pirate ships and stamping

Today was a stay at home day as i feel rough again. Migraine last night meant i was in bed at 7:30 and still have a headache today.
This is what we created!

Introducing Abigail and a bit of home baking

yesterday we went to see my dear friend MJ who has just had a beautiful baby girl, much to everyones suprise!! W e were sure she would have another boy!

These are delicious!!

wordless wednesday (one day late!)

windy day and the rainbow fish.

The weekend saw some sunny windy days and we just loved the oppertunity to get out and let the wind blow through our hair. E asked if we had a kite which we do... i could not find it in our shed (another major sort out in the spring needed there!) so we made our own! a bin bag and some bamboo cane. It actually flew too! L loved it , "fly" she kept saying.

 We have been taken over by The Rainbow Fish in the last week. It all started with L learning the word "fish". oh my she loves fish and sees them everywhere. So i borrowed the story sack for school and both girls love it! It came with tiny shells, a real starfish and lots of other things including a dominoes set. lots of fun has also been had with making rainbow fish pictures etc. The Ocean book is an amazing book given to E on her birthday  by my good friend Ellie. it makes a different aquatic sound on each page.

And finally this picture is there to remind me of the things i believe to be best for my family and the rest of the world. I love this Duck from myriad. We bought it for L for christmas and it is a much loved toy in our house. I love the way it feels, the quality in the craftmanship and the ethics behind it. More recently i have not blogged as i know in my heart i am not living the green babies life that i wish for my family. Constantly swimming against the tide of consumerism, choice and conveniece coupled with lack of time. I intend to try and address this with out beating myself up too much about it. I am trying to get the washing dry outside of inside witout using the tumble dryed quite as much. we are eating from scratch most nights now partly because of the diet i am on (which is also taking alot of my energy and will power obviously) and a lot of this is organic. not local always tho. I did shop at farmers markets for all of the fruit and veg this week however.
ahhhhh i just wish i could do more, to change the way i feel about these things and bring them into every part of our lives. Anyway here is to 2011 and a more simpler life.

A year in photos

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Holiday photos

During the christmas period we have Ian's 2 boys come to stay with us. Callum lives in Devon so we dont see him very often and it is special time. Hard, but special. our house does not really have the room for 2 teenagers, 2 toddlers and 2 adults. There is a real difference in what we are all interested in however they are both really good with the girls.

Christmas present opening at Nanny Kim's

Season Swap

On the Green Parent forum I signed up for the Season Swap again for winter. Basically each mama is given anothe mama to make something for related to the season. This gift is then sent to them so they can put it on their season table (a space in your home that reflects the season we are in e.g snowmen, snowflakes) This beautiful gift was sent to me by Rainbomama! It is a star of wonder painted on a wood panel. Thank you! you are very clever.

christmas catch up

So the blog thingy magig has not been letting me get on and put photos on properly for a while. I think it is working now so here goes...

our hosts!

christmas dinner

snowman pinita (a la kisty and phil!)

Grandad Simon gave the girls a fab train set!

igglepiggle and postman pat delivering the post!

Boxing Day

i love big jigs!

OK not perfect pictures but you get the idea.