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Shooting stars recycled wax crayons
You’ve seen this all over the internet, melting broken wax crayons into another shape. Many warn about circles, that you can really draw precisely with them, so I thought I would pick a pointy shape. We didn’t have broken ones, so I just got a cheap box of wax crayons instead. We peeled them the night before and the next morning, I had Nico break them… …and stick them in the only mould we could find in town, … Read entire article »
Being a mom – by moms
A message from a more seasoned mom: (Jackie @ Happy Hooligans) (Jillian @ A Mom With A Lesson Plan) (Ticia @ Adventures In Mommydom) (Marnie @ Carrots Are Orange) (Laura @ Come Together Kids) (Andie @ Crayon Freckles) (Kristi @ Creative Connections For Kids) (Terri @ Creative Family Fun) (Alissa @ Creative With Kids) (Patricia @ Critters And Crayons) (Caroline @ De Tout et De Rien) (Amanda @ Dirt And Boogers) (Ashley @ Explore Education) (Valerie @ Glittering Muffins) (Crystal @ Growing A Jeweled Rose) (Trisha @ Inspiration Laboratories) (Akane @ Juggling … Read entire article »
Quick TP roll bird (squirrel) feeder
I had (still do) loads of TP rolls, we had a little forest next door and we had bird seeds I bought a while ago for a wooden bird feeder we never installed. Nico likes all animals so I thought we would make a quick bird feeder (nothing new, not re-inventing the wheel here). So I got some peanut butter, a butter knife (a plate) and got Nico slathering it on, he did a little taste … Read entire article »
Jumble spinning
We got Crayola’s Jumbles for Nico a long time ago, he’s been playing with them on and off. In the last year, he likes when we spin them so we added a little eye/hand coordination to it and made it a game, all he has to do is catch them he loves it! It’s hard to take pics so I took videos of it, this weekend Here he is catching one… Now catching 2, one looked … Read entire article »
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A day at the zoo (a Papa’s view)
After Valerie had posted her view of our latest visit to the zoo here, here is my view, which to some parts is the same, but at the same time isn’t, so here goes! Nico loves the zoo (and so do we), so more by coincidence than anything else we had found out that you could exchange Air Miles for tickets to the Granby Zoo, so we would exchange some for Valerie’s and mine an pay … Read entire article »
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Sweet memories… – Groovy baby!
4 days shy of being 2 months, he had some disco moves going, lol. He looked happy about it too (114) … Read entire article »
Discovering play dough
This is when Nico was 20 months so pre-blog and post-everything in the mouth eras. I had bought play dough, I knew you could make homemade play dough but didn’t remember how and also wanted to see if he liked it to start with. I gave him a little jar of it, he wasn’t quite sure… He liked cutting it… making balls… … Read entire article »
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50 mom-approved tips and tricks for everyday life
Life happens, especially with kids, and sometimes there are just little things that can make a big difference in your everyday life and make it a lot easier, especially if you have to react quickly sometimes. We’ve compiled some mom-approved tips and tricks that might help you as well in everyday life situations! Bo-bos and owies Use vanilla extract to avoid bruising. Just put some of the extract (artificial is enough) onto a bump and chances are very … Read entire article »
Granby Zoo – his 3rd first real visit (a Maman’s view)
Today (March 11, 2012) we went to the zoo, we had been trying to go all winter (it’s open on the weekend) but the weather was always either too cold, windy or snowy. it was Nico’s 3rd visit to this zoo (he’s also been to the Calgary one when he was 6 months, which he of course doesn’t remember). I had told him all week be good and we’ll go to the zoo (I had … Read entire article »
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Sensory play – Cloud dough
Ok I’ve been seeing this around for a while and avoiding it, thinking Nico wouldn’t play with it anyways (he doesn’t like touching stuff like that). Most people I saw trying this had older kids, but after 2 months of seeing how much fun everyone was having, I gave in and gave it a try. I used Tinkerlab‘s recipe and it worked really well. After measuring and adding all the ingredients (impromptu math/number lesson), he liked … Read entire article »
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