I thought I should put it down in writing, here:

I'm not going to blog anymore.

Please. No tears.

I've realized in my search for fun things to do with my son, that there are a lot of great Mommy blogs out there, doing a much better job at it than I am. So, why try to reinvent the wheel? Instead, I can use my extra blogging time to do what I really want to do - play with my son, and maybe even write more children's poetry.

So I leave you with some of my favourite, go-to Mommy blogs, that have inspired me to play with my son in countless ways, and to let go of documenting it for all to see.

Please check out and support the following (but not not limited to):

Dirt and Boogers (love!)

Fairy Dust Teaching

Momtastic

No Time for Flash Cards

Random Thoughts of a SuperMom

Sense of Wonder (love!)



Now, go play! That's what I'm going to do! 

Max and I wanted to make play dough. Well, I wanted to make play dough. So I did and it was awesome.

This stuff is just as good, if not better, than the kind you buy. I originally got the recipe from Family Sponge but I changed it a teeny tiny bit.

So grab an adult, cause you'll need a little help on the stove.

Basically throw:

This is what it looks like half way through

Make little nests in the centre and add the Kool-Aid.

My finished play dough!

We needed a little colour and pizzazz yesterday...

So we made water balloons.
Just filled up some regular balloons with water and they were perfect for throwing, bouncing, rolling, bobbing - they even withstood a little biting!

Max LOVES granola bars.
I thought I'd make him some - healthy, homemade, delicious, kid-friendly granola bars. YUM!

So... this is what I did:

MIX
2 cups of uncooked quick oats
1/3 cup of brown sugar
1 cup whole wheat flour
3/4 cup raisins (though they were really stuck together so it could have been more)
1/2 cup honey and/maple syrup
1 egg, beaten (I'd do 2 next time)
1/4 mashed banana
1/4 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup apple sauce
1 cup of coconut flakes
2 tsp vanilla
2 tsp cinnamon

I mushed it together with my (CLEAN) hands - fun :) - and it looked like this.

This might be obvious, but if your toys are looking a little blah, put some life back into them by changing the scenery. You don't need new toys at all...The best way to fall in love with your them all over again? Take them outside!

Plastic little animals sitting on the floor

Animals gather for an important meeting!

Giraffe playing hide-and-go-seek in the long grasses

Elephant stomping through the jungle looking for its baby

Camel in desperate need of a watering hole. "SO thirsty!"

Okay!
I feel like I owe you all an apology... or at the very least, an explanation.

Yes. I've been AWOL for the last year. Oops.
No. I didn't fall off the planet, or jump, or LEAP :)

I had a baby!

Discovered a fun game with my 7 month old son, yesterday...

Cover your face with your hands, then separate your fingers to reveal a part of your face, while you say what it's name is.
It's fun to move the part too if you can (puff out your cheek or roll yours eyes or chomp your teeth... you get the idea!) Max thought it was hilarious!