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Friday 24 October 2014

Preparing For Christmas At Preschool

24th October 2014

Got a letter from the preschool today about the upcoming events after half term and I am really excited!!

School Walks ... Trying To Keep It Fun!

24th October 2014

Hellooo! I am now at the end of my first school term and I have to say I am looking forward to a whole week of not having to do that school walk! (my bad for choosing a preschool the other side of town!)
It takes a whole 45 minutes to get there and then another 35 to walk back so a lot of exercise for me and I am knackered by the time I get home but I do try to make it fun to take my mind of the walk.
Being Autumn and having soo many leaves on the ground Keira likes to pick them up on the walk and pretend they are paintbrushes and she paints the walls and the traffic light buttons etc .. The other day when the sun was finally out she was holding up her leaf and talking about the shadow it made on the ground and she explained that it was there when the sun came out and then disappeared when the sun went in which made me smile as she remembered what I had told her about the sun and shadows :)
Aiden gets bored in the pushchair so I try and find some interesting leaves for him to hold which he usually starts picking apart after 5 minutes until its just the stem left.

Autumn Treasure Hunt .. Princess And Mummy Time!

19th October 2014

Not posted for a couple of weeks, still getting used to the new preschool routine and the walk kills me everyday! Its now half term which means I have a break from that killer walk everyday .. Woohoo! Got a quick chance to post what we have been doing over the past week before I go to bed.

Last weekend we had a bit of a lazy one, but on the Sunday Aiden went off with daddy for a walk along the river which gave me and Keira a chance for some 'mother, daughter time' which is always nice :)

Wanted to do some more Autumn related stuff before Halloween so I printed off some work sheets I had found on Netmums and we ventured off to the park.

 

Monday 13 October 2014

Our First Pumpkin Picking Experience

13th October 2014

In preparation for Halloween this year I decided instead of going off to Asda as we usually do to get our pumpkins (usually last minute) to go and pick them. I had told Keira about this a couple of weeks ago and she was soo excited, especially when I told her there would be pink ones!
So we decided to go opening weekend rather then later so we had a nice selection to pick from. It had been raining literally all week so we expected ALOT of mud and were ready with the wellies!!
We got there like half hour before they were due to close so went straight in with the wheelbarrow, Keira looking to find the perfect pink one and me wanting the biggest one I could find.

Saturday 11 October 2014

Racing Jellyfish!!

11th October 2014

During last week our free trial Toucan Box arrived. Toucan Box is a company that sends boxes of creative activities for children aged 3-8 years old by post. You can get the petite box which is the free one I have received which contains one activity or you can upgrade to two bigger boxes which contain a few more activities costing a little more then the petite and are sent out monthly. I thought I would give it a go as have heard some good reviews about it.



Decided to keep it to one side until Saturday during the time Aiden has his nap as he is too young for these activities. Was nice to have this time in which me and Keira could do something fun together.

Simple Sensory Activity

10th October 2014

So while Keira enjoyed fairyland Aiden wasn't too bothered so I quickly put together a few things from the kitchen (safe things) and placed them in a bowl.
I included things of different colours, sizes and textures and he loved it! Had his attention for the last 45 minutes before bed.

 

Friday 10 October 2014

Autumn Sensory Table/Autumn Time In Fairyland

10th October 2014

Following on from my first post in which we went out and enjoyed the rain whilst collecting some autumn bits from the park .. today whilst Keira was at preschool and Aiden was taking his nap I put out all the things they had collected and decided to add Keira's fairy happyland set to make it a bit more interesting.

Thursday 9 October 2014

Puddles And Pinecones!


Thursday 9th October 2014

My first post YAY!!

Soo it seems autumn is finally here and the weather has suddenly got a lot colder and wetter over the past week! It has to be known .. I am not a fan of winter or cold or rain and because of that regrettably I have never let Keira or Aiden play out in it which I now feel kinda bad about! Yesterday was a miserable day and Keira had her injections that morning so we had to go out in the horrible rain anyway so I decided to try and enjoy it and let the kids experience it properly for the first time!

Keira did great at the doctors, only cried a little and got a lovely sticker for being brave. We then walked up to the park, I had brought along a tub so they could collect sticks, leaves, pinecones and anything they could find so we could bring home and make an autumn sensory tray.

I let Aiden out of the pushchair once we got there and he walked about and did his own thing .. wondering off as usual, picking up a few sticks along the way. Keira got stuck in straight away and collected lots of leaves of all colours and shapes!