Today is the second. I hate the second, as any regular reader of this blog will know. Today was a day to keep busy. We started straight after breakfast. Before we got dressed. We made some chocolate playdough for our … Continue reading
At the moment we are loving experimenting with messy play. With sensory play. I recently made Dinosaur Lands for Esther and William inspired by The Imagination Tree. Yesterday I decided to extend that activity to create a Dinosaur World in … Continue reading
Esther and William are very small for their age because of their prematurity. They were quite late to walk and I worry about their gross and fine motor skills. What should they be able to do at two and a … Continue reading
Esther and William love playing with water. Whatever the weather they love nothing more than going outside and splashing in puddles. If there has been no recent rain then we create puddles of our own. Along with puddles they adore … Continue reading
The snow has now all melted in our garden but just before the final thaw we brought some inside to paint on. I put some rather icy snow into our very well used metal roasting tins and got out some … Continue reading
Here in the Edspire household we seem to be going through a rough patch of illness. Between us we have had coughs, colds, conjunctivitis and impetigo in the last 14 days. That is on top of the sleepless nights with … Continue reading
This morning I was up early with Matilda Mae who slept well and so was awake and ready to go. We came downstairs to play in the lounge and get ready for the day. As we are a house of … Continue reading
Yesterday I was determined to do something nice with Esther and William. I am aware that I spend a lot of my time with Baby Tilda. I knew I would for the first few weeks of her life, but weeks … Continue reading