10 Fabulous Father's Day Gifts
For someone who loves to shop I sure find the men in my life hard to buy for. Can you relate? I love my hubby dearly but I dread Father's Day, in terms of gift buying anyway. Maybe the men in your lif...
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4 Months
Smiling. Cooing. Sweet big blue eyes. You smile All. The. Time Your little 'ha-ha' makes me laugh. Giggles when I kiss your chin. Fist bumps as you reach for the sky. The way your eyes light up when y...
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DIY Clothespin Color Matching for Toddlers
I told you I was obsessed with all things colored didn't I? I guess I should have started a mini-series on color focused activities. Here's another simple, quick & fun activity I threw together for th...
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Rainbow Color Drop Game for Babies and Toddlers
Ok, my latest obsessions... color activities, rainbow colors, using unfinished wood pieces to make homemade toys, & taking pictures of all of the above. I think C is getting his basic colors down pret...
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10 Boredom Busters for Surviving Summer
With Memorial Day Weekend just a couple of days away my thoughts are quickly turning to summer and what that will encompass for this Plain Vanilla household this year. I am not one of those parents th...
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Green Week Highlights & Some Ice and Water Play
You may have seen in a previous post that I've been focusing on a color of the week with our little Mr. C who is 20 months old. As we start out every color week, we go on a little scavenger hunt aroun...
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Simple Color Sorting from the Dollar Store
I have to say I am pretty excited about this one. (Not to mention these colorful little fake fruits were fun to photograph). I just think you can't beat a two dollar color sorting activity. Which is e...
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Oatmeal Sensory Play
Have you ever used oatmeal as a sensory medium? We have used it in small amounts in the past but I have admittedly been a bit hesitant to let the little mister go wild with with it inside. It does how...
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A Few of My Favorite Things
Confession... I love to shop. Sometimes I wish I didn't, but I do. Having two little ones under the age of two however, has put recreational shopping on a bit of a back burner. I'm sure you can imagin...
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Salt Dough Plant Picks for Mother's Day
I am big on homemade Mother's Day gifts. If you were around and following us last year you would have seen THIS POST and THIS POST. (apparently I'm big on Butterfly's for Mother's Day too hehe) Anyway...
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