Balancing Butterflies

Andy made these lovely butterflies this morning and had such fun! The instructions and templates can be found here. He was so excited to do this craft that neither of us got time to dress this morning before starting our homeschooling for the day. It was just as well though cause I discovered that doing homeschooling before we go shopping makes for a much happier boy at the shops.

He requested to sit by the computer so that he could copy the colours of the butterflies in the photo.


Balancing his butterfly...


Having fun with some tricks...

Car Caddy

I saw this car caddy tutorial and just HAD to make it for my darling boy so one morning last week I popped Jane in the sling and while Andy built lego in his room I made his car caddy out of scrap corduroy pieces I had left from sewing 5 pairs of pants for him a few weeks ago.

A road and 6 pockets...


My sister bought him a set of 6 cars...


For the cover I used left over lightning McQueen material from the pair of pajamas I sewed for him...


It folds up and fastens with a ribbon and velcro...


Very fun 'scraps' project and Andy loves it.

LOL

Last night we put Andy's hamster, Teddy, in his hamster ball and Andy followed him around the house talking to him etc. Andy has a bit of a cold so when he coughed over Teddy this is how our conversation went...

Mommy: Please don't cough over Teddy.
Andy: Why?
Mommy: Because hamsters can get pneumonia from human colds and then die.
Andy: Huh? Do hamsters die in Ramonia and in South Africa!

Chores

Andy loves his daily responsibilities. His main chore for the day is loading and unloading the washing machine and the other day he had a wonderful brainwave. Instead of letting Mommy carry the heavy basket he put the washing into his cart and off we go...


Yesterday Andy washed all his sandpit toys so that we can put fresh sand in his sandpit. He loved working with water and afterward went to wash his dishes (his kitchen toys).

What we've been up to this week...

We've done other daily activities such as collages etc. but it's not always that the camera is handy and with our new baby it's not always that our hands are free :)

So here's just a few pics...

We have a fruit salad every day so on Tuesday I made it into a muffin tin meal...


One of our crafts... (will blog another time about our schooling system we're using if anyone's interested). Blow painting with bubbles and food colouring...


Dressing his 'baby' while I'm dressing mine :)


One of our daily Bible story times...


Keeping up with homeschooling and having a Baby has proved to be quite a challenge but that's what makes each day fun. We've settled in nicely and I'm even finding some time to blog again :)

Actually at this moment I'm typing with one hand, rocking Jane in my other arm and listening to Andy playing in the bath. :)

National Geographic Cards

Andy received his latest NG Kids magazine and as soon as he saw the valentines cards in it he asked if we could make it so we made it as normal cards not valentines and had lots of fun playing with them. They have holes for your fingers to go through as the animals legs.


The Croc is Andy's favourite...


He chose this lovable bear for his cousin Kezia's birthday card to give to her on Saturday, her 6th birthday. We wrote a little message in the green card and pegged it to the bears paw.


And our blue monkey...

Some sewing for Andy

Andy needed some shorts so I made him five pairs from this cute pattern. It's nice and comfy and has a pocket on each side panel. I made 2 green and 3 beige.



Trying to get a shot of a pocket with a active toddler...



I made this pair of pajamas for him as well but of course it's summer so I'm making a set of summer pj's soon and we'll save these for when the colder weather start. He absolutely loves these...



I did the button holes on the machine...


More projects coming from my needles soon! :)