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30th July 2008	New Safety Flooring and Climbing Wall We have just fitted new rubber safety flooring around the climbing frame, these rubber mats are over 1 inch thick and provide a fantastic soft and safe base for all the children. In addition to the flooring we have also added a new climbing wall and extended the climbing frame, this new challenge is just what the children need and helps to keep them active and fit.
10th December 2007	Mr Majeika joins us! The newest member to join Little Steppers is Mr Majeika. Mr Majeika is a one year old Russian tortoise that loves to dig and bury himself deep in his soil and sand bedding. But when he isn't burying himself or eating, the children love to take turns holding him
31st October 2007	What a fantastic day we had today celebrating Halloween, the 10 children in my care all dressed up as scary spooks and we played spooky games all afternoon. We played apple bobbing, wrap the mummy, slimy treasure hunt, pull the legs of the spider and much much more. Now we just can't wait another 5 days for our Firework party!

31st May 2007

Children's room now complete After many weeks of hard work, the new children's room is now complete, designed and built from scratch it is now the main room that the children use for playing in, the design aspect of the room was an important factor, I wanted to move away from the regular boring magnolia that most people paint walls and decided that every wall and skirting board was to be painted a different colour of red, green, yellow and blue. In the room we have fold away tables, safety mirrors at low level for the babies to look in to, toys and mirror balls hanging from the ceiling, A 50" TV with a media centre playing on demand audio and video including the complete range of Baby Einstein educational videos: www.babyeinstein.com We have boxes and boxes of toys, games, puzzles, books, in fact the list goes on and on, the children never get bored at Little Steppers. On top of this the room is centrally heated has its own dedicated air conditioning system and a CCTV camera for their safety. Shown below are a few pictures of the completed room.

19th February 2007

The 18th February was Chinese New Year but, as that was a Sunday, we decided to celebrate it today the 19th, we all made sushi together and ate real seaweed, not the cabbage you get from your local restaurant! but the real stuff from the sea! and everyone just loved it, we even made our own fresh prawn crackers and were all amazed at how simple they are to make. We finished the day off with, of course, a freshly cooked Chinese meal. Happy Chinese New Year everyone!

8th February 2007

So much snow! Wow, what a fantastic day we had today, with nearly every school in Milton Keynes closed today due to the huge snowfalls, the after schoolers came early and we all decided to go and play in the snow. We started the day building a 5ft snowman, it had twigs for its hair & mouth and berries for its nose & shirt buttons, it looked fantastic! Afterwards, we all went tobogganing, for some of us, it was the first time we had ever played in snow and who knows when we will see snow again, so we made sure we took full advantage of the day.

5th February 2007

To ensure the children in my care are always happy and have the room, space, toys and equipment that they need, I have decided to convert the garage into an extra room to be used just by them. The garage will be completely converted and will include a 6ft bay window, centrally heated and carpeted, naturally there will be a CCTV camera for the children's protection. "You can read more about our security system by clicking here" Work is due to commence this week and take approximately 2-3 weeks to complete, I will upload photographs throughout the works.

3rd February 2007

Web site re-design I decided the web site needed a bit of an overhaul so I had the site completely re-written and re-coded this week, there is a lot more information for everyone to read now and I hope it gives you plenty of information about me. We now have online diaries, this idea was given to me by one of my parents whose husband is away from home a lot, he wanted to know what his daughter had been doing during the time she spent with me and was unable to read her paper diary until he returned home many days later, now all he has to do is logon to the web site and read exactly what she has been up to. "You can read more about our secure online diaries by clicking here"

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