Spring !!!

Spring is finally here!

This year I've decided to let Little Man plant something..... but what do boys plant? I didn't know whether to get him flowers, vegetables, fruit or what.

Someone gave us a little table thing (I have no idea what it is lol) it had a little top thing on it but Little Man is a bit too old for it, so I decided to turn it into a planter for him!

Anyway, back to the plant type issue. I finally came to terms with the fact that boys can plant flowers too! So I got a dollar out of Little Mans piggy bank and let him pick out some seeds, he picked some flowers called Sweet William. They look like this once they bloom:

So today he helped me put dirt into his planter and we planted his seeds.


I made him a little watering bottle until I can think of something better to make him for it. I just got a regular plastic bottle and cut a few slits into the top with a knife so he can shake it over the planter and water his flowers.

And his bottle fits perfectly into his planter!

He loved helping me with this! I just hope that the early excitement doesn't wear off and I get stuck taking care of flowers all summer!

Egg carton matching

I've seen this done many times and it's a lot of fun!

We took an egg carton and I let Little Man paint it. Once it was dry I used paint swatches from a paint store that matched plastic easter eggs that we had around the house, I cut little circles out and glued them into the bottom of each of the egg holes.

Always mixing his colors

I think he enjoyed painting himself better than the carton!

This was the hardest part for me because I can't cut a perfect circle to save my life! And I get frustrated when things don't turn out well... but in the end I finally told myself it was ok!

His finished painting!

Once it is dry you place the matching easter eggs in the right spots and let your little one have at it. Little Man loves playing with this, and even though he doesn't match the colors yet it is a great way to introduce him to colors and matching!