October 02, 2016
A quick and fun project to do with the kids - make a set of tumbling blocks (or Jenga as we call it in our house) for playing with outside.
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July 06, 2016
This term I started a bush session at our local Playcentre. I've always been keen on being outdoors, but the bush session has given our pre-schoolers the opportunity to be outside in all weather one day every week.
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May 18, 2016
I have to start by admitting that my gardening escapade began because I managed to kill most of the lovely little seedlings I just bought. It really shouldn't be that hard to just put them in the ground.
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May 18, 2016
With three kids under five years old, dinner prep is either a matter of superb organisation in advance, or survival. I live mostly in the later, although sometimes I manage to run like a well oiled machine.
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April 29, 2016
Here there used to hang a tv. Today it is no longer. There is a light feeling of relief as I look at the space that used to always be a black mass in the corner of the room.
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February 11, 2016
Continuing on with my cargo bike theme . . . a friend abandoned her wonderful Christiania Cargo Trike at our house for a few days last week, so I took it for a few adventures.
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January 29, 2016
There was no ideal solution to our lack of storage for the kids scooters and bikes, so after lots of umming and ahhing it was time to just apply some solution.
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April 25, 2015
Something I learnt early on when I started Playcentre was how to do baking with little helpers. Generally speaking this involves quite an element of chaos, and mess, and in our house it usually ends with a flood over the bench and floor. And that was just baking with one.
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February 01, 2015
A few months ago I finally finished a project of mine. Well, actually it was a few projects that got finished. Firstly our shed got spouting. That was a few years in the making. But the thing that fuelled it all was wanting to install a water tank and hand pump for the garden and play.
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January 28, 2015
Meet Elka, the new Hoopla Kids mannequin. At least, this is what she was made for. It appears Ella has other ideas about what to do with her. In the space of a few hours these are just a few of her adventures . . .
Trying on clothing from Hoopla Kids. After all, this is what she was made for. Ella was determined to hold her hand.
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