This week we turned to farm and farm animals for inspiration. Baby L is 15 months I still haven’t found any nice trays, so I continue to use some inexpensive plastic baskets that I found at Targets Dollar Spot as my “tot trays”. Tot Basket: Farm Animals & Barn. I dug out a bunch of farm […]
Baby L’s tot “school” this week is focused on farm and farm animals, so for WFLW, I made pigs. Ham and cheese on whole wheat, corn and peaches. For baby L, I popped another slice of bread on top of the pig, glued it with a little cream cheese and quartered it. She had smaller […]
We  joined my SiL and her 2 kids at Oaks Park today. Twice a week they open at 9:30 (instead of noon) for just the 0-6 crowd. They only man the kiddie rides, and I guess after the 2 hours they have a little snack time, although we didn’t stay for that as Baby L needed […]
Did well last week. Switched a couple of days around, and one day DH really wanted to order pizza, but otherwise I stuck to my plan and stayed in my food budget.    Monday: Cuban Peef Picadillo, White Rice, Garlic Sizzled Mushrooms Tuesday: Panroasted Salmon and Tomatoes, Noodles, Broccoli Wednesday: Crockpot Roast Chicken, Mashed […]
This week many of our activities were inspired by food, as I am working with her older brother on food groups and pyramid and nutrition, and I was able to adapt materials I had out and on hand for the younger audience. Baby L is 14.5 months Plush Food. As I posted a few days […]
 {I can’t actually get any wflw posts to come up, so I guess I’m flying solo!} Inspired by Annabel Karmel’s Chicken Sausage Snails from First Meals (one of my favorite 0-5 cookbooks, and my lifesaver when I suddenly became a first time parent of an 8 month old). Snail bodies are chicken breast, grated apple, diced onion, […]
I picked up a few sets of plush food sets at Ikea and have them in a basket for tot school this week, but I find there are a couple in the vegetable set that I really don’t know what they are supposed to be. I suppose my best guess on the lower one is cucumber. { Although I […]
Menu plan Monday! Long time no see!   Monday: Salmon Cakes and Lemon-Garlic Aioli, Lentil salad with Watercress, Broccoli, Cauliflower and Carrots Tuesday:  Curried Coconut Chicken, Noodles, Green Beans, Pink Fruit Soup Wednesday: Ravioli with Sausage Sauce, Garlic Toast, Asparagus Thursday: Garden Vegetable Soup (from the book Growing Vegetable Soup), Grilled Cheese & Tomato Sandwiches, […]
 This week I am focusing on the “buh” sound (which is one of the first 6 sounds that children usually vocalize) with Baby L, so I’ve picked activities that will afford me lots of opportunities to use B words. Baby L is 14.5 months Contact Paper Collage. The first one we tried a couple weeks ago […]
As I’ve mentioned before, I am not putting a lot of emphasis on learning over the summer for kidlet, but I have been fitting in things like writing practice and doing a lot of introductory chatting about food groups, mainly in “sneaky” ways. As we come to the last few weeks before school begins, I’m planning […]
