Sometimes it just works…
I love painting with the children, but I have to be in the right mood, and we haven’t done it for a while. It’s one of the many things I think we “should” do more often, and wonder how I...
View ArticleNot bad for an off day…
… or in fact several off days. We have all had colds and sore throats for what seems like a month but is probably just over two weeks, and mine got a little worse on Friday, and steadily worse...
View ArticleDoing nothing much
Today has been quite a hard day. Tiddler is not well, I think he has slapped cheek, and he has been needing lots of cuddles. This morning I had to take him and Rabbit to Granny’s house and then take...
View ArticleEgg box daffodils
We made some egg box daffodils yesterday for our Spring display. Here’s how to do it. You will need: An egg box (we used one with twelve sections which was about right for four children.) Some old...
View ArticlePainting stones
On Saturday, I read Jennie’s post about a brilliant messy art session, which started off with a plan to paint some stones and led to some glorious toddler body art as the twins decided it would be more...
View ArticlePaint, glitter glue and bug hunting
On Wednesday, we had home education group at our house again. I was anxiously watching the weather, as I had planned a messy painting activity and was hoping to be able to do it in the garden. Jennie...
View ArticlePlaying with Paint
Almost two weeks ago Rabbit and Tiddler had a lovely time playing with paint in the Tuff Spot. It was worthy of a separate blog post, but instead it got rather lost in a round up of a busy and...
View ArticleHalf Term
It seems a long time ago now, but we had quite a good half term, though it didn’t all go exactly as planned. On the first Saturday, Tiddler went to Dramabuds with daddy, and then I took him to...
View ArticleLeaf Printing
Rabbit and I have been planning to do some leaf printing all through the Autumn, but somehow we have never got round to it. So yesterday morning, when we had some time together while all the boys were...
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