On this day in 1882 the creator of Winne The Pooh, A. A. Milne, was born. Here’s what you could do to commemorate:

Read Pooh Bear stories at bedtime.

Make honey cakes – we are making some from Stephanie Alexander’s Kitchen Garden – Cooking with Kids.

Find a creek with a bridge and playing Pooh sticks.

Download and print out the Pooh Party info PDF and play games, make delicious smakerels (including honey cake) and entertain one and all with Pooh puppets.

And if you live in New York, why not pay the real Winnie the Pooh a visit at the New York Public Library?

Amy at Angry Chicken gives simple, straight forward instructions for making these Aunt Sarah Dolls –

“The girls love these dollys a whole lot and I thought about making some with photos of the whole family. I think it’s especially cool for long distance family and friends that they don’t see very often. Plus it’s just freaky and funny to see faces of real people on dolls.”

Welcome to Kiddley for 2007!

It’s our first day back but I still feel as though I am in holiday mode. AJ doesn’t go back to Kinder for another three weeks so there are plenty of holiday activities happening over here… now I just need to get organised enough to photograph them and write them up as Kiddley articles.

While we were away…

Babble (which launched mid December) has been busy and is already brimming with goodness.

10 Tips for a Successful 2007 (via Parent Hacks)

The top 10 Parent Hacks of 2006

So, today? Where you are it might be incredibly cold but here it’s going to be 39°c so I am washing teddy bears and making ice cream.

** the above photo was taken by the incredibly talented Bella Blue from Lost in Transition. Reproduced with her permission. Her kids are decorating some print outs of Kiddley paper doll templates **