beautiful!

Tot-School Colors Day -Review

Today we reviewed all of the colors that we have learned so far.

Read:

Oscar Otter’s Colors by Maurice Pledger
Richard Scarry’s Colors by Richard Scarry
The Crayons’ Book of Colors by Drew Daywalt
Dog’s Colorful Day by Emma Dodd
A White Butterfly by Laurie Cohen

YouTube Songs:

Song:

If You Are Wearing Red

If you are wearing red, Shake your head,
If you are wearing red, Shake your head,
If you are wearing red,
Then please shake your head.
If you are wearing red, shake your head.

Blue, touch your shoe
Black, pat your back
Green, bow like a queen
Yellow, Shake like Jell-O
Brown, Turn around
Pink, give us a wink

Activities:

Teachers Pay Teachers Jumbo Coloring Book
String pony beads onto the corresponding colored pipe cleaners.

Sort colored pom-pom balls into the corresponding colored bowls or in this case I used paint lids.
High-Five Colors: Make hand prints out of felt and have the child give a high five to the color you call out.
Bear Puzzle- I had this wooden bear puzzle that I found at a famer’s market years ago. It has all the colors that we have learned and T is starting to get better at puzzles.

Sort Colored scoops of ice cream onto the correct cones.
Color Crayon File Folder Game- I printed out and put together this Color Crayon File Folder Game.

Color Wheel Clothespins- Laminate a color wheel and paint one color onto each clothes pin. Let the child attach the colored clothespins to the corresponding color on the color wheel. I have also created one of these Color Spinning Wheels and included it in my Teachers Pay Teachers Colors Worksheets Preschool (Learn to spell 11 Colors) Color Mixing Activities.

Mouse in the Color House- Hide the mouse behind the house and let the child find it.

Gumball Colors

Color Word Stars

Sign Language for Colors

Here are the links to posts for the individual colors that we learned:

Tot-School Pink Day

Read:

Pink Takes a Bow by Christianne C. Jones
Penny Loves Pink by Cori Doerrfeld
Pink by Patricia M. Stockland
Pink as a Piglet by Molly Dingles

“I Know My Colors” Coloring Book Jumbo

Song:

I’M A LITTLE PIGGY
Tune: “I’m a Little Teapot”

I’m a little piggy
With a round pig nose.
I’m all pink
From my head to my toes.

Here’s my piggy tail,
As you can see,
It’s pink and curly
As it can be.
–Elizabeth Scofield

Color Recognition: Show the child 3 cars or toys (be sure one is pink). Have the child point to the pink car. (We used Cocomelon flashcards today)

Word Recognition: Print the Pink paper to use with do-a-dot markers.

Discuss:

What is something pink? Pig, heart, flamingo, etc…
“I spy something pink…”

Snack: hot dogs, strawberry smoothie, raspberries covered with sugar, salami, ham, pink unicorn pudding, pink pop tart

Pink Playdough

Get out any pink play dough and pink play dough toys and tools. Show the child how to use the tools.

Pink Mixed Media Collage

Materials: any drawing materials that you have that are PINK (crayons, markers, colored pencil), white and pink paper, scissors, glue

Description: Child used drawing materials on the white paper. Then she will cut small pieces of her paper and glue them all onto the pink paper.

Play with Pink Balloon

This girl loves to play with balloons, so I got out a pink one for her to play with today.

PINK word and pictures

I found these Color Headers in the Target back to school clearance a few years ago. She put the pink pictures onto the PINK word.

Pink Hearts

Materials:

Pink Paint
White Paper
Paper Plate
Marker

Directions:

Draw a hart around it.ot to follow directions
Pour some paint on the plate.
Dip the child’s foot in the paint.
Place the foot print on the paper.
Dip the other foot in the paint and put it on the paper with the heels in the same spot but the toes off to the side a bit.

Pink Princess Dress Up

She got to play in her Princess Dress Up dress today.

PINK Baby Bin

I made a Baby Bin filled with pink toys for my granddaughter to play with too.

Here are the links to posts for the individual colors that we learned:

Tot-School Gray Day

Read:

Squirrelly Gray by James Kochalka
Gray by Patricia M. Stockland
Gray as a Dolphin by Molly Dingles

“I Know My Colors” Toys Coloring Book Jumbo
Abeka Learning Numbers with Button Bear pg. 11, 73, 95

Song:

THREE GRAY MICE
Tune: “Three Blind Mice”

Three gray mice,
Three gray mice,
Oh, how nice,
Oh, how nice.
They ran around the house at night.
They found some cheese and had a bite.
The farmer’s wife turned on the light.
As three gray mice,
Ran from sight!
–Jean Warren

Color Recognition: Show the child 3 cars or toys (be sure one is gray). Have the child point to the gray car.

Word Recognition: Print the Gray paper to use with do-a-dot markers.

Discuss:

What is something gray? Mouse, shark, clouds, etc…
“I spy something gray…”

Snack: Oatmeal, Hershey’s Kiss

Gray Playdough

Get out any gray play dough and gray play dough toys and tools. Show the child how to use the tools.

Gray Mixed Media Collage

Materials: any drawing materials that you have that are GRAY (crayons, markers, colored pencil), white and gray paper, scissors, glue

Description: Child used drawing materials on the white paper. Then she will cut small pieces of her paper and glue them all onto the gray paper.

Skills Targeted: teach your tot to follow directions, be creative, and fine motor skills.

Play with Gray Balloon

This girl loves to play with balloons, so I got out a gray one for her to play with today.

GRAY word and pictures

I found these Color Headers in the Target back to school clearance a few years ago. She put the gray pictures onto the GRAY word.

Coin Sorting

Materials:

Play Coins
Sorting Bowls

Directions:

Child can sort the coins by size.

GRAY Baby Bin

I made a Baby Bin filled with gray toys for my granddaughter to play with too.

Here are the links to posts for the individual colors that we learned:

Christmas Fireplace & Crafts

Christmas Fire Place

I wrapped diaper boxes and pizza boxes in brown packing paper. Then I mixed red and black paint and used a sponge to put it on the paper to look like bricks.