things to go! need to finish

Sorting through my kids wardrobes again lead to a few more items being gotten rid of! Plus a bag of about 30 kids size hangers which are just a little too small even for the Divas clothes now.

and I came across these little things....otherwise known as Squinkies! Each little ball contains a tiny little toy figure...I brought them off a fb page and used them as a prize whenever the Diva used the toilet properly whist toilet training. I think I brought about 300 for £15 and have well over 100 left over, a friend has asked if she can have these so she will pick them up later today!

A set of Zumba DVDs...Brought on a whim when I was doing a few classes. However, not that I regularly go to Curves at least 3 times a week I do not find time to do these as well as everything else...To much too do!

and some random books that are no longer wanted.

Charity shop here we come at the weekend!

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I am one very proud Mummy! My little A came home from school with a certificate and a letter saying that a poem that he had done at school had been put forward and was going to be published in a childrens poetry book! What a little love.

Here is his masterpiece, aged 5 when it was done.

My Senses.

Orange leaves

Banging fireworks

Hot soup

Brown conkers

Hot Bonfire.

I have already given permission for it to be used but as such I really feel that I should buy the book too! However, at £14.99 it is a lot of money....I was expecting £5.99 or similar....but I will bite the bullet and buy it I think. He will always have it then and you never know, he may go on to be a budding poet of some sort just like his great aunt!

Attempts at a mug...

Oh my gosh....how half term whizzed by...so much so that I totally forgot to post anything yesterday, which was also an inset day!!! However one of the things that I tried over the hols was this...

I have seen so many people that are making their own mugs with Sharpie pens and tried it for myself to no avail. (apparently I was using the wrong type of Sharpies and there is a special paint type of Sharpie pen. So, armed with my white mug....

and my own porcelain pens , which are essentially the same as the Sharpies, I think,

I decided to do a simple floral design to test the pens and see if they are actually dishwasher proof and worth while doing. If they are, then the possibilities are endless, Chrsitmas, Birthdays.....the list goes on.

After the painting stage, you have to leave the paint to dry for 4 hours at least. Then bake in an oven at 40 minutes....and supposedly it will be done....we will wait and see...

Well, the pattern stayed on! and it went in the dishwasher too! May try and do some more mugs when the season comes along...I believe ASDA I is where this mug comes from and at £1 a mug it is a bargain....maybe the kids could do all the rellies a mug for Christmas 2015!?!?!

More things to go!

Well, the end of a rainy and not too brilliant half term holiday! Somehow we kept sane and busy...visiting Grandma, cinema trips, friends houses and having a big tidy up...and I am somehow keeping up with 10 things a week at the minute....am sure it will become a lot harder as the year progresses...me thinks.

A random assortment of junk here...most of it will go straight to the local charity shop...they are doing fairly well out of us this year!

Pom Poms everywhere!

I have somehow managed to amass quite a collection of various size and colour pompoms! I keep them all in one of the old style proper tin tins of Quality Street chocolates and it is really full....

The Diva saw that I had them and requested to be able to use them in some of her art work....So I found a bit of cardboard ( the back of  a cereal packet) and gave her some glue and she got busy sticking...

You can see my tin in this next picture and how full it is. The Diva decided that she was going to do a counting board and stuck all the pompoms in neat rows them counted them to me.

Well, it's one use for pompoms I suppose....maybe next time she will follow my instruction and try to make a pom pom photo frame?!

Smoothie...

In an effort to be a little more healthy this year, I sometimes have a home-made smoothie for breakfast. I always think that the ones you can buy in the shops are so full of sugar and yoghurt/cream or something that thickens it but adds loads of calories. So this is one of my favourite simple smoothies. 

The ingredients are simple: raspberries, a banana and a cup of rice milk. That's it!!!! Yes...that is all that is in them....

Excuse my artistic attempts at photos...but well...what the hell....

I love raspberries!

Really ripe bananas (one of which I used)

In the blender!

Add the rice milk....whizz up....and pour...serve with a raspberry on top!

Yumminess!

The rest of the bananas that needed eating were put into banana custard later for 9 kids! Their parents were very happy with a healthy pud!

Valentine hearts

Our bead box, along with everything else is bursting at the seams....time to use some of them up!

They look quite pretty as an arty type photo too. We decided to make some Valentine hearts with some of the beads. We did this by threading a bell into the middle of a pipe-cleaner, then threading beads either side and forming it into a heart shape, finishing off with either more bells or a large buttton bead.

We even did a Frozen inspired heart in blues! They look very pretty and only take about 20 minutes to make and NO MESS at all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A quick and easy craft for toddlers and those under 6 may also enjoy as it does not take up too much time. I always find they get bored if it is too hard or takes too much time.