I came across this short documentary and just had to share

''I FEEL'', beautiful documentary about 2 kids and their connection and perceptions about nature.
enjoy


I feel... on Vimeo.
Jasmijn is a seven year old girl, who loves hugging trees and having conversations with animals. Anything she touches seems to breathe a sense of aliveness. Robert is ten years old, and the only place where he feels at ease is in nature. He climbs trees as high as he can escaping the everyday reality that is not always easy.

I feel... is about children who experience their environment differently compared to most of us. They travel their own way against the mainstream and dare to see the world with a pureness of vision over and over again.

40 Things to do with your toddler at least once this year

1. Make a nature collage
2. Teach him a nursery rhyme
3. Sing a song
4. Go for a walk in the forest
5. Dance to music
6. Create a scavenger hunt for your toddler. It can be as simple as hiding gummy bears in random places and giving your little one hints on where to find them.
7. Draw with chalk on the sidewalk
8. Bake cookies together
9. Make popcorn and watch a movie
10. Make an easy puzzle with felt and Velcro
11. Go to the puppet theatre
12. Put on a home puppet show
13. Go to the zoo
14. Collect rocks and paint them.
15. Let your toddler paint in the bathtub
16. Run through a Sprinkler
17. Have a book reading day(read at least 20 children books in one day)
18. Create a book using pictures from magazines.
19. Create a book using pictures of family members
20. Make a Mummy with toilet paper
21. Make your own flashcards
22. Go swimming
23. Make a shoe-box train for stuffed animals
24. Fly a kite together
25. Sleep in a tent outside for a night
26. Make a cereal necklace
27. Make a paper plate mask
28. Go To a "Mommy and Me" class in the community where your child can be around other children and experience music, crafts, using their bodies, etc.
29. Tie dye T-shirts and matching socks
30. Play with a bucket of water and a sponge
31. Plant seeds and grow something together
32. Have a picnic
33. Make a playhouse out of a large box!
34. Teach your toddler to count to ten
35. Ask your toddler to go around the house and get things of certain color: green, red, blue.
36. Play a musical instrument together
37. Use a paper towel tube as a megaphone!
38. Make a Shape Puzzle
39. Make a fort using an old sheet over your coffee table or kitchen table.
40. Collect conkers and make little people out of them

Parsley and Ginger green smoothie

This smoothie was an experiment, but I think its going to be a new favourite of mine. :)

 INGREDIENTS:
     3 KIWI FRUITS
     WHITE GRAPES
     BUNCH OF PARSLEY( I will put more parsley in next time)
     FRESH GINGER
     COLD PRESSED APPLE JUICE

DID YOU KNOW?

Raw parsley cleanses the blood, dissolves sticky deposits in veins, maintains elasticity of blood vessels, facilitates removal of moderately sized kidney and gallstones, treats deafness and ear infections, and benefits the sexual system. And chewing parsley prevents bad breath!

What we do when its snowing outside

It makes me feel kind of sad that you dont see many kids playing outside in the snow anymore.So we decided to have a fun day outside after blowing the dust of some old sledges. :)

GREEN SMOOTHIE TIME!

I Love to make green smoothies and since I got a new blender for Christmas I cannot stop making them.
My little 2,5 year old seems to enjoy them too :)

INGREDIENTS FOR A ZESTY GREEN SMOOTHIE:

•  one handful of white grapes
•  one large banana
•  2 cups of cold pressed organic apple juice
•  bunch of fresh spinach
•  juice of 1 lemon

my lunch :)

1 MANGO,2 CACTUS PEARS,SQUEEZE OF LEMON JUICE AND SOME FRESH MINT.YUMMY!

Rooibos and goji berry chocolate treats

SOAK THE GOJI BERRIES IN SOME COOLED DOWN ROOIBOS TEA FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR.

DRAIN THE GOJI BERRIES AND PUT ALL THE ABOVE INGREDIENTS(CHOCOLATE POWDER,COCONUT OIL,MESQUITE POWDER,CAROB POWDER,RAW HONEY,LUCUMA FRUIT POWDER) IN A FOOD PROCESSOR AND BLEND BLEND BLEND :)

IF THE ´´DOUGH´´ SEEMS TOO DRY PUT IN A FEW DROPS OF THE LEFTOVER ROOIBOS.

PUT THE YUMMY CHOCOLATE GOOEYNESS INTO MOLDS,SET IN THE FRIDGE FOR HALF AN HOUR AND WOOLALA :)
BTW DO NOT USE ICE CUBE TRAYS INSTEAD OF CAKE MOLDS OR YOU END UP LIKE ME,STRUGGLING TO GET THEM OUT :)