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Back to School sensory bin
I think every day for the past 3 weeks I’ve said, “I can’t believe my little boy is starting preschool soon!” Well, I better believe it because it’s officially back to school time in our house with Preschool a week away. Since we’re in the mood for school I put together a few school centric activities for today. My littlest one really loved the bin I created and my oldest enjoyed the letter activity, although after a while we had the pasta in the beans and the letters riding the school buses but that’s okay! One of my favorite things about putting things together for them is to see how…
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Edible Sensory Tray
Mud, pebbles, and grass oh my! Doesn’t sound very edible does it? Don’t worry, I didn’t actually give my kids mud and tell them they could eat it, although I’m not sure they wouldn’t have actually enjoyed that. A few months ago my husband made some Jell-O for them and they loved it. I’ve never really cared for it, plus as a vegetarian it’s not something I eat (did you know Jell-O wasn’t vegetarian friendly??) but that didn’t stop me from following up their Jell-O loving experience by raiding the aisle at the grocery store. Fast forward to yesterday and S-U-R-P-I-S-E, it was all still in the cabinet. I noticed…
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The Oyster and the Pearl
What are your thoughts on Oysters? Do you love them, hate them, never tried them or just plain indifferent? I never was a huge fan, I thought they were a little too slimy and booger like to put it bluntly, which is really quite odd considering my love for steamers. This summer though, after our 50th trip to Island Creek Oysters in Duxbury I decided to try them and now I see what I’ve been missing! Today just so happens to be National Oyster Day, but it’s also raining here on the South Shore so we turned my craving for oysters into a fun rainy day activity. First I should…
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Martha’s Vineyard (Toddler edition)
Hi there! It’s been a while since I’ve stopped in and that’s because we have been bussssyy! Summer is my absolute most favorite time of year, the beach, the festivals, the cookouts, friends, family, it’s all so much fun! Especially after last year some of our family is actually meeting our baby girl for the first time ever! But, that leaves me little time to actually sit down and do pretty much anything, sometimes as the end of the night I relax for 30 minutes and usually end up watching Schitts Creek for the millionth time because it’s just so friggin funny (literally though, we’ve watched the series 4 times).…
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Dino Excavating
We have two very big dinosaur lovers in our house. Dino figurines, dino trucks, dino cartoons, you name it they love it. Last weekend when we were at the beach after I made my 100th mudball filled with a hidden rock, our 500th drippy castle and our 1,000 monster truck ramp, I decided to come up with an activity that combined a few of their favorite things. To make the “dino fossils” I used the plaster of paris that I had in the basement from an old stepping stone activity, but you can also use sand (and put water in it), oobleck, or ice. You can find plaster of paris…
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Rainbow Suncatcher
Happy June! And Happy Pride Month! This month we celebrate inclusion, acceptance, and show acclamation for the Stonewall riots in 1969 which was the start of the gay rights movement in America. As parents we, of course, are raising our children to understand you treat everyone nicely and don’t hurt anyone’s feelings based on the way they look, laugh or who they love. In this crazy world it’s not always easy so an entire month dedicated to the colors of the rainbow is a beautiful thing to see! Today is off and on rain so we spent this morning creating some suncatchers in hopes we can get the sun to…
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Dyed pasta sensory tray
Boy it’s been a while since I’ve had even five minutes to myself to get a blog written! Between kids, work, busy books, the construction at our house, dogs, or just life in general things have really been picking up around here! Like the rest of Massachusetts we are super excited, cautions and READY for our little world to start opening back up and exploring some things we haven’t been able to in a year now that restrictions have lifted here and our crew is happily all vaccinated. This past weekend was Memorial Day and we got to spend times with friends and family we haven’t seen in many many…
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Drumlin Farms Wildlife Sanctuary – Lincoln, MA
Today was a perfect day for a vacation day adventure. I’ve had my eye on the Mass Audubon Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary for quite a while and I decided on Monday when I checked the weather for the week I was taking today off to visit it with my kids. Sometimes during the week I feel like I can never give anything 100% of my attention, kids, work, family, husband, dogs, house, it’s definitely hard to divide my time, so it’s really important to me to make sure I get some quality time with my babies where I’m not constantly checking my email. Drumlin Farms is located in Lincoln, MA…
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Phillips Farm – Marshfield, MA
This super weird thing happened this morning when I let our dogs out, there was this giant bright thing in the sky that I didn’t think was ever around here anymore. That’s right, the SUN, it’s out today for the first time in what literally feels like a month, although I think it’s only been 4 days but who’s counting (me, I am). Some much needed vitamin D is good for every one, especially two toddlers and a mother that all need some nice dry fresh air! This morning I wanted to stay close to home because my son woke up early and since he already had a few meltdowns…
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Ooblek monster truck mud
Mud, I don’t know what it is about mud, but my kids are completely obsessed, everything is always “stuck in the mud” when they’re playing. Sometimes, and by that I mean basically every time we go for a hike at one point or another I have to play the game where my son pretends to be stuck in the mud and I have to help get him out. It’s been pretty rainy here, and freezing cold, which I guess is basically March in New England. So, we’ve been doing a few sensory bins, crafts and games inside and today we pulled out the Ooblek which is always a hit! If…