little hearts to love...

...we had fun threading a little pasta heart garland ... 

counted and sorted into little piles, added some to our little home corner kitchen play space and created a garland with love... hope your day has been filled with precious little moments!

I will be back with some images for a perfect weekend away by the beach ... x

This morning we baked, we used this delicious recipe by the lovely and
very creative Cathie over at m.e. 

These tasty little muffins have become our favourite...we only add 1/2 a cup of brown sugar and today we added a handful of sultana's and for a bit of fun we sprinkled pepita's onto the top of the mini muffins {this become a fun counting activity} 1 pepita, 2 pepita's, 3 pepita's ... also gave my little one a job to do while I  spooned the mixture into the cases {apart from trying to lick the spoon}!
The carrot and zucchini looks fresh and these mini muffins are a healthy way of getting vegetables into little ones...even at morning tea!

..happy baking..
&
...eating...

Him or me...

We have been creating with pretty white doilies...we made them into bunting and now they are fluttering in the front window of the dining room. They are very sweet and we had fun!

Hmm, not sure who had more fun with this little creative activity...him or me?

It has been one of those days....rain, rain go away!

 It has been raining non stop now for what feels like weeks! 

I was able to snap these photos of my little prince when the sun came out for all of 10 minutes.

Buttons, glitter, paint and gems made up this rather fine crown....it's fun to craft in the rain!

 I have to say the little prince is rather proud of his master piece! (so is his mummy) x

Happy Tuesday .... x

Adding to our collection...

Busy little hands washing, sorting and spontaneously we started

 counting and grouping the shells by size and colour.

I purchased this little wooden caddy from Spotlight awhile back...we painted it white and glued on a couple of shells and a piece of coral from our beach collection. I use the caddy to store and display our new discoveries.

A coffee jar holding shells  from our weekend at the beach....the twine holds in place a small piece of coral found in one of the rock pools. 

I have lots of activities up my sleeve for this week....a shell mobile for the garden is the

 first one on my list. 

Have a beautiful week wherever you may be...

Come sail with us...

It very quickly made it's way out of a little rock pool...lost it's sail and enjoyed a very bumpy ride over the shells and into a larger rock pool. We had fun and the little boat that we made held up relatively well considering the conditions. 

We collected a handful of pods, shells and drift wood and

  have plans for many more little boats to come.

Rocket to the moon... 

This was inspired by the book Let's Send a Rocket, poems for me  that we picked up from a local fair for 50c. It's a quick and easy experiment that gives hours of entertainment (for little ones and their parents)!

Dada's quick and easy instructions:

1. Thread the string through a drinking straw

2. Tie the string to a set of poles/chairs (whatever is available) 

3. Blow up balloon and tape top section to the straw (don't tie balloon off)

 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 blast off............

This book was published in 1968 and is full of really odd and funny poems for kids - the pictures  are wonderful.

Seed pods and fabric...

 

We made a little boat...we used driftwood, a seed pod and left over fabric. We never leave the beach without treasures...treasures that we can use on rainy days. Do you like it ? on the weekend it might make it to one of our favorite rock pools.

I spy with my little eye...







A little boy who loves to explore...rocks collected and washed, glue, fabric and funny little eyes...giggles and laughter!

soft, warm and handmade...



Perfect little scarves to keep a little neck warm over the next couple of days. My little one and I are off on an adventure to Sydney to visit some special little friends. Miss E and Miss M will be showing us some lovely little places to play, eat and shop. I am really looking forward to spending time with an old friend and her beautiful family. The scarves have sentimental significance, knitted by my Mum and my Grandmother. And they just look so handsome on one little boy - who enjoys wearing them... (must get them teaching me this craft)!