Making some noise...

Every Monday, Fiona comes up to my house with a bunch of kids... Her daughter Bec, Carson and Josh joins in too. They have their own little band going and are sounding really great... They are even performing at the end of year concert for school. Can't wait to hear them in front of a heap of people :)

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Fiona making a sling...

Fiona hard at it :)

Phoebee asleep :)

When Fiona and I go walking we have to take her two youngest kids with us as her hubby is away at the moment for the term teaching up north...

I had no trouble using the backpack for Phoebee but knew that we had a bit of a challenge for Lewie...

So at the end of July we talked about maybe seeing if we could make something. That morning we had nothing else to do so spent the majority of the morning with some left over material and my sowing machine... Yep, I held the baby while Fi did the sowing. Lol

She did a great job... The sling works really well too...

Was a fun way to spend the morning together and Phoebee even slept on me as well. She is soooo cute... :)

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What a cake...

Handbag for a cake...

One of the ladies at the Ladies' Group I go to in Warwick had her Birthday... Vicky scored a Chanel cake... How clever are some people that they can take a handbag and copy it into a cake... Just amazing. Only one side was allowed to be touched :) The other had to be preserved forever it seems... Tasted awesome by the way. lol

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Isn't he clever???

Joshua is into the Neocubes lately. Timothy is now also but Joshua started with the craze in this house... He is rather clever at making different shapes... What do you think?

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Joshua's Project...

Snake wire on top and chichen wire on the bottom for access...

Josh pointing to the egg laying area...

At school the older children are making their preferred models of chicken coops for when they actually build them... Joshua got started on his straight away and loved getting into it.

Now all he has to do is cover the egg laying area and finish sowing up the netting... The pipes on the sides are actually made of rolled up pages of paper that are glued together to give it strength. Then the ends are hole punched and screwed together... That last part was hard work he says but has been so worth it.

He said this morning he hopes to have it done by Wednesday but at the latest on Friday. Can't wait to see the end result. :)

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Joshua and his Diabolo tricks...

What a cutie :)

'Arm with one'

'Gaining speed'

'Leg'

'Tightrope'

'Elevator'

'2 Diabolos'

Ready for '2 Diabolos' move

'Tennis'

He has been practicing very hard. He has put on shows for the family here and he is taking it on the road... Nearly :) I love it how he explains each move too. So clever...

Tomorrow we have Barbara come out to our home for the day and he is putting on a show just for her. Then when we go and celebrate Christmas with Russell's family on Saturday he is also putting on a show. :) Then on Christmas Day he is doing it again for my side of the family...

He has been practicing so much and is getting sooooo good. Well done darling :) The pictures above are some of his moves. :) :) :)

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Wii action...

Joshua in action. :)

Russell in action. lol

Yesterday afternoon I caught Joshua and Russell doing some Wii gaming... Joshua was getting into it but Russell preferred to just do it from the couch... And he didn't want me to take a photo of him in action...

So here they are :) lol

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Bunka Embroidery...

A shot of what I have to do...

A couple of years ago I went to a Gem Show and found a lady there that did some quilling... Have done that for a while now and at the same show I also found another lady that was showing off some Bunka Embroidery... I was intrigued and wanted to know more...

I bought a kit and the DVD and have now started after all this time. I mounted it correctly as per instructions and watched the DVD a few times to get the hang of it, pausing it as needed... The threading of the needle was a challenge I must say but got it in the end. Now I am finding that getting the string to stay in the canvas is proving to be a bit of a challenge. I have done some parts but have no idea how I will go. Time will tell. :)

For my first peace I am doing some Irises... They are beautiful and I hope I can do the picture of the end result some justice... I realise it takes allot of practice, practice, and more practice. I will get there... Sometimes I just wish I was there already. :) I must say I am enjoying the challenge though. The DVD states that it is relaxing and once I get the hang of it I am sure it will be until then, I stress... and panic that it will go wrong... On the other hand I am enjoying learning a new craft. There is a lady in Warwick that sells more thread and kits so will probably seek her out in the next week or so for some advice. :) Glad she is in town. :)

Cheers Damaris