piggy tails

Today fo the first time Molly May wore her hair in pig tails she was very pleased with herself  and looked so much older with her hair all up .

The gray weather disapeared by the afternoon and was replaced by clear blue skys and lots of sunshine so we wrapped up and went for a walk .

I put the finishing stars on my felt purse todayits taken a while to work out what i wanted to put on my purse but I'm really pleased with how its turned out . The applique was done with my new 100% wool felt which was so nice to work with and has a nicer look to it than the acrylic felt. Now to decorate my felt bag :)

A weekend snug at home

This weekend was very damp cold and grotty and we didn't get a drop of snow :( so after a little walk to grandmas we all snuggled up at home and read books baked cakes and played with toys and did some crafting.

We've recently started allowing Ben to use the laptop we got him a bumblebee mouse which is nice and chunky for little hands hes got the hang of it very quickly and really really loves going on the official Lego website which has some little simple games on it that he can play without to much difficulty his favourite game being the Starwars Lego spaceship game :)

These are my recent charity shop finds ,Ive always had a fascination for Russian nesting dolls especially the teenie tiny one and the pixies were equally fascinated too although sunday was spent searching for the teenie tiny doll who was later found in the toy garage.     
I found the dresser in a British heart foundation shop and bought it  straight away it was reduced from £100 to £60!!! and they kindly delivered it for me too :)  ive wanted one for ages as somewhere for displaying all my handmade stuff  and the cupboard bit is perfect for storing our ever growing collection of games and jigsaws. I'm not sure if I'm gonna paint it yet where just living with it and seeing how we like it unpainted at the moment .

Daisy and Molly busy putting all their cuddly toys and dolls to bed.

I finished off some crafty makes that have been hanging about unfinished for a while. The first was a knitted felted purse and the second was a bag tidy for all those pesky plastic bags that despite all my best efforts with cloth bags keep finding their way into our house ! grrr but at least they look pretty and tidy now :)

Forest school

Me and molly May have started going to a Forest school every Wednesday morning , we've braved the rain , and this week the Siberian winds but its the most lovely group of mommies and children and we always have a Good time . Theres a hammock amongst the trees which Molly loves laying in and looking up at the tree tops and we always build a shelter and have rice cakes and flapjacks with some herbal tea which i think is Molly's absolute favourite part she calls it picnic time .

This week was the Imbolc which is the Celtic festival marking the beginning of spring which was hard to believe as the cold Siberian winds blew but as we went searching for signs of spring it was amazing how many we found ,snowdrops , violets and daffodils starting to push up through the soil . Then we made tiny birds nests which Molly really enjoyed and played hide and seek . It was so nice to get out and see the earth waking up it gave me a real sense of optimism and joy .
We love our Forest school.

 Making nests and eating our 3rd piece of flapjack.

                                           This is Molly hiding :)