Remembering.......

Loved ones
Childhood
Little ones first dance class
School gate Hug

But mostly today my nanny p, I hope she is at peace and that she knew how important a part she, her character and her lifestyle was to us and the effect that had. The life goes on as we will share our memories as they will be told by us to her great grand children who will have their adventures but will share those that we had from our storytelling and pictures she helped to create with us.
We are incredibly lucky to have had the fun, naive, playful childhood that we had and to have a nanny who was 92! (every time we asked she was always 92!) and off to Jericho !? Who was completely non materialistic, thoughtful, honest and creative. I recall a yellow plastic cup of sugary tea, honey, wild flowers, wellie boots, silver hair, hot water bottles, sponge cakes, stories, dens and puzzles and happiness, thank you nanny p x

I rather it be me.....

poor baby is streaming, coughing, sticky eyes but still smiling.
This easter has been rather eventful with coughs, colds, croup, head-lice (last day of term!) and successful potty training!, oh yes and me losing my voice, not great timing! Then just as the holidays draw to the last few days and I think we are free down comes baby with his cold.
Despite his snuffles and awful night cough (thankfully not croup) he has no fever and is his usually cheery self. Greenbaby snuffle rub has been applied to soles of feet and chest, breast milk in eyes for what I hope does not develop into full on conjunctivitis, I have iPad and baby has his Dr Seuss cat in the hat rattle book.
As a parent you would do anything for your children and if I could take on all the bugs and snuffles I would, as I can't take away his i will give plenty of hugs, feeds, rattle entertainment when required and do as we have many times with mini1,minimini1 and now miniminimini1!

Night night and lets dream of sunny snuffle free days x

Washi frames

The mini ones love to draw, there are pictures everywhere around our home, and this week we made a few with washi frames.
Mini1 likes to do her line drawings in a single colour so the mix match washi stripes added colour and I think her choices were great.

High 5 ..... Easter pins

Pinterest is a truly wonderful world, all about fabulous finds, sharing, giving, inspiring and like minded inspirational peeps for you to pin with, follow and communicate.
As there is still time to add a little easter crafting to the weekend here are the easter pins I think are the high fives for this easter.

To follow and visit links to the actual source and of course to be egg-cited (sorry) by more pins just click over to
http://pinterest.com/itscloudcuckoo/ and visit any of the boards bout if you want these five visit the easter board.

gliTTer eGGs

Happy Easter all, bonnet making and parade during the week, family Easter egg hunt tomorrow and today more crafts to add to the Easter tree....
1. Start off with your local free range eggs
2. Wash, blow and save (smoked salmon and scrambled eggs for lunch!)
3. Pick your decorating props, today we have paint and glitter
4. Go go go and enjoy !

For more ideas come back later or have a go with felts, stickers, tape, glue, beads and well you get the idea anything goes x

What I see....

Each and every day the very first look I have as I open my eyes is that of either one of the three children or Mr Loveliness, perfect start to the day (and especially so when it's after 6.30am!)
I then pop to the bathroom and see the day, white over this morning and then down the stairs to another few of my favourite sights.
I love flowers and colour and if we don't have cut ones around the house then we always have these. What's so lovely is the children like them too and take interest in the works, textures, colour and have a go themselves.
Here are a few of our floral ones I'd like to share with you today.....

easTer bOnneTs

So mini1 came home yesterday with the easter bonnet letter in her book bag..... next Tuesday there will be an easter bonnet competition and egg hunt.
"We must make it now mummy, now, quick,"
Well yes we need to be zippy with it but Friday night was not the time instead we had a rummage in our craft cupboard for pipe cleaners, pom-poms, tissue paper and chicks and then up to the dressing up box for a hat and down to the cellar for the hot glue gun. All was then ready for when the time was right (before Tuesday) to get this hat done and paraded.

Today was not really going to be the bonnet making day as we had plans to go to a lovely party but mini mini1 had a bad croup attack and all plans have changed, so what better than be jolly making tissue paper flowers, nests and a jolly hat..... here is the bonnet and a cheery chickie one too currently being modelled by Lennie!