May 18, 2013 • 1 note

Jeremy has tomorrow off of work :)

It should be a fun family day! Although the weather report says it’s supposed to rain/storm we’re gonna make the most of it. We’ll hang out outside before the rain hits and once it does we’ll find some fun stuff to do inside!

I made her Jello playdough tonight and mixed up some paint as well. So we’ve got those 2 things to explore with tomorrow and a few other sensory activities that are easy to come by in a jiffy if it starts to rain. There’s this thing going on downtown tomorrow called “Rock the Baby”. It’s put on by the local La Leche League and is supposedly tons of fun. Vendors,food trucks,silent auctions,bouncy house,live music,etc. We may stop by and have some fun if it’s A. not postponed because of rain and B. not too humid,hot or muggy.

I may have Jeremy take Kaitlyn out by himself for a bit so I can get some cleaning done. I’ve gotta find space in our room again for a glider for when baby #2 arrives and I’m trying to create more of an actual play space for Kate in the living room instead of just having her toys wherever she wants to throw them at the moment lol

May 18, 2013 • 4 notes • sittinginbed
sittinginbed: Master of Multi-tasking. #mom

sittinginbed:

Master of Multi-tasking. #mom

May 18, 2013 • 109,174 notes • confusababel

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May 18, 2013 • 140 notes • missmommamindi

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Maybe this will help me keep a list of people I dont have to be afraid to send asks to!

Don’t just reblog this because you think its the “right” way to be, only reblog if its true please.

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May 18, 2013 • 8 notes

What happens if Kate has an intolerance to lactose AND soy?

Because her dad is with both.  We’ve started the transition off of formula (yes,she’s 13 months and we should’ve started at 12 but we’ve been doing it very slowly since she shares her dad’s stomach issues) We’re trying soy first because the milk based formula began to effect her tummy and we switched to soy a while back and it seemed to help a ton. So we decided to try soy milk first.

But what happens if that hurts her tummy too?! What’s left?!

May 18, 2013 • 22 notes • turtandmamalivingfree

turtandmamalivingfree:

Practical life- Pouring activity


I presented this activity to Turt when she was 11 months old. The aim of this activity was to prepare her for this activity to ‘help her to help herself’. M.Montessori believed before going straight into the deep end, we must first take steps to prepare ourselves. This was a preparation activity. 

Here Turt pours beans from one cup to another cup. Turt enjoyed this, she even began using it as an opportunity to transfer beans from one cup to another; transferring activity. 

We then began to use this as a sorting activity, sorting the lentils from the kidney beans, in different cups, Turt caught on pretty fast!

It wasn’t long before Turt was scooping away happily at the beans, pouring them in one cup and into another cup and as you can see Coco would eat up any beans that had ended up on the floor behind her lol. 

At first she went too fast and the beans would spill.  I had to remind her to slow down, but she got better with practice.  It required a lot of concentration, but she loved pouring the beans back and forth.  She worked on this for quite some time.  I would highly recommend this activity for other toddlers. 

Turt and I will defiantly revisit this activity soon.

This activity is good for Concentration, hand eye coordination, patience, hand control, eye convergence. 

I’ve been wanting to do this with Kaitlyn! But with something she can easily eat,maybe cooked beans,cause she is almost guaranteed to eat the activity lol
May 18, 2013 • 3 notes

kate is getting really good at imaginative play

She’ll take her Duplo train and one of the little people and put the person in and push it toward another person piece and say “hi,hi,hi” and I’ve even heard her trying to make the train noise I make when I play with her.
She also started putting things in her plastic pans and stir it with her spoon like she’s cooking.
I’m so glad she’s picking up on it because imaginative play is soooo important.

May 17, 2013
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Congrats to your husband! Best of luck to him.
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Thank you!

May 17, 2013 • 5 notes
I had such a great day with this cutie today. We played at the park,visited Daddy at work,took a walk with the dog,went grocery shopping,played with some Duplos together at home,danced to some cartoons and had a fun bubble bath before bed. I have so much fun with my daughter :)

I had such a great day with this cutie today. We played at the park,visited Daddy at work,took a walk with the dog,went grocery shopping,played with some Duplos together at home,danced to some cartoons and had a fun bubble bath before bed. I have so much fun with my daughter :)