Project 365 2015 – week 9
It’s week 9 of Project 365, and the days are getting longer. Yay. That in itself is confusing N, so we have lots of conversations trying to explain that we can eat tea when it’s not dark! So we’ve been…
Activities
Everything we get up to – activities, learning and play
Learn to fasten with Zip It by Patricia Hegarty
I was looking forward to receiving this Zip It hardback book from Little Tiger Press, written by Patricia Hegarty and illustrated by Fhiona Galloway. While it looks like a book for younger children, it’s aimed at 3-6 year olds, with…
Getting creative – designing and painting t shirts
I’ve had a stash of fabric paints for ages, and meant to get round to decorating some bags and tops, but needless to say we never got round to it. But recently buytshirtsonline.co.uk sent us a t-shirt design kit to let N…
The ideal book for a farmer’s son? Good little bad little pig
Our latest Book Buddy read from Parragon Books is Good little bad little Pig by Margaret Wise Brown, and illustrated by Loretta Schauer. I thought this book would appeal to N given the subject matter. The story is about a…
A fun guide to throwing a brilliant DIY ‘Minions’ themed party
Bright yellow, with either one or two eyes, Minions were catapulted into the spotlight by the ‘Despicable Me’ film franchise, back in 2010. While N hasn’t watched many films (or at least films all the way through), he has managed…
Project 365 2015 – photo a day week 8
As with the last few weeks I’ve been slacking a bit. I’m frantically trying to finish the mammoth book I started reading (it’s hard going and I’m a tad bored with it), as well as catch up with my crochet….
Metal detecting on the farm
Metal detecting’s not something I’ve ever really been interested in doing, although in the past I’ve always seen metal detector toys at Christmas and thought what good presents they’d make for our nephews and niece. But my brother’s really got…
An introduction to Flashsticks – learning Spanish
I’d love to be fluent in another language. After 7 years of French at school (at GCSE I found it easy, but A level traumatised me forever!), and a fleeting couple of years doing Spanish, my verbal language skills are…
Music Exploration month 11 – 60s and opera
N’s been exploring opera, 60s and rock music this month for the music explorations linky
Project 365 2015 – photo a day week 7
It’s week 7 of Project 365, and I have to admit I’ve been very slack on taking photos. We’ve not been up to much in the evenings, but N’s had a sleepy week, flaking out on the sofa quite a…
Back to books – January 2015 round up
After a really poor year in 2014, where I only read about 16 books all year – from March to September I didn’t read any at all – I signed up again for the Good Reads challenge. My aim is…
