I love Playgroup

It has been a while since I have noted down the fun we are having at playgroup.....this post is just as much for myself as it is sharing some fun ideas.

The weeks fly by so fast and I need a way of recording for future reference what we get up too...

I have always enjoyed playgroup....but now that my own kids are off at school and my paid job is to provide the environment and programme I love it even more......

{sand cakes for afternoon tea}


So some of the stories and crafts we have explored this term so far are........ 

....envelope puppets 

...spring flowers...inspired by my niece Mya aged 2 years old 

..... Fathers Day poem and hand prints

...Fire engine craft 

  

 

Rainbows

 

....Centipedes 

.....Airplanes 

 

Fishbowls


We are nearly at the end of Term three and then it is a fast run down to ......
Christmas!!!!

Monday lists

Life is all about lists for me........

Lists for everything......

Lists to remind me of what needs to be done ... 

Lists for dance costumes, dance concert dates, school events,

emails to be sent, jobs to be tackled around the house,

possible reno tasks,

work tasks for looming deadlines......



I have lists in notebooks, on scraps of paper and on my phone....
 
and in my head of course.......

Are you a list maker.....do you start with a new list each day or do you just a have one long continuous list?

Speaking of lists...I have been chipping away at my "sort it list" 

Some things I have been reminded of while decluttering and sorting.....

You need to create a bigger mess before you get the desired results.

You must bin something and give something away in order to get a warm fuzzy feeling about the declutter

Always do the clean out while on your own and there is no-one around to influence you of you giveaway choices...

It is always easier to declutter sort every one else's stuff before your own things...

So I must go and tick some more things off lists and continue on my "sort it journey" through the house.

 

Sunday Snippets

This weekend......

 

 

 

 

 

{sunday snippets} A collection of photos from your week weekend. No need for words. Let the pictures tell your story.  
Joining in the fun here..

also

Just taking a moment with Jody here.

Things I am loving....

I am loving......

 

 

 

 

impromptu lunch with good friends

 

flowers just waiting to be picked

 

the visiting sunshine that made for the perfect lunch setting

 

being on parent help and being treated like royalty by 7 year olds

 

being able to cook a meal for a family in need

 

the colour popping up everywhere

 

the fact that it is Friday

 

the smell of fresh bread and soup filling the house

 

the washing almost done for the whole weekend

 

reading and being inspired about the Sisterhood movement

I love that there is always tomorrow to work on my sort it list

 

What are you loving today????

 

Joining in with others here.

I wholeheartedly believe that no matter what is happening in your life, there is always something you can be thankful for..no matter how simple it is.
 

Days are getting longer...

The days are getting longer.......

 



The sun is up  on the trip to take hubby to work......

the sun is still up when we went walking in the late afternoon......

there is a change in the air...... 

the promise of the lazier days of summer are hinting....

 

 

the feeling that maybe life will slow down and the to do lists will get shorter..... 

 

the planning to find a few days to have a hiatus...some time soon....

after this event ...before that one..... 

there is a change afoot...... 

 

or is it a delusional thought that life can ever be slow and the demands become even lesser....

one can dream of those days ...those long hot Summer days where we will inevitably end up longing for those cooler shorter days... 

 

Are you for Summer ?
or
Are you for Winter?

Too Young at 7 years old?

The little guy requested that we make pizzas for dinner......

now dad is the pizza king and tonight is the night he has commitments out of the house so not a great night to spend time making the dough and all that he does to deliver the best tasting pizzas in town....

 

Not wanting to take no for an answer, I thought I would be "funny" and suggested that the little guy make them instead.....we needed to get a couple of things from the supermarket....

He jumped at the chance and insisted that he could go on his own...on his bike ...nearly 1km to a mid sized shopping centre!!!!!

 

This is where I made a mistake.....I said "sure off you go" and even gave him a $10 note and a little shopping list...now I was thinking he would back out and realise that he couldn't do it after all...

 

hmmmmm wrong ...long story short he was sad ...very sad....and I had to do some quick negotiating ... at the gate.

I would drive him and he could take the shopping list and money and I would just stand back and watch him...... 

 

He asked for what he needed at the deli counter.......

paid the check out lady....even collected my reward points.....

 

We then headed home and tried out the pizza base recipe from here....2 ingredients..... 

 

He peeled, chopped and cooked the prawns...dad appeared at this time to oversee the stove.....

he chopped and cooked the bacon....

he chopped the cabanossi ( I really must get a child proof knife)

 

 

He topped the pizza and then we waited........

 

 

 

we then enjoyed some delicious pizza just in time for dad to head out the door...... 

 

 

So I really think he was way to young to manoeuvre the shopping trip on his own...but I did admire his determination and he really surprised me at his insistence.

 

 

But one thing he is not too young for is learning to prepare a lovely delicious meal.

 

 

Famished....

So proud of this girl and her successful first  40 hour famine...

A homemade egg and bacon muffin never tasted so good then after 40 hours of barley sugar eating. 

xxxx

Sunday Snippets - Fathers Day edition

 Our day was filled with family today....

my dad ,his dad,

their dad.......

Love all the dads in our family......

each one different,

each loving,

each funny and caring ,

each strong,

each a provider,

each loved by us all....

Happy Fathers Day to the dads in our family.......

Hope the dads in your life had a great day too.....

joining in with Sunday Snippets .