For "Always trying hard to improve his reading and writing". Yay!
Friday, March 16, 2007
Oliver - Certificate of Merit
Oliver got an Honour Certificate at school today!
For "Always trying hard to improve his reading and writing". Yay!
For "Always trying hard to improve his reading and writing". Yay!
Sunday, March 4, 2007
ooooh errrr....
Look at what I made!
Pretty impressive! Its a siggy!
They go at the bottom of your threads in the chat rooms so everyone can have a quizz at your kids! Well I am chuffed, these took me hours!
Some bigger ones -
Pretty impressive! Its a siggy!
They go at the bottom of your threads in the chat rooms so everyone can have a quizz at your kids! Well I am chuffed, these took me hours!
Some bigger ones -
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Walking with the Dinosaurs
Last night we took the boys to see the show Walking With The Dinosaurs at the Burswood Dome. Mum and dad took Cate to her Jazz dancing class and then to HJ for dinner then home to watch "Hoodwinked" on DVD so she was happy as.
I was lucky enough to win tickets to see this spectacular, and I am so glad I did as a family pass was $380! We got there about 6pm and took the boys to the food hall, the ques for food were so long so I bought the boys some pre cooked Hawiian pizza, bob got some pre packaged sushi and I got this salad that was so yuk and pre frozen I had to return it for a refund.
Anyway, we headed over to the Dome, had a look at the merchandise and bought 2 dinosaur swimming bags, got some ice creams and went and sat in our seats. The show started 20 minutes late but the boys were good, we saw another family from school so said hi to them.
When the show started, Oliver was perched on the end of his seat, he was fasinated from beginning to end. He wore a green shirt as he wanted the dinosaurs to come see if he was food and give him a sniff! He was talking to them, laughed so hard when the palentoligist started talking about dino poo and was fascinated when the long neck cooed to the herd and when the 2 leaf eaters were trying to protect themselvs from the baby t-rew, untill the mum t-rex came in and she was huge! Stu thought it was ok but he wasn't riveted to his spot, if it was an army man expo he would of been in his element!
Some pictures, not the best but you get the jist.
I was lucky enough to win tickets to see this spectacular, and I am so glad I did as a family pass was $380! We got there about 6pm and took the boys to the food hall, the ques for food were so long so I bought the boys some pre cooked Hawiian pizza, bob got some pre packaged sushi and I got this salad that was so yuk and pre frozen I had to return it for a refund.
Anyway, we headed over to the Dome, had a look at the merchandise and bought 2 dinosaur swimming bags, got some ice creams and went and sat in our seats. The show started 20 minutes late but the boys were good, we saw another family from school so said hi to them.
When the show started, Oliver was perched on the end of his seat, he was fasinated from beginning to end. He wore a green shirt as he wanted the dinosaurs to come see if he was food and give him a sniff! He was talking to them, laughed so hard when the palentoligist started talking about dino poo and was fascinated when the long neck cooed to the herd and when the 2 leaf eaters were trying to protect themselvs from the baby t-rew, untill the mum t-rex came in and she was huge! Stu thought it was ok but he wasn't riveted to his spot, if it was an army man expo he would of been in his element!
Some pictures, not the best but you get the jist.
Thursday, February 8, 2007
An apple for the teacher
This is a quilt I made last year for Stuarts Pre-Primary teacher Miss Cooney. I made the crazy patch apples on the October school holidays then over the next few weeks did machine blanket stitching around the apples, added borders, joined together, added outer borders then I backed it, put the label on it, quilted it, lol, finally completed the hand sewing on the last Monday afternoon of school then raced to the school with it, couldn't wait till the Friday.
It was so worth it, every second I spent working on it over the last 10 weeks, I think its the biggest thing I have ever completed! It turned out a bit bigger than planned, they always do, its about a queen bed size top (not down the sides iykwim?) but I put a sleeve in it so it can be hung on the wall or used as a quilt.
I really wanted to make something special for Miss Cooney as it was her 1st year of teaching and she is just so kind and nice. According to her, there are no naughty children, just some who make the wrong choices sometimes
So she absolutley loved the quilt, loved how there was one apple for every child in her class, loved that I put the class photo onto the back as a label and my son wrote his own name, she loved my quote "a good teacher deserves an apple, you deserve the whole tree" awwww.
Anyway, she was delighted, I am delighted she loves it so much (don't want to brag but she did say it was the best present she has ever recieved :-) )
And, we are having a quilt and sewing display in March for the Baptist Church and Miss Cooney has kindly agreed to lending it to me for the display, as I finished it so quick no one got to see my finished master piece!
Close up of the apple.
Stuart and Miss Cooney
Cate and the finished quilt
It was so worth it, every second I spent working on it over the last 10 weeks, I think its the biggest thing I have ever completed! It turned out a bit bigger than planned, they always do, its about a queen bed size top (not down the sides iykwim?) but I put a sleeve in it so it can be hung on the wall or used as a quilt.
I really wanted to make something special for Miss Cooney as it was her 1st year of teaching and she is just so kind and nice. According to her, there are no naughty children, just some who make the wrong choices sometimes
So she absolutley loved the quilt, loved how there was one apple for every child in her class, loved that I put the class photo onto the back as a label and my son wrote his own name, she loved my quote "a good teacher deserves an apple, you deserve the whole tree" awwww.
Anyway, she was delighted, I am delighted she loves it so much (don't want to brag but she did say it was the best present she has ever recieved :-) )
And, we are having a quilt and sewing display in March for the Baptist Church and Miss Cooney has kindly agreed to lending it to me for the display, as I finished it so quick no one got to see my finished master piece!
Close up of the apple.
Stuart and Miss Cooney
Cate and the finished quilt
I'm not so!
"I'm not so" says Cate, "I am not so a winger".
Guess who was winging in the car this morning!
Some pics of Cate in my fave outfit ever by Cakewalk, can't wait till the weather cools down, I am over summer.
Guess who was winging in the car this morning!
Some pics of Cate in my fave outfit ever by Cakewalk, can't wait till the weather cools down, I am over summer.
Farmyard Friends dress
Some pictures of Cate and Squeek-Eyes (the guinea pig) and one with Toby (the cat) in a Robert Kaufman Vintage Farm Yard Friends dress I made.
Its a bit big but still cute. Very USA Ebay Boutique.
I got the fabric cheap from Textile Traders, its a quilting fabric but I think it looks great as a dress. I fussy cut the bodice front and back and used my roll hem foot and ruffler - fun fun fun!
Its a bit big but still cute. Very USA Ebay Boutique.
I got the fabric cheap from Textile Traders, its a quilting fabric but I think it looks great as a dress. I fussy cut the bodice front and back and used my roll hem foot and ruffler - fun fun fun!
Wednesday, February 7, 2007
Oliver Sketch Picture
Oliver and I had a spare half an hour before Occupational Therepy this morning so we went out for coffee and a choc milk, then had our pic taken together in one of those sketch booths at the shops.
Not the best of me, my eyes came out quite squinty but for $6.00 I was pretty impressed. He was cacking himself, in peels of laughter!
You put your $6- in, line the camera up and it takes 3 pics so you select the best, then choose which "artist" you want to sketch it, he picked Raphael (from TMNT) but there was also Leonardo, Donatelo and Michael Angelo (just different sketching techniques).
Sorry its a pic of a pic but you get the idea, I am going to have one done with each of the kids and frame them for there rooms, a special pic of "mummy and me"
Not the best of me, my eyes came out quite squinty but for $6.00 I was pretty impressed. He was cacking himself, in peels of laughter!
You put your $6- in, line the camera up and it takes 3 pics so you select the best, then choose which "artist" you want to sketch it, he picked Raphael (from TMNT) but there was also Leonardo, Donatelo and Michael Angelo (just different sketching techniques).
Sorry its a pic of a pic but you get the idea, I am going to have one done with each of the kids and frame them for there rooms, a special pic of "mummy and me"
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