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We’ve been having the best time with @magnatiles new number set! It’s no secret that my little engineer-brained son loves numbers, so incorporating them into our every day play has been so easy!

This is our first time playing around with equations, and having the color-coded math symbols has been a great help in learning 🥰

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We’ve been having the best time with @magnatiles new number set! It’s no secret that my little engineer-brained son loves numbers, so incorporating them into our every day play has been so easy! This is our first time playing around with equations, and having the color-coded math symbols has been a great help in learning 🥰 LTKmomlife LTKdayinmylife LTKKids

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Upgraded our little corner with a new Mini Magic Playwall! I’m obsessed with how fun and functional they are!

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I found the cutest barefoot shoes on Amazon and they’re way more affordable than the name brands I’ve seen! They are lightweight, zero drop, flexible and SO WIDE: perfect for my boys’ wide feet and preserving proper toe spacing for development. My husband has the adult ones and loves them, and I’m ordering myself a pair too!

The strap version feels a little bigger/wider than the laced ones of the same size I recommend measuring your child’s foot and consulting the size guide before ordering.

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Meet: The Raw Changing Basket from @bebebask 🤍

This beauty comes with a soft mattress pad, basket liner, cotton leaf liner and vegan leather changing mat. Is there anything sweeter than a basket for a baby?

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Air quality alerts spreading across the Midwest from wildfire smoke have us hunkered down inside today 🥲 always thankful for our space to play, build, imagine and grow 🫶🏻

I bought my first @waytoplaytoys road set for my oldest son’s 3rd birthday. It is bittersweet to see how Mitch they have grown and still love these roads (and now the amazing arches). The Civil Engineer in me is just giddy when I get to build an invitation to play 🥰

5 minutes of prep = hours of fun 😎 is this heat wave hitting you too? 90s for us in Michigan this week 🥵

One of my favorite things about our @waytoplaytoys roads and arches are that you can take them outside in any weather. We’ve used them in the water table, at the pool and in the sandbox! Endless fun 🥰

Time to celebrate Dad! Cue all the personalized and sentimental gifts 🥹 use code JORDANNA15 to save at ReytoZ

- books from each kid (thanks to @hello.little.bird for the idea)
- a personalized hat from @reytoz (a favorite gift for anyone and everyone)
- a @chatbooks book of all the photos of dad with the kids from the last year (our yearly tradition for my very sentimental husband)

P.s. you can use these ideas for any holiday or birthday!

Happy Father’s Day weekend to the dads who do it all 🥰

Playroom staples that I love (that will grow with your kids). Kid spaces can be so overwhelming to design, right? The number of toys and products on the market is enough to make someone go crazy, especially a first time mom! These are a few things I’ve recommended year over year that have stood the test of time and my three kiddos as they’ve grown.

A few helpful tips:
- quality wins. Products made of quality materials that can last for years and multiple kids are a far better investment than lots of disposable toys.
- build big collections of a few things. Think wooden block sets, MAGNA-TILES, arches. When you have a lot of the same set the possibilities for play and imagination grow!
- have a soft place to land. Whether that’s a couch, some cushions, a @shwallyhome play mat (which I’d highly recommend), if it’s a comfortable place to hang out, it will be a place they want to stay.

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My First Baby by @cuddleandkind released today. The details of this doll are just so sweet, and Rennyn (and Greyson) are obsessed 🥲

Each My First Baby purchase provides 10 meals to kids in need 🤍 Available now, comment SHOP for the link 🫶🏻

The beauty of open-ended toys ☀️ build, create, take them to the pool…the less that it does, the more creative they get to be!

We’ve been using our @waytoplaytoys arches in so many fun ways lately!

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Pack our pool bag! Kids summer fun

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Nostalgic for photo Instagram 🙈🫣 just me?

Small world play is a personal favorite (couldn’t be the civil engineer in me, could it?) 😆

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Some book series that my boys love!

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A little update for the kitchen corner, thanks to @shopimanikids 🥰 as much as I love the “long live boyhood” banner, I think it’s time to move it up to the boys’ room!

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This animal puzzle is 10/10! We love Schleich animals for their detail and lasting quality!

Learning lately 🫶🏻 every day is different, woven into play, paused for nursing and snacks, and mostly led by the kids. There will be a time for more formal learning and activities, but for now, my boys are young and my priorities are learning through play.

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Rainy day fun 🙃 we got spoiled by a few veryyyyy warm days in April, and now we’re just waiting for summer to hit 🙈 we added some new @waytoplaytoys arches to our collection and have been having a blast adding them to our road setups!

Excited to show you some more arch builds soon 🥰

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Cutest mommy and me sets for $35!

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Another cuuuute travel set by @magnatiles 🥹 the little candle tile is too much!
Birthday set, birthday party

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Playroom toys/accessories I’d add for young babies to grow into!

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Playroom starter basics that I'd recommend

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Basement organization part 3! Featuring our train table, obstacle course supplies, and paw patrol plastic 🤣

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Basement organization part 2: featuring our IKEA TROFAST wall that holds our animals, cars, Duplos and action figures!

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Basement playroom organization part 1. Costumes and play silks for the win!

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The boys (and mom and dad) have been having way too much fun with our new @waytoplaytoys arches 🙈 the possibilities for open-ended play are truly endless, and I can’t wait to start combining them with our small world builds!

So much more to share on these, so stay tuned 🥰

Learning lately has looked different every day. Some days are filled with mostly free play, some involve a bit of structured learning like number and letter matching. Every day I’m thankful for the opportunity to be the one to teach my kiddos, and I’ll cherish it for as long as we’re able to do it.

Never did I think I’d be a homeschool mom. It wasn’t an overnight decision, but a subtle shift in beliefs. A slow awakening to the way I want to live our lives. To be together more, to be the biggest influence in their little lives, to protect PLAY and time in nature. To let my boys be boys as long as I can.

Homeschool will evolve for us. There will be a day when we’re using our chalkboards and books more, maybe following curriculum and measuring success in different ways. But today it looks like this: a little different every day, led by play, and together as a family as much as possible 🫶🏻

Fun new travel MAGNA-TILES sets at Target!

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Amazon shopping for AirToobz and Etsy for fun accessories!

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Shop AirToobz and fun added accessories!

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Greyson’s 4 year old Easter basket - basket ideas for boys

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Rhyland’s 6 year old Easter basket - boy Easter basket ideas

Baby girl Easter basket - Rennyn’s 1st Easter!

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