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Display Name:	se7en
Personal URL:	http://se7en@se7en.org.za
Member Since:	9/6/08

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Why haven't I seen the Eric Carle App before it looks wonderful!!! We posted our kids favorite apps this week as well... http://www.se7en.org.za/2012/01/17/saturday-spot-se7en-1-of-our-favorite-ipad-apps Beautiful Tablet Apps to Delight Your Tot Flag this comment	1/21/12 6:47 AM
Take a look at this champagne chair collection on the lovely blog "Lilla A" http://lilla-a-design.blogspot.com/2010/06/en-stolsamling.html The Perfect Post-New Year's Craft: Champagne Chairs Flag this comment	1/3/12 5:29 PM
That is such a pretty Advent color… who wouldn't love to look at a string of gifts!!! My kids make our Advent Calendar each year and this year we made a really quick and easy one, you are welcome to take a look: http://www.se7en.org.za/2011/12/02/se7ens-easy-advent-banner Simple Homemade Advent Calendar Babyramen Flag this comment	12/2/11 3:50 PM
Oh I second Charlie Cook's Favorite Book... by Julia Donaldson. Super fun, clever book!!! 10 Books About Books Flag this comment	9/28/11 8:11 PM
Hay so good to see you over here on Ohdeedoh... Huge Fan - two of may favorite blogs in the same place... made my day!!! My Favorite Children's Book: Maddie Ezzy Flag this comment	9/27/11 5:02 PM
We had such fun this week sorting our stuff, thanks for the great project!!! My best tip is really don't bring stuff into your home unless you really really love it!!! That will save you hours of agony. Cancel party packs, cancel gifts, cancel shopping as an activity... go outdoors instead, and you will seriously have so much less stuff to sort through, it is unbelievable!!! You can scroll down this post to see our toy cure: http://www.se7en.org.za/2011/08/28/se7ens-fabulous-friday-fun-84 The 7-Day Toy Cure A Busy Parent's Plan for Editing Down Your Home's Toys Flag this comment	8/27/11 10:56 PM
This is awesome - it is going to keep me busy all weekend!!! My kids helped me make a book list of note: http://www.se7en.org.za/2011/04/15/se7en-of-the-best-bazillion-chapter-books-a-book-bonanza And my reluctant reader, who has become avid since I posted this, helped me make this one: http://www.se7en.org.za/2011/05/15/se7en-sneaky-tactics-to-encourage-the-almost-reader Our Mega 'List of Lists' to Find Great Kids Books Roundup Flag this comment	8/26/11 6:33 PM
Oh I am loving that blue!!! Before & After: A Blank Dining Room Plus Rich, Bold Color The Color Cure Flag this comment	8/26/11 5:24 PM
And what a lovely blog she has... straight into my news reader!!! Inspiration: A Lived-In Home Seventy Tree Flag this comment	8/23/11 4:00 PM
Over here in South Africa every child owns a little black bike and at some stage their birthday party will be a bike party... We did bike decorating and races and such, you are welcome to take a look here: http://www.se7en.org.za/2008/10/08/a-motor-bike-party Ideas for a Motocross Birthday Party? Good Questions Flag this comment	8/19/11 3:15 AM
I live in a house full of readers and I have never held back... our books have been loved to death and then some. I have to say that if you are really concerned don't knock board books - seriously most classic pictures books can be bought as a board book now, they are just not the picture books that they used to be!!! Seriously have a look for the board book option when you are searching for books, you will be pleasantly surprised. Meanwhile I have found the library books we take out have been carefully covered and sometimes reinforced. When we get a new book I usually cover it in contact paper or at least along the top and bottom of the spine, where they tend to take the book off the shelf to read it. I recently wrote a post on how to mend our very many over loved books. http://www.se7en.org.za/2011/07/30/how-to-mend-a-book-in-se7en-steps Protecting Library Books from Destructive Toddlers Good Questions Flag this comment	8/15/11 6:27 PM
We love this book, I am sure I have it on my iPad... totally love everything about it!!! EVERYTHING. Celebrating My New Book with a Video Flag this comment	8/4/11 3:26 PM
My kids have all started out with Flik Flaks... they are so cute... I wish they made them for big people and they come with such funky packaging, everything about them is cool. Flik Flak Children's Watches Flag this comment	8/3/11 5:43 PM
Hi there from Cape Town, where from time to time a friend will phone in excitement to say we have an ostrich egg don't you want to come around and share it... No thank you, I do not!!! Or worse they are thrust on you unsuspectingly as you arrive at a brunch invitation... Firstly they are not a way to cater for a large amount of guests - chicken eggs work better. You need a drill to get into them, and a whack with a nail doesn't do it and forget silly little thought of piercing the shell knitting needles or screwdrivers. Secondly they smell so strongly of egg that unless you have the strongest stomach you will literally be turning head over heals - well your innards will... and they have a really intense wild taste that only a handful of folk can actually stomach. No pass on the ostrich egg. There is a reason these birds have lasted so long!!! When we were kids we stayed with distant cousins who lived on an ostrich farm in Outdshoorn, the home of the ostrich in South Africa. They kept a huge jug of ready to scramble ostrich egg in the fridge and only used the little that they needed for breakfast each day... I always passed - the smell just gets to me... Cooking Ostrich Eggs: A Report From the Front Lines Chicago Reader Flag this comment	8/1/11 3:59 PM
What a cute party idea, my kids made their own photo props today: http://www.se7en.org.za/2011/07/22/se7ens-fun-photo-props Best Kids Parties: Say Cheese! My Party: Tilly (College Station, TX) Flag this comment	7/22/11 5:28 PM
My kids made drippy colorful wands like these and they were really easy and turned out great... you can take a peak here: http://www.se7en.org.za/2010/03/13/wonderful-whimsical-wizadry-wands-in-se7en-steps A DIY Magic Wand for Young Wizards Flag this comment	7/7/11 12:18 PM
Pete's a Pizza and going on a bear hunt are our absolute faves!!! 20 Children's Books Featuring Fathers Roundup Flag this comment	7/2/11 2:51 AM
We have a table in the middle of our boys' room (four of them share) - it's brilliant, in the shape of a star and everyone works on their project on a point!!! It takes up play space on the floor but to be honest they would rather do lego's and stuff at the table than on the floor and isn't life about LEGO!!! Putting A Kids' Table In The Middle Of The Room Flag this comment	7/1/11 4:39 AM
hmmm parents will love this - all natural and lovely look but my one year old would know straight away that his bedtime story is out of order!!! And as for page turning and goodies that talk to you - well he knows they are there and would die of frustration trying to get this one to work!!! Reclaim your iPad with the anaPad Flag this comment	6/24/11 12:50 PM
Oh YAY!!! This looks like just the thing we need to motivate us to finish a school project we started... My kids have been working through the River Cottage Cookbook for school... I thought we would do a couple of recipes and a chapter a week, well it has taken us a year and we have tried EVERY SINGLE recipe!!! I kid you not, you can read about it here: http://www.se7en.org.za/the-river-cottage-family-cook-book-fun I think this book looks wonderful and would make a great follow on to the book we are finishing up!!! Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's Spiced Lamb Burgers Cookbook Review + Recipe from River Cottage Every Day Flag this comment	6/22/11 6:02 PM