Silent Sunday 26.04.2015
Sunday, April 26, 2015
Wicked Wednesday - 22nd April
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Silent Sunday 19.04.2015
Sunday, April 19, 2015
3D Name Frames
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
I have spent a long time trying to sort out the girls room and the decor that goes in there. I really wanted to put up some frames with their names in them and decided to make them 3D.
I went with the Ribba frames from Ikea as I love these frames and have them in all different sizes as I have used them here, here and here!
I typed out the names in Microsoft Word and them printed them on some heavy weight paper but you could use regular if you are careful or card.
As I have a lot of different craft punches, I decided to make use of them and punched out some butterflies, flowers and hearts to decorate the picture.
I also added a little pink gem on the letter I to add some colour.
I made sure that they were 3D and added some gems to some of them to add some bling.
I decided to hang the frames close together with some of the other decor I had put up as well.
What do you think? Would they make a great gift? Would you like to receive one? Let me know.
Day out at Drayton Manor
Wednesday, April 08, 2015
We love to go to Drayton Manor theme park and this year we decided to go on Easter Sunday. As Amelia is at an age where she can interact and go on more of the rides it was a perfect theme park for her with Thomas Land being there too.
We got there when the park opened at 9.30, an hour before the rides opened and went to the park and the zoo.
We went to Drayton Manor when Hollie was 2 and a half and I wanted to take a picture of her in the same place where I took one of the pictures. Four and a half years later, she's growing so quickly!
Hollie and Amelia enjoyed the slides and we couldn't get them off them!
We saw a just a few of the animals in the zoo as they spent a long time on the slides. There were lots of inquisitive Meerkats, some black leopards (look at those paws) and a loud monkey to name a few.
When the rides opened, the first one we went on was Stormforce 10 which was a log flume and we got very wet. Hollie was not amused.
We then went to Thomas Land. This part is always very popular and they are extending Thomas Land, so some of it was blocked off.
There was plenty of things to keep you amused while in the queues like the bubble blower and stilt walkers.
Amelia got to on quite a few rides in Thomas Land with her sister and she really enjoyed them.
Hollie liked the cars in the air and enjoyed having the front seat to herself and relegated her grandad to the rear!
One of the last rides we went on was the big Ferris wheel. The trouble with the Ferris wheel is it takes a long time to load and unload people but once we were on it we got a lovely view of the park.
Normally the park closes at 5 but as it was so nice they extended it to 6 and that allowed Hollie and her dad to go on the dodgems and also go in the soft play before leaving.
We had a lovely day and could easily have done a lot more but the day went so quickly. My mum and step dad really enjoyed themselves too.
We will definitely be back in the future sometime and if you can get the 2 for 1 deals like we did, its a lot better value.
Easter gifts for the girls
Thursday, April 02, 2015
As Easter is upon us I thought I would share what I have bought the girls for Easter.
For Amelia, we got her some touchy feely books from Sainsbury's. We managed to get them when they had their double up event so we were able to use £5 of points and double it up to get the 4 books and didn't cost us anything.
Amelia has been loving the threading lace and blocks, reels etc. when we go to softplay group, so I bought this seahorse set from the Early Learning Centre and I think she will love to thread the laces and all the characters.
Rather than get her an Easter egg, i picked up these Lindt little chicks from Homesense and they were on offer too!
Lastly I bought both girls a new placemat from Dunelm which has lots of woodland animals on it.
For Hollie for Easter, I wasn't sure whether to get her just an egg but that didn't happen and bought a few things I spotted on my travels!
I came across these Charlie and Lola books in the 99p shop and couldn't resist them as I know she will like them and I am trying to get her to read more, which has been hard.
Hollie kept mentioning how she wanted one of these wooden giraffes from Wilkinsons and so I thought I would pick one up for Easter as well as some little eggs as she wants to do some cupcakes and put them on the top.
Lastly I saw this pack of paper placemats in Staples which you can colour in and thought even if she doesn't use them as placemats, she would have fun colouring them in.
I think they will love their little gifts and might keep them busy for a little bit!
Are you buying gifts for your children or ones you know or just getting an egg? I would love to know how you feel about gift giving at Easter.
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