Earlier this week Belle was invited to one of her friends first birthday party. I thought it would be a great opportunity to try hand painting with her for the first time. It went well, we just had to wash off the paint before she tried to eat it!

(This was a post from our family blog, but i thought I would post it here too) Dear Belle,A year ago today (July 17 at 12:06pm) our life changed as we knew it. Our precious second daughter was born. A blessing that can not be put into words. Today is your first birthday. I sit …

Snow White has been able to complete some simple patterns for a while. Today I showed her that we could make color patters even if the shapes were not in a pattern. I thought this may be difficult for her to understand but she seemed to grasp the concept with no trouble!

Yes, I am still here. A good friend of mine worked very hard to make this new blog layout for me. I really appreciate all the detail she put into it such as the sandpaper globe in the search bar, the pick tower beside each post title and the knobless cylinders beside ‘signature’ at the …

Washing dishes is a wonderful practical life skill that Snow White enjoys. After one meal a day she washes her dishes (ONLY HERS). She has her own small dish cloth and drying towel kept in her own cupboard with all her own glass dishes. We never make her do this, she chooses it on her …