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Bringing the piano home
A couple of weeks ago saw the arrival of my piano. After living in this house where it was big enough to have a piano for close to 13 years, I’ve finally managed to move it from my mum’s house…
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Everything we get up to – activities, learning and play
Make believe with Disney Planes Fire and Rescue Blade Hero toy
While N’s not fussed about cars when playing at home, and is only just getting into Disney films, he is partial to playing with aeroplanes; we were looking forward to receiving a Disney Planes Fire & Rescue Blade Hero toy…
Breaking news: We’re Reading Eggs Golden Eggsplorers
We’ve worked with Reading Eggs a couple of times in the past, and I’m pleased to announce formally that we’re part of their new Golden Eggsplorers team along with 7 other bloggers. If you’ve not come across Reading Eggs and have…
Music Exploration 14 – Easy listening and folk
I knew something had slipped my mind the last couple of days. Yes, my Music Exploration with children post and linky. I had it in my diary, but other things cropped, up so we’re a couple of days late. This…
Project 365 2015 week 20
It’s week 20 of Project 365, photo a day, and it’s been a mixed week. We’ve had a bit more outdoor play (although it always seems to be on only a couple of days that I have masses of photos…
Doodle drawer and preschool artwork
N’s never really been that keen on art work or doing crafts. Over the last 6 to 9 months I’ve had more bits of paper brought home with drawings, paintings and scribbles on, but he’d still rather be playing outside….
Project 365 2015 – week 19
It’s Saturday again which means another week of Project 365. It’s been a hard photo week. The weather’s not really been nice enough to get outside after work and nursery, so I’ve struggled to remember to take photos after work,…
How to put on a swimming cap and other swim hat dilemmas
Swimming lessons throw up a whole load of dilemmas, not least how to put on a swimming cap. I’ve not updated on N’s swimming journey for a long time. Mostly because now he swims independently it means I don’t experience…
How to paint your own custom reusable bag
While I do have a great stock of (rapidly depleting) carrier bags in the larder, I am pretty good about going out shopping with my reusable bags. I usually have the canvas bags popped in my handbag, and have them…
Making the most of Spring with outdoor toys
Living on a farm, we can’t fail to love the outdoors, and Spring is just brilliant for enabling us to get outside after work and nursery. Even just walking down to the farmyard to see what his dad’s up to…
Simple indoor water activities
Like most children, N loves to play with water. In the bath he doesn’t really use traditional bath toys, it’s all about transferring water from one item to the other, and using the empty shower gel or shampoo bottles for…
