Curious George, Kites, and Paper Airplanes

I thought that I would take a break today from telling you about the trip to updating you on one of the recent activities that I have done with the kids.

Yesterday, Matt and I went on our bimonthly date. We went indoor mini-golfing, out for soups and sandwiches, and ended the date buying cheesecake at Sam's club. When we were at Sam's, I found a pack of 10 Curious George books with stickers and activities for $7. The price was too good to be true considering all of the books were early readers level 1 - which is Ali's reading level.

So, Ali cruised right through one book last night and decided that she wanted to read another this morning. Her motivation? She wanted one of the stickers.

"Mom, can I have a sticker once I read this book?"

"Yes."

"I want sticker!" piped in Erin.

After spending about 10 minutes trying to get comfortable with 2 kids and an adult on the bean bag, I gave up and moved everyone to my bed. As annoying as it is to have three people plopped in my bed, it seems to be the only way that I can get everyone comfortable and feeling like they are getting proper mom cuddles while reading...very important.

Ali read the book with ease. It's amazing to me how many words that she is just picking up now without my help. She is starting to enjoy the process much more and doesn't get nearly as annoyed when it is time to sound out a word.

At the end of the book, it showed the kids how to make paper airplanes. Ali immediately got super excited.

"Can we make a paper airplane right now?" asked Ali.

"Paper airplane! Paper airplane!" shouted Erin.

I dragged myself out of the comfy, warm bed to go downstairs and get paper. I knew that they wouldn't stop talking about it until they each had a paper airplane in hand. I ignored the instructions in the book and showed them the way that I learned how to make paper airplanes as a kid.

At the end, they each picked a sticker and put it on their airplane for decoration. The next 10 minutes were spent with airplanes flying all over the house. All in all, it was a good activity, and the kids had fun.