Dawn is a new mother of 4 ( Congratulations on your newborn Dawn! She was pregnant during our interview.) little ones under 5 living in a small space; running multiple businesses both on and offline. She shares some of her strategies for being present and making sure play activities are done. Listen to today’s show about a busy working moms… View Post
Yesterday you saw a photo of the LO wearing my shoes. It’s a new habit. He finds them and wears them around the house. Toddlers love to observe and then copy. When it is wearing your slippers or trying on your boots you can smile as they thump around the house it is cute but we’ve all been in situations… View Post
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My preschooler likes to paint. I’m not very artistic even though I love visiting Pink and Green mama for inspiration with art. I’m trying to find different ways to encourage this creative side and not allow my lack of paint creativity hinder my children’s obvious enjoyment of using paint. Usually they have an unstrucutred art activity. Here’s the paint choices…. View Post
There is a program I loved to watch in the UK called Ready Steady Cook…..well I think it was this one. Contestants would bring in 3 things and the chefs had to cook a meal using those items. Some would choose foods they had never heard of and fancied trying, some would choose things they always wanted to cook but… View Post
Ping! Yep that little brightness in the room is a light bulb moment of mine after I read the introduction to Steadymom‘s book on Simplemom. I have not read the book yet but after entering the competition at a chance of winning it. I added it to my wish list. ( You know cover all bases!) Steady Days is about… View Post
Imaginative play. Can you see what he’s doing? Fishing. What you can’t know is that he’s listening as well. More on this soon with Stef Station Thanks for stopping by my Tell me Thursday posts. Catch up with others at Tell me Thursday.
Last year was the year of playing outdoors for our family.It got me thinking about how or if we evaluate play in our family. It is never to late to start. Download this evaluation to get you started. I share two articles I discovered this week that have ramifications on our play decisions Family time recommendation Cranium CARIBOO Cranium Cariboo… View Post
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I wish I could have captured my sons face when I said he would be writing with glue this morning. Doesn’t every child wish they could just squeeze that glue bottle to the end. Well some do and that’s why we’re all thankful for stick glue! But you can’t beat good ole white glue for many things. You may remember… View Post
