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Toddler Time-Tub Painting

November 19, 2014 By Callie Leave a Comment

You know what the easiest, cleanest way for a toddler to use finger paints involves? The tub! What an idea….I mean after they paint it’s basically an all over the place ordeal and tubby time is a necessity. Why not save yourself the trip and the headache by painting in the tub…what’s that you say? Make it edible-done!

Our week has started off with a bang. This week in Ibloom we talked about friendships. We talked about friendships that come in and out of your life and the wonderful purpose of each. I have been so blessed with so many friends throughout my life. People who have shown up when I needed them even after years of being apart. There have also been times when I felt I didn’t have a friend in the world. Infertility can sometimes push people away. Women are afraid of saying the wrong thing, or worse of the same thing happening to them. It is for that very reason….the loneliness that I chose to speak out about our infertility struggle from then on. So that you may feel not alone.

On that blessed day that my Row entered our lives I then began to pray for a special friendship. One for Row and I. A friend for her and a Mama friend for me….and boy did He provide abundantly. Today we had some bestie time playing as all toddlers do side by side but not really interacting. Which by the way is called parallel play and is totally developmental. It’s so wonderful seeing them greet each other and “talk”.

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We planned our upcoming Toddler Christmas Party-you knew that was coming right? I immediately began a shopping list in my head of Christmas cookies for our cookie exchange-eek. I’m ready to Christmasfy this place!

Onto tubby time. I’m a play advocate! That’s right I believe in learning through play. You’ll hear me time and time again. I try to do one new fun activity a week. You heard the right ONE. I don’t want to introduce too much to overstimulate and I want her life to be fun. I found this super cute and EASY idea for sensory play in the tub.

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Supplies-vanilla pudding and food coloring.

Mix the food coloring in the pudding and plop it in the tub. It’s so great because it’s edible too. I initially started with one color-we talked about the color and texture and then onto free play. This was a great sensory activity! We played right before our actual bath time. As you can see she had a blast. A word of warning. If your child is a splasher, thrower, slinger….I would go ahead and remove some items like say the bathmat, hanging towels,etc… Row had a blast and slung it everywhere! I mean behind the toilet everywhere. It was totally worth it though.  It was also really easy to clean and didn’t stain anything. Not bath mat, not tub, not even walls. Once she was done I just started up the water, scrubbed a bit with the washcloth and spot cleaned as needed. We will definitely repeat this one!

I hope you’re having a great week! Do you have any great toddler friendly art activities?

Oh and I almost forgot these amazing things came in the mail today. I heart Livie and Luca shoes and these are gray suede with gray sparkles-love! The picture does them no justice.

Cutest baby shoes ever!   luca for life!

 

What’s Row wearing? Matilda Jane Sugar and Spice Knot Top and Matilda Jane yellow chevron puffer

Filed Under: Christmas, infertility, Matilda Jane, School Readiness, Sensory Play, Toddler Time, Uncategorized Tagged With: Christmas Vacation, friendship, Ibloom, Infertility, live and luca, Matilda Jane, painting, pudding, sensory, toddler time

It’s Beginning to Look a Lot like-Christmas House Obsession

October 2, 2014 By Callie Leave a Comment

So this week is a little crazy. I have been Halloween decorating and purging my decorations. Because ya’ll I had five large tubs of Halloween not including lights for the house. I have this collection of Department 56 houses. Originally it was just Christmas. When I was little my Nana would set up her original, original department 56 snow village with snow and everything. After she passed away I became the proud owner of her village. So I started my own more current line as well. Totally obsessed with the Christmas Tree Lane Series…I digress.

So Halloween-well they have a Halloween series too…and I store all of these houses and accessories in their boxes and every year I buy something new. So off to the super expensive boutique I go to buy an accessory for my Halloween village. I browse…I find two new houses-breathe….breathe…rationally I can’t have them right now-toddler hands…no where to put them enclosed. I snag a new tree…..I’ll just walk over to the Christmas section since I bought nothing last year and just look. I spy Margo and Todd in silver jogging suits and think…wait…wait….(are you there yet?) CHRISTMAS VACATION-NATIONAL LAMPOON’S CHRISTMAS HOUSE AHHHHHHHHHH.

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It’s the Griswold house with all the lights-yes I bought it and didn’t care what it cost-a lot!!!!!

And this….

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I mean I had to have the accessory…and there’s also Eddie and his trailer and the station wagon with the tree. I mean I don’t know about you but this movie is legendary in our home. I remember going to the movies with my parents in 6th grade to see this-and we NEVER went to the movies. I watch this movie from Thanksgiving on-there was a time when it was every night. My Dad was gifted by Row a Marty Moose mug last year. I say to the sales ladies….who know me…I took one year off and this happened.

Also this week has just in general been crazy. One of my dear friends had her baby boy and I got to pop in today and snuggle and bring dinner-love that. I’m doing family photos this Friday with the amazing Melissa from Snapped with Love Photography, the same afternoon I leave for Canton, TX and their trade days-which is shopping amazingness-pics to come-returning Saturday evening, and hosting a Matilda Jane trunk show at the house Sunday evening. Which by the way this release has a ridiculous amount of cute baby outfits-message me should you need anything!

Filed Under: Christmas, Day Trip, Halloween, Matilda Jane Tagged With: canton, Christmas Vacation, department 56, halloween, Matilda Jane

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