Posted in Art on September 2nd, 2010 7 Comments »
The start of a new season always motivates me to search out craft ideas to do with my children. There is an overwhelming selection of wonderful ideas on the Internet. Here are a few lovely finds that I’m looking forward to doing (if I can find an opportunity to get to a craft [...]
Posted in Alice, Art, Charlotte, Sophie on August 27th, 2010 7 Comments »
The mess. It starts over breakfast, after the first round of washing has already been mysteriously whipped into the washing machine. Alice enjoys baby cereal off a spoon – but she hasn’t quite got that you hold the spoon by the handle – preferring to get stuck right into the action on the [...]
Posted in Sarah's Random Musings on August 17th, 2010 9 Comments »
An imagined letter from my children to me:
Dear Mummy,
We’re sorry for the mess we left everywhere, but do you like the painting we did for you? The painting is of you being busy. You are always busy, but we like that you stop to give us a hug and play with us too. [...]
Posted in Charlotte on July 21st, 2010 3 Comments »
On Sunday, Charlotte went out on the driveway with a bucket of chalk and wrote a few words to describe her family and herself…
I love that Daddy (Dan) is described as ‘Nutty’!
And for me (Sarah) Charlotte writes ‘Racing’ for R – she said, ‘Because you are always racing around.’
I adore that for Alice she writes [...]
Posted in Art, School hols on July 15th, 2010 2 Comments »
When the girls heard about this fun window collage activity, which I discovered via the Crafty Crow, they couldn’t believe their ears…
They were actually being told to put glue on the window! They looked at me as though I’d gone mad or been reading too many Roald Dahl books. Madness is part [...]
Posted in Charlotte, Sophie on June 19th, 2010 3 Comments »
At low tide the wet, flat sand of Lyall Bay makes a welcome canvas.
Sophie delighted in writing messages of love and mastered drawing hearts (a little something she’s been working on).
Charlotte drew pictures and made trails (with maths questions!) for me to follow.
They both asked for me to take a photograph [...]
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