//blowing bubbles on our driveway
//chalk drawing on our driveway
//Pixel checking the garden is free from snails.
//Friday dinner. Spicy Szechuan fish hot pot.
//menu planning from my favourite to go cook books.
//a little colouring before bedtime.
Joining Em over at The Beetle Shack.
The past Winter season has been really dreary. And the beginning of Spring was no better either. It was raining almost everyday for the month of September and part of October that the Lil’ Tiger and I felt “cabin fever-ish”. We relish the days when it was nice and sunny outside.
This Spring/Summer season, I am embracing the warmth and heat. We will be spending much of ur days outside in the sun. Running up and down our driveway and at the local park. Speaking of driveway, last weekend, we spent most of our weekend outside. We had friends come over for a play date and we just played on our driveway. It’s amazing what these children can do with a little sunshine and imagination.
I am thinking of doing a little series on what activities we do on our driveway. It would be a fun project for the summer I think.
Our little driveway gets the morning and afternoon sun. It has shady parts from the overhang of my neighbours tree. I am already thinking of ways on how to utilise this little space of ours.
Our little driveway is a little secluded from the main road so it’s safe for the children to play and romp around without worrying about other cars. The only cars that would come in and out of this little driveway of ours is our family car and my neighbour’s car. They have a son around the Lil’ Tiger’s age as well and he is always invited to play with us.
Already, we have painted it, did a little spot of gardening on it, go “Camping” on it, ate breakfast whilst enjoying the morning sun and I even had a little picnic on it. Its amazing what we can do on that little driveway of ours.
Here is to many many more Summer activities on it.
Inspired by "Small World Play" via Childhood101 and Imagination Tree, I thought, maybe I could do one for the Lil' Tiger as well. And boy it was a hit! This Invitation to Play needed no prompts at all. It was "What is that mummy?" and I said "We are building a zoo" and off she went. Spent a good 30 minutes engaging in it as well.
Questions were asked as well and that is what I like about activities such as these. The questions. What animal is this mummy? What noise does this one make mummy? Does this animal fly mummy? Questions I know all the answers to and questions I am happy to answer. I know she is learning and absorbing new things at the same time. Even Daddy got to play a little. It was very heartwarming. I am hoping that she will continue to play and add on with this play activity.
Invitation to play
Plastic zoo animals. Some bought some gifted and some found.
Building houses with Daddy's help
There was even a pig race.
**Joining the co-op with Pauline. :)
Portrait of my child once a week for 52 weeks.
This week, she has been begging me to go outside and do some painting. Naturally, I indulged her by doing so.
Growing up, my sisters and I had a tub of wooden blocks. We would spend hours and hours building castles and towers with them and send them CRASHING down. Now I plan to pass it on to the Lil' Tiger. I got these beautiful blocks from KMart and we started building and stacking the blocks. One minute she is building a castle like the boys from her day care and the next, she is building a house for mummy. Sometimes she ask me to help and she just watches as I stack them on and then starts copying it in her own way.
I love how toys like these wooden blocks and the Legos from last week do not require any batteries at all but still manage to keep a child entertained for hours and hours. These are the sort of toys that I love. It not only encourage her imagination but it also encourage her fine motor skills and logic. A very good "off screen" type of activities for young children these days.
Her house
Mummy's house
And just like that CRASH.
I thought I'd share some photos from when we were at the King's Park Synergy Parkland with you guys. The Lil' Tiger loves playgrounds and I think the Parkland is one of her favourite. It is a huge space and lots of room for the kids to run around. The Lil' Tiger loves it here because of the dinosaurs and the fact that it has a duck pond full of ducks.
One morning, the Lil' Tiger woke up and asked if she could have the empty box sitting next to the door. I asked her what does she want to do with it and she smiled and said, "It's my car, mummy". I told her she could have it and she dragged it to her colouring table, took her crayons and started decorating it. After that, she turned it around and sat in it making car noises.
I asked her where is she going in her car and she promptly told me that she is going to the shops to get her milk for nap time. After a while, she got her dolls and told me that they were going on a ride with her to the shops and also to the playground.
It's amazing how a box could keep her occupied for hours. She was talking to herself and to her babies, pushing and pulling the box around the house and at the end, she told me it was her bed for nap time and she was going to sleep in the box with her babies and that I should cover them up with a blanket because they were cold!
Her imagination never cease to amaze me. It's true what they say that you do not need expensive toys for kids, all you need is something simple, like a box, and let their imagination run wild! I hope she never stops using her imagination. Watching and observing her and her imagination is so satisfying.
Do your kids do the same? What have they imagined lately?
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