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Showing posts with label School Holiday Lists. Show all posts
Showing posts with label School Holiday Lists. Show all posts

Tuesday, 8 July 2014

Are We Crazy ???

This morning it was -4 degrees here. Of course the most sensible thing to do on freezing mornings like this is to wake up ... in your backyard tent. Yep, we camped out in our backyard for two nights in a row. Are we crazy? Probably! It was so cold, our kids had four layers of clothing on and were covered in four thick blankets each, they were toasty! 

Ice made itself at home come morning, blanketing the side of our tents, the blades of grass, covering leaves and chairs, and the clothes on the clothes line (don't judge me!) with tiny sparkling crystals. I know a lot of you may wake to snow, but we don't have that delight here, so sprinkles of ice is the next best thing. 


The boys shared a tent, and the girls shared a tent. They were all so excited to be camping in the backyard! 



The icy ground crunched under our feet and we went exploring the yard, discovering little frozen treasures that are just so beautiful ...







It was like a small little Ice world, well at least that's what the kids said!


And, of course because he was freezing cold (and because I'm a softy) Ollie just had to come snuggle in the tent with me. He's just too cute ...





Making family memories like this is something that I just love doing. It cost us absolutely nothing, just our time setting up ... and the best part was waking up together in our small magical ice covered corner of the world ...


... I hope you're making beautiful, sweet memories with your loved ones too.

Tuesday, 1 July 2014

Taking In The Moments; Crossing Off # 1 and Laughing Lots While We're At It!

So, we have crossed one activity off our 'Taking In The Moments' school holiday list, and I just need to tell you all that it was so much more fun than I thought it was going to be! We did some 'photo collage art' together ...


At first my eldest son (twelve) Mr S, wasn't impressed with the idea (I think that's typical of boys his age!), but I asked if he could do one just for me. He did one, and enjoyed it so much that he went on to do another two! We all laughed so hard together!


Yesterday was freezing cold and windy, so it really was the best day to be snuggled up inside with the fire place roaring and a family making easy, cheap and hilarious memories. You really need to try it with your kids! When MR S arrived home from work, he even sat down and did one, he's so good like that. He loves memory making too.

Here they are, and maybe I'm biased, but get ready to laugh ... !!!


The one above was created by four year old Mr R ... pretty cute I think!

The following ones are done by Little Miss J ...






This bath one is my favourite of Little Miss J's!


Mr S did the following ones, as he didn't really want to join in, he ended up doing some very funny ones! ...







This is MR S's one ...


These next ones are created by Little Miss P, I love them all! ... 



And these ones are mine ...







Have any of you already made these together? I hope that you will give them a go, and that you laugh as hard and as much as we all did!

Have a fun-filled week!

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