M is for Mmmmmm

It's been a little while- had little break in actual arranged activities but we are back with M!
There were so many fun M ideas they wanted to do, so we split it up into two different days. M was an easy one for both of them with the 'work' portion, although Mew is still confusing his M and W- he can still write both well.

Our first activity was more of a craft. Macaroni pictures. Jocie wanted to color her macaroni before glueing it down, but they both found that it was harder than it looked. (we ended up coloring them the next day after the pictures dried.) Mew quickly became more interested in the Glue than the macaroni. He had fun covering his hands with it, and even decided to smear some all over his face( did not get photos of this because I didn't want to encourage him HA HA)

As they made the pictures, I cooked some macaroni so they could play with it wet. We decided on making a macaroni march and pushing mango 'boats' through it. Jocie would not touch the wet macaroni at all, but at least she did not gag while she washed Mew play. Mew of course had a blast pushing 'boats' around in the marsh.

For dinner we made Meatloaf and Mashed Potatoes. They both had fun adding the ingredients to the meatloaf, but neither wanted to help mix it with their hands. Mew did help use the second half of the mix to make meatballs. Jocie didn't even want to WATCH. too yucky for her. The both helped peel potatoes but both hid when it was time to use a mixer to mash them. BUT, Jocie ate a whole bowl of potatoes and even asked for seconds. That is the first time she ate more than one or two very tiny bites! So proud of her! We did have to add salt and she had to be able to feel the crunch of the salt in each bite, but she was eating them!

 

Day two:

Marshmallows! We made marshmallow structures using toothpicks and mini marshmallows. Jocie was excited we were using the colored ones and she had to try one of each color. Another first. Normally she will not even try them because of the texture, but she really liked them once she tried this time!

 

Then we used marshmallow fluff to make little 'pools'. They dipped teddy grahams into the fluff. Mew had more fun filling his pool with bears. He did NOT want to eat them with fluff on them. Jocie on the other hand LOVED them. Big two days for Jocie! She normally does not like to dip, but again once she tried she really liked it. Even had some more today!