The thought of swimming…
And so to Saturday again. Swimming. We love swimming now (after almost a year of hating it and having serious water wobbles from N and me), so I have to be careful in the morning not to shout too much about…
Activities
Everything we get up to – activities, learning and play
Swimming woggle success
Whoop whoop. For the first time N swam a whole width on his own with the woggle. Usually he kicks when you’re holding on to him, but as soon as you let go, he stops kicking. But this time (and…
Music for children
We’ve never really played nursery rhymes to N. I do have a cd of them which I played once in the car, but I wasn’t keen on the grating versions and N didn’t seem that thrilled with it so we…
Swimming backstroke
“On our back we lie nice and flat” so goes the song at Waterbabies to prepare them for swimming backstroke. But until now (and we’ve been swimming since 4 months old, he’s now 27 months), N’s flat out refused to…
Play tunnel fun
As I’ve mentioned before I love NCT nearly new sales for cheap bargains, whether they be toys, books, baby equipment or clothes. One of my bargains some time last year was a play tunnel. Of course the weather last year…
Spinning around
Some of the things N does really do amuse me. This morning he had insisted he was dressed while standing in front of the mirror on his wardrobe (vain, my son!). Then while I was trying to sort his jumper…
Library books
I haven’t been to the library for years. I used to go when I was at uni to the one in town to check out as many books as I could get out, and then used to use one once…
Remembering retro toys
One of the great things about having children is getting to reminisce about all the old retro toys we used to have way back when we were kids. You tend to want to have your children experience similar toys especially…
50 books 2013 challenge: March update
I’m well into the book challenge now, having read 20 with a couple on the go at the moment. I have to admit this month I’ve struggled to get enough slots of time which allow me to get into the…
Sticker Fun
Kids love stickers. Don’t they? I think N does but not to the extent some other children appear to. He has a few sticker books and likes occasionally spending time sticking the stickers onto blank pages. We’ve not reached the…
Singing repertoire
N’s broadening his singing repertoire. We now have 5 recognisable songs. It’s strange because one of his little friends who seems to hit all the usual milestones at the same time as him, sings Twinkle Twinkle and her speech is…