Birthdays!

The Birthday Girls!

This was quite a week!  When I finally made it to Thursday I was excited to begin making birthday treats for Morgan and Lydia's birthday party.  Lydia chose Minnie Mouse for her theme and Morgan chose Tinkerbell.  We started by making chocolate covered pretzels with green and purple sprinkles (Tinkerbell).  During this I watched their fine motor skills and coordination.  Will and Morgan made the pretzels and I noticed their fine motor skills increasing.  Their pincer grasp is working very well so they are able to hold a pencil and write. 

We also tried to make Minnie Mouse Oreo cookies on sticks, however, it's trickier than it looks.  We were able to count during this activity.  How many were successful? How many fell apart? 

We made colorful cupcakes so Lydia would be able to practice her colors.  The girls chose purple for one of the colors.  Since we didn't purple food coloring this gave us the opportunity to learn about mixing colors. So we added red and blue food coloring and stirred.  Magic...purple appeared and there were gasps around the kitchen! 

Including the children in the  baking for their birthday party heightened the anticipation for the party.  They were so excited and proud of what they have made.