Good Friday

Good Friday has been and almost gone and not a whiff of a hot cross bun! 

I don't think I'm alone here, on most days I set myself little tasks that I want to get done on top of all my daily chores .
Today I wanted to clean the kitchen chairs and put the new cushions on them display the new to us alphabet letters and months of the year cards and clean the bedroom window ....

I managed to get this done in dribs and drabs as and when the baby slept or was being snuggled by a helpful sister .

BUT when I asked if anyone fancied making hot cross buns with me no one felt enthusiastic enough .

so yeah. I sit her totally bunless !!!

We have had a lovely day though.Jasmine wrote out all the Easter cards that they all made yesterday morning ready to be delivered shortly.

I took a walk down to the sea with all the children but summer this afternoon. The sun was bright and warm too.

I returned home to Summer cleaning up in the kitchen and Paul loading the dishwasher .she had made raw cookie dough and some treats for the hamster too.

Jasmine finished making her totally gorgeous Baltic eggs todAy too.

St Valentine's day .

A couple of days ago Charlie and i shared the story of saint Valentine . The brave priest who was preforming marriage ceremonies for knights who under the kings orders were forbidden to marry . Charlie illustrated the story beautifully in his main lesson book.

To celebrate this special day of love we have enjoyed delicious treats baked by Gypsie and i surprised everyone with a home made card and a little treat .

Happy Valentines day xxx

Lists , lists and another list!

Today has been an organising and planning day.

Myself and jasmine and summer wrapped all the  presents iv brought so far for my family . I have three brothers and three sisters so this wrapping process usually takes a while as i normaly insist on doing it all myself .Summer had asked if she could help and i soon found that they were infact more than capable of wrapping the gifts.They also wrapped birthday presents for my brother and sister . They did a great job .

After lunch i started with the list making. I made my Christmas card list . An advent activities list (i made a felt stocking calendar a couple of years ago ,in each stocking i place a treat for each one of our children and an idea for an activity we can do together) and an elf on the shelf list (for the past couple of years we have had an elf come to stay for the month of December ...he likes to have fun at night and the little ones wake up each day excited to look for him and see what he has been up to). The latter two are still work in progress but i am almost there .

So yeah i spent far too long on pinterest looking up activities and crafts for December . Summer and jazz had a tiff that resulted in me over reacting n banning summer from her phone , the computer and the wii....that ban lasted all of about an hour once we had both calmed down.lol.

Gypsies and jasmine spent the afternoon baking with Evas help. I love how patient they can be with her. They made chocolate chunk shortbread , vegan cup cakes and a chocolate fudge cake.

Charlie made the dumplings for tonights dinner. I explained he would need double the amount of flour to suet and he worked out that there were ten teaspoons of suet left in the box so he would mix that with twenty teaspooons of flour.....practical maths is far more fun than any workbook!

Eva , Charlie , jasmine and i also enjoyed a stroll ( i strolled,well waddled, they scooted) down to the shop just as the moon was rising. The sky was streaked with purples ,blues and pinks.Charlie said it looked like a rainbow  and Eva as always was excitedly pointing out the moon.

This evening Charlie and i read one of his library books about rescue transport .

Today seems to have really flown by!