Tomorrow's The Big Day

We start first grade tomorrow. I wanted to do something to mark the occasion. I finally settled on a schuletute, which is traditionally given to German schoolchildren on the first day of school. Ours is filled with plastic jungle animals and Skittles:


Some of the books we will be using this year:

Craft of the Month

I'm not very crafty, but crafts are something I feel we should do, so whenever I see one that looks easy, we give it a go. Result: Mother's Day cards for the grandmas:


The flower on the outside comes from Kids Craft Weekly. They send out an email with lots of great crafts, but I'm embarrassed to admit that most of them are too difficult for us. We lack both fine motor skills and patience around here, but we are working on both.