If ever I am in doubt about the quality of education my child receives I just need to visit the school. I'm impressed every-time. Yesterday I attended a child parent session and loved every minu...
One of my favourite blogs is Say Yes to Hoboken. When Liz wrote about the Upcycled Watering Jug I loved the idea for the younger set. I used the same method but with a smaller bottle. Caspar gave a d...
Yesterday Caspar received his very first school reader. He was so silly happy. I had to capture him reading on camera and share. I'm sure this is a moment in every mother's life when they f...
Otis's care of self area. Finally a mirror on the wall. Children love looking at themselves! A hairbrush and a handkerchief. No tissues here. Otis would either eat it or pull it into a million p...
Do you ever worry that your child is doing too many or too few extracurricular activities? Just to put it out there Caspar does Gymnastics on Saturday and Soccer on Sunday. He goes to school everyday...
As I mentioned in the Fascinated by Froebel post I have been looking at building blocks for Caspar. Planks quickly went on my wish list. These are an Australian design and I believe there are some ve...
Almost all of our puppets were given as gifts - hence the variety. Caspar has been putting on a puppet show almost every day. We use our playstand as a puppet theatre. Caspar came up with this cute w...
Otis wasn't even born when I first noticed these lovely large prints. Too scary for a newborn I thought. Newborn no longer. I almost have a toddler on my hands. He already loves to sit and watch...
I thought twice about posting this. I was worried you might think I'm crazy. I know there were more than a few raised eyebrows when I wrote about Otis preparing his own snack. But you know this ...
My attitude to preparing activities for Caspar has changed. While I still explore and try to expand upon his interests I also try to engage him in new and interesting concepts. Like growing sprouts o...
I am looking for some new blocks for Caspar. Something architectural. I haven't made any decisions but Froebel's blocks and his other gifts have caught my attention. I'm fascinated. It...
Pets add a feeling of warmth to a home. For a minimalist like me that's important. Pets allow us to observe nature up close. We can learn anatomy, behaviour patterns, eating habits, oh so much. ...
Do your children use a work mat at home? I wonder at what age it is introduced? In the past Otis has worked at his table or straight on the floor. This is the first time he has used a work mat. I fel...
How do you feel about blogs? Do you feel inspired? Do you feel defeated? Is the world of blogging becoming larger or just my immersion into it? Some blogs are amazing and are like an escape to anothe...
Since Caspar has started extended days at school he has started making his own lunch. I really love this however there are some difficulties. Mainly time. It takes him around twenty minutes. While we...
Nice cool rice. It feels good. When the rice falls onto the clam shell it sounds like rain. Later in the evening we took the clam shell and rice inside. The long grass provides a sensory experience t...
Honestly when I first read about teething necklaces I thought the child must chew them. I hesitated thinking what a choking hazard! You know the child isn't supposed to chew the necklace at all,...
Following a few comments here is in photographs how we attached this picture to the wall. We have a couple of pictures like this. We found them at a second hand stall. This one is my favourite, I lov...
Along with shoes we also ordered these toilet learning pants from Michael Olaf. Otis has been wearing training pants for a while like the red ones in this post although as you can see they are bulky ...
We bought Otis's first cube chair before he was born. I always liked the look of two chairs together, such a cute concept. Because these two chairs have different stains they don't match pe...
I wish I could capture and save the beauty of today. So many of my friends and family are in good places right now. My sister Shannon is about to compete in her second Ironman. That's 3.8km swim...
I featured the above photograph on Tuesday for the Photo of the Day but I liked it so much I wanted to feature it here too. I know many of you are book fans, big book fans. I have written about why r...
Today Caspar made hommus. We don't have a food processor and when I saw this hand held processor demonstrated and they said it could be easily used by a child, I was sold. We love hommus but thi...
Oh it's getting cold! I'm committed to getting outside more this winter. Last winter we bunkered down and stayed indoors. Otis was a newborn and Caspar couldn't shake illness. I hoping...
April has given me many wonderful and interesting ideas. How about making butter in a baby food jar? She said it could be done. Empty clean jars with tight fitting lids, clean marbles and full cream ...
I love seeing how children develop. Watching an infant creeping to a crawl. Cruising to walking. I have mentioned Otis walking with his walker wagon before (here and here). It's perfect for a be...
We often go to our Farmer's Market for an authentic fresh food experience. Caspar has also grown a lot of fruit and vegetables himself. We take him to a butcher for meat and a fishmonger for sea...
We had finished playing Connect Four when Caspar and Otis begun to fill the frame with tokens. No strategy just having fun putting all the tokens in. Watching Otis's hand action made me think he...
Oh the things I wish I knew! Only four years ago I was looking for a high chair. A high chair for a Montessori home. We wanted a chair that was: made of timber aesthetically pleasing adjustable able...
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