November has been speeding by. Mormor (English grandmother) has come to stay. Papa has gone off to work in Hong Kong for two weeks. Some kids have been ill, some have not. The weather has turned colder, but it has not yet snowed. Here are some of the things we’ve been up to….. .…….. We’ve [...]
Archive for November, 2011
November Days
Posted in Arts and Crafts, Books, Building and discovery, Everyday things.., Journeys and Trips, Places to visit a drive away from Stockholm.., Role play on November 26, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Happy 1st Birthday!
Posted in Celebrations on November 14, 2011 | 3 Comments »
It’s been a tough couple of weeks of coughs and colds, but we all managed to get better in time for…. Ted’s first birthday! Ted was the perfect birthday boy. He let his brothers and sisters open his presents…. He played with his new presents on ‘cue’…. He sat happily finishing his lunch of macaroni [...]
A Play-dough Maze
Posted in Arts and Crafts, Role play, Sensory on November 5, 2011 | 2 Comments »
How many different ways can we enthuse our love of mazes? Well you can’t get lost in this one… But, my goodness, the characters enjoyed it!
Swinging In The Autumn Leaves!
Posted in Nature, Seasonal on November 4, 2011 | 1 Comment »
It’s Ted’s first autumn – and the autumn leaves have been stunning this year! What a better time then, to enjoy an autumn walk, and introduce our baby brother to the concept of swinging… First it’s Leon’s turn…. Followed by Maya…. And finally Alfie…. Of course, it’s always just a* little* bit more fun to [...]
Fun, Easy, Last Minute Stuff To Do At Halloween…
Posted in Arts and Crafts, Baby Stuff, Seasonal, Sensory on November 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Just got to SNEEEEAAAK in these last minute easy Halloween ideas we had fun with last week…. Alfie is crazy about using scissors right now – these Halloween papers from Activity Village were great to print, cut and stick… Sifting spiders in dyed orange rice as part of a sensory box (idea from here)… A [...]
Halloween In Stockholm Lasts All Week!
Posted in Celebrations, Seasonal on November 2, 2011 | 4 Comments »
I know, I know, Halloween is officially over – but here in Sweden it lasts all week! It’s a relatively new holiday here, and the Swedes seem to stretch Halloween activites over the first week of November – it combines nicely with half term week, and next weekend Stockholm has it’s first ever Halloween parade! [...]
Tangled Webs & Pom Pom Spiders
Posted in Arts and Crafts on November 1, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I decided to surprise the kids with a spiders’s web on the back door… “But where are the spiders?” you may ask… Here they are. (Small adhesive pom pom spiders from a scrapbook resource.) But the kids, being kids, and having the fantastic imagination that they have, went one step further….. Not just spider’s webs [...]
