Little Fingers, Little Work

Lan Lan received this kit for her fifth birthday from a friend. Looking at it I thought there would be no way that she would be able to do it by herself or that she would have the attention span to work on it long enough to get anything done. But being the crafty person she is she was very interested in at least trying so, I sat down with her the other day and taught her how to do it.
There is a lot of work involved in doing this project, there is a pattern to follow that reminds me of counted cross-stitch. This pattern consists of little blocks representing different pegs either 1, 2, 3 or 4 pegs long. Once you determine the length of the peg to use, and find the location you poke it into the peg board. After hours of pegging what do we have . . . Snow White's face!! She is just about 1/4 of the way down with this project. In the end it will be Snow White & Ariel standing next to each other.
Just like in counted cross stitch it can be easy to lose your place so I taught Lan Lan to highlight the places she has finished. She is doing an amazing job! I'm so proud of her, this is a lot of work but she sits there, works hard, is diligent and gets the job done. There have been a few times that I have had to go back and fix mistakes (and they weren't all hers). But I think she is learning a lot from this little birthday present. I can't wait to see the finished product

Pretty Pink Orchid

Salt & Spicy

This morning we woke up to a beautiful blanket of white snow outside. As I woke up LanLan to get ready for school I told her to look out the window to see a surprise. The snow was just the motivation she needed to hurry so she could go out and play before the school bus came.

As we waited for the bus she played in the snow, throwing it, eating it, rolling around in it, kicking it, etc. After a short time a salt truck came by and I pointed it out to her explaining what they were doing.

She thought for a second and asked "What is that spicy stuff?"

"What do you mean? What spicy stuff?"

"Umm, PEPPER! When are they going to put pepper on the street?"