Bubbles, Bubbles, Bubbles Everywhere!

leslie July 11, 2016 0 Comments
There is nothing like watching the world through the eyes of a child.  I am in complete awe that God has chosen me to be a mother to this little girl.  Watching her grow, learn, and experience life, is one of the biggest blessings I have had in my life.I recently bought this at my local Walmart for no rhyme or reason except to see Sweet Pea play with it.  It was the best $20 I...

Getting Ready for a FIESTA: Invitations

leslie July 9, 2016 0 Comments
Pinterest made me do it.  Do any of your sentences start out that way too? Well, Pinterest is helping me plan my little Sweet Pea's 2nd birthday... we are having an all out Fiesta before we Siesta!So you have to start with cute invites for a party and I found this image on Pinterest...I love the little fringe on the top and bottom right.  Super cute, right? and totally says Fiesta!So I...

Fun with Light: Overhead Projector

leslie July 6, 2016 0 Comments
Sweet Pea is about to turn 2 later this month!  Where has the time gone?  As she continues to grow, I have been researching more and more about Reggio Emilia and Montessori methods of teaching. I taught public school for 8 years and that is what this blog has mainly been about.  But now as I have been stepping back from public school teaching and learning more and more about...

Tot School: 5 Little Speckled Frogs

leslie May 3, 2016 0 Comments
I have scavenged, pinned, researched, downloaded, printed, and created our first Tot School Unit on PONDS. For the next several weeks, Sweet Pea and I will do all things pond related and specifically talk about frogs and turtles more than other animals. Today I wanted to share a little game I made for my girl based on the song, 5 Little Speckled Frogs. Let me apologize in advance for the song...

How Does Your Garden Grow?

leslie April 19, 2016 0 Comments
 What did we do before Pinterest?!?! It's amazing what you can find on there.  I know a lot of people can look on there and get overwhelmed especially with the comparison game, but for me Pinterest is like a visual encyclopedia.  I type something in, and boom, research is done.  Millions of ideas, thoughts, and visual representations are there to GUIDE me.  And that's the...

March Madness!!!

leslie March 26, 2016 0 Comments
Does anyone else feel like the month of March has just been going by like crazy!?!  I mean... there has been so much happening in this month, I feel like I have experienced so much but hardly been able to keep up... especially on the blog.March Madness: Nature Declares His GloryIt's Good Friday, and my daffodils are blooming!  I happened to get a huge bag of bulbs on sale last fall at...

Making Play dough (with no cream of tartar)

leslie March 11, 2016 0 Comments
I wanted to play with play dough with Sweet Pea...but I did NOT want to go to Walmart at 8 in the evening.  Have you been then... its like all the cashiers go home and everyone in town heads to the store!!! Lines backed up to the clothes and I thought I was going to be the only one there.  Wrong...So I decided I would make play dough following this 3 minute YouTube video   ...

Bible Journaling: What Do You Treasure?

leslie March 10, 2016 0 Comments
                       I am reading the book 7 by Jen Hatmaker.I just read the chapter on possessions (month 3), and I feel like I just got punched in the gut, then upcut to the face, and I am still asking for more.  This book yall... this book is so convicting.  I just have to write this quote (much of it I quoted in what...

Sensory Easter Eggs

leslie March 1, 2016 4 Comments
Sweet Pea is 19 months, and it is like her brain is a dry sponge just ready to soak up any and all things placed around her.  She's grasping things faster than I expected, and I am so enjoying making these Tot Trays to challenge her into learning new things.Easter is around the corner, and here in Texas, we didnt have winter.  We've had a most enjoyable spring that sprung like a month...

Library Adventures on Wednesday

leslie February 24, 2016 1 Comment
Every Wednesday at 10 am, our local library hosts "Story Time" for kids.  This is an amazing opprotunity to meet other stay at home moms and dads, make new friends, and enjoy an outing learning to love reading! Does it get much better?Sweet Pea's favorite activity is reading.  Ive caught her several times crawling into her chair in her playroom "reading" a book. Just recently, she has...