my little corner of organized crafty chaos
Naturally, as this is only her 2nd birthday her list isn’t really curated by her, but for her. It’s hard to just ask a nearly 2-year-old what they want! That said I know what she likes and what she plays with so the 2nd birthday gift ideas that I came up with I really think she will enjoy and so will the 2-year-old in your life!
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I haven’t flown a TON with Bitty but we have been through the airport before and thankfully she is a pretty good flier. I attribute that to luck and of course some planning.
Continue reading “How to Survive Toddler Airline Travel”The toy closet keeps all her toys together and organized so that come rotation day finding what we want to put out on her play shelf is a snap! We don’t use a complete bin system, I’m sure we will get to that but I currently prefer doing custom rotations and my organization system is set up to suit that!
You’ll have to forgive the poor quality photos…its a closet. The lighting just isn’t up to par. lol
Continue reading “Toddler Toy Closet Organization”Its time for another play shelfie! This week’s toy rotation has been brewing in the back of my mind for a week now. It seems my brain never stops planning. I am going to be trying something a little new this week so we will see how it goes!
The month of May is all about getting outside and watching things grow. Outside isn’t ALWAYS an option. So here is a little garden of “dirt” she can play with inside without a huge mess! The Black Bean Garden Sensory bin is super simple to set up and we had most of the supplies at home already!
This is a great activity to practice pouring and transferring. Also, the beans are super simple to clean up if there is a spill!
Continue reading “Black Bean Garden Sensory Bin”I am soo ready for winter to be over and to spend more time outside and make use of all our new outside toys we got from Easter! I’m hopeful that the time is quickly approaching!
This week’s toy rotation actually had me a little stumped. I try and have a rounded selection of toys. From construction to imagination to fine motor to logic, and so on. She’s really not ready for anything literacy or number based, so we haven’t really gotten into that.
Continue reading “Toddler Play Shelfie – April 29 – May 10”We LOVE books.
We own more books than anything else I would say. Instilling a love of books and reading is so so important for little brains. I won’t get into the science behind it, I’m not nearly educated enough to do so! lol
To this day I love to read (having the time to do so is another story…) and I hope that Sidney grows up to love reading as much as her daddy and I do.
This was the first month so far that I have had to do five full weeks of tot school planning!
This was the first time in a long time that I actually forgot about toy rotation…
We had family in town in and out of the house for most of last week so Bitty just didn’t spend as much time at home and what time she did spend here she was thoroughly entertained with her grandparents.
So this morning I had to make a decision. Do I rotate before she may be ready or do I rotate before things get stale?
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Do you ever notice that babies and toddlers would rather play with the odd makeup brush, an old spatula and the remote more than all the wonderful toys you have collected for them?
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