Trays for August

A closer look at sea shells and sea glass. I got most of these shells and glass in Cuba

Eye dropper water transfer onto bath clings

Spooning shells and sea glass

Pouring "sand" it's really salt

Pouring activites are Jada's favorite

Cleaning the conch shell is a perfect activity due to the layer of dust on it lol This Conch came from the Bahamas back in the 1940's/50's when my great Uncle was there with the Navy

I'm going to be honest here I just wasn't into putting these together as I'm not feeling that great. Daycare is only open for 2 weeks in August so I decided to just continue our Beach theme.
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5 Little Ducks SEnsory Bin~ August

A simple sensory bin as I am really busy and the daycare is only open for 2 weeks in August. We are getting ready for company and I'm so excited because my little brother is coming to visit! He hasn't been to the East coast in 20 plus years! Anyway I won't be around as much in August to blog but will stop in and visit everyone blogs:)

Inside is 3 different types of noodles dyed blue, rubber ducks, a wood scoop and lily pads I made and we are recycling from THIS pond life bin I made back in April. So happy that our pond life bin has had so many link backs:)
And our book the 5 little ducks:

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I Have A Favour To Ask......Prayers Needed

So as some of you know from reading my blog I had two miscarriages in the past 10 months. Then loooooong cycles followed suit making it near impossible to time when I was ovulating. so anyway I took charge of my fertility and took my temperature each morning and plotted and graphed, recorded signs, symptoms, mood etc until finally on cycle day 55 I got a positive OPK (ovulation predictor kit)and my temperature reflected my suspicions. So we took a leap of faith and only one week later we got a positive pregnancy test! We are super happy BUT so scared that this bean won't make it. I'm looking for every symptom and yes, I do have a few but nothing compared to when I was pregnant with Jada. and I'm only 5.5 weeks along so this is very early in the game. I'm driving myself crazy and waiting for the call for my ultrasound is putting me in further craziness! I decided to be proactive and bought a 3mhz Doppler ( my DR only has a 2 MHZ) off Ebay but it will take some time to get here and it takes a longer time to actually pick up the fetus heartbeat.
Phew I think that's about all there is to say for now. I am letting you all know now because I could use some extra prayers and good thoughts for our bean. If you could spare a good thought or two it would be greatly appreciated!
P.S If you know me in real life please do not become offended that we did not tell you, as we are keeping this news off of facebook and the like until we hear a heartbeat and get the thumbs up from my DR
Now Before I Chicken out I need to hit publish

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DIY Dryer Sheets

So after using my homemade laundry detergent for a few months I noticed that the fresh smell in my towels and clothes just wasn't lasting. I set out to find a way to make my own dryer sheets that I hoped would help with keeping that fresh smell to my laundry.
I googled and googled and googled until I got fed up and decided to use some of the ideas I found but make my own recipe.



First I cut some Flannel I had left over from making Jada's Rag Quilt. I made it 4 layers thick and sewed all around the edges. I just cut mine with pinking scissors so I didn't have to bind my ends. Then I mixed about 4 tbsp of my favorite fabric softener with 4 tbsp of water in a plastic container.

I mixed it well then put my flannel in to soak up the fabric softener mixture. I did not ring it out at all, I just took the container outside with me to hang up the flannel on the clothesline.


I let it naturally drip and dry for a few hours outside. I was lucky it was a windy and sunny day.

So there you have it, homemade dryer sheets that cost Penny's to make. Add one homemade dryer sheet to your dryer for up to 10 loads! Now that's savings! Better yet it solved my freshness issue with the homemade laundry detergent however did not solve the chemical issue:( I will still work on this. I found some lavender ones on Etsy but I'm not a lavender fan.

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Laundry basket Pirate boat

Jada loves fishing, so I had to try laundry basket boat fishing when I saw it on House Of Baby Piranha.

Jada was even trying to cast by flipping the string over her head. The only problem with that was her magnet would stick to the metal pole that holds the flag lol

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The DR Is In

Sinse last weeks Snow Cone Shop was so well recieved by the children I put this Dr's play area together for this week.


The sign above says: The dr is in from 9 to 4 p.m. Walk ins welcome. Please have your health card ready.
I bought a Dr's kit from Zellers (soon to be named Target) it is a Parents brand. This kit is great as it comes with just about everything you need to have a Dr's office.



A closer look at all the tools

The eager patients waiting for the good doctor

The dr's uniform I bought at a yars sale 2 years ago. It is adorable!

The dr working at getting his Dr's kit ready for the first patient. This was another great Dramatic play area in which all the children enjoyed dressing up and taking turns being the Dr. They had some great pretend illnesses too such as "Dr I have purple spots" or " My belly has a puppy in it please take it out!" lol

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Living Off the Grid~Cottage Life

We just got home from the Cottage:) we had a great time! This is the kind of traffic jam you see in the country


We stopped at a farm near our cottage to visit the lambs. This guy was abandoned and was sucking on Jada's fingers because he wanted a bottle awwwww

So it's a work in progress. The outside is 85% complete and the inside only 2 % complete. You can see from the pics we are still very unorganized as this was our very first weekend at the cottage.
I will paint the front door when everything gets in order. What color do you think I should paint it? I was thinking black as it doesn't show dirt and we are in a very dirty environment. However, I'm open to suggestions.

This was Saturday morning at breakfast and we didn't have a kitchen area set up yet.

This is where Jada's room will be someday. I brought up a small toy shelf to keep her busy with only a few toys. Honestly she only cared about helping sweep the floor and riding her tricycle

She passed out in my arms so I layed her on the closest thing which was a chair that folds out into a bed

This was at night on Saturday after we finally settled on a kitchen area. We didn't have room in the car for the kitchen table set so we used our briefcase picnic table

Sunday morning as the sun was coming up. The black shelf on the end of the counter is for canned goods and paper plates and such.

The river across the street

My homemade clothesline. It looks pitiful but it did the trick for the weekend

So that's the latest update. I will post updates as they happen. The progress is a bit slow as it's mostly just my husband doing the work. You can view my other posts about the cottage HERE

Beach ~Canada Day Long Weekend

It's been a crazy busy week so I'm just getting around to posting pics from last weekend. We started our long weekend by spending Friday and Saturday at the beach. Two different ones!


Gotta love nova Scotia sand! Don't get too jealous the water is freezing! Jada was trying to keep hold of all her shells in this pic

Jada, Daddy and Cooper

Jada giving me her Poopy lip because she wanted me to pick her up lol
We then when Strawberry picking on Saturday and made Jam on Saturday night. Jada only wanted to pick the green ones??

Fishing at a different beach. Not really the kind of place you would want to swim but we saw lots of boats

This is Jada's fish that she caught on her Dora fishing pole

Daddy wanted some time to fish without having a toddler threatening to jump off the Pier(thank god for the horse harness you can see her wearing in the pics) so I took her down to throw some rocks

We had a picnic by the sea. Nice and peaceful

Good til the last drop

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