Letter Pp Giveaway Winner

Ppppppppppppp.....

(That was a letter Pp drum roll.)

And the winner is Carrie!

Carrie and I actually went to high school together. She graduated the year before me and we were on the yearbook staff together. She was the editor her senior year and then I was the next year. I think our English teacher, "Lew", would be proud of our use of alliteration. Neither of us live in our home town but we only live 20 minutes or so from each other and have failed to get together! We need to do that soon. Perhaps a zoo trip to see the penguins!

I think Carrie will get a lot of use out of a reusable bag since she has 1 year old twins!
Here is what you've won Carrie: A reusable bug bag, Pez (including the new chocolate ones), pencil, letter "P" (made by Sam), puppy stickers, post it notes and a penny for luck! I'll drop it in the mail this week (I already have your address).
If you would like to make your own reusable bags you can find the tutorial here. They go together quickly and are much cuter than ziplock bags!

Pp is for... (Part 2)

We finished up our letter Pp week with a few more fun activities and a picture book to go with each. These activities are great because both boys (3 years and 20 months) can take part (although Ray was napping for most of this).

We played with penguins (McDonalds Happy Meal toys) in a sink full of snow and read, "Where is Home Little Pip?" by Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman.
We had a Picnic with our Melissa and Doug food (We have the food groups and fruit slicing sets. The tea set came from Kroger around Christmas time and I love that it is in gender neutral colors.) and Sam read, "Biscuit's Picnic" by Alyssa Satin Capucilli.
I've been trying to introduce more nursery rhymes and traditional stories to the boys so, this week, we worked on "The Three Little Pigs". I made magnets from these print outs. Sam can retell the whole story (with or with out the magnets to help)! Sam also read, "The Wonder Pets Save The Three Little Pigs". It is blowing Mike and I away how much he is reading!
So, if you are still reading, how does your version of "The Three Little Pigs" end? What happens to the wolf? I've found a lot of variations. Does the wolf eat the pig each round or does the pig run to the next house? (We have been having the pigs run to the next house so that they are all safe in the brick house at the end. And when the wolf comes down the chimney the steam from the boiling water shoots him out and he runs away never to be seen again.)

Pp is for...

Our preschool letter this week is P. There are SO many fun P words so, I decided to do two posts this week. This is the first.

While in his pajamas, Sam easily came up with precisely 23 P words. My favorite that he came up with is, "Pow!". He learned the word from these comic book inspired pj's he has.

Sam made a purple do-a-dot P and polka dotted pig. I had intended for him to use our pompom magnets but he preferred the do-a-dot markers (These have gotten so much use since Christmas! Ray uses them too. I highly recommend them! You can find them at Michaels or order them from amazon.).

Monday night, after our long adventure home in the snow, I made pancakes for dinner. Sam wasn't feeling well so he didn't help out with the measuring and mixing. Last night, we made up for it and had a Pizza Party! Sam helped me add all the ingredients to the mixer and we talked about how yeast makes the dough grow bigger after you let is rest for a bit (We use this dough recipe from Kitchenaid.). He even took these pictures to compare and contrast the growth (yes, that counts as science experiment for a three year old!).
Here are two Pizza picture books that we like.

Pete's a Pizza by William Steig

Pizza! Pizza! Pizza! by Gwyneth Williamson. I found this book at Big Lots, a local discount store, and gave it to my husband last year for Christmas or Father's Day or something. He loves pizza and I love when he reads it in this really thick (made up) Italian accent.

So, just in case anyone is still reading... What is/are your favorite pizza topping(s)? Mine are cheese and mushroom or cheese, mushroom, green pepper and onion. All three of my guys prefer pepperoni.