First off… what IS a Pikler triangle? And how in the world do you pronounce that word?! The word is like “PICK-ler” and it is named after Dr. Emmi Pikler, a Hungarian pediatrician who created the triangle as a climbing structure to allow children to explore their body’s boundaries and respond to the natural need […]
Low Profile Bathroom Stool
** I actually completed this project sometime last year… but never got around to editing photos and posting it. My oldest potty trained himself and went from being in diapers to being completely independent in the bathroom with zero accidents (daytime OR nighttime) in about a week, so we quickly discovered that we needed a […]
DIY Giant Ruler Growth Chart
These little growth chart projects are pretty popular these days and you can find them all over Pinterest. See this one here and this one here and just do a Google or Pinterest search for dozens more examples. I made one for myself a few years ago (pictured above), but recently made a second one […]
Modernizing a 1990s crib…sort of.
Our youngest recently outgrew his former Pack ‘N’ Play bed (out climbed, rather) and we were able to borrow this crib-turned-toddler-bed from one of my sisters. In a former life, it had been painted bright primary colors, but the paint was chipping and in need of a refresh and I had a hankering to spray […]
Radio Flyer Refreshed
My younger son was gifted a hand-me-down very old tricycle. It was a Radio Flyer in its former days, very similar to this model. Over the years, it was faded from the sun from red to pink, and at some point someone tried to give it a makeover by spray painting the whole thing black. […]
