This week has just flown by with school runs and generally trying to catch up ( unsuccessfully ) after Christmas, but everyone seemed happy to go back to school, if a little exhausted by Thursday, so it was a pretty successful, if unadventurous week.
I’ve have been feeling like I’m not doing enough fun suff with the kids at the moment, so this weekend I’ve tried to jam in as much as possible between birthday parties and sporting activities.
The girls have been making up lots of stories with their story stones, S made herself some skis while I tried to get her interested in number bonds. I failed miserably despite my best efforts and I thought genius idea of using cars and trains, but never mind, at least I can blog it later.
I’m very jealous of her ability to make anything she wants with cardboard, pipe cleaners and sellotape.
In my efforts to improve my photography I’ve installed picasa to edit my photos, while I decide if it’s worth me paying for Photoshop. I didn’t have the best starting shots to work with this week, but S wearing a dress is unusual enough to document and I quite like the cheeky faces in the second one. Not my best efforts, but with limited time and rubbish light, these best I could do.
She’s very creative – takes after her mum! I’m terrible at making stuff so it makes me massively happy when my daughter settles down with a few bits and pieces and comes up with the most imaginative things. And now she’s 10 she’s actually creating things I can see the point of!
Loving those skis! And off to investigate picasa – had considered photoshop, but with a cheap point and shoot camera and not a lot of artistic skill I am unsure if it is going to make beauties out of my photos!
I love how they can turn cardboard into an amazing game, clever girl! I haven’t tried Picassa but use Picmonkey for all my pics which is loads cheaper than Photoshop I do wonder if I need Photoshop and how different it is x
That bottom photo made me chuckle – such fab expressions!!!
Loving your photos, the creativity & the pretty dress. Happy new year to you & looking forward to seeing more photos this year x
I love the skis. It really made me smile that pic. Brilliant. And dont beat yourself up about not spending time with your kids. I bet they dont think that way, we put ourselves under such pressure.
How cute does S look in that dress, beautiful. I’m hoping to try and get myself back into a routine but failing miserably at the moment.
What an ingenious use of cardboard?! I love the bottom photo, such cheeky faces.
Love those skis! Makes me want to go skiing again.
I’m undecided at investing in Photoshop too, I’m still in Picmonkey world for my editing. It’ll be a move I have to make at some point I guess
Lovely to see how much fun kids can have with a bit of imagination
we have a running joke in our house that we can make anythign with a sheet of A4 paper!
Wow she is very skilled at making things from heuristic materials. Clever thing. I love the pictures and love the variety in the shots. The bottom one just captures a lovely fun relationship 🙂
Those skis are very cool!
oh your girls are so inventive and cute!
Firstly your photos are amazing. I wish I can take such clear and crisp photos!
I love how your daughter’s mind works! Amazing imagination and limitless ideas for toys =) #livingarrows