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Today we have spent the day indoors enjoying each others company before having a little adventure tomorrow down the park.  Today we had a little surprise pocking up in our window, our sunflower had opened which was pretty exciting for me and Lil's as this is the second year we hace attempted to grow sunflowers Indoors.  We almost lost this one about a week ago as Lil's knocked it over and bent the stem but I put a plaster on and it seems to have worked a treat. We had a lovy chill morning with Lil's playing babies in her room whilst I did a bit of housework. We then ad lunch and not even an hour after Lilly climbed onto Daddy's lap and fell asleep. She had a good 45 minute nap. When she woke we played on the pad together using the playtime app which the alphablocks learning letters and spelling. She got a bit bored after a while of that so we got one of her magazines out and worked thrugh the workbook together which included colouring,...

Last week on Cbeebies was my little girls favourite theme to learn about, Space week. She absoloutly loves 'Stargazing' and has learnt a lot from it. She has also enjoyed learning about Tim Peake and where he is at the moment. To coincide with space week I thought that we could do a couple of crafts to do with space.  The first craft we did were shining stars, these were Lilly's idea so that Time Peake could see her from his 'space home'. These are so simple to do. You will need: - paper cut into start - glue - glitter/glitter pens - sequins - other decotating bits ie. Sweet wrappers, wrapping paper, foam This is so easy to do with your little one, I just put the glue on for her as there wasn't a lot left and let her have full rein of creativity. I love the way she made them both different. One has glitter glue pens on and the other has proper glitter. The second craft we did was a space helmet. This again is very simple to ...

Our Christmas Eve was perfect! So busy with getting last minute bits, baking and even seeing Santa fly over. By the time Lilly went to bed I was feeling more festive than I had all month. We had done so much and were ready for the next few days!  Here are a few pictures of our day. Lilly was really enjoying the cbeebies app with the advent calender,  So many easy Christmasy games for her to play.  This year we made some gingerbread for Santa along with a homemade mince pie. He also had a glass of sherry and some special reindeer food. Lilly also wanted to put a blanket out for him to be 'cosy' Santa came and left lots of treats for us, didnt realise how much we actually had lol. But made it look more special.  Lilly was exhausted by the end. Even though she was excited she slept like a log. Christmas day blog to follow!  xXx

It's hard keeping toddlers amused. So here are a few apps we used on our android tab.  Toddler counting 1 2 3     This soon is brilliant. You get a picture to click which then speaks the numbers, spells the numbers and shows the number too. Lilly loves talking along to the numbers and tapping the screen. Peppa pig's paint box      A lovely arty soon with painting, stickers, sounds and pictures to colour in and add to. Lilly loves being able to choose what character she can draw with and loves copying the noises. Cbeebies playtime      This app has many games for children from I'd say 18 months up. Drawing, popping bubbles, and more activity games too. Lilly enjoys the drawing games and the popping bubble games. She has her own profile on so it is brilliant for families with more than one child. I hope this is insightful for you. And help you choose some good apps for your toddler.