Steiner Advent fair.

I cant tell you how long i have been looking forward to going to this. Having never been before i could only have expectations but it was all i hoped it would be.

 First stall that we came to was the advent gardens. The girls loved making their own mini gardens complete with  wool and felt gnome!

 There was a childrens market for children who were 11 or younger. No adults alowed! With a sense of intrepidation i went both of girls in with £1 and they came back from the magical room full of fairy lights and fir trees with a bag of special goodies including  some wooden spoon puppets and a tiny paper box to keep treasures in.

 The sweet stall was amazing and the attention to detail in every room along with the simplicity was just beautiful

 There was a gingerbread house room!!

 and the girls enjoyed playing in grounds and then we went for a cup of tea in the steiner diner!

 Emily loved the music that the children sang and the instruments they were playing.

 Mummy had a little shop too and picked up some beautiful bits for our season table... a beautiful wooden stand for pictures to be displayed in, a clever but simple tree and a gnome on a sledge for hanging on the christmas tree.

Lucy was a little over zealous with her watering can you tell!
All in all it was everything i hoped it might be, i loved it and could have stayed for longer. I cant wait for the easter one now!

Nanny's chair

Last summer when we were clearing out my nan and grandads house, i inherited this chair. It always sat in my nans bedroom with her cushion in it. We decided it would be a lovely addition to the girls bedrom. It was but the poor thing had more use than it had had for a long time, possibly ever, and it broke. Keen to keep it i decided to put an MDF base on with a foam cushion and then staple the chosen material (laura Ashley) on top.

And yes we are very pleased with the results! It is now really sturdy and with a fresh coat of pink paint it matches the room beautifully and it will last for another good few years.

Operation Christmas Child

This week we have been collecting its together for http://www.operationchristmaschild.org.uk/ Which is a great charity that send shoe boxes filled with love, toys, certain items of clothing and toiletries to countries where children are not as lucky as ours. Emily and Lucy have really loved this, they have enjoyed helping me choose items and sorting the boxes. And i think this is a great lesson for children to learn that at christmas there are lots of children across the world who are not as fortunate as us, and of course that it is good to give as well as recieve.

We have made 4 boxes this year, 2 of them are for a girl aged 2-4yrs and one is for a boy 5-9yrs

some of the things we included were, gloves, toothbrush and paste, teddy, play doctors kit in a bag i made, stickers, colouring pencils and pad, sweets and a rubber.

in this one i made a crochet little bag with string!

Emily took two into school on tuesday and i will be showing the other two to my class to try and enthuse them to make some at home with their parents.