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We LOVE being outdoors and as it gets warmer and we head into summer I LOVE finding new fun things for outside! A few new things we have gotten already and we are loving are: Items we have used for multiple years now and are still getting lots of use out of them! I really […]
We are sharing a revamp of an old IKEA HEMNES 8-drawer dresser to toy storage for our loft play area! We were going to get rid of the dresser and I had the idea to redo it instead. BJ took the drawers and drawer hardware off and we made shelves using mdf and I painted […]
Lately, we have been loving doing activities on trays. We love how the tray keeps everything somewhat confined. I also like that it sets the activity we are doing apart from regular free play activities. When I worked at the local children’s museum, I used trays for almost every center or independent activity. I think […]
Lucian’s play kitchen has been a restaurant a lot lately. He is loving “making food” for us. HE always asks us what we want, and usually he is out of our first few options. So, i decided to solve this issue by making him a menu. He chose everything he wanted on his menu. Don’t […]
Over the last few years, we have tried out lots of fun toys and activities for summer. Here are our current favorites: Water Tables: This is the one Lu has. And Brooks has this one! They both spend a lot of time playing with these. We even bring Lucian’s into our shower for the winter! […]
Last year, for Lucian’s birthday party, I had this crazy idea to put a splash pad in our yard! It gets pretty hot here in the summer and I knew it would bring a lot of fun over the next few years. I love playing in a pool, but after having one at our last […]
Animal TracksThis is one of the easiest ways to add some extra fun to playdough. You can add any plastic toy animals to the table or tray. Little ones love squishing the playdough to make it flat and then stomping the animals through the dough. And of course, sound effects and pointing out each footprint […]
Tonies -Brooks LOVES his Tonies Box and so do we! It is great to use when he is in his stroller and in the car! It keeps him occupied and busy for hours. He listened to it on a 5 hour car ride over half of the time, majority of the time when he wasn’t […]
Sensory bins are generally a big hit and they can be great for a new way to interact with your kiddo or for something for kiddos to do while you sit back and watch or get some things done! We are sharing ideas here that we have tried and enjoyed. Some of these are more […]
We thought it would be fun to share some building sets that we love with you. We will not be sharing plain wooden blocks, plain DUPLOS or any other common blocks; not because we don’t love those, WE DO! But, we wanted to share some you may not have tried out yet! PLUS PLUS Blocks: […]