Growing Nimble Families

We’re following along with the MeMeTales Summer Readathon. This week the theme is Animals. We cuddled up and watched the  Donkey and Wolf. The LO was a little wiggly and jiggly so we decided to do some making activities together.  The other week we had been using flour in a sensory activity. The flour got all over the LO’s top… View Post

Next week, we are joining in with MemeTales– Summer Readathon 2012. The LO loves reading physical books and tries to hijack my phone to play Rush hour. I’m happy to be participating in this program so we can have something else to do on the phone that we both love.  I mentioned in the Summer learning and bucket lists my… View Post

How are your summer plans shaping up? It’s really easy to see lots of ideas for the children and soon your fun summer holiday has turned into a long list of to dos. Boo! I have this struggle every year. There are all these things I want to do and all these things that would be great to do. Everything… View Post

  This week has been full of celebrations. With the Jubilee celebrations over the weekend; being with family and the 100th episode of the Raising Playful Tots , we’ve had a lot to celebrate. We have made a lot of cake and eaten a lot too. This week I have some links for you to check out. As usual, they… View Post

  Puzzles go in the puzzle draw. Pens and pencils in the box. If you don’t chaos erupts. Or does it? Alphabet cards We have a beloved set of alphabet cards. You place them under paper and rub over the top with a crayon or pencil crayon. It’s been a favourite calming activity for years in our home. I’ve looked… View Post

Cooking together is something all the boys enjoy. I can’t quite manage all of them in together though. So it is always nice when I have a chance to work with each of them one on one. We were just trying out the 175 recipe for making fairy cakes. The cakes didn’t last long and were totally yum. It’s been… View Post

Our home like many people has changed a fair bit in the last 10 years. We’ve moved many times and replaced many things. We’ve added children and wouldn’t be without our fluffy dog. It’s always been interesting to visit other people’s homes and see how they have established their homes. You can quickly see child centred homes; homes where they… View Post

The LO is moving out of the sticklebrick stage but every now and again he has fun building something. Friday Finds is the place to unwind, grab yourself a comfy chair and reflect on your past week then plan for the upcoming one. With a little something to make you think, for them to do and for us to listen… View Post