Tuesday 10 August 2010
Inspired by Jenny over at Let The Children Play, the kids and I set up a dirt kitchen in the backyard. I don’t know why I haven’t thought of this idea before in my list of backyard dreams!
We looked around to see what we had already that might work for our kitchen, and found an old painted box from my classroom days, as well as the piece of laminate chopped out of our real kitchen to make way for the sink. Perfect. We tipped the box over on it’s side and plonked the laminate on top. And, um, that’s it! At least for now.
The underneath space created by the box...
Sunday 08 August 2010 -
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My bird-loving daughter (yep, she gets it from me) found an egg at kindy. According to her the egg is “creamish with brown speckles” and she found it on the concrete under a few trees. We took a photo on the iphone, then googled it at home.
Turns out it’s quite tricky to identify eggs online. We tried looking for an identification guide, but no luck. We tried searching for the eggs of common...
Thursday 05 August 2010 -
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I get approached by a lot of companies about a lot of products for babies and children. Some of them are big companies, some are small, but I was so surprised to find one request by a mum I know from the playground. And I have to say – her product is great! There’s something cool about knowing the person behind a product. I can see the time, love and dedication that has gone into making her idea a...
Tuesday 03 August 2010 -
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The kids and I inherited a large box last week. We tossed around a few ideas before finally deciding to turn our big box into a jungle cave. Vines were not negotiable, so I rummaged through the fabric box and found some long strips of green and brown fabric which did the job perfectly. I had visions of attaching leaves creatively, but the kids were keen to use them so I reminded myself it wasn’t actually my...
