Hey, we made it through the holidays! Toby is now back at preschool in the mornings which theoretically means I have more time to do stuff. Actually it means I wrote a list long enough to take me the whole year, and then tried to do it all in one week. So I am writing about the final theme a week after it happened. The topic may have been apt, as it felt like we were fanning dying embers by this point. Activities 1. Making a "campfire" Here's Toby in best boy scout mode, rubbing two twigs together to make a fire. Peppa Pig obviously is educational really, because he knew to set up the sticks in a pyramid. Fortunately his efforts didn't produce any sparks. And where there's a campfire, there must be a tent: 2. The candle trick With all due cautions about not playing with fire, etc, etc, we lit a candle and I showed him how it goes out when you put a jar over it. We repeated the experiment several times, and he was able to tell Dad, later, abo
Getting through life one cake at a time.