Over the summer, we have been combining Jessica’s love of painting, drawing and sticking and making lots of cards for various occasions. We usually start with cutting up one of Jessica’s many paintings to provide a background which Jessica then sticks on to a pre-folded card. Then Mummy selects some stickers and/or foam shapes for… Read More
Jessica’s birthday marks the end of the summer for us (although with return of some warm sunny weather at the moment, it still feels like summer is lingering for a while longer). Our first summer as a family of four has been a lovely one – we have been out and about a lot and… Read More
A hot sunny day, two cousins staying over, paddling pool out, plus lots of paint and lining paper available. The perfect combination for some mini creation time in the garden. We spread the lining paper out in the garden, put some paint into a couple of trays and left the three older girls to it… Read More
Jessica will be getting her funding for pre-school from January next year and so we have started to look at the pre-schools near us in preparation for this. We are lucky enough to live within five minutes’ walk of three different pre-schools/nurseries so we are concentrating on these as I am hoping not to have… Read More
With a rainy afternoon stopping us from going out and playing in the garden, it seemed a good moment to get the craft box out and do some painting instead. Jessica chose three colours – red, green and blue and a chunky brush and sponge. It is interesting to see how she changes… Read More
Jessica loves painting. As Sophie was still snoozing when Jessica woke from her nap, it seemed an ideal opportunity for some mummy-toddler time and so out came the paints and the paper. Jessica used a combination of three colours (orange, green and blue) and two painting techniques (brush and fingers) to create a beautiful picture… Read More