Water Bottles

0 comments Published Friday, June 18, 2010 by Ashley in  

Do you ever just stand (or sit) and watch your child play? Like really, truly, and intensely watch him/her? I find myself doing that more and more these days because each time I do, I'm amazed. The things G is learning by playing awes me. You can tell SO much about the type of person he is and is becoming even though he's a mere 16 months. It's incredible.

He's independent

... as much as a 16 month can be, that is

He's organized

He's fastidious about cups, bottles, and anything of the like.

They must all be properly stood up, not to be lying down.

He's strong

Both physically and mentally

He's curious

He's creative

He's my sweet baby little boy

and I love him so much. 




A Child's Mind

0 comments Published Wednesday, June 16, 2010 by Ashley in  

It's a wonderful thing; a child's mind. 
A special gift that we as adults need to enter in to at various points during our day.
Children see the world differently; children see the world as a good, pure place.
They play, all day, everyday. For them, playing is learning

They learn how things work

Where things belong

... or where, in their minds, they believe they belong.


Because everything has a place. 
And for a child, that place may not be the same one you or I may think of,
but some place better...
some place only a child would imagine.
Some place that requires ingenuity.

Some place fun.






Sunday Lists!

1 comments Published Monday, May 31, 2010 by Ashley in  

Real quick.. here's a picture of my list.. because I was too lazy to type it out yet that probably would have been a heck of a lot faster lol.

*that says hummus after grapes. apparently my pen ran out of ink mid 'm'

And I'm not sure if I've mentioned this, so forgive me if I'm repeating, but I thought I'd throw it out there since I've had people ask. Under no circumstance does my child ever get (store bought) juice. I say store bought because he obviously gets juice from fruits and I've made him smoothies before. He loves water and milk so that's what we stick with.

Dried Fruit- The DIY Way

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If your child (or even you!) is anything like mine, he can't seem to get enough dried fruit. I love giving it to G because not only is it relatively healthy (I only buy organic, sugar free) but it's so convenient and easy to take with you for a snack on the go. The only problem? Stuff is expensive for such a small package, especially when its organic. I decided the other day that my new DIY project would be to make my own dried fruit. I made about 90% of G's baby food and about 98% of the food he currently eats is not processed so why not? I did some research and found this page as my how to: http://www.marksdailyapple.com/how-to-make-dried-fruit/

I'm pretty darn excited about it because it doesn't seem too difficult at all! The only thing is that now I need to get an electric food dehydrator (http://www.ronco.com/rco_prodinfo.aspx?pid=FD1005WHGEN&color=&active=ascry) because it would make this process so much faster and easier. While I could save the money and just put the fruit in the oven, having to keep an oven on all day with the door partially open is not an ideal situation when you have a 15 month old walking around getting into everything. So the dehydrator it is! I can't wait to be able to get this and start on it. I plan on making all the dried fruit I possibly can! Are you interested in trying it too? I think you should try it =)

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