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Cake day: June 7th, 2023

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  • I built a height tracking tree - can’t remember the size of the pine plank, but simply carved out the edges with a jigsaw and sanded it all. Used the cut off pieces to extend one or two of the branches horizontally

    I put nubs of branches all the way up the sides. I know trees don’t have branches that low on the trunk, but it gives them something to hang stuffies on.










  • 5 minute timers for activity transitions. I started using them as a visual aid for when bath time would end, now she asks for them at every transition - before going to school, before leaving the park, before eating dinner, before getting ready for bed.

    And while sometimes we want something done right now, her request for a 5 minute timer is a great check on our own expectations - are act of the things that we’re asking so critical as to impose our will on her and deny these 5 minutes? Pretty much never.

    It also works great for when we need 5 minutes - we can ask for a 5 minute timer before joining her for play, etc.