Halloween Finds for Toddlers

What is your little planning on being for Halloween?  Ophelia is debating between being a duck or our dog, Jolie. We also recently got this adorable book, and like all Halloween books, my little October baby loves reading it.  Here are some fun Halloween finds for toddlers to wear during this spooky season! I couldn't resist these pjs, and this is on it's way to us!

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Pumpkin Bread + An Easy Fall Toddler Craft

Happy Friday!  We were busy this morning with a couple of fun fall activities- although, it's a little hard to really get in the mood when it's still 85 degrees.  I'm sure I''ll be singing a different tune come January!

We made a super easy (and yummy!) gluten free, dairy free, and refined sugar free pumpkin bread.

INGREDIENTS
– 1 cup of nut butter (I used almond)
– 3 large eggs
– ½ cup roasted pureed pumpkin
– 1/2 cup honey- don't use maple syrup!
– 4 tbsp butter or ghee
– 1 tsp baking soda
- tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
– Shelled pumpkin seeds for decoration- we used chocolate chips
– Coconut oil or butter for loaf pan

INSTRUCTIONS
– Preheat oven to 325
– Combine all ingredients at room temperature in a large mixing bowl.
– Pour the batter into your greased loaf pan
– Sprinkle the top with pumpkin seeds, nuts, or chocolate chips. Don’t mix them in!
– Bake for about 40 minutes, making sure the middle is just barely dry
– Let sit to cool, or eat warm with butter or coconut oil. Enjoy!

Recipe adapted from here

We also used contact paper to stick some of our recent leaf finds on and hung them up.  They catch the sun so prettily!  

Tot School: Colors Curriculum

We've had a blast learning about our colors this week! 

Our activities: 

-Sticking colorful clothespins (these popsicle sticks would've worked well too!) into matching PlayDoh colors.  Awesome for sensory and fine motor experiences! 

-Sorting our nature walk finds by color. 

- Painting a rainbow with cotton balls.  I used the print out found here.  

- We also made rainbow sprinkle cookies! 

- Annnnnd as usual, we did lots and lots of chalk.  Ophelia could do chalk for houuuurrs.  

Color Books: 

Butterfly Colors and Counting 

My Very First Book of Colors:  This one is AMAZING.  The pages flip horizontally for matching an object on the bottom half with its color on the top.  

City Colors

100 First Words: Ophelia loves this book all the time, but it's color page was our focus this week!  

Baby Art: Spots and Dots

Sweater Weather for Mamas + Littles

Is there anything better than cozy knits on a crisp fall day?  Here are some of my picks for this fall!

F O R       M A M A 

I'm obsessed with with this turtleneck, and the color on this pretty pink one (it's only $29!).  Also I think I kind of need this one just because of the name, right? 

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F O R     B A B E 
anything with ears (like this one and this one) just killllllll me.

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Fall Maternity Style

For all my fellow pregnant mamas, I've been on the hunt for fall clothes to dress the bump in!  I'm completely obsessed with these, am pretty sure I'll be living in these all season long, and these Madewell maternity jeans get amazing reviews.  I'm so happy to be pregnant in the fall/winter this time- last time I was sweating it out in the summer!

My finds: 

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