Not going out!

Half term arrived and with it came illness. The last day of School Fred was sick and though out the first half of the week it has worked its way through the family. Which had meant that we haven't been out much or done anything really, which is not like us as half terms are usually action packed.

Molly joined rainbows after Christmas and was really proud to be enrolled just before half term

On the first weekend of the holidays Ewan was sick so Molly and i took the chance to do some sewing on the new little machine she got for Christmas. It was from Hobby craft and was £12.50. I wasn't really sure how much good it would be, but i was pleasantly surprised.

She loves it and i think i might have created a little sewing addict like me. All my kids love crafting and we have even got Paul involved on a few occasions. I love teaching them how to do things and they love routing round my craft boxes and finding things to make with. Both Molly and Ewan can knit, we have never tried crochet yet for some reason, maybe that can be for next half term

I showed Molly how to make scrunchies, when i was a teen i made these in loads of colours

Ewan had been popping down and he wanted a go on the machine so when he was better we had another day of making toy animals. I got it out of a kids craft book i have, so they had to trace the pattern cut it out, pick the fabrics and cut the pieces out and stuff them and sew buttons on. Hours of fun!

The results were fab and they played with them all day. These pictures don't do them justice.

Alex is super mobile now and will make a quick escape whenever a door is open!

I did a little quick knit hat and cardigan for Emma's new baby. I love this pattern as its quick, looks good and includes the edges in the main pattern

We managed one small outing to the beach, it was a glorious day and the kids were collecting shells and other beach finds. On the way home i remembered a canvas i had bought for something and half a tub of grout, cue next craft!

I spead the grout on the canvas and let the kids make this shell picture which now has pride of place on our play room wall and i think is really artistic

The day came where i was ill and Paul took them out to the towers, but other than that its been very quiet and not the best half term ever. It was my birthday and as we were well on that day we went to my mums for the day and i promised i would take the kids to the cinema, only when we got there the film was filly booked, so on the way home we decided to pick up a parcel from the post office which was a jigsaw roll, as we have been doing a lot of big puzzles recently but its not good to leave them out because of Fred and we had just got a new one that we were eager to start, anyway the post office had lost the parcel, then o top the day off as i was changing Fred i saw he was covered in spots, Chicken pox!!!

So half term has been topped off nicely