Lanie's Place Blog: Tuesday, Lots of new things!

B~ Cheerios, banana slices, milk
S~ Fresh strawberries, ritz crackers, filtered water
L~ Spaghetti with Homemade tomato-meat sauce, broccoli/waterchestnuts/snap peas/carrot mix, bread and butter, milk
S~ Stewed apples- the inside of apple pie- cinnamon toast, filtered water

Brrrr it is cold out there, too cold to go outside today!

Over the weekend I rearranged the playroom and set up the cushions in there as a foam climber. I would like to leave it up permanently or at least for the winter.

We've talked a lot about being safe while using it (examples of both safe ways to play there, as well as unsafe ways)

I ordered new materials through Constructive Playthings and they arrived yesterday. So far we've used the Solar System floor puzzle, new foam unit blocks, and some play-food sandwiches- pb&j and bologna and cheese with lettuce and tomato.

I took photos of the multicultural and diverse abilities block corner people for you to see. There is also a new felt board set of community helpers- like paper dolls made of felt with different career outfits.

We will use all of these but I will introduce them over time. Today they really enjoyed the climbing cushions.
My plan is to sew new covers for them if they work out~ it really depends on the children playing safely.

Finally, the stuffed animals and puppets spent the weekend on the porch in the fresh, freezing cold air.
I am hoping any germs on them froze to death!

Here are the photos, including ones of the playroom and new materials

The stuffed animals and puppets getting a good airing out this long weekend

The cushion climbers, I actually reduced the size to see how they'd do with this being available all the time. If all goes well, I want to sew covers for it from the sheets they are draped in.

The playstands and kitchen are now on the other wall.

There is a live plant (barely)on the windowsill- it is out of reach but again, we'll see how it goes :-)

The block corner with the softer, foam unit blocks. The wooden set is in the playroom closet and will be available to the older children when they request it.

The dress-up and playsilk corner

Diverse abilities people. These, and the families are something that I've wanted to get for a long time- we will see if the kids like them as much as I hope!

There are 4 sets of families: Hispanic, Caucasian, African American, and Asian. I really loved that these included grandparents, and lots of children- even a toddler or baby (depending on the set)