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Spring started officially almost 2 hours ago.....and now its SNOWING!!!!!!!!

Gggrrrrrr

Don't let them in!!!

Poor Lloyd.... he had a nightmare the other day about some black bear cubs playing on the deck...they were really cute so him and the children opened the door to watch them and say hi........but then they got in the house and started to attack everyone!

He woke up in the middle of the night (and woke me up!!!) and had to go downstairs and check the doors were closed and locked!

And every night since he HAS to go and check the back door is locked! He tells me he's 'just making sure no bears get in' lol....isn't it weird how some dreams are just sooooo real!

Altered paint tin......

Here is a paint tin I decorated today......Susie came back from school and told me 'Wow Mom, you're great at decorating buckets!' lol!

I entered the jar as my altered item into the Iron Chef Contest....now I only have my card to do......the altered item is worth 15 points......the card is worth 5 points but I have no clue what to do...I made one last week but it has VANISHED....so I have to start again.....

Changed it.....

Decided I didn't like the wishy washy paper around the jar so I changed it........

Altered Jar...

This was a clear jar with a black lid....it is the jar of bath salts that Christie gave me as part of our wedding gift......I topped up the bathsalts with some white bath salts I had as the blue had almost all gone (they are sooooo GOOD Christie....the scent and the colour...like being in a perfumed swimming pool!)

Anyway, I embossed the lid with a glittery turquoise powder and then added butterflies around it....and then using three butterfly stickers I created a 3 dimensional butterfly on the lid.....the ribbons match the colours in the butterflies and in the cardstock around the tub.......

Building blocks..............

Tuesday......

Sam is not well...a bit of a cold is all but also the runs (lovely!) and I had a temp this morning and feel like I have a cold coming...so I am popping Cold FX and hoping for the best......we decided to stay home this morning and not go to preschool.....the teachers aren't there today anyway - its being run by the Moms and the kids are having the softplay equipment out for a while and then watching a movie...so I am not too worried about Abby missing it today....best if we don't spread any germs....

So instead, I had saved some old potatoes yesterday and I cut them into shapes. Sam and Abigail spent the morning potato stamping which they loved...and then Abigail tried paionting the potatoes....Sam isn't feeling so great, and started painting his arms....so I figured he had hda enough! He didn't wake up until almost 9am this morning...

Val emailed me and suggested coffee/ breakfast on Thursday morning which will be good!

I renewed my subscription to Homeschooling Horizons magazine...its just $24 for a years subscription...and even if you don't homeschool, this magazine is just FULL of interesting ideas for projects and crafts and how to help children with subjects they struggle with etc......so even with children in school this is a GREAT magazine - and its CANADIAN :)

You can read articles and things online too...www.homeschoolinghorizons.com and its written by and edited by Homeschooling Moms! Its not religious either...so its suitable for all homeschoolers...including unschoolers and school-at-homers!!!

Well I am feeling worse and worse as I sit here so I think I may go curl up and watch a movie with the kids.......hopefully the advil will kick in soon.....