It is crazy that our little baby is already 3 years-old! His birthday was already a couple weeks ago and I still can’t believe I have a 3 year-old. There is something about this year’s birthday that got me feeling really emotional. At two, Hudson still felt like he was our baby, but now at…… Continue reading Hudson’s Third Birthday: Shark-Themed Party
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Tot School: A-Z Bundle Curriculum
I have been SO busy creating curriculum over at Teaching Toddler Mama that I have not had time to create posts sharing about all the fun ABC learning we have been doing! I have missed writing on here as much, so my hope is that I will begin to have (a bit) more time to…… Continue reading Tot School: A-Z Bundle Curriculum
Week of Play: The Color Purple
This week was all about the color purple! It was fun to get back into our color unit after taking a couple weeks off from color-themed activities. Purple has always been my very favorite color, but for some reason, I found it to be a bit challenging to think of good purple crafts and activities…… Continue reading Week of Play: The Color Purple
Simple Father’s Day Bow Tie Card
Father’s Day is this weekend! To celebrate Father’s Day this year, I wanted to share a simple and fun card idea Hudson and I did together this week! It involves colored pasta, which we played with before putting the card together as a way to review our colors. How to Dye Pasta This was our…… Continue reading Simple Father’s Day Bow Tie Card
Hudson’s 2nd Birthday Party: Trash Truck Theme
For Hudson’s 2nd birthday party, we celebrated just with family at our home. Before the pandemic, I had grand plans of throwing him a party at an indoor soccer facility and inviting lots of people and planning lots of things. Of course all of those plans in my head did not happen, but the result…… Continue reading Hudson’s 2nd Birthday Party: Trash Truck Theme
Week of Play: The Color Orange
For week 2 of our color unit, we focused on the color orange! It is amazing when your mind is focused on a particular thing, how much you begin to notice. Orange has never been a favorite color of mine, but after spending a week all about orange, I must say I have a greater…… Continue reading Week of Play: The Color Orange
Themed Week of Play: The Color Red
This past week was ROUGH. There is no way to sugarcoat it. It was a combination of things: the news, my hormones, the broken laptop screen. I don’t want to get into the details, but let’s just say I had a minute left on my workout video playing from my laptop and Hudson decided he…… Continue reading Themed Week of Play: The Color Red
Lessons My 22-Month-Old Is Teaching Me
This week Hudson turned 22-months! How has it already been 2 months since I wrote his 20-month update? In that same amount of time we will have a 2-year old! In the two months since last I gave an update, Hudson’s language has really developed. I am daily amazed with the words that he can…… Continue reading Lessons My 22-Month-Old Is Teaching Me
12 Things to Do at Home with an Active Toddler
I know we each are affected by the coronavirus in very different ways. Some in life-changing types of ways, and others in smaller disappointments. I know there is this temptation to down-play our own feelings right now, with the preface of with everything going on, it feels silly to… or I know others have it…… Continue reading 12 Things to Do at Home with an Active Toddler
8 Favorite Easter Books for Toddlers
I know the world feels quite different right now, but one of the things that is helping me stay sane with a toddler at home and no park time and no playdates is…books. We always read a lot of books over here and make our weekly Wednesday library trip, but now more than ever, Hudson…… Continue reading 8 Favorite Easter Books for Toddlers
This Mama Needs Grace 