So dear Mister Six has entered the scene. You might wonder, what has the space between five and six been like? Well, to sum up, it’s been all about… LEGO . Transformers. Star Wars. Elephant and Piggie books. Books about LEGO. Reading Roald Dahl and Enid Blyton books together. Learning sight words. Toe holes in socks. Knee holes on pants. Second (sometimes third) helpings at dinner. Writing and drawing pictures about LEGO. Sweaty hugs after school. First visits from the tooth fairy. Holdings hands to cross the road (most of the time, still). Silly jokes at little sister’s expense. Hugs and sorry to little sister afterwards. I want to play by myself. I want to play with sister . I want to play by myself again. You listen to me because I am bigger. Okay, I’ll read you a story, little sister. Yes, I’ll help you mummy. No problem, I’ll take care of it , mummy. Can I do it later, mummy? More LEGO. I love babies. I like to play with babies. I like to play with big boys. I played tha...

And so finally we come to the last installment of my monthly play roundup series for the year. I’ve decided to combine November and December into one post as the second half of December usually runs into the holiday season with things starting to wind down. But I’ll do a separate post on some of the end-of-year celebrations and holiday highlights. But for now, here’s a roundup of the activities we’ve been busy with over these last couple of months… ‘I Need a Hug’ A recent favourite book we picked up from the library last month that we’ve read together umpteen times is ‘I Need a Hug’ by Aaron Blabey . The story is about a sad (and cute) little porcupine who really needs a hug. But then who would be willing to hug a porcupine. We made good use of our leftover playdough with some toothpicks and googly eyes to make our own little porcupines. The children adored their little porcupines and hugged them (gently) all day. We also gathered a few other animal toys to play out the story together...