Emeraude & Daddy made boats out of craft supplies and recycled materials. The boat with pontoons and a sail was their group effort (very nice) and the other small one Emeraude imagined and built all on her own. We had a lot of fun playing at the lion’s beach after we were done with our [Read more]
my girl is such a hoot! Doggie Finger Puppets (from Chirp Magazine, April 09) What you’ll need: old glove(s) glue (we used white, I’m hoping to buy some good tacky glue soon for our crafting) scissors google eyes or beads or pompoms for eyes yarn How to: cut fingers off glove decorate [Read more]
Ok, another very busy day (in spite of having less than adequate supplies of energy). The kids were a huge help. So was Vickie as she has been ever since my symptoms began coming back with a vengeance last week. She goes beyond giving me rides to the hospital and has been calling to arrange [Read more]
Mom & Dad were in Thunder Bay last week for personal business. Before leaving she had asked me for ideas as to what she might pick up that I can’t get here in the way of materials for Emeraude’s home schooling. I had given her a few ideas but did not really have any expectations [Read more]
When I finally got called in Mrs. Ormston had completely won Emeraude over ...and she (E) had no interest in accompanying me lol. Mrs. Ormston said she didn't mind her staying with her to play and I knew this was sincere and that she was in great hands so let Emeraude stay with her having fun... [Read more]
Well, today is a crazy busy day so here is our morning in photos (no time to blog, must work on my Second Story Press cover letter), well, Emeraude & I. Lloyd went to speak with Mr.Gorges about getting back to work and it sounds like it went pretty well; I think if he is [Read more]
...Lloyd & I used white glue and sparkles (thanks again Nonnie Keri!) on some and we used the wax technique again when dyeing the others - lots of fun! [Read more]
We finally planted our final tray of seeds this afternoon. Emeraude just loves playing in the dirt and is so curious about the entire process. We discussed differences in the sizes/types/colours of our seeds and tried to use what we learned from the last tray (sticking to one seed / square; not [Read more]
...recipe for the colouring solution. I melted parafin wax which Emeraude used a shishkabob stick to draw with on some eggs, we dipped a couple into it (just the ends) and also just drizzled the wax randomly on others. Lots of fun, they look great, just need to pick up some inexpensive baskets from [Read more]
...and if you live in a small town like us, where there isn't a specialty craft store, no problem, everything on the list can be bought at the grocery store/pharmacy [Read more]
À matin j’espérais vraiment faire du ‘travaille d’école’ avec Emeraude et cela n’aurait pas pu mieux finir… Nous avons travaillé dans un des livres que Grandmaman nous a trouvés sur ces voyages, pleins de couleur et d’autocollants – parfait pour Emeraude! Elle aime bien [Read more]
Great morning with my girl. Happy to be getting our mornings back somewhat (result of solumedrol I think). We started out making ‘soup’ and recipes with the beads and too many bowls/ladels/potato masher lol and then switched to some bracelets. Emeraude began working on a necklace for [Read more]
I was inspired this Friday morning when picking up Emeraude from Nursery School to attempt this craft. Nikki, her N.School teacher was kind enough to spare some blue cellophane which really is a nice touch. Emeraude had made other water themed crafts at school that morning which included a sensory [Read more]
