Our Second Tuesday With Claire (9-11)

We had fun playing with Claire again.  Isaiah likes having Claire over to play, but is also still learning about sharing his favorite things.  

Last time she came over we stayed inside and explored a lot of our downstairs toys.  This time right after she got here we ventured outside to our backyard to explore our sand table and music chimes.  She thought both were fun new experiences!

When we designed our sensory table we had Isaiah's height in mind, but we forgot to account for the fact that some of his friends are younger and a little shorter.  Nothing a chair couldn't fix, but since Claire needed a chair Isaiah wanted one too.

We don't have a ton of toys in the sand table so I brought out some trucks to drive in the sand.  They both thought that was a lot of fun!

Isaiah got creative and even started filling the dump truck car toy with sand and then moving it to a new area of the sand table and then dumping it.

After a while outside they were ready to come inside for new toys.  Claire lots to hangout on our stairs landing area and play.  Isaiah was a little unsure about her holding/liking the cups.  I solved the problem by sending Isaiah to his bedroom to get his second set of cups and then they each had a set to use.  Claire liked watching Isaiah spin the cups.  She wanted to do it too, but he wasn't interested in her being that close to him.

Claire happily left Isaiah to play cups and she went to explore a new box I put in the living room.  The box she explored was our music box.  She had fun emptying the box and checking everything out.

Eventually I had two hungry kids and it was time for a yummy snack!

While they were eating snack Isaiah wanted to spell words.  He asked about Claire's name so we made it with our fridge magnet letters.  He had fun practicing how to spell her name over and over (for several days-till the letters got moved around).

In the afternoon Isaiah and I went with Nonna to Target.  Isaiah's new favorite way to shop is to go to the toy section and find a toy (or three) to play with in the cart while I shop and then before we head home we put them back on the shelf and say see you next time.  I love that he is willing to do this because he has a good time while running errands and I can get a few things done!

He LOVES the cars Shake N Go cars!  Today he played with Sarge, Finn, and Professor.