A pocket of my life

We are half way through the summer holidays and we have been adventuring out the house into nature, during a camp at the beginning of the holidays Lils learnt about natural tie dye and has been teaching us all about it. We recently went on a walk together to find some blackberries for our choice of colour. When we got home we washed the blackberries, then boiled them in some water with salt, this helps the colour seep into the fabic better.  To prepare your fabric, you must dampen and wring out before tieing it. to create the patterns you can twist, twirl or fold in different ways before tiring in places to hold it together, we used pipe cleaners ourselves to keep it together. Once done, you put your pieces into the dye and soak for around 20-30 mins. We then left overnight in a plastic bag to help the fabric hold the dye in.  The next day is time to see how it worked, we started by taking off the ties and rinsing in cold water before putting the item on a quick wa...

Today I have a simple and fun Halloween sensory play for you little ones to enjoy, it involves rice, paint and some seasonal items. To start off you need some uncooked rice and paint in the colours of your choice, we went for orange and black. Mix the rice with a bit of your paint until covered, then smooth out and let it dry on some foil, it only takes around 30 minutes for this to happen.  I have mixed my colours together once dry and poured into a tray then added some mini Halloween decorations, a spoon and a small pot for her to interact with. It is so simple to set up and tidy up to and Olivia loved playing with it. This kind of play promotes colours, texture, hand eye co-ordination and fine motor skills and can be adapted to different seasons or celebrations for some extra fun.  I would highly recommend trying this out with your little ones, its kept Olivia amused for a good half an hour and was a great way to what her interact in different ways. ...

Lils have been asking for a while if she could get her ears pierced and I finally let in. We chose the first week of the summer holidays so they had time to heal before she was due to go back to school. I personally picked Claire's accessories as this is where I had my ears pierced a few years back. They now provide a 3 week aftercare solution which in half the time that I had to wait. There was a queue for the piercing as a few parents have had the same idea but it wasn't to long to wait. The area was cleaned before we were allowed over and the lady changed her gloves. We picked the earrings and lils was prepped while I signed the paperwork. They lady was very particular in where the placement was and got me to check to as well as which earrings we had picked. When the time was right the lady brought a second lady over who sanitised and gloves up so that both ears could be done at the same time. The ladies pierced and kept Lils calm the whole time. Afte...