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10 Ways to have fun with a Toddler

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Find a field. If weather is remotely agreeable, I highly recommend taking your little person to the biggest, widest open space you can find and then just sitting in the middle of it. Your toddler can run, dig, chase balls, you name it, and you can mostly sit. Any type of large area will work, so those who are far from fields or snowed under can improvise. Dig out the kiddie pool. Yes, even if there are 12 feet of snow outside. Bring it into the kitchen, put a sheet underneath it and your toddler inside it and then put some buckets of strange things in there. Some ideas are dried beans, rice, dragon tears, polished rocks, packing peanuts and sand. Be sure to include scoops and empty bowls to mix up concoctions. You can bury little toys inside some of the containers for an added treat. Just be sure to watch toddler nonstop, so the goodies don't end up in her mouth, nose or ears. Make a mess on the carpet. This idea comes from Magical Mama Barb and is utterly brilliant:

Childhood Memories

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Today's Blog is a Blog about great Childhood Memories that i wanted to share with you. Just a few that spring to mind are.... Going to my Grandads for dinner in Richmond and him making such yummy dinners then always making meranges for pudding but always adding a few drops of raspberry food colouring to the cream to make them even more appealing for us kiddies & Going out to Rabbit Island and relaxing in the sun as a family. Or playing in Grandads Aviary looking at all the different types of birds were in there. Going to Daelyns to pick fresh fruit with Mum whether it was fresh corn Cobb's then having them fresh with melted butter and lots of salt for lunch. Or picking fresh Raspberry's and Strawberry's and Boysenberries in our ice cream containers and then getting a real fruit ice cream at the end of the outing. On one particular day whilst picking Boysenberries i remember wondering off to find my own berries wearing a white dress i decided to lift the bottom of