Monday, November 27, 2017

Holiday Season 2017 - Snowmen

Sunday, November 26, 2017

Returned from visiting Pete yesterday. Had some time to set out the snowmen.




Noel gave me this pair this season. She said it reminded her of A Christmas Story. I think it goes well with the other snowmen in the display.



Holiday Season 2017 - Abby's Craft

Friday, November 24, 2017

Abby made a craft of her own. After having helped Emma with her project I'm pretty impressed with what Abby did. There were lots of small pieces to fit together. The directions could be a little confusing. There were only picture directions, no written instructions. If you've ever assembled Ikea furniture you know exactly what I mean.

Holiday Season 2017 - Emma's Craft

Friday, November 24, 2017

Traveled to visit Pete's family this year. Emma asked if I could help her make a craft. I was happy to help. She turned out to be quite a good supervisor. When she brought me to her work station I saw that she had laid out all of the pieces and had assessed what she would be able to do and what she needed help with. The foam pieces needed to be punched out and stickers had to be adhered to them. She did well with the bigger pieces but her dexterity wasn't quite up to the smaller pieces and the assembling of the mailbox. You needed to have some pretty refined small motor skills to fit the pieces together. Emma did well with the larger snowman. I ended up doing a lot of it but I was pretty impressed that she was able to ask for help and determine on her own what exactly she could handle and what she couldn't. She's quite the project manager.