One of Those Days

The song speaks for itself, I think...

Gwen Abhors a Vacuum

    Gwen is a funny little thing. Last year the only time the vacuum cleaner could be turned on was by having someone take her for a walk. Any time the vacuum cleaner was switched on with Gwen in the house she would howl up a storm.

    This year a new vacuum cleaner was acquired and Gwen decided that vacuum cleaners aren't so bad. Now when I clean the floor she will follow me around. Or more to the point, she follows the vacuum cleaner around. She likes the feel of the wind blowing in her face - a result of the vacuum's internal fan pushing the air out.

Park

     A day at the park equals ham and cheese sandwiches, tea, ducks, slide, see-saw, ducks, sunshine and breeze, bread crumbs, pigeons, grass and fresh air.

Princess Farty Pants

I couldn't resist sharing this photo of my eldest daugter...

Word

For a laugh I tested out Google Scribe to see what sentence would result if I let the program dictate the words. And here is the result...

This is a great way to get the best of the best in the world of the living room and dining room with a view to the sea and the mountains.
I wanted to do something about it that I can not wait to see what the problem is.

... Clearly a useful tool for when the words fail you. But I wouldn't want to be totally dependent on it.

Save the World

Yesterday, sometime after lunch I took the girls to the park. Keira slept in the pram and Gwen got to run around. It was the last week of school holidays. Plenty of Mums, Grandmas and the occasional Dad took their kids to the park. I enjoyed listening to the excited dialogue of some of the children. I recall three children on a spinning ride [one of those rides that adults must never sit on if you want to retain your lunch]. They were spinning around so fast. And one of the children, definitely the kid in charge, was shouting things out…

“It’s 1840!” – Clearly the spinning ride was a time machine.

“Jump off! We have to save the world!” – The kids are time travelling heroes and they have to save the world. And the world cannot be saved if they keep sitting in the time machine.

“Jump off! WE HAVE TO SAVE THE WORLD!!!” – The kid urgently shouts again. The other kids ignore him, and the time machine keeps spinning. I guess saving the world is low on their list of priorities. I think they prefer just time travelling.

Eventually though the time machine stops spinning and the children jump/slide/fall out and race off to various corners of the park, in an attempt to ‘save the world’.

Ever noticed how when children play, most of their dialogue ends with an exclamation mark.

My Garden

    I love my garden. I have four different rose bushes. I am thinking of bulking up the front garden with even more rose bushes. You can never have too many flowers in Spring.

Inspire

It's a Shell of a Town

    Last weekend my family spent a relaxing morning hanging around the beach. Gwen and I walked hand in hand and got our feet wet in the shallow water. We found two starfish that were actually still alive. I also brought back home these three shells. When I was a little girl I used to collect sea shells. I might start a collection again.

A Handy Book

I love computer games. I really do. I get a lot out of sitting down and racing digital cars with my husband. You gotta love the jumps in San Francisco Rush. Oh yeah, and I was recently introduced to Mario Kart. But as much as I enjoy exploring virtual worlds, it is also nice to get back to and do things in the real world. Such as exploring, collecting, reading, writing, crafting, cooking, drawing, and painting.

When I was a little girl my Grandma gifted to me The American Girls Handy Book. I loved looking at the pictures and dreamt of working through various activities in the book. Although there were a few lone attempts to follow this book. Nothing much really transpired.

Many years have since passed and now I am looking at this book again. A little internet research leads to a discovery about the authors – Lina and Adelia Beard. I learnt that these two sisters lead the setup of the American Girl Scouts. How about that, huh! To find out more about the origins of the American Scouts simply follow this link - http://alicemariebeard.com/campfire/history.htm

Now I am thinking of giving some of the books' activities a go. I might even work through the book with my daughters when they are a bit older.