You bet! Up at the top of my blog, you’ll see a pink sign up bar. Just type your email address in there, Sandy. Thanks for hopping on board!

But the biggest thing we have in common is the passion for littles. I’ve never seen anyone else speak of them, and doing daycare, the same way I do! It’s all a joy, one I get paid for! And I make no sense at all to the vast majority of people around me- including my daycare parents, who are happy I feel this way but shake their heads in amazement too. Toys and baby supplies are my favorite things to shop for! Love creating their environment and doing activities with them.

I’ve followed your Pinterest and Facebook for some time (no idea how you have the time to do all of those!) but only today read this ‘about’ page.

Hi Jessica! You can post your questions on my facebook page or you can email me privately at jackie@happyhooligans.ca

Oh wow! You and your girls will have so much fun with it!

That’s fantastic, Andrea! I love that! Sometimes that’s all it takes – just one or two activities to get the creative juices flowing, and then the ideas just keep coming! Yay!

You’re welcome, Misty! I’m so glad you’ve found us! Did you fine my facebook page too? I share several of my older posts there every day, so my followers can see more than what we’re just focusing on “today”. If you want, you can subscribe to my blog by email (in the right hand sidebar of my blog, there’s a field to put your email address into), and that way you’ll get my new posts in your inbox when I publish them. I usually publish 2-3 times/week. Happy to have you on board! πŸ™‚

-Misty

Hi April. It’s a good question. Blogging is definitely time consuming, and it’s something that most bloggers struggle with from time to time (or all the time). For me, my blog is a part of my business. I work 4 days a week, and I blog in the evening and on the weekend. I typically write anywhere from 1-4 blog posts per week, and ultimately, I decide how much of my personal time I put into blogging and social networking. My own boys are teenagers, and so I find myself with much more spare time than I had when they were younger. I’m also fortunate (if you want to call it that), that I thrive best on about 5 hours of sleep, so I’m a night hawk and do a lot of my blogging long after my family has called it a night. My daycare is closed wednesdays so that’s a day that I use for taking care of a lot of business-related/blogging things. All said though, I do put a lot of time into my blog, but it’s my hobby and my passion, and I love it. πŸ™‚

I am curious, if you are willing to answer, when do you find the time to blog? Caring for six children plus your own family is very time consuming and I find myself wondering, how does she do it all?!?

Thank you Pat! I’m blessed to have them in my life as well. So glad you were reminded of happy memories while you had a look around.

Wow! Good for you, Angelina! So glad you liked them enough to try them!

There isn’t a download, LuAnn. As I mention in the post, I simply traced a child’s apron that I had to use as a pattern for this one. In the tutorial, I suggest that you do the same. Sorry there’s no printable. I’m not as technically advanced as to put one of those together. πŸ™‚

So glad you’re enjoying my posts, Paula! My own 2 are now 16 and 13, and I too am so thankful that I was at home with them during their early years. I’ll bet you love working in a toddler room. It’s so nice to be surrounded by little people when your own have grown, isn’t it? They have a way of keeping us young, don’t they?

Blessed Christmas!
Angelia

Aw, same age as my younger son. There’s still a “wee” bit of baby left in them at that age, but my older son is 16, and there is no sign of a little boy left in him. πŸ™ He’s a wonderful young man, but I do so miss my cuddly days with my little boys. πŸ™‚

She΄s thirteen now Jackie and her name is Elisa. She΄s already sleeping but sure she will love to know about your hooligans and your job!. Both of us love little people and animals too!. Good luck and we΄ll keep in contact!.

Thank you for your kind words, Gabriela. You don’t mention how old your daughter is, but I too hold close the memories of my own boys when they were small. Mine are teenagers now, and I miss those little boys that they once were. I’m so thankful to spend my days with my daycare hooligans. I’ve been doing this so long now, I can’t really imagine not having little people around me every day. πŸ™‚

Aw, thank you, Rita! Your hooligans are very lucky to have you! You’re creating amazing memories with them I’m sure! Thanks for being so hands-on, and giving the opportunity to be creative. πŸ™‚

Aw, thank you Kelly! You’ve made me very happy with your comment! πŸ™‚ I love to hear that we’re inspiring others with our crafts and activities! Thanks so much for following along with us. xx

I’m so glad you found us, Liz! And so glad you love the “hooligans” bit. Believe it or not, when I first started up my blog, I had a moment of doubt, wondering if the name Hooligans would give off a negative vibe. I actually wrote a post about it in the early days, polling my readers for their thoughts. Happily most said they loved the name, and so I stuck with it. Ironically, just today, I’ve had three people tell me that they love the name of my blog. πŸ™‚ So glad I stuck with it. Have fun looking through our crafts and activities. There are many that your granddaughter will love!

You have a huge fan in Mexico, I live in Guadalajara,….. and have started with homeschooling this year, I have a kid with a lot of issues; Spina Bifida, TDA, etc, But, I am sure this kind of games help my kids to love each other, find a way to share ideas to each other and of course, have lots of fun, thankyou very much, I really love your blog!!!!

Hello from your “home and native land”, Jean! I’m so glad you’re following along with us, and enjoying what we do here. πŸ™‚

I can’t tell you how much your comment moved me, Mary. I actually had a little cry when I read it. When I began blogging, I hoped to simply provide moms and carers with fresh, new, fun activities. Never did I think that I would be “changing lives around the world”. When I sit and think about it, I can’t even put into words what that means to me. Thank YOU, Mary, for following along and putting our ideas into action in your small corner of the world. You too, are a blessing to those children who have you in their lives. And thank you for taking the time to leave such a moving comment. I will hold your words near and dear to my heart. xx

My name is Mary Jacobs. I am a retired Naval Chief, but you wouldn’t believe it now. I retired to Puerto Vallarta Mexico and started providing free weekly art classes to the marvelous children in my neighborhood, ages five to fourteen years old. I am finally doing what I love with all my heart. I am enthralled with what you are doing with the sensory art for children under five and think you’re amazing.

I would love to start a sensory art class for the children in my neighborhood ages three to four years old in October. I believe those ages are really when you can get the creativity absolutely live and well to help with problem-solving and out of the box thinking as adolescents and adults, while improving self-esteem.

Thank you so much for creating this blog. I would like to fashion my classes similar to many of the projects you have provided. Your details of how to make it work out are impeccable and easy to follow. So this note is just to say thank you, thank you, thank you. Your changing lives for the better every week around the world.

Sincerely,
Mary Jacobs

PS
I post pictures each week of the lessons that I have done already with the 41 children that currently come to a one hour class each week. 21 one day and 20 the next. If you type in Mary Jacobs and Puerto Vallarta, I’m the only one you will find. I’d love to be your friend because I am surely going to be posting pictures of the sensory art classes, when they start. I don’t think more than six or seven would be good for the little people five and under. Could you let me know how many children, max, would work if the parents are watching and there is only one facilitator? I wouldn’t want to fail them by having too many at a time.

Hi, Pat! So glad you’ve found us. It sounds like our activities will be great for you. I try to do all of our crafts and activities with a small budget in mind, but try to make them as engaging and fun as I can. And thank you for the link! I love Made by Joel! He is so artistic and creative!

All the best, warm wishes from Oxford, go on, go on

pat

You’re welcome, Emily! Thanks for dropping me a line. I’m so glad you’re putting our activities into action with the little one in your care! Have fun with the puffy paint!

Hi, Heidi!

So glad you’ve found us, and I’m really happy that you’re going to try out our ideas! Let me know what you try, and how it goes at your house

Thank you! I’m so glad you’re enjoying my blog! It’s so nice to know we’re inspiring others in the childcare field! Good luck wih your studies! You’ve chosen a wonderful and rewarding path in life. πŸ™‚

Hi Julie! So glad you found us by chance. Perfect timing! I’m so happy that you love our ideas. Hope you can find lots of inspiration in the pages of my blog, and in the activities to come. Thanks so much for dropping me a line and for following along! Stay cool!!

I’m a new blogger and am delighted to have come across your blog. The site is beautiful and your ideas are right up my alley. I am so inspired by what I’ve seen here so far. I’m excited to do some of your activities with my kids!

All the best from a fellow Canadian and home daycare provider.

You’re welcome, Maria. Best wishes to you as you head back into the working world! How wonderful that you were able to be at home with your boys during their early years. How old are they now? Best wishes to you as you head back to work!

Theresa, your comment means the world to me. Thank you. x

Aw, thanks, Gail! Sorry, but I’m in Ontario, Canada. Thank you so much for your kind words, and for taking the time to drop me a line! Hopefully you’ll continue to follow along, and we’ll continue to inspire you! We’re on facebook too, so you can follow along there and see all the stuff that doesn’t make it to the blog. πŸ™‚ Cheers!

Emailed you with all the details, this morning, Shirlene. Feel free to drop me a line anytime. πŸ™‚

Thanks so much for the shout-out in your post! I love how your daughter climbed right into the “tub” with her baby!

Thanks for your lovely note, Kathy. Yes, time does fly. I can’t believe my boys are as old as they are already, and that those little boys that they once were are gone. Well, not “GONE”, but you know…morphed into young men. I really miss the little boys that they were. I’m blessed though to have the Hooligans with me every day, to keep me in that little kid world, because to me, it is absolutely the best place on earth to be!
I consider myself blessed as well to have found all of these wonderful “friends” with the same passion for little people in this wonderful blogosphere. I’m so happy that I’ve discovered your blog. I’ve shared it will my readers, and with my friends and family. Thank you for your beautifully inspiring messages!
Keep in touch!

Thanks, Lesley. Glad you’re picking up some new ideas here! Gotta love this great big blog-world of sharing!! How did we ever survive without it! lol

Hi Janire! I started it out the same way; one child in addition to my own, and it gradually grew bigger. I didn’t have this wonderful network of bloggers to inspire and motivate me back then. It is so nice today to have all these resources at our fingertips! Best of luck with your family child care! It really is such a rewarding life path to be on. :).

So glad that you are much happier now too. It’s so rewarding working with little people! And they’re so much easier to please than “grown ups”. lol