Spring is
just around the corner which means our little beach babes have started dreaming
of summer holidays and planning out our coastal adventures.
Last weekend they took over our playroom with their teepee, all their
favourite beach books plus a little Allen’s ocean themed treat to plot and plan
out about our summer adventures. Check
out the cozy nook they created!
They filled
the teepee with cushions, cozy blankets and their mermaid dolls. They even
strung fairy lights up inside! My girls know how to decorate!
While they
busied themselves with that, I was sent to find all the beach books they have
between them. I didn't realise they had
quite so many books about mermaids!
They spent
over an hour snuggled in there chattering away and reading their favourite
stories.
Some of
their favourites include Princess Poppy Mermaid Princess, Fancy Nancy and the
Mermaid Ballet, Little Mermaid Counts to Ten, The Singing Mermaid, Daisy the
Doughnut Fairy, Aqualicious and One Fish Two Fish Red Fish
Blue Fish. Plus I threw in a couple of vintage titles too - Seaside
and Noddy at the Seaside.
After about
an hour I could hear them bickering over which book to read next, so I stepped
in suggesting a break, giving each of them an Allen's Sea Stretchie that I
had left over from the ocean party
favours I
had made a few weeks ago.
Instead of
squabbling, they set about trying to find their Sea Stretchie in the amazing
New Zealand Under the Ocean and At the Beach books by Ned Barraud and
Gillian Candler. They are so beautiful and the kids love them. I
highly recommend them!
Maddie was
quick to find her seahorse (thanks to her being able to read and use an index
and all!). Maisie eventually found the sharks and thankfully there
don't appear to be any Saw Sharks in New Zealand waters!
But enough
reading! It was time to streeeeeetch their Sea Stretchies to make
them last longer (these things stretch about twice their length) and then
gobble them down! The awesome thing about Allen's Sea Stretchies is that
1 piece = 1 portion and I think they are pretty generous in size too (about 16cm
long or as long as an adult hand) so the girls think this is an awesome
treat which lasts for ages and I know that it's a treat wise serving!
The teepee
is still set up in our playroom and the girls come and go from it when they
need a quiet place to spend some time. I can't wait to set it up outside
so they can continue their reading over summer!
Allen's Sea
Stretchies are available from Pak N' Save and New World Supermarkets
nationwide. Thanks Allen's for sending us these sweet treats! They
are "beachy" keen ;)
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