Which Project Today?
It has been very fun to see Ryan's interests changing the past few months. I believe that much if it has to do with our preschool swaps and the activities he is doing on a regular basis. That being said, each day he asks me "What are we going to make for our project today mom?" Most days I don't have a "project" planned and Ryan decided he wasn't having any of that. He is now telling me exactly what project we will be doing.
Some examples: a telescope (out of an empty toilet paper roll), a kazoo (out of an empty toilet paper roll and wax paper), musical instruments (out of two paper plates taped together with beans inside), a paper crown, a sock puppet ("I'll get out the yarn and the buttons Mom"), a newspaper airplane, a model of how the earth has day on one side and night on the other (out of an orange, a glued on leaf, and a flashlight), and MANY spaceships, boats, rockets, airplanes, bulldozers, etc out of Legos.
It is usually his idea of what to make and how to go about making it. I will ask him what materials we need to make a _____ and he'll tell me. Sometimes he needs a bit of redirecting in order to make something work in a practical manner, but I like to see the creativity and problem solving at work.
That all being said, he recently decided that he wanted to make a pair of binoculars. He decided this while using the "facilities" and he and Katie figured that they'd need 2 toilet paper rolls in order to make the binoculars. He didn't realize that I had been saving toilet paper rolls for weeks and already had a few to use. So, they emptied all of that pesky toilet paper off of the roll for me so that we'd be able to make the binoculars.
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Yep, it all went into a plastic bag and that bathroom didn't have a roll of toilet paper in it for a good 2 weeks. I had to force everyone to use the non-rolled bunch first. In my attempt to thwart future piles of toilet paper on the bathroom floor, I quickly confiscated the empty roll and didn't allow them to use it for their binoculars. Those binoculars have yet to be made - but I know what we're making tomorrow...
6 comments:
Man Jen, you have a great attitude about that. Fortunately for you, you could rescue the toilet paper. Lance and Spencer are wiping their own buns now (Brian's insistant!), but it means we go through a roll of TP a day! Aaaaah. I'm not happy about that. (Just so you know, they do this while I'm not paying attention.) Otherwise I'd be in there regulating how much they use. I should be happy that they take care of themselves, right? Yeah, can't say I have great patience about this one. It's crazy how much things matter when we're not making money. No matter what, I don't like to waste, but still, it's a harder punch in the gut when we actually can't afford for them to do that.
p.s. I tried to call last night a couple times, no answer. hmmmm. I'll try again today! :)
OH HOW I LOVE LOVE LOVE children! Thanks for sharing that Jenny. I really enjoyed this post. I LOVE YOU AND YOUR KIDS! (oh - i didn't realize i was yelling. maybe you live too far away)
What a creative kid Ryan is! I can't wait to see what the binoculars look like, good work Ryan! (Sorry about your bathroom floor)
What do you feed those kids, Jenny. They are both so stinkin' smart.
What a creative kid he is! I love that he's figuring out what materials to use and everything. So smart!
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