Mummy and George Nights

George has just started school and he's not settling as well as I had imagined he would. Don't get me wrong, he is doing well but there have been tears and moments of having to pretty much peel him off of me! So, I decided to make Friday nights 'Mummy and George Nights!' I hope anyone else who has a child that has just started school is getting on ok, it's been emotional for us all, but I think we're slowly making some progress. He's all snuggled up in our bed now so I thought i'd share this evening fun with you all before we go and join him!

Snuggled up in Mummy and Daddy's bed ready for a Story Sack

So a Mummy and George night incorporates a 'fun bath'. This basically means something like, lots of bubbles and toys or coloured water tablets, balls in the bath or even balloons! Tonight we had a few balloons in the bath, one filled with just air, one with normal water and one with coloured water in. These, coupled with a pair of scissors (which George was supervised with at all times) made our first 'Friday night fun bath'.

Balloons waiting to be popped!

Cutting into the first balloon

Look what's inside... Blue water!!

 

Swishing the balloon around to "make all the water blue"

Cutting into the last balloon, this one was filled with just water.

 So that was a quick 'balloon bath', you can read about one of our 'ball baths' here.

Next up was a 'Story Sack' and tonight we had Tallula's Atishoo! A Story Sack is a bag full of goodies to inspire you to read stories to your child and to get your child actively involved in the stories they are hearing. Most Story Sacks are of traditional and popular stories, such as The Hungry Catterpillar, The Bad tempered Ladybird and The Gruffalo. They usually contain a child's picture book, soft toys of the main characters, scenery, props relating to items in the story, a non-fiction book relating to the fiction theme, an audio CD of the story book and a language game based on the book. Thay also usually include a prompt card of ideas suggesting ways in which you may develop listening, reading and writing skills using the contents of the Storysack and a guide for parents. Tallula's Atishoo had the story book itself, a game of snap, soft toys of the main characters and a fact book on flies. You can read more about Story Sacks here. George enjoyed this sack but it wasn't one of the best i've ever used. The story was a bit boring in my opinion but George liked it so thats all that matterd! I dont have a picture of him using the sack (as we were too busy enjoying it). But below is a picture of it's contents (modelled by George of course)!

 

'Mummy and George Night' ends with a sleep over in our bed. We have a big bed so there is plenty of room for me, Adam, George.......

Curly, Pluto, Woofy, Snowy, Patchy and Scruffy Little Woofster!