Me, with J and T
Hello and welcome to Rainy Day Mum – I’m Cerys (aka Rainy Day Mum) a SAHM to 2 toddlers, J (August 2009) and T (March 2011).
As a SAHM I was always on the look out for different activities, crafts and play that would be suitable for my children to do and started to come across lots of ideas but none of them seemed to work for us so I took inspiration and adapted ideas to work for us and Rainy Day Mum was born.
In my life before Mum I worked as a Teacher and previous to that as a Marine Biologist and Environmental Educator in Costa Rica and Greece with Turtles being my main passion – see our Sticky Turtle for how I’ve already managed to get J fascinated by Turtles through activities.
All my activities have been tried and tested by J and/or T and yes they sometimes work and other times they go off at a complete tangent and what started off as 1 idea ended up as a completely different idea.
Initially based around indoor activities (it was hard getting outdoors with a tiny baby and an adventurous toddler) Rainy Day Mum has grown and expanded and now includes
- Crafts
- Baking
- Messy Play
- Exploring Outdoors
- Made with Love (Makes by us a linky with Angeliquefelix.com and Mommy Labs)
- Imaginative Play
- Getting Active
- Book reviews
- As well as the odd random posting and my own Project 366 for 2012
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Thought this may be a good one to add.
No cook playdough reciepe
Quick rhubarb biscuit crumble
Ingredients
250g plain flour
50g salt
140ml water
1 – 2 tablespoons of cooking oil
Few drops of food colouring (optional)
Preparation method
1. Mix together the flour and salt in a large mixing bowl. Add the water and oil.
2. Knead well until mixture is smooth about 10 mins. You might need to add a bit more flour or water until the consistency is smooth but not sticky. (i use my food mixer with plastic bread dough blades attached)
3. Add food colouring and knead until the colour is fully blended.
4. Store in a plastic bag in the refrigerator until chilled enough to use.
Wanting to let you know I have nominated you for a blog award! Here is a link to check it out!!
http://fulltimesahm.wordpress.com/2011/12/01/versatile-blogger-award/
Thank you so much for that. I’m so happy that people read what I write about.
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Cerys, Thank you for stopping by my blog. I just love what I am finding here on your wonderful blog!!
Lisa x