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We had a wonderful time earlier this month starting a new family tradition: sibling celebrations for half-birthdays – Lily’s, to be exact!
Emma and Johnny were thrilled to make some presents from recyclables. They both chose to make box-based playscapes, complete with figurines. Johnny made these stick figures:
And Emma made one of her square guys:
It was so fun watching Emma and Johnny wrap up and deliver their gifts!
Emma’s card says, “Happy half birthday LiLY! LiLY I love YOU! I LIke LiLY because she shares.”
Johnny’s card says, “ToLILY HALF.BIRTH”
What fun and creative learning is happening at your house this week? I’d love for you to link up – please add my button (code in sidebar) or a text link so people can come back for more fun ideas!
SO many fun links last week! I think these handprint cats from Reading Confetti are adorable! My Creative Family linked up a fruit salad that looked so delicious that my kids and I gave it a try – VERY tasty! Sunnydaytodaymama shared their favorite spring activities – be sure to check out the spring carnival I’m cohosting with her as well as Winding Circle, The Mahogany Way, Smiling like Sunshine, and Home Bakedthis Wednesday! These fun lightbox Valentine’s Day-themed activities from Interactive Mamas have me planning yet again to make a lightbox – hopefully I get it done this time!
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I LOVE the violins! That is so sweet. This is a fun idea for a celebration.
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You are a fantastic mom!
I love the pictures of them playing the violins…adorable!
I played the violin…but I wasn’t very good…I would have been better off just left to have fun! :)
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maryanne Reply:
February 13th, 2012 at 1:56 pm
Thanks, Sherri!
I definitely want music to be a fun thing for my kids!
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Thank you very much for participating and glad the kids had lots of fun :)
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maryanne Reply:
February 13th, 2012 at 1:56 pm
Thanks for such a fun idea!!!
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What a great idea – Johnny’s and Emma’s presents are very sweet. You never know – perhaps you ARE raising prodigies. At least they know something about violins already!
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maryanne Reply:
February 13th, 2012 at 1:57 pm
Did you notice that Johnny is holding his bow upside down? :)
Prodigies or not, I hope they always enjoy the expressive side of music!
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Great idea to have a half birthday celebration for the siblings, my kids love any excuse to make a card. You are a brave mama with that many violins in the house at one time.
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maryanne Reply:
February 13th, 2012 at 2:00 pm
It’s definitely something we’ll be doing for half-birthdays from now on – it was a lot of fun!
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I love her square guys, they remind me so much of Princess’ guys.
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maryanne Reply:
February 13th, 2012 at 1:44 pm
I think it’s cool that our girls make the same guys!
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I love it, I love any excuse to celebrate really. We made Valentines yesterday for all the kids classes and also had to decorate a few boxes as Valentine containers. I supplied materials and let the kids go at it. It’s always fun to see what they come up with all on their own. Love the music show, so cute.
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maryanne Reply:
February 13th, 2012 at 1:48 pm
You can never celebrate too much! =)
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So sweet! Reminds me of the assortment of things my daughter made for my son for his birthday.
She make a drawing and then cut it up to make it a puzzle. She cut a spiral out of paper and called it a bouncing toy and a shark shaped card!
Love the violin pic too!
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maryanne Reply:
February 13th, 2012 at 2:07 pm
I love kid-made gifts!
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Love the half birthday idea – always looking for a reason to celebrate! Thanks for the link to our handprint cats!
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Love the group violin playing!
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The picture of them with the violins is so cute! How fun to celebrate Lily’s half birthday!
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I love their presents!
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Love Love Love the 1/2 birhtdya for siblings.
I see the kids play the violin. My 12 yo granddaughter just got hers. Her Dad sent it from Korea. this will be her 4th instrument. so happy you started your kids playing Malika
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Love the video! :)
I already added my links from the week to the linky in your “week in review” post but have added them again for the Learning Laboratory. Hope that’s OK!
Very excited about the Spring Carnival! :)
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maryanne Reply:
February 14th, 2012 at 8:59 am
Yes, that’s fine for them to be both places! I’m also looking forward to the Spring Carnival – tomorrow!!!
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Such sweet kiddos you have!
I love how Johnny kept looking up and Emma looks so serious, they are all adorable with their violins!
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maryanne Reply:
February 15th, 2012 at 3:04 pm
Thank you, Ally!
They really love playing their violins! Maybe they’ll learn to play properly, someday – Emma is making progress on playing one string at a time =)
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