P365 -Day 212 – the sound of music
As well as being a talented artist, my grandmother played the piano. When Lil Sis and I were young, one of our family traditions was that we’d all get in the car and drive to our grandparents house on Sunday afternoons. They lived in a huge house in what...
P365 – Day 207 – . . . and biscuits
What else follows tea, if not biscuits? On Tuesdays Juniordwarf and I cook biscuits for him to take to school for morning tea over the rest of the week. Ever since the start of the year, we’ve made ANZACs. Every single Tuesday. He now knows the recipe word-perfect, gets...
sunday selections – hipstamatic
I thought I’d use the opportunity to participate in Kim’s Sunday Selections project to show off some of the Hipstamatic photos I took this week. On Monday I wrote about how, at the suggestion of one of my Twitter friends, I was going to use the Hipstamatic app for...
P365 – Day 200 – ham?
Juniordwarf and I took Sleepydog for a walk today. It’s a habit I’m trying to get us into now he’s bigger and I feel more confident he’s not going to take off somewhere. Juniordwarf usually holds my hand on our walk and he narrates where we’re going somewhat in...
P365 – Day 170 stuff this, we’re going out!
I have several friends and a sister who are all cardmakers. I mean cardmakers as opposed to people who make cards, which is what I do (in the same way that I am not a photographer, I take photos). Sometimes. When I can be bothered. Or if there is...
P365 – Day 151 sending an email
Juniordwarf hasn’t played with a lot of technology. He can operate his little CD player and the DVD player (with a nervous parent or two supervising). I gave him a old computer keyboard that he does his ‘work’ on. (He doesn’t say what his work actually is; it’s just...
P365 – Day 148 turn your ears on please (28/05/2011)
Slabs and I are often entertained by Juniordwarf playing out various scenarios from his school day. One of his recent favourites is to announce that it’s now story time and one of us (me, usually) has to come and sit on the mat. He then sets up his chair...
P365 – Day 144 the final cooking class
Today was the last of Juniordwarf’s four cooking classes. We made meatballs, fruit skewers and a very creamy berry dessert. Juniordwarf was very proud of his fruit skewer, even though he ended up eating more marshmallows than fruit. Left: “Oh no, Mum’s taking more photos This IS asmile, Mum.”...
P365 – Day 134 open & closed
Juniordwarf is very interested in when shops open and close. He can read the words ‘open’ and ‘closed’ on shop signs. On Tuesday we went to a few shops while we were out, and in almost every one, he asked the person in the shop what time the shop...