Frida is 20 months today! I’ve been keeping a note of some of the things she’s been saying over the last month, as I know i’ll forget them otherwise. Here is my round up at 19 months. I am loving how chatty and funny she is. Language is still definitely the thing that she seems…
Read MoreLeith Hill
The weather yesterday was GLORIOUS. Beautiful bright sunshine, cool air, a gorgeous day where both autumn and winter were jostling for space. We decided to make the most of a day with no plans and visit Leith Hill, a national trust spot in Surrey. It was so beautiful! I would really recommend it to anyone…
Read MoreWhat’s under our tree?
For Christmas / Chanukah (we are not religious but will be celebrating both as my family celebrates Christmas and my husband’s celebrates Chanukah), we have bought Frida: Four books Two wooden animals A Schleich horse family A felt playmat Some simple figures Stickers Frida will be 20 months at the time. We had also ordered…
Read MoreImpromptu colour learning
I wanted to share a little story from a few days ago, when Frida was painting in the afternoon. We do a lot of painting and drawing at the moment, art is definitely one of Frida’s favourite activities. (You’ll have to excuse the quality of the photos accompanying this post – in London it gets…
Read MoreIn Frida’s stocking…
I have just put together Frida’s “stocking” for Christmas. I say stocking, but actually we’re using one of her socks! I figured she’s only small, and the temptation of a big stocking would be to fill it… so an 18-24 month size navy sock it is! I didn’t have a stocking growing up, but I…
Read MoreToddler craft: sparkly Christmas trees
With December fully in swing, I thought it was time to do some seasonal crafting with Frida. We have put our tree up (we have a tiny, fake tree this year, as I had read lots of things suggesting that was the safest thing with a kitten in the home. It turns out we can’t…
Read MoreToddler craft: Pasting
Frida loves doing art and craft activities. She goes to her art shelves throughout the day, and really seems to have a need for mark making at the moment. I will admit that, although Frida has art materials readily available to her, I haven’t done much pasting or sticking with Frida. I thought I should…
Read MoreSeasonal shelf: Winter
Happy December! I have updated Frida’s seasonal shelf in her bedroom, and wanted to share it with you. Although I know it’s not technically winter yet from a meteorological perspective, if we go by the calendar I think it’s justified! The books on her winter shelf are: The Snowman; Winter (Gerda Muller); Robin’s Winter Song…
Read MoreToy shelves at 19 months
I looked at Frida’s toy shelves critically a few days ago, and I was pretty unhappy with what I saw. Not with the content – all of her toys are lovely, engaging, and open-ended, mostly beautifully made and wooden. No, what bothered me is that there were simply too many. I’m a firm believer in…
Read MoreOn our shelves: Bugs!
I don’t always theme Frida’s main shelves. However, recently we’ve been looking at colour (you can read my post here) and pretty quickly the whole of the shelves ended up focused on colour. I thought it worked quite well so I’ve kept them themed for now, with a current focus on bugs! I have recently…
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