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Lil' Red

Walking Your Dog with Your Toddler

April 28, 2017 By Thaleia Leave a Comment

Walking your dog with your toddler might be a crazy idea in your mind but today I am going to share how we did it! Since we got Bayley everyone has wanted to participate in her care in one form or another from grooming to feeding to walking. (You can read more about this in our post Tips for a New Puppy).We feel that it is very important to allow each child a job and to take responsibility in some way or another!

How to Let Your Toddler Walk Your Dog

Lil’ Red likes being helpful and doing what the “big kids” can do. He asked if he could walk the dog and we said YES! He was going to go walk Bayley with Daddy’s help of course. We just so happened to have a slip leash from when our old dog, Jazz, got out of the yard and was picked up by animal control.

First we put on a dog harness which seems to calm Bayley down a bit. She has her everyday collar but she tends to pull too much and practically choke herself on walks if we just use a leash with a collar. Using a hraness allows for more control without hurting her. Next Daddy attached his 6 ft. leather leash to the harness. Then the yellow slip leash was added which Lil’ Red was going to use.

Walking the Dog with Toddler

Boy, did Lil’ Red think he was big stuff “walking the dog”! Daddy was in control the entire time but Lil’ Red didn’t know it. If you notice the taunt leather leash but the loose yellow leash..

Lil' Red walking #BayleyTheDog

I absolutely loved taking pictures of both Daddy and Lil’ Red walking the dog. It was so cute to see the determination on Lil’ Red’s face as well as the sense of satisfaction he had! Bayley enjoyed her walk and so did her dog walkers. Exercise is important for puppies and dog’s as well as their humans!

How do you walk your dog?

Do your children go out with you while you are walking your dog?

Filed Under: Lil' Red, Puppy

Ways to Beat the Winter Blues: Check your Spring Gear!

February 15, 2017 By Thaleia 1 Comment

Is Winter giving you the blues? Not enough snow to send the kids outside? Too low temps to safely play outside? What does any stir crazy,outdoor loving, cabin fevered mom do? Get ready for warmer temps by finding Ways to Beat the Winter Blues! In this multi-post series I will share with you some ideas to get your family ready for Spring and Summer by taking simple steps now. I will share a variety of easy craft and DIY projects to inspire you and prepare you for the seasons ahead!

 

Beat the Winter Blues Check Your Spring Gear

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Filed Under: Family, Freebies, Lil' Red, Safety Tagged With: first aid, hiking, ponchos, rain boots, spring, winter blues

For the Love of Swimming #LetsPowerTheirDreams #ad

August 9, 2016 By Thaleia 3 Comments

This is a sponsored post for SheSpeaks and P&G proud sponsors of Team USA and Dana Vollmer.

It’s no secret that my children love water and love swimming! Each time our children hear that we might be staying at a hotel or going on a blog trip they ask, “Is there going to be a pool?” Their love of swimming goes on all year long no matter what the weather. They know that sometimes we can go to an indoor water park as part of our homeschool PE while other times they enjoy the warm days of Summer while in a pool outdoors!

 

For the Love of Swimming

Are you excited for The Olympic Games that are going on this month? Have you ever thought about training and competing? Have you thought that maybe one of your children may be cut out to perform during a future Olympic Games? All of my children love water and swimming so I could imagine that maybe, just maybe, one of them could be a future Olympian. We do not own a pool or even a YMCA membership at this point but that does not stop their love for water and swimming.

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Filed Under: Budget Friendly Summer, Lil' Red, Reviews Tagged With: swimming

Star Crepe Paper Art and Free Star Printable

July 2, 2016 By Thaleia 3 Comments

It’s 4th of July here in the USA but you can learn about the star shape all year long. Lil’ Red really enjoyed creating his star crepe paper art. I quickly gathered supplies for this project which we happened to already have around the house.

Star Crepe Paper Art

I created a printable with 9 stars on it using it as a guide for the star shapes. Then I helped to tear up the blue crepe paper streamer into smaller pieces.

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Filed Under: Freebies, Homeschooling, Lil' Red, Preschool Prep Tagged With: art, Free Printables, shapes, star

Action Painting Like Jackson Polluck

May 7, 2016 By Thaleia Leave a Comment

I have been meaning to do some action painting like Jackson Polluck for a few years now. I was so excited when Messy Little Monster announced her Exploring Famous Artists series. I jumped at the chance to participate sharing how we created Jackson Polluck paintings.

We watched a couple of videos and read a few books before we created our own works of art.  You can check out one of the books called called Jackson Pollock (Getting to Know the World’s Greatest Artists).

Action Painting Like Jackson Polluck

I went to JoAnn’s and bought a 5 pack of canvases. They were on sale plus I used my 15% teacher discount!  My goal is to have all four children create a piece of art work to hang behind our couch in the living room. The paint that we used was given to us from Home Depot during one of our kid workshop sessions.

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Filed Under: Homeschooling, Lil' Red Tagged With: art, Famous Artist, Jackson Polluck

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