More weekend fun

Tem thinks Meira has got my organising trait, I was sorting out some of the odds and ends which come out of his work pockets, screws, drill bits, wall plugs etc., into some organiser boxes and Meira was helping.  Infact the boxes you can see her playing with in the photo she emptied and then rearranged putting them all back in, mostly keeping different colours together.  The second photo is Meiras footprint, we made some more play-dough at the end of last week, it was just self-raising flour and water mixed together and Meira loved helping to mix it, we mainly cut out geometric shapes, followed by moulding apples, pears and sausages, all at Meiras request.  She makes a good pear and sausage shape.

I also did a bit more knitting so my scarf is getting longer, its now 16" or 41cm depending on how you measure.  And I set up a Facebook group called Made by Zoe (http://www.facebook.com/groups/239906382734600/) so I can show my Facebook friends what projects I'm working on and what I've made, like some of the jewellery I have put onto here, though I probably should show some more on here I'm being cautious not to put on any made for Christmas presents.  I have put a photograph of a mini beaded Christmas wreath I made using a 'How to' leaflet I got from Beads Direct in my last bead order.  I'm really pleased with it, it does need some ribbon to hang it from but it was a great project to use up some plastic beads I had laying around.

Baking with Meira

 On Sunday Becky came over and we made some cupcakes with Meira, it was very messy and great fun!  In the first photo you can see Becky pouring flour into a bowl so Meira could spoon it into the bowl on top of the scales, it took a while to get to the right amount but it was good to see Meira doing it herself, with a little help.  She loved the mixing part, and when it came to pouring the mixture into the moulds (putting it into a jug and pouring worked best with Meira helping) she pointed to where it need to go.  Her favourite part though seemed to be the tasting, both of the mixture from the bowl and of the flour, sugar, and cocoa powder on the table.

A bead week

My wonderful husband gave me some of his hard earnt overtime money to buy myself some more jewellery making components. I had so much fun choosing what I wanted, and both websites I used (www.beadsdirect.co.uk & www.sanctuarybeads.co.uk) were so quick in delivering them I didn't have to wait more than two days for it all too arrive.  Some of it was ordered with Christmas presents in mind, some because I needed it (clasps & headpins) and the rest because they are beautiful beads.  I had great fun creating the necklace you see here on the first evening and I'm really pleased with it, so pleased infact I put a photo onto my Facebook page and I was chuffed with the number of people who liked it.  The past two evenings I have spent going through all the bracelets and necklaces which were almost finished, but due to either not having enough clasps or my attention being on a new idea, and completing them.  So now I feel all up to date with my jewellery and free to start a new piece.  I was too tired last night though so I picked up my knitting, if I apply the same determination to complete I may have a new scarf by Xmas :-) It will be the first thing I have knitted since making Sindy scarfs as a child, and as its now about 25cm long (16cm wide) I think it has a chance of being ready in time.

Oh yes, and this is what happens when you give a toddler a box of plastic beads to play with ('Oooo, pretty Mummy'), they don't stay in the box for very long.  You'd think I'd have this sussed by now wouldn't you?!

Messy play

These are from a week or so ago, we had a very creative day with the lovely sunshine we had that week.   water play in the garden in the morning followed by cornflour and water in the afternoon, which was followed by more water fun when I brought the washing up bowl to her to wash off her hands and feet in.  All great fun.

 

Fun with stickers

Meira loves stickers, although she's not too pleased that they loose their stick and mostly don't come off from paper again.  We haven't got any at home so today Meira and I made some using some plain white labels and colouring pencils. She stuck them to a picture we drew, to herself, to me and onto her cup.  We then used then to attach wool as hair to a picture of a princess and it gave me an idea.  So I made a spider and a bird and attached them both to a length of wool so the could fly.  I had fun with this, Meira was more interested in taking the wool off from them then using a sticker to re-attach it.  We've had a very fun morning.