Happy Birthday, Ben

Our "Benjamin Bunny" celebrated his second birthday today. We had a Peter Rabbit party for him. Here are some photos from our day...

 

Ben was given this beautiful stroller (from Nova Natural) for his doll, Ollie. Sorry Ben's out of focus...he was unable to stand still for this shot! He was given this a week before his birthday, when it arrived in the mail.

 

"Reading" his Peter Rabbit birthday card.

A cutout Peter Rabbit set-up.

Blowing out the candles.

First signs of spring

I'm so excited! On our way home from the library today we saw shoots of spring flowers poking up through the soil. And it's not even (quite) March!

Also, the buds are getting larger on bushes and trees.

Winter goodbye, 

Winter goodbye,

You may no longer stay,

Springtime is on its way;

Winter goodbye,

Winter goodbye.

(traditional German)

Fit for a Queen

Emma and Ben were playing tea-party this morning. Also, Emma pretended I was a Queen and set up a 'high tea' for me, complete with throne.

I love how the table looks with the silks covering it, and with the natural light coming through the window. If you look carefully, you might see how much rain is on the glass. It seems as if our Spring rains have come a bit early.

Modelling after a long day

I'm tired. I had my parents-in-law over for lunch, took the kids to a homeschooling science program (wonderful), and then shopped a bit with some of the money I made selling my bunny!

Then we got locked out of our apartment. I called Robert at work and he said he'd walk to meet us half-way. Part way down the street, though, I found my keys in my pocket! I quickly called Robert back before he'd left work. All the while, Ben's diaper needed to be changed. He was very stinky!

After a hasty but yummy supper of sardines, berries, and homemade bread, I took out the plasticine I'd bought the children today. Modelling is such a great way of letting them get out their experiences from the day, and to help them make sense of what goes on around them. Here are a few pics of them at work and play. The one above is of Emma imprinting her ring onto the plasticine.

Needle Felted Bunny

I'm loving needle-felting right now! After finishing King Winter, I made Ben a bunny for his birthday. But that's supposed to be a suprise, so you'll have to wait. THIS bunny is the last thing I made, and I finished it last night. I decided that more people are interested in spring themed things right now, and I have to put more things on my Etsy account. So, here is a little Easter bunny that I've put up for sale.

Etsy

My Etsy account is now active, and King Winter is my first item for sale. Now I just have to get some traffic... If you would like to visit, the URL is http://www.etsy.com/shop/matchaandmiso

Thanks!

King Winter

I finished my needlefelted King Winter yesterday, using some of the fleece that came in from Bear Dance Crafts. Making him took up almost all of my ice blue, but it was worth it. He's the reason I bought that colour, anyway. I did find he was too, well, blue. So I added other winter colours and to make almost a watercolour effect. I'm opening up an Etsy account and he'll be my first item. I'm not sure who's going to buy him, now that winter is almost over!