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May 12 2012

Garden Tools for the Little Lady

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Ever since we planted the little flower pots in Lady Bug’s room, she has been asking about doing a lot of gardening. She told me that she wants to plant more flowers outside. Then she said she wants to have a super big garden with lots of food to eat.

She was soo excited that I took her to the toy store and bought her some little kid gardening tools. We found more than I thought we would. I got her a mini hoe, shovel, rake, watering can, and even a cute set of gloves with a matching apron.

I’m not sure that we’re going to have a “super big” garden like she asked for, but at least now she can have fun playing in the dirt in the backyard. Maybe we can turn a kiddie pool into a garden for her. I bet she would live that!

Apr 20 2012

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle at Home with Kids

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Earth Day is around the corner.  I’m teaching my daughter about the importance of reducing, reusing and recycling.  I want her to understand that it is our responsibility to take care of the Earth.  I plan to do a few projects with her based on each of those principles to explain and reinforce this concept.

So far I’ve come up with starting a compost pile in the backyard, for the garden, to help recycle and reduce some of the waste we would normally throw away.  I was also thinking it would be fun to have her sort the trash with me into the appropriate bins when we do recycling.  I’m trying to think of some fun ideas for reusing items that she would get excited about.  I can’t seem to think of any off the top of my head.  I’d love any suggestions any of you migth have that  I could do with my daughter.

Apr 18 2012

Mini Flower Pots for Lady Bug

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After the big mess with Lady Bug and her attempting to plant a garden in her bedroom on her carpet, I decided that I wanted to help her accomplish her goal of having flowers in her room in a much neater way.  This afternoon I stopped off at Target and found some of the cutest little flower pots in the dollar section.  I got a few pots with sunflowers and also a few daisies.  They are only about 1.5″ to 2″ and I think they will look cute on her windowsill.

Whether or not these flowers will grow is really beyond me.  I’m just hoping that it satisfies her desire for growing things in her room without making a huge mess. I also got a cute pink shelf liner that I plan to place underneath all of the little pots on the windowsill so soil doesn’t get everywhere.  I’m sure she is going to love them, especially since I also grabbed a pack of pony stickers for her to use to decorate all of the pots.

Mar 28 2012

A Perfect Evening Outdoors

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My next door neighbor invited Lady Bug and I over for dinner tonight.  We sat out back in her Adirondack chairs as we watched her husband get the barbecue ready to grill the steaks, and the girls played in the yard.  I couldn’t help but admire the lovely bird feeders she has hanging from the patio.  They were made especially for hummingbirds.  She had two hanging from opposite sides of the patio.   It made me think that I would really like to have a few things like this in our back yard.  I know Lady Bug would love to watch as humming birds drifted in to our home and then away again.

Once dinner was ready we all sat at the Picnic Tables she has in her back yard.  She has a really cute plastic table for the kids and a metal and wood version for the adults.  The tables had pink plastic table cloths taped down protecting them. Everyone found a spot to sit at the appropriate tables and we began to eat.

After dinner, we all walked down to the park. Our kids played on the playground and we relaxed on the Park Benches.  It was a great way for them to burn off their last bit of energy for the day.  We enjoyed listening to them laugh and play for awhile and then headed home.  On the way back we stopped and picked some flowers in our garden to give to the neighbors as a thank you for such a wonderful night.  It really was a perfect evening.