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A Life in the Making

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Sitting, Waiting, Wishing

Today will be spent: - watching for the post and a VERY EXCITING PARCEL which may or may not arrive today, but I still must check the window every time a car drives by - updating the aviator hat pattern to include a chunky weight version (is there anyone who would have time next week to do a qui...

I'm Not Sure Why We Buy Toys

    When a new vacuum entertains for an entire afternoon, toys seem a bit pointless.   And it arrived in the nick of time...

Kat's Crafty Confessions

Ok. So I have something that I need to get off of my chest.       I hate crafting with my children.     It starts with such promise-- usually a beautifully photographed tutorial on pinterest, extolling the virtues of stimulating creativity with your children.  Each time, I approach the project ...

Morning Person?

  When I was little, I was the ultimate morning person.  I used to wake up at 3am, ready to start the day.  According to my mother, I would play quietly by myself until the rest of the house joined me. I loved mornings.  My favourite thing was to watch the National Anthem on the TV as they start...

Art Takes All Shapes

  Georgia wants to paint or colour all day long.  She will go through page after page of paper.  However, markers and crayons have to be counted in and out, in the same way narcotics are controlled at hospitals, lest we end up with contemporary art at knee level. Ellis has less interest.  He li...