AJ's Antics

Was a double party day for us. Beautiful weather in the park and then the perfect night for a bonfire. A T-rex and a fairy wand.....     Happy 4th Birthday Alannah! 

Hubby has a hobby....with a renewed passion just found this last week.    Such a lovely exticting range of colours to work with....not!!     Of course the boy is keen to help.... not sure his father is as keen!   Does your other half have a hobby?? Does it cost as much as yours??   

Not sure if I'm doing this right but I like the way it is looking so far!  Don't forget to leave a comment on my first Blogtoberfest post here to enter the giveaway and comment on any other post in October to get an extra entry!

I'm back at work today....only 10 more weeks til Christmas holidays! Here is some dinosaur craft we did last week. Aden's enjoys watching episodes of Mr Maker and was very excited to see him make a dinosaur. So we tried it out for ourselves. Aden was able to remember each of the steps it took to make him, with a lot of details and explaining how it was supposed to look! Really the most exciting part was adding water to the 'gloopy' glue and 'stirring it fast like Mr Maker!' Here is a quick guide in case you have a dinosaur mad little one like I do!   An upside down bowl, attach some tubes of newspaper for the legs, making sure they are even so he can stand up. A long tube of newspaper for the head, bent over at one end. Don't make this too long like we did, once you add the paper and glue over the top and then the paint it becomes too heavy to keep its head up. And another tube of newspaper for the tail twisted and squashed at the end to make...

Everyone needs a little music in their life right? I think appreciating music and learning to play an instrument is essential for developing a whole range of skills. As a single mother of 4, my mum managed to gives us all lessons on 2 or 3 instruments each! As well as theory lessons. I'm very grateful for the opportunities she provided for us and the friends we've met along the way. It has actually been a few years since I played any sort of instrument and I'm not sure I'd remember how, but I keen to look in to it again. Pity we don't have the room, or money, right now for a piano....best add it to that ever growing wish list. Today Aden started his first 'music' lessons. There was lots of singing and playing a few instruments like the drums, castanets, and sleigh bells. Aden was most facinated by the teacher guitar...begging to have a turn too. 'Please Mum, I'll be really gentle. Only for 5 minutes okay? At 3 he is quite the master of the pers...

I still have plans for 2 more of these jobs tomorrow......but we'll see.....   1. Sort and clean out cookbooks 2. Clean out 'junk' bookshelf 3. Sort out small bookshelf ....see a theme happening here? 4. Clean and condition Leather couch. 5. Clean oven 6. Pack away box of party gear....yes it is still out from Aden's party over a month ago! 7. Take wool blanket to Dry cleaners 8. Pack away winter jumpers and coats into Vac-bags 9. Pack away winter blankets into Vac-bags 10. Tupperware....need I say more? 11. Clean out plates/cups cupboard and resort into accessible piles 12. Clean out under kitchen sink cupboard 13. Pantry....need I say more? 14. Defrost the chest freezer 15. Do Tax 16. Finish pregnancy scrapbook 17. Make photobook of Aden's 3rd birthday party 18. Make Hubby clean out spare room cupboard - I tried..... 19. Cull stuff from under the bathroom sinks 20. Make a swimming bag......so I'm not chasing togs and towels each week...

Lots of birthdays this month...but a special milestone for Aden's Great Nana. Happy 80th Birthday Jean!   Don't forget to leave a comment on my first Blogtoberfest post here to enter the giveaway and comment on any other post in October to get an extra entry!