Liv 'n' Littlies Family Day Care

24/12/2020

Soo....Abbey asked me this morning ..’where outside are we going to sprinkle the reindeer food tonight Mum? .. 😳😳 for the first time in 6 years we don’t have reindeer food pre-prepared. 😳

So if like me and you think your Littlie may remember today and you want to play along at home,

We make ours with either crushed oats (or breadcrumbs will work) and we add jelly crystals to give it the night sparkle so Rudolph and the other reindeer’s will see it on the lawn.

Pleased I was asked that question early enough in the day so we had enough time to make it! Phew! 😂

22/12/2020

As the end of 2020 and the new beginning of 2021 nears closer.

It’s also closing time for Liv ‘n’ Littlie’s ...

‘Closing time, open all the doors
And let you out into the world
Closing time, turn all of the lights on
Over every boy and every girl’

Master Taylor
Miss Ruby
Master Xavier
Master Rees
Master Cooper
Master Hayden
Miss Isabella
Master JJ
Master Logan
Miss Angel
Miss Bailey
Miss Amari
Miss Amarli
Miss Aria
Miss Paige
Miss Valerie
Miss Lylah
Master Jaxon
Miss Nevaeh
Miss Arzella
Master Salvatore
Miss Lillian
and Miss Hannah

A massive Thank you to all the Littlie’s and their families who attended Liv ‘n’ Littlie’s over the past 6 years, many who were here with me for several of those 6 years, .....
not only were the Littlie’s learning and growing each day whilst in my care, but I too learnt something and grew to the person I am today because of each and everyone of those Littlie’s and their families.

A massive Thank you to MY family, - Phil and the kids for their amazing support for the past 6 years and always walking the journey alongside me. xox

‘Closing time, every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end’

Xox 💜Liv💜

08/10/2020

Littlie Miss H insisted I put the hulk glove on....
I now may have both Littlie’s Miss L and Miss H convinced that the hulk glove is stuck on my hand...
They are now working together using their problem solving skills to work out an effective way to remove the hulk glove.
😂😊
I’m a little bit scared of Miss L’s next solution for the problem as she is currently searching for the bandages in the dress up box ....
I think the glove may have to miraculously come off soon 😳😂

02/10/2020

💖 Love Family Day Care💖
The Littlie’s noticed that we got some new pegs for our clothes line and wanted to try them out, so I set up an activity with the pegs, clothes airer and the dolls clothes.
Apart from the usual routine breaks the Littlie’s have been engaged in this activity for most of the day!
This activity is great for our fine motor skills and developing our little hands as well as life skills!

The best toys are always everyday household items!!

🤔wonder if I can extend on this to have them hang my real washing on the outside line 🤷‍♀️😂😉

01/10/2020

26/09/2020

Each day the Littlie’s like to see what earrings I am wearing and they even put requests in for the following day!!
I got these gorgeous handmade earrings from a lovely local lady Gina from Tui Dots .
Quality is amazing and if there is something you have in mind just ask as they do custom orders too!

I know I will definitely be ordering more!

11/09/2020

We have been using our basil and mint from our garden for our outdoor mud kitchen and today the Littlie’s once again requested play dough... soo... today to extend on the Littlie’s interest in the herbs I added basil to 1 batch of play dough and vanilla essence to another.

We explored our sense of smell, smelling both of the play dough’s ..

‘Oohh.. it smells a bit like ice cream’
‘I love ice cream, can I please smell it? .. Oohh it does smell like ice cream’

‘It’s like our Basil from the garden, but looks different’
‘Can I put more in my play dough??’
‘Me too!’

We also discussed savoury and sweet foods as we explored the play dough.

Whilst playing outside earlier our neighbouring Littlie was watching intently through a gap in the fence, as she often does, so we decided to make a 3rd batch of pink play dough today and asked her grandparent if it was ok to give it so she could play with play dough too. 💜

10/09/2020

‘Andy’s Wild Workouts’ on ABCiview.....
Lots of giggles trying out these workouts!

Abbey loved the chicken one and the Arctic fox one.

04/09/2020

😂🤪😂

Being crazy and deliberately pretending to run in to things or fall over.... or reading a book in a crazy voice... or dancing crazy with the kids ALWAYS brings out the big belly laugh’s from
the kids. 💜

04/09/2020

I am incredibly privileged to observe the children as they create, draw and learn every day.
It was wonderful to watch little Miss not quite 3 as she drew her Daddy today..
‘Here’s Daddy’s eyes!’
‘Daddy’s shoes’
‘Daddy’s hair and Daddy’s hands!’
‘Oohh.. and Daddy’s mouth’ ..
and little Miss 3.5 yesterday who was delighted as she drew dots on her creation and was ecstatic to discover a few of them looked like spiders. ‘Spider!!’
Hope the Daddy’s love their gifts created by their Littlie’s this Sunday! ...
I am proud of the Littlie’s who have had very little input and help from me with this year’s gifts 😊

01/09/2020

🦋🌼🌺Happy First Day of Spring! 🌸🌻🐝

Today we tended to our garden,
Master L watered the pumpkin plant and excitedly counted 9 small pumpkins growing.
Miss H watered the capsicum and the herbs.
Miss L watered the flowers and swept the garden area.
Liv watered the mandarin tree.
Then we checked the bug hotel to see if any visitors had checked in for a stay.

I’m no gardener!, so I am thankful that we are able to continue this experience!!

28/08/2020

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