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This week we have been on Easter Holidays. I had to work for two days but I was lucky enough to have the rest of the week off. We have enjoyed doing some Easter crafts, had a trip to Soft Play and to the Cinema as well as some quality time together at home!


Last week our two male rabbits went to the Vet to be castrated and we have had to keep a close eye on their recovery. This week we took them back for a check up and Fluffy wasn't doing so well. The vet thinks he might have been nibbling at the wounds or that his hutch is too big and he was able to run around too much so we had to make a temporary barrier in the hutch to minimise the space each rabbit had. The vet also put him in a little onesie which I thought made him look like a character from a Beatrix Potter book! He was also prescribed some medicine which had to be fed on a syringe twice a day which was a bit of a challenge to start with.

A Rabbit in a Onesie!

Of the two rabbits, Fluffy was the more timid. He would run away whenever we came near and even trying to catch him in his hutch had always been a challenge! However as he had limited space now and was initially still a bit sedated, it was a bit easier to catch him. The vetenary nurse had shown me the best way to hold him to help keep him still and how to lift his top jaw to get the syringe into the side of his mouth in the gap behind his front teeth. At fist I struggled a bit to find his mouth as he is so fluffy (hence the name!) that it was hard to see where his top jaw ended and the bottom one began! Once I had managed to get the syringe in though, the rest was easy as he instinctively started to lap up the liquid.


I think that in a way, having to give him this extra support has helped to make him more tame as he is now getting used to being handled. The vet has now given him the all-clear and the onesie is off and the medicine is all finished so I really want to make sure that we are still trying to handle him daily so he doesn't go back to being timid with us!


Anyway, That's us for this week, I hope you enjoy the weekly vlog. Check our our new Beauty and the Beast rating in the Vlog as that was what we went to see at the cinema! We will be back with another one next week which will be more Easter Holiday Adventures!


Hope you are all having a lovely time over the holidays


Elizabeth  x

Simple Easter Card Idea for Kids

Today we needed to make our Easter cards for the parents as it's the children's last day with me before the Easter Weekend. I look after two children who are only two years old and as we were a bit pushed for time I decided that all the children could make the same style card rather than organising something more challenging for the older ones. I decided to go with Potato printing as it's simple enough for the little ones but it's also something that the older ones still enjoy. It was so simple but effective.

Here's what you will need:

2 Large potatoes

poster paints in Spring colours

Card (we used A3 to fit more prints on)

I just sliced the potatoes lengthways and then carved designs onto the cut side.

I cut two wedges out of the back of the potatoes.  This just helps to give the children a bit of a grip on the potatoes as they can be a bit hard to pick up otherwise.

Then I let the children get to work stamping. They all really enjoyed choosing colours to use and working out where to place them. We got a good chance to talk about the special people in our lives too as the children decided who they were going to give their cards to. Everybody wanted to make more than one! It was a good opportunity for learning colour names too as well as a chance to talk about Easter traditions so it fit into many areas of the EYFS!

Once Olivia had finished her prints she decided to dip her fingers into the paint to add decorations to her eggs. It's amazing how children think up these lovely ideas. That wasn't something I had planned on doing but it just came organically to her! Once she had decorated all her eggs she then used the different colours to add polka dots all around the spaces on her card!

We have left them to dry in the sun for now but before dinner we will be writing in them, giving us a chance to explore mark-making with the little ones and practise name writing with the pre-schooler. My two older ones can write now but it's a good chance to go over the way we lay out the writing in cards and letters. 

Happy Easter Everyone! 

Elizabeth