January Trays

Sorry but better late than never:) Above is over new tray storage. It can hold 10 trays which is very convenient as before they were piles on top of each other on my desk. This way the children can pick out a tray and take it the tables.

We got new duck bath clings a few weeks ago and Jada loves to take them out of the tub and stick them to the walls, sink toilet etc. etc so I thought this was a appropriate activity for her

Clove pushing into a Clementine. We did this last year with oranges but clementines are easier to handle for little hands

Peg pushing into Styrofoam. It is actually harder than it looks especially for the younger ones

Tweezing red pompoms into a snowman ice cube tray

I sware one of these days I will get a picture of Jada with her hair done. Believe me I did her hair but she pulled all the elastics out! anyway tonging large Styrofoam ball "snowballs" into a snowman bucket. We did a variation of this last year.

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Baby G's Big Boy Bed ~Made from a wood pallets

Wood Pallets are so easy to come by in our hood. We live near a large industrial park and they beg people to take them. We burn some in our wood stove but I also wanted to make a headboard for baby boy's big bed. Hubby sanded and sanded to make sure any yucky stuff was gone. Then I stained it to seal in any yuck stuff we may have missed. You can see tons of examples on Pinterest or google images.

Baby G's room is almost finished! Won't be long now as I'm now 30 weeks pregnant!!!!

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January Sensory Bin~ Monkey Business

Monkey see Monkey do? for sure when it comes to these toddlers Ha-ha

This months sensory bin is all about monkeys and inspired by 5 little monkeys sitting in a tree book. See below for details. Inside the bin: Corn kernels, monkeys, alphabet pasta, bananas and vintage palm trees. Oh and some plastic tweezers for picking out letters and a plastic formula scoop.

Now as for the book:

This is a very engaging book for toddlers and preschoolers due to the repetitive verses and sing song sentences. We love all of the 5 little monkey book series. I think we own just about all of them:)
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Baby boy updated pictures

27.5 weeks. Come on March!!! getting excited and finishing up his room. We have decided to name him....well it's a surprise but it starts with a G and is a short name. Any guesses?

Snowflake puzzle Pieces Onaments

My glue gun has been getting a work out these days. We made puzzle piece snowflake ornaments by hot gluing puzzle pieces into the shape of a snowflake and...

sponge painting them with white paint.
Jada loved to dab so much that she went on to make 4 more!

We found this idea on Pinterest . as soon as I saw it I knew it would fit right in with all our other puzzle piece activities.
Tis the season!

Again still waiting for my camera to get fixed please excuse the crappy pics

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big boy space

Hi everyone. I'm doing a bit of planning for baby boys room. I plan to design his room so he can grow with it. Thank god for Pinterest as I found a ton of ideas. also Etsy was a huge help as well, but let's face it I'm not made of money especially since my maternity leave is coming up. so I have to do this carefully and on the cheap! First I wanted to search things to make from wood pallets as we have access to tons if them. You will see a few pics below of some really cool ideas.

I am so in love with the above picture. Everything about it screams my name as it is so my style. The bedding, the headboard, the vinyl decal. Oh boy so in love !I love the idea of this decal on a pallet headboard in red. I guess I should mention that baby boy's room will go from a owl outdoor theme to a rustic roughing it camping theme


I would like to incorporate some canoe paddles too

And beware of bears while camping is a good idea too. I had to ask my dad if he could find this sign in Alberta because they have bear problems and we don't here in N.S. so we can't buy them at our local store. Of course I could buy one off Etsy or Ebay but they want way too much for them. So fingers crossed my dad can find one.
More paddles. I just love the colors!
I love this little saying
And how clever is this? A wagon full of books!
Another headboard
So in this pic I love the bedding, side table and that beautiful aqua wall shelf
And yes more paddles. I have to admit my hubby finished the headboard today and he gave me a lot of grief over the toxic chemicles wood pallets have sprayed all over them. I mean yes he has a good point we don't want to make our boy sick! so the good hubby that he is he sanded and sanded until he hit bare wood. Now in theory you would think it would look really rustic, right? wrong! it just looked like pine with nail holes in it. So I found a can of stain forgotten in the back of the closet and used a rag to apply it. It looks really cool and it's safe for the boy to sleep in as #1 hubby sanded all the treated parts away and #2 the stain would seal in any bit that were missed.

Anywhoooooo pics to come after I find all the coordinating bits. I have a comforter ordered and it's nothing like the ones posted but it will work with his pale green walls.

Brownie Trees

So easy! again idea came from Pinterest. just bake a brownie mix, cut into triangles, frost and decorate oh and stick a candycane through the bottom. Delicious!