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• Day 45: Reindeer Christmas Cards

  

  I am not a big Christmas card person at all - I never send Christmas cards to people. However, when Baker Ross sent me some of their Reindeer Christmas cards... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2014 DIARIES, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION

• Day 44: Snow Clay

  

  I want our last few activities to reflect the run up to Christmas and the shift to winter, and so when I spotted a recipe for snow clay I was very excited to... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2014 DIARIES, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION

• I've Deleted Facebook!

  

  Ok, let's clarify that title. I've deleted the Facebook app from my phone.I've been thinking about it for a while, and today I hit the X on Facebook while the... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2014 DIARIES, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION

• Day 43: Cut up Straws

  

  That title isn't the most thrilling, is it? Today's activity was, yet again, a deviation from the plan. I had a doctor's appointment at which I was held up, the... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2014 DIARIES, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION

• Why I Don't Let Isabelle Watch TV

  This is a topic I've been thinking about posting about for some time, but I've always worried that people will see it as an attack on their parenting and that... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2014 DIARIES, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION

• Day 42: Pasta and Rice Musical Instruments

  

  We are so close to the end of our 50 day challenge now, and it has kind of snuck up on me! Today, I had planned to do an activity with Isabelle... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2014 DIARIES, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION

• Day 41: Christmas Decoration Tuff Spot

  

  On Tuesday, I posted about the lovely Christmas decorations that Home Bargains sent us. While I was putting some of them up, Isabelle became fascinated with... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2014 DIARIES, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION

• Christmas Decoration Explosion!

  

  I don't know if the same if true for everyone, but my newsfeeds EXPLODED this weekend with Christmas decorations. Trees popped up from everyone on Facebook and... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2014 DIARIES, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION

• Day 40: Felt Christmas Tree

  

  I can't believe we are 4/5 of the way through our 50 day challenge! It seems to have flown in, but I am a bit worried about whether or not we will fit 10 more... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2014 DIARIES, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION

• Isabelle's Christmas List

  

  It's December!I have been working on Isabelle's Christmas list for months, adding things as I thought of them and then taking things off as we got closer and I... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2014 DIARIES, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION

• Day 39: Painting

  

  Sometimes, the simplest activities are the best, aren't they? That was certainly the case with our day 39 activity- just painting. Nothing fancy, just bog... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2014 DIARIES, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION

• Our Bedtime Routine Ft Grolight Night Light

  

  I am a big believer in bedtime routines for babies and toddlers, and believe strongly that starting a bedtime routine with Isabelle from an early age has meant... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2014 DIARIES, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION

• Day 38: Rain Sticks

  

  I have been saving our 'empty' toilet roll tubes over the last while, and decided it was high time I got round to re-purposing them. Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2014 DIARIES, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION

• Day 37: Sensory Filled Balloons

  

  As Isabelle can be uncertain with touching different textures, I have been on the look out for a way to expose her to different feeling materials, but without... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2014 DIARIES, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION

• Day 36: Contact Paper Butterfly

  

  It seems to be that no matter what great plans I have for a big activity at the weekends, when I am off and have most time, they never come to fruition. Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2014 DIARIES, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION

• Family Meals: Chicken and Cheese Quesadillas

  

  Yesterday, as I wandered round the supermarket wondering what Isabelle and I should have for lunch, I realised it had been ages since I had made us some... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2014 DIARIES, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION

• Day 34: Mouldable Foam Soap

  

  Today's activity was very similar to our day 20 shaving foam bath paint activity, however it was based much more around the texture and smell of the mouldable... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2014 DIARIES, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION

• I'm a Judgemental Mummy

  

  There. I've said it.I am a judgemental mummy. I see things that other mummies do and I think "Oh my gosh...what on earth?" I see things in shops that make me... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2014 DIARIES, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION

• Meal Plan....Tuesday

  

  It's been a few weeks since I've linked up with Meal Plan Monday at At Home With Mrs M. To be honest, the last few weeks have been a bit scatty and all over... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2014 DIARIES, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION

• Day 34: Flour Play Tuff Spot

  

  This is an activity I have had planned for a while as I've noticed from our previous experiences that Isabelle likes 'dry' messy play better than 'wet' messy... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2014 DIARIES, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION