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L is for Links: 3rd Week of June
Here are my favorites from last week's link-up:Mess Free Painting/Sensory Activity from Play Through the DayGreat for when you don't have time to deal with a painting mess.Cool Whip Painting from...
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L is for Links: Last Week of June
Here are my favorites from last week:Find The Ducks from No Twiddle TwaddleA great activity to go along with the classic story of the Five Little Ducks.Group Painting with Colored Ice from The...
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L is for Links: 1st Week of July
We had 225 activities on the Kid's Co-op Link Up this week! Here were my favorites:Spice Jar Fine Motor Activity from Mummy Musings and MayhemPlus lots of other great fine motor activities for...
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L is for Links: 2nd Week of July
Sorry I haven't been posting much these past few weeks. I've been on vacation and making plans for our cross-country move. I got a chance to look at the great ideas linked-up this week during Zel's...
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How to Survive a Flight Alone with a Toddler
We are finally back from all of our vacations, but not totally back to normal. My husband and I have decided to move back to where we grew up in order to be closer to our family. I really treasure all...
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L is for Links: 4th Week of July
Here are my favorite ideas from the past week:3 Craft Stick Busy Bags from Making Boys MenA great way to use all those popsicle sticks.Toddler Pool Party with Paint from Small PotatoesToddlers will...
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Colored Ice Play
This has been a very hot summer for many places, luckily for us, the pacific northwest was not one of those places. We have had a very mild summer, gloomier and rainier than usual. We have had some hot...
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Pretend Play: Washing Fruit
Zel has recently become OBSESSED with apples. I can't open the refrigerator door without Zel swooping in, opening the fruit drawer, and grabbing an apple. I often end up finding several apples with...
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Whipped Topping Paint
We are getting ready for a cross country move in less than two weeks, so I've been trying to use up the various foods in our fridge, freezer, and pantry. I came across a container of Trader Joe's House...
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Independent Sandwich Preparation + Link of the Week
Feeding a toddler can be difficult. Some days Zel is a never ending abyss eating anything and everything, while other days he seems to survive off of a few bites of food. Forcing food upon your child...
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Letters and Rice
Sorry it has been a while since my last post. We made our move across the country. Our stuff and cars have finally arrived, although most of it is still in boxes. We have really enjoyed spending so...
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Rainy Day Outing: Pet Store
When we lived in the Pacific Northwest, we were used to the rain and discovered many fun things to do out of the house. Now that we live in the Southeast, sometimes it is so hot in the summer or there...
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Jack O Lantern Activity With Felt
I was searching for a fun and easy to make Halloween craft for Zel. I discovered a Felt Pumpkin Faces Activity on Two Big Two Little. I have an abundance of felt with my crafting materials and I was...
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Lollipop Lunch
Ever since Zel was given a lollipop several months ago, he has been obsessed. He asks for one every single day and it's only gotten worse since Halloween. Well technically he asks for a "p pop," but a...
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Countdown to Christmas Activity Calendar
I've seen a lot of advent calenders going around Pinterest and decided that it would be fun to do one with Zel this year. I made it a countdown because that seemed more exciting and to me, the word...
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Christmas Countdown: Snowman Placemat
When I was a preschool teacher, whenever a new child joined our class they made their own placemat for lunch and snack time. I don't know why it has taken me this long to have Zel make one, but it has...
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Outdoor Letter Recognition Game
One of our Christmas Countdown activities was to play a letter game using chalk in our driveway. Today was a great day to play this game because Zel had two friends over. The set up is extremely easy....
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Painting Leaves
Finger painting is a great sensory activity for kids. You can also use it as an opportunity to talk about colors too! Zel received some finger paints for his birthday a few weeks ago and we decided to...
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Egg Carton Menorah
Last night we had a family dinner at my grandparents' house for Hanukkah. I started the "Hanukkah dinner" tradition last year with Zel because I wanted him to learn about different cultures and ways to...
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I hope everyone had a fun and safe New Year celebration! Zel and I (along with Grandma) celebrated "Noon Year's Eve" at our local children's museum (We even made it into the video!). It was a little...
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Yellow Submarine Birthday Party
I am just now realizing that I never posted about Zel's birthday party back in November. I really wanted to share a post about this because I really enjoyed preparing for it and celebrating.Zel LOVES...
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Weaning a Two Year Old
I'm back! Sorry I haven't posted much lately (it has been over two months!). My husband and I have just bought and moved into our first home :) We are so happy but it has been an exhausting process...
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Cloud Dough Fight!
I have seen a lot about cloud dough and finally got around to trying it with Zel. It was a sunny and fairly warm day so I decided to set everything up outside (thankfully!). I made the cloud dough (I...
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Real Mom Decor
I loved B-Inspired Mama's post about #RealMomDecor. It's interesting to see how other families live. It makes me feel good sometimes to know that my house isn't the only one to have toys scattered...
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Learning About Weather + Rainbow Activity
I wanted to create some sort of daily routine that involved learning and observation. I decided to keep it simple since Zel is still a toddler. I chose to use a calendar to check the date and make a...
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