Scotland

Matteo and I went away this weekend to look around Aberdeen and the area in general. We stopped in St. Andrews to see a friend and then drove around in the city of Aberdeen and down lots of country roads outside...

ribbon wands & doll houses

We made ribbon wands with the children as a spring craft acitivity. They wave them around outside or wear them as crowns.

I helped make some doll houses for the summer fair, and they're lovely and so simple.

A cup ah...

Ah, the English and their tea. I've really gotten used to English tea, with milk and sometimes sugar, redbush too, though now I'm sitting down with a lemon, fresh ginger & honey concoction (you can also put in cayanne pepper for an extra kick!)

Trip-Tic

a commissioned work which has sadly left my wall....

Chalk drawings

what a lovely medium, just being allowed to draw on anything is so liberating.

here's Julien's first face, funny little guy...

Damiano's palm tree...

Wooden blocks

I made these last week with a friend of mine, they're just slices of wood, but with a childs' imagination they can become castles, trains, pancakes or whatever else they like. I still need to sand them down so they're softer to play with...

keeping cats away...

So there's a neighbor who uses orange peels to keep the cats at bay. I thought we'd try it too, as they seem to visit our garden every other day! The kids are quite happy to collect and replace the oranges with new ones, it's become a game. And Matteo loves the fresh orange juice in the morning...