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Tag Archives: imagination
Monkey’s imagination
Monkey just makes me laugh – his speech has come on in leaps and bounds these last six months, and his imagination never ceases to amaze me. He also seems to be absorbing so much information and then adding that … Continue reading
Posted in Family life
Tagged Back hoe loader, Bale Wrapping, children, Digger display, having fun, hay bale, imagination, imaginative play, JCB, Larry Loadall, My monkey, new potatoes, Tractor Ted
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John Deere Monster Treads Tractor by Tomy
I think it fairly clear that Monkey is obsessed by tractors! But a John Deere tractor takes him to a whole new level of excitement!!! It all stems from a trip to see my parents in Spain last year. They … Continue reading
Posted in Family life, Reviews, Toy Reviews
Tagged engine, flashing lights, horn, imagination, John Deere, Lights anbd Sound Tractor, Monster Treads, My monkey, play, review, Tomy, toy vehicle
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#TTPlusPlus weekly challenge – robots
So this morning we were set a weekly challenge by The Toadstool – to build a robot using our Plus Plus. I asked Monkey what he thought we should do – his reply – build a Robot Family Mummy! When … Continue reading
Posted in #TTPlusPlus, Family life
Tagged #TTPlusPlus, children, fun, imagination, play, Plus Plus, robot, The Toadstool
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Watching Monkey grow up
I love watching Monkey grow up. It never ceases to amaze me what little sponges children are. Monkey is absorbing all kinds of information and his play becomes full of his wonderful imagination. I watch my friends babies and it’s … Continue reading
Posted in Family life
Tagged children, development, family life, imagination, My monkey, potty, Talking, watching monkey grow up
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Trix Track – The 2 Way Flipper by Wonderworld
The lovely on-line toy shop The Toadstool decided that Monkey needed a new challenge for his construction skills! We recently received the newly launched (January 2013) Wonderworld Trix Track – 2 Way Flipper – a wooden ball track. Along with … Continue reading
Posted in Family life, Toy Reviews
Tagged ball track, children, construction, fun, imagination, My monkey, The Toadstool, toy, toy review, Trix Track, Wonderworld, wooden toy
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Dinosaur world with a little help from Duplo
We should have been going to see some tractors today but Monkey decided he wanted to stay at home. We’re always running around and this week has been rather fraught so I took his lead and thought ‘ok, let’s just … Continue reading
Posted in Family life
Tagged children, creative play, dinosaurs, Duplo, fun, Harry and the Dinosaurs, imagination, My monkey, Plus Plus, small world play
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Sensory play – Playdoh, Rosemary and some pennies
It’s been a funny week this week, with the weather, Monkey not feeling too well and lots of sad things happening. To lighten the mood we had a Playdoh session – adding Rosemary to make it smell and burying pennies … Continue reading
Posted in Family life
Tagged children, fun, imagination, My monkey, pennies, plahdoh, rosemary, sensory play
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Getting creative with Plus Plus …… day one
We recently talked about how times are changing with regards to how we buy things for and with our children. As part of that post we were lucky enough to be able to order some Plus Plus from The Toadstool … Continue reading
Posted in Family life, Reviews, Toy Reviews
Tagged children, construction, creative, fun, imagination, My monkey, pieces, play, Plus Plus, review, The Toadstool
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Stressfree mealtime thanks to a Telescopic Front Loader!
Now that’s something I never thought I’d say! It’s rather ironic that in my pre-Monkey life I worked for a company that supplied JCB with plastic components for their production lines. Little did I know then, that one day I … Continue reading
Posted in Family life
Tagged children, dinnertime, eating, imagination, JCB, Larry Loadall, My monkey
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Cardboard boxes – great value entertainment and FREE :)
We all spend so much money on presents for our kids but they still get the best entertainment value out of a free, empty, cardboard box – perhaps this should tell us something! Our current, resident cardboard box has spent … Continue reading
Posted in Family life
Tagged cardboard box, children, entertainment, free, imaginary play, imagination, My monkey, play, role play
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