Since I haven’t been much of a fun Mommy lately, I wanted to get Ali a special craft that we could do together while still in my couchbound status.
So I bought her a new Sticky Mosaic kit, but this time it was super exciting: Mosaic Princess Crowns:
After all, no three year old can have enough crowns.
Just like last time, she loved her legend, and followed it closely to make her crown:
(And of course I did a bit of helping as well…)
She was QUITE happy with the results:
(Why yes, she’s wearing her bathing suit cover-up over her nightgown. At 11 am. Because she’s very avant-garde in her fashion choices.)
Around the time we finished our crown project, I realized that I actually felt pretty good, a feeling I haven’t been too familiar with the past few weeks. Plus, Ali had asked to “do school”, something I’ve been woefully neglectful in doing with her lately.
Since we haven’t done too much (except for working on our countries) in a while, she was pretty rusty on writing her letters.
And so, I had an idea to make it fun for her, combining her love for legends and her recent obsession with the word “Mystery”..
(You see, she got the words Mister and Mystery confused and was calling all men “Mystery David” and “Mystery Chuck”, so I had to define the two words. And ever since that moment, she’s been begging me to tell her another mystery, and another, and another….)
So…I made her a legend,
Using what she considers the Holy Grail of Mommy’s Precious Office Supplies.. 
And then I made her a MYSTERY:
She got right to work finding the shapes on her legend and writing out her mystery:
It took a lot of concentration, of course:
I was sure to use words that I knew she would recognize (of which there aren’t too many)…
And she was THRILLED to be a mystery solver!
Of course, after that, she insisted that she just needed to use the Holy Grail Highlighters herself and make a legend for ME,
And then asked me to make a mystery out of THAT. After all, she doesn’t want me to feel unchallenged.
But at any rate, I think Mystery Daddy will be very proud of her Mister-solving abilities.
That is so cute! I love that you made her a mystery with a legend.
First and foremost, I MISS YOU. Secondly, I'm so thrilled that you had a day where you felt well! NICE. Lastly, the crown and the mystery were both mucho sass. You're the best mommy!
Will you come homeschool my kiddos?
The crown is absolutely beautiful! What fun! And I love your legend mystery. Ali is such a smartie. I hope you're saving for Yale. You can make her pay you back later!
I'm so glad you had some time during which you felt better. Ali looks ADORABLE in her princess crown, and I love your idea about making her a mystery legend. You're such a wonderful and creative mother.
You are such an awesome mommy!
What a neat idea, very cool!
Glad you are feeling good today!
I'm sorry you havent been feeling well!! I love all the fun activities you and ali do…I know she loves them too!
So glad you had some feeling good time! Maybe the end of morning sickness is in sight!
Great idea about the legend! K got some mosaic tile kits for her birthday and she just loves them! I will have to post about them soon.
Love the princess crown. Very stylish. :)
Oh Genius! My 3-yo would love this! :)
You're such a fun Mama!!!
That is so smart of you to make her a mystery. What a great way to learn. Why does her shirt say "Princess in Training"? I thought she already was one.
She did so well on that mystery! That takes concentration. I'm impressed.
What fun! Glad you felt pretty good today. Hope it becomes a trend!
Okay so I've obviously been a bad blog friend. I didn't realize that you're couchbound, looks like I need to do some more reading. I love the mystery legend. What a great idea! You definitely have to get creative when parenting from the couch.