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Healthy Flatbread Pizza

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Easter is coming, and what better way to bring Eas

Easter is coming, and what better way to bring Easter cheer to your home than with colourful glitter Easter eggs and baskets? The girls and I had tons of fun making these and you can make them too! Swipe right to see how these adorable baskets came together! This is just one of the DIY activities we have been working on with materials from @walmartcanada or stuff we already have hanging around the house! #ad
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What You’ll Need:⁠⠀ • Colourful tissue paper • Scissors ✂️ • Wax/parchment paper • Mod Podge • Bowl • Brush • Craft eggs (Or hollowed out real ones) • Glitter ✨ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Steps:⁠⠀ 1. Cut out squares of tissue paper⁠⠀ 2. Lay out wax or parchment paper onto your workspace. A plastic tablecloth also works in a pinch⁠⠀ 3. Add some Mod Podge to a bowl⁠⠀ 4. Using a brush, “paint” tissue paper squares onto your egg, continuing to add tissue paper and layering on Mod Podge over the paper. Your hands will get sticky, so you’ll probably need to wash them in between eggs⁠⠀ 5. After your egg is covered in the tissue paper, sprinkle the glitter on top⁠⠀ 6. Let dry, and voila!⁠⠀

Practical Life:. Activities of daily life. All tho

Practical Life:. Activities of daily life. All those things to do with looking after ourselves and our environment.
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Practical life activities are nothing new in our home. The girls have activities things they do in the house like watering the plants. Some are done with supervision, while others don’t need to be. Some of their daily activities include:
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* Hand washing (to the tune of happy birthday) * Cleaning their meal space after eating
* Sweeping and mopping up spills
* Cleaning the windows
* Feeding the pet (in our case our their pet fishes) ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The girls also love helping me make our meals. The bonus is that the times they do help out, 99% of the time they eat what they make! Whatever meal it may be they love to help and they also love to set the table. I put the main and sides in small bowls to allow them to serve themselves. We even have a mini pitcher for them to pour their own beverage. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ These types of activities build their confidence and sense of independence. What are some practical life activities do you little ones do at your home? #montessoriathome

This will always be my fave photo of us. Happy Bir

This will always be my fave photo of us. Happy Birthday to the best big brother with the the biggest heart. 💙 Love you Bro 🥳 #myfirstbestfriend #myheart

Blessing your timeline with my big head because to

Blessing your timeline with my big head because today was the first day in almost three weeks that I put on makeup and something other than lounge wear 💁🏾‍♀️💁🏾‍♀️💁🏾‍♀️ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The days are passing like Groundhog Day with our basic schedule being a mix of virtual school for Sav and other activities for Syd, cooking meals, looking at cookbooks for new meals, endless conference calls and emails, learning my camera, creating content and some Netflix (either Ozark or Tiger King) peppered in. Are y’all in the same boat? Well This morning the girls and I got to mix things up a bit as we joined @dina.pugliese and @itsdevobrown on @bttoronto making slime! If you missed it, click the link in the bio to check it out! #quarantineactivities

The girls are finally getting a good balance of fu

The girls are finally getting a good balance of fun and work in. Today was all about geometry love and the girls had some fun building geometric shapes! 🟧🟣🔺We have a geoboard at home that the girls typically use. Some parents may remember the board used with elastics to make shapes - I’ll post in my stories later. I snagged this set online recently to change things up and the girls had lots of fun with it! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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The activity I set up was having the girls build the shape on the cards. After building the shape, they draw it on a piece of paper along with writing the shape’s name. This is an activity that can easily be done at home with things on hand like using play doh as connector balls and toothpicks or cut straws as the connecting sticks. You can even make this an editable activity by using marshmallows as the connector balls and pretzel sticks as the connector sticks! I’ll also post examples in my stories! #montessoriathome

It’s the first week of virtual Montessori! Happy

It’s the first week of virtual Montessori! Happy the girls’ school is continuing learning with virtual classes. Today is the first session and it’s more like orientation. Vahna will be joining her classmates via Zoom. Because Scarlett is in Casa, she does not have Zoom sessions (picture trying to get a group of 4-5 years olds to focus on a screen 😩😩😩) but I have do plenty of Montessori activities for her to keep her busy and I’ll be sure to share. What are your kiddies doing during quarantine??

A few weeks ago I upgraded my from my Nikon intro

A few weeks ago I upgraded my from my Nikon intro DSLR and took a step up into the full‑frame game with the Canon EOS 6D Mark II. I’m still learning how to use the camera properly (I’m no pro) but I’m loving the shots I’ve taken so far with it 😍😍😍 I’m soooooo excited about this camera y’all. The photos are next level and now is as good a time as any to learn more about it and shooting. Most of my posts moving forward will be documenting life at home so prepare for a lot of shots of the girls y’all! #quarantinelife

It’s my parents anniversary y’all!!! 46 years

It’s my parents anniversary y’all!!! 46 years of marriage 🎉🎉🎉!! Mom and Dad, you are an amazing couple! Thank you for the sacrifice and commitment you put into your relationship with one another. You’ve taught me so much and your marriage has been a great example for me. Wishing you a very Happy Anniversary!!! Love you lots ❤️😘

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