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Our Spring Growing Has Started

Last week we sowed our first ‘Salad Pots’

First we needed to clean the pots to get rid of any bacteria or decease from last years plants.

We then put coco disks into the pots and added the seeds.

We chose salad and herb crops because they are fast growing and we love cooking and eating them. We added water and watched as the disks filled out and firmed the seeds down.

We covered the pots with cling film to help them keep the humidity to germinate the seeds.

One Week Later….

We had a look in our salad pots to see if any of the seeds had germinated.

In Jacks pot we found a Cucumber seed had grown, it had reached over 1 inch tall.

Tracie very carefully picked up the seedlings in the coco disk and showed us the roots coming out of the disk.

Alba said ‘yuck they are long and wiggly like a worm!”

We then looked in Alba’s Salad Pot, we were surprised to see that her Cucumber had not started to grow. However she had two healthy Tomato plants growing. These were about 1/2 an inch tall.

We decided to move the Cucumber and Tomato seedlings into a bigger pot and leave the herbs in the long salad pots. This was to give them extra space to grow healthy root stock.

We recycled glass jars to cover the seedlings. This was to help them keep the plant warm and to encourage them to grow healthy and strong.

Once we had repotted the seedlings we covered the other coco disks with fresh nutrient rich soil to encourage them to start germinating.

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Do You Wanna Build A Snowman?

Today when we all woke up we had a lovely surprise… snow! White fluffy snow.

Lottie

Poppy was not very happy because she wanted to stay home and play in the snow! She had to walk to school as the bus was cancelled, but she enjoyed walking in the snow. When she got to school there was a big fun snowball fight.

Chloe was happy because her school was closed, she went to the park with her mum and brothers. Ben loved the Canada Geese, one went up to him and ate the bread from his hand. Jack and Chloe loved snow ball fighting, but didn’t like getting so cold.

After breakfast we all got our coats, scarves and gloves on and went for a walk in the back garden.

Martie made some amazing hand prints in the snow that had settled on a toy box.

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Christmas Party Week

We have had such a fun few weeks getting ready for Christmas. The house has been well and truly glitter bombed!

Holly

Holly is looking forward to her first Christmas. She has grown so much this year and been such a good girl, Father Christmas will definitely be bringing her something nice.

Ben and Jack absolutely loved these star shaped doughnuts, who doesn’t love Christian treats!

We have made so many different crafts over the last few weeks for our parents and grandparents. We loved making our Snowmen, let’s hope it really snows so we can make a real one.

Below are some photos Tracie has taken over the last few weeks.

We looked at some old photos of Chloe, Poppy and Tracie. We could see how big they have grown! can you see who is who?

These are a few Photos sent to Tracie over the festive holidays. George looks super lucky standing with all his Presents, Father Christmas has left him! Tracie had a lovely meal out with her family and has enjoyed the festive time off to re charge her batteries for the New year’s activities.

Ben and his mum look super excited to open their presents.

Look at our Debbie, she scrubs up well. I bet Father Christmas leaves her something lovely for Christmas.

Elsie and Evie are very happy with their lovely gifts. I particularly love her Spider Girl outfit! Wonder if she can climb up the walls? Let’s hope she wears a bungie rope for safety.

We wish everyone an amazing Christening and a Happy Healthy New Year.

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Our Gardening Gallery 2023

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Childminding Long Weekend Away In Wales

In the summer holidays we went on a mini break to Wales and had lots of fun.

We went in a boat through the underwater river and looked at scenes and listened to the story of King Arthur. We walked a few miles through winding caves then returned to the boat for our journey back out into the bright daylight. Fun was had by all.

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October Fun Photos At Tracie’s Treasures

Batty Lotty

Our Grapes Are Ready At Last!
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Pumpkin Play

We had fun this week with the Pumpkin’s, heres a little gallery of our activities.

Using Pumpkin’s In Play

We went to Teds Farm Pumpkin Patch to choose some Big ones to carve out.

Jack And Ben

We all had a fun day out and can’t wait to go again next year.

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Fun in the Garden

We have so much fun learning and playing in our garden at Tracie’s Treasures. I want to share some of my favourite films from the last couple of months.

In this film Jack is looking in our small barrel pond he is investigating what lives in there. He finds YUK

Jack Exploring In The Half Barrel Pond

George and the girls walk around the garden to check for bugs, George sings ‘Barbie Girl’ all the way around.

George Singing Barbie Girl
Mr Black Bird Having A Bath

This funny clip George is singing again as usual. This time he is singing to a Snail about being gorgeous.

George Singing ‘Your Beautiful’ To A Snail

My favourite time of day, looking in the greenhouses to see whats growing.

Elsie, Grace and Georgia Looking In The Greenhouse

Hope you enjoyed the films, the children here are amazing.