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Monday 21 May 2012

Our new additions

Introducing our newest additions to the family...pip, squeal and lucky.
My son is taking pictures of our three new guinea pigs in this photo. We only went for two but lucky was the last female of the family, so it would mean she would be left on her own. So we got her too...hence the name...lucky. Their hutch is big enough for three and they don't cost a lot to keep so we now have three!

This is my allotment...

Our little allotment is coming along great. At the front it's looking quite professional. We have spring onions, garlic, shallots and onions, and red onions. Theyare all doing well. As are the potatoes, radishes and beetroot. Since taking the photo above we've transplanted more carrots. The cucumbers are doing ok in the pots. My tomatoes are looking great
And my peas have pods on...I don't want to put these outside incase they get beaten by the bad weather so for now they'll stay in the porch.
Down the bottom of the garden we have strawberries, blackberries, rhubarb and raspberries. Here's the strawberries, fruit is appearing already...
Yet another idea I found on pinterest. We collected some rocks from the beach and have made markers for the vegetables in our garden. Just need to varnish them. I think they came out quite well and were absolutely free to make.
These are my 2 yr olds attempts. The kids liked drawing on the rocks too.

www.zooacademy.co.uk

If you're anywhere near south shields in the north east of england then you have to book the zoo academy. Their website is www.zooacademy.co.uk. My 7 year old daughter is obsessed with animals, she wants to be a vet so we booked the zoo academy for her birthday party. They were brilliant. They were organised, knowledgeable and the owner was super friendly, had the patience of a saint and adapted the party appropriately to the age of the children there. The kids loved petting the various animals from snakes, to giant millipedes to rats and rabbits. I was sooo proud of my daughter holding the snake, never held one before but held it with no fear at all. It all made for a really unique experience, will definitely be having the zoo academy again. Both the kids and the adults enjoyed the party.
We really enjoyed the theme of the party too. These are the party boxes we got for the packed lunches. They were of wild animals and zoo animals.
We also had snake balloons, animal print party bags, jelly snakes and a hedgehog cake. Loads of fun.

Making things in may

So a friend had twin boys this month and I wanted to make her a card. I found a cute cartoon picture of two peas in a pod, so I drew it, then I coloured it in with my pro markers. This will be mounted onto card with backing paper and embellishments. Then my hubby decided my pod wasn't right, so I made two more attempts. I still kind of like the first one I did, What do you all think?
So I heard some news this month about a lady from one of the play groups I go to, well her daughter is very ill in hospital. Her dad had asked anyone with kids to make her cards or pictures and that she would really respond to stuff like that. So I thought it was about time for a service project. My husband is a dab hand at modelling balloons so we ordered some from ebay and he made her a lovely bunch of flowers. I hope she liked them. I think they turned out quite nice.
I had also seen this idea on pinterest, its a 'little box of sunshine'. So I made this for the mam of the girl. The box is filled with all yellow items, i put in lemon boiled sweets, quavers, flakes, tutti frutti gum, jelly tots, yellow pop and sherbet dippers. All the yellow together looks fab. Hope it brightened their day a little.
Oh and I've been doing really well on slimming world and have made some lovely recipes. How gorgeous does this look...quorn peppered steaks with baked potatoes, with onions, peppers and mushrooms...yum yum x

I won....

I never win anything. Now I have though...so i'd just like to say thanks to debbie for my brilliant prize. i won the hunger games trilogy of books. I read and loved the first book of the trilogy but couldn't afford to buy the next two. Off I went to the library to try and get them, but they were out on loan :( so then i entered a competition to win a book off this blog i have been reading for quite some time now. Its a great blog, her name is debbie, she makes some amazing things and loves to cook. Everything she makes is soooo good, and she does brill tutorials too. So I won, the exact books that I wanted to read, so thanks again debbie...her blog is definitely worth following, you can find her here: http://countryheartandhome.blogspot.co.uk/