Round & Round the Garden

This is a song my Mommom Josie use to sing to me when I was little. She sang it to all her grandkids. I still remember the words and I sing it to my Hailey and she loves it! I just thought I would share!

Round & Round the Garden

Round and round the garden goes the teddy bear 
(we make circles around Hailey's tummy)

One, Two, Three, Tickle you under there! 
(finger walk to her underarms and tickle her)

Hailey loves to rub her own belly and sing it herself in her own wonderful little Hailey language! I have done it with her since she was little during diaper changes so she wouldn't get upset and we still do it today, even when we are just laying around together.

Well, I hope your kiddos enjoy it too! :)

The Reading Fair

Tonight we went to the Reading Fair. It is our local week long fair that hosts race cars, tractor pulls, farm competitions, food, games, rides, and so much more! Danny and I haven't been there for years. It was never worth the admission fee just to walk around and eat some food and play some games... but with a little kiddo, we decided this was a PERFECT activity and it was!

Hailey had a BLAST! She ate a hot dog (one of her new favorites words!), got a smoothie, rode a pony and got a cowboy hat (which she loves!) and we took a family photo with it, she also RODE HER FIRST RIDES!!! We went on the flying dogs with me and the train ride. She also played a pick the duck game and she picked a snake for her prize. She had the choice between the snake, a monkey, or a frog and she went with the Shhh....snake! We saw the MOOOO cows, which she enjoyed moooing at. We saw the baa baa sheep and got to pet one. She saw goats and rabbits too!





What an amazing time as a mom! Her smile never left her face, so of course I was beaming too! I think we might have to make a trip back tomorrow because our evening was interrupted by a huge and very bad storm!

Tot Spot: New idea # 26 - Rolling balls down a Ramp

Rolling Balls Down A Simple Ramp!!! 


I wanted to build a ramp for Hailey to roll balls down. Since it is summer, I have been trying to keep our activities outside. I figure we are going to be spending enough time indoors once winter comes, so I thought I would keep things outside as much as possible!

I used the cushion from our patio couch and put it on a slant off of our small deck. We collected all the balls that Hailey owns, and awesomely they are all different sized and shapes! We have a super large one, a super small one, a pointy one, and knobby ones among others. Anyhizzle, we collected them all in a wash basket and put them on the deck with Hailey and her daddy while I sat at the bottom playing photographer and ball catcher. 

HUGE HIT!!! Hailey loved it! She rolled them all down and then I rolled them all back up. We played this game for about an hour! Then when she was done, I took the cushion off so she could step down, and we bounced on it like a trampoline for another half hour!!!

We had so much fun with this! Also, I should note that we used a piece on 2x4 under the cushion to help stabilize it (my hubby's contribution) 

We are back!!

Hello my blogging buddies! My computer is back and fresh from it's repairs including new logic board and hard drive! How exciting! I am glad to be back to the blogging world and look forward to posting all our new activities! I will also be catching on some previous things we have done!

Don't forget to keep up with our facebook page @justtoddlingalong and our twitter @ justtoddling

I post some pics and videos on there that might not make it to the blog!

Glad to be back! :)

<3Nicci

Dance Party!

Singing The Wiggles

Update

UPDATE: Computer is fixed BUT it needed a new hard drive so I will be spending the evening setting up my "new" computer. I will be blogging tomorrow!!! :) I look forward to it!