Strawberry Shortcake...

Another of my dolls from when I was little....Strawberry Shortcake.....her hair doesn't smell any more though. And I don't know where her hat is! She still has her socks and shoes though......

Parachutes.......

Parachutes.....

Growing salt crystals

Day one........

Finished hand print....

Flying saucers...

Aren't these just lovely Eastery colours? I'm not sure who my Mom sent them over for...but since the children got home, there aren't many left....Christopher seems to have vacuumed quite a few up!!!! The tissue sheets I bought today for Easter crafts are all the same colours :)

My Susie doll...

This is Susie. Susie was my doll when I was a toddler....My Mom and dad can probably correct the story but as far as I can remember from what they have told me, I would be pushed around Woolworths in Yeovil and always reach out for this doll. I wasn't interested in any white dolls at all - I just wanted this one black dolly. No idea why. Santa got her for me for Christmas :) I named her Susie.

Today I mentioned to Jennifer that I had only been able to name ONE of my children - my husbands (OMG doesn't that sound awful lol husbands plural lol) named my other children. I named Susannah! And I call her Susie.....she's also my darkest skinned child lol....so the closest to my doll lol.....hhhmmm I wonder if that was some kind of subconscious thang on my part......

The Susannah part of Susie's name came from a Soap Opera...yes I AM THAT tacky!!!! There was this posh lady called Susannah on a soap called Brookside that showed in the UK and I thought that Susannah was a classy name :) lol - so I chose that for Susie :) So there you go - I'm as tacky as hell when I want to be :)

A lovely surprise on Tuesday!

On Tuesday I had a lovely (yet naughty) surprise in the mailbox! Jennifer had sent me a copy of the 'Gardeners Bible' - Lois Holes book about growing vegetables! Inside was a lovely letter too :) - On beautiful stationery may I add ;)

Thank you so much Jennifer - I was so touched! Lloyd and I are going to take a drive to Holes garden centre nex week while he is off - we've never been there before! I like that Lois has added little recipes and notes about the vegetables as well as the growing tips :) and the book as me excited about my asparagus beds for NEXT year....even though the asparagus hasn't even popped up yet in the trays....

Everytime this book gets used...year after year, I will think of you :) Thank you!

Lloyds fantasy....

Lloyd fantasizes about this scene in the movie Bruce Almighty...where Bruce is able to make the news presenters say silly things - he can change their voices and make their tongues do silly things.......he dreams about being able to do this in real life to people and about how cool that would really be......he thinks this would be like the best thing EVER to be able to do in meetings at work......

Men are so weird....

Updated

I've updated our homeschooling blog a little....not totally but a little ;)

Plaster of Paris hand print!

Today we used Plaster of Paris to make a print of A's hand in a heart shaped plaque. It was good messy fun! Tomorrow we get to paint the finished plaque and then I will take a picture of the end result!

leaf

Droplets...

I've been playing around with my camera this afternoon...these two are pictures of the condensation thats built up inside the seedling tray from the latest planting session....

Repotting....

Our seedlings have done really well - so well that we had to re-pot our pumpkins as they got so big!

Build a Bear

Last week A went to Build a Bear as a birthday treat. She chose a dog and named her 'I Love You Puppy'. In the store you get to help build your toy, choose a sound to go inside, kiss the heart and fill the toy and then create the adoption certificate etc. When you get home you can create a world for your pet online similar to Webkinz.

Spooky Spice!

A filled a bowl with water and sprinkled pepper on the top! Then she dipped her finger into the centre of the bowl. Alacazam! The pepper moves to the side of the bowl when A puts her finger in.....why???????

A. secretly has a little soap on her finger! The water molecules stick together until the soap breaks the bond. Then the water molecules on the side pull harder, taking the pepper along!