No Sew Church Quiet Book: Part 2

These two pages are on the back of the pages I created in this post.  Once again, I'll start with the easy page first. 

1- The heart puzzle. I got the idea for this one from the "3 Day No Sew Quiet Book." Cut out a 13.5 cm square and glue a heart on top. Once the glue is dried, cut your puzzle however you wish. I used velcro circles to attach the pieces to the page. Pro tip: attach the velcro together and glue it to the puzzle pieces first. Then, with the velcro still attached, glue it to the page. Otherwise it takes forever trying to align the velcro on the page so that your puzzle fits perfectly. I later wrote "Mosiah 18:21" underneath the puzzle.

2- Christ Visiting the Americas. Admittedly I got this idea from "My Book of Mormon Quiet Book," although I designed my own template. You can get the pdf template here. For the figure of Christ, you can use the same template for the Jonah figure from the last post. I recommend adding an extra layer of felt on the heads of the people at the bottom, as everywhere else on their bodies is a double layer. I attached them using velcro, and now Man-cub D is convinced that Jesus should come off, too.

No Sew Church Quiet Book: Part 1

This will be one of several posts on quiet book pages. Man-cub D is getting harder and harder to entertain at church, so I'm going to give quiet books a try. I decided to make my own templates instead of buying them, and I'm going to share my ideas for free! So here are my first two pages:

1- The Gift of the Holy Ghost. This one was pretty simple- I cut out a 13.5 cm square and then glued down 13.5 cm of ribbon down the middle. I glued the top of the square down so that it could be a flap for Man-cub D to lift. Underneath I wrote "Holy Ghost" in permanent marker. Next, I glued two 38 cm pieces of ribbon on the sides of the square and tied them together.

2- Jonah and the Whale. For the Jonah page, I've included a pdf template that you can download here. I recommend putting the felt whale over a piece of folded tissue before gluing down the edges to add volume so you have a some extra room to slide Jonah into the mouth. I glued the pink and red pieces directly on the background, so Jonah will slide over them as he goes in. The eyes on both the whale and Jonah were drawn with permanent marker. 

Note: I originally used Allen's Tacky Glue for this project with some success. However, Man-cub D was able to rip off the ribbons easily (after the glue had dried for a day) so I'm going to try out hot glue and see if that holds better. 

Quotes from a younger Mama R

These are quotes from when I was between the ages of 3-5:

(to my uncle)
"Do you like Aladdin?"
"Yes."
"Why? Do you like people who steal?"

(to my mom)
"When I grow up, will you grow down?"
"My eye is glinking and it has a cry in it!"
"I like apple skins but I don't like snake skins."
"Someone is helping to fold the clothes!"
"If I get your cold, then you won't have it."

(to my dad)
"Doesn't my hair look tricky?"
"Sometimes boys are wrong and girls are right."

When Sickness Strikes

For the past week, Man-cub D has had a cold, an ear infection, and 3 molars coming in. AT THE SAME TIME. It's been awful. My usually playful boy has shown little interest in his toys/books, no interest in food or drink, and has only cracked a smile a few times. It's been so hard to hear him cry hoarsely for hours because he's tired, or hungry, or just in pain.

Add to that the fact that I have a cold as well, and it's been a week I don't want to relive. However, as we enter the tail-end of this illness, I'm trying to remember the tiny victories we've had this week. Like how Man-cub D has been able to fall to sleep in our arms. Or how we went outside one day and he smiled our neighbor's dogs. How he doesn't fight as much when I try to dry his runny nose. How he still thinks it's funny when we stick out our tongues. How we finally got him to eat a little food by placing small piles of rice crispy cereal on the couch. How his nose has been clear enough for him to nurse, even if he has to try several times.

The benefit to weeks like this is that you know the next one will likely be better. Here's hoping it will be.

Conversations with Man Cub J

If man cub J could talk and we could have a conversation together, a snippet of today's conversation would go something like this.

J: Mom, you strip me down and put me in the bath tub but DON'T turn on the water. THEN you spray some white fluffy stuff in the tub and look at me all excited like I'm supposed to do something with it. 

Me: I know, it was shaving cream. It was supposed to be a fun sensory activity. I found it on Pinterest. 

J: It was not fun! ...I cried.

Me: You weren't supposed to put it in your mouth!

J: But moooom, how am I supposed to know if something is a food or a not food unless I put it in my mouth?

Me: Ok, good point. Next time lets use whipped cream instead.

J: Good chat.