What does a stay at home mom do all day??

As a newbie mom I'm always looking for things to do with my 1 year old that are fun, age appropriate, and educational. Sometimes we fall into a rut where I'll just let her play with her usual toys but on our creative days we have a lot of fun together! So if you're stuck in a rut like I often get, here's our top 10 of activities we enjoy. :)

Top 10 Activities for children ages 9 months - 1 year

Dance Party

Shaving cream ( we put shaving cream on the wood floors and have a blast drawing in it)

Playing in her water table - (We are also getting ready to try different things other than water, such as corn starch, flour, and jello!)

Lego's- I build and she takes them apart :)

Drop In- I used an old coffee can and cut a slit in the lid so that she could drop in lids from her fruit pouches. She really enjoys this simple game!

Bubbles are always a hit
Coloring- I bought a simple scrapbook with the paper already in it and she colors with colored pencils or fat crayons
Cooking!- My little girl loves the kitchen! She loves to stir things so whenever I get the chance we are baking together. Yes its messy, but it's absolutely worth it! We also have a cabinet just for her in our kitchen and she gets to play with her own bowls and spoons and such while mommy does dishes.
Fabric Scrap Bin- I'm sure we all know how hard it is to fold laundry with a toddler in the house! You're folding while they unfold..well I made a little bin of my fabric scraps and let her play with them while I fold laundry. She's practicing folding while I'm actually getting something done!

Baby Obstacle Course- I sometimes set up a little obstacle course for the princess, it was really great when she was learning to crawl and stand up. I used diaper boxes, pillows,she would even try to crawl under our coffee table. It was fun for her and I had fun crawling around being silly with her :)

So..what are some of your favorite things to do with your toddlers?

Jars Jars Jars!!

 

Aren't they adorable? I love them! My super sweet fiance took me to World Market-my absolute favorite store ever :D-the other day to look around and I saw these super cute tiny little jars. At $4 for a set of 4 I absolutely had to have them. I knew that they were exactly what I needed in my crafting corner.


So what did I do with them?

Don't you just love them? I haven't put anything in the other two jars yet because I got a little busy with my baby girl but I'll be posting them soon!

Where did the time go?

Yesterday my beautiful baby girl turned 9 months old! I can't even believe it! So we just moved into a new house and I've been decorating and being slightly sentimental about Paisley,and I found this in one of the boxes I unpacked!

I made this when she was about 3 months old. It was pretty simple to do, I just bought a shadowbox on sale at Hobby Lobby and put scrapbook paper on the back. Then I hot glued all of her hospital stuff in there. Her preemie onesie she came home in,the socks her aunt bought her,the little bow she wore home,and her hospital bracelet. I love having it hang on the wall beside her hospital picture.

This is Paisley at 3 months old with her coming home outfit! I love my little princess!

Christmas Crafting!

Yesterday the princess and I started our Christmas crafting. We had a little bit of a late start this year because we are in the process of moving into our new house and all of my crafty supplies have been in storage! Our first project was for my soon to be sister in law. She is 18,super smart,and kind of tough to shop for because she isn't really into the normal teen girl stuff. So I thought,why not make her something? Well in my Pinterest obsession I happened to find the perfect gift, a "My Stache" jar..SO cute! I knew it would be an easy DIY and she will love it so I went for it. This picture was my inspiration. http://img0.etsystatic.com/il_fullxfull.226555276.jpg

So I went to the dollar store and found a clear glass jar and then headed off to Hobby Lobby for some cute letters and mustache stickers. I happened to get lucky and get everything half off so I only paid $4 for this whole thing!

I really love mustaches so I wanted them to be on all sides of the jar and of course the princess was having fun sticking them on with me :) I loved the way it turned out and I know she will enjoy it. I am going to pair the jar with a handmade ornament that I will be posting in the next few days so come back soon!