ARGH.
Todays good points… Ammi eating a huge portion of lasagne… not trashing the car on my first day… erm…. putting away the washing… watching Fran learn to do fractions and greater than/less than signs without any help from me.
Bad points… my middle daughter… the rest of the house… and other things too infuriating to even [...]

Fume strop stomp.
Maddy has morphed into a basket case overnight. Its a good job Zoe was here today or Maddy would currently be in the freezer with the start of my freezer winter cooking (along with the rest of the mince.) So far today she has ruined paintwork, wet herself, refused all foods, changed 20 [...]

*Big Cheesy Grin*
Look what we have :~) (She says, nicking a picture naughtily off its ebay listing :~))

Its very nice indeed. We picked it up and decided to tootle around town in in for a bit, so picked up dinner and headed off to the local “place to walk people” so we could sit in [...]

Minute maths moment.
First thing this morning Fran asked for some sums so i felt obliged to oblige! So i gave her a load of money ones to do, using pictures of coins and she happily added those for a while, one set being groups of 5ps and 10ps, which she spotted corresponded to the 5x [...]

Frances Van Gogh.
This was our Sunflower workshop. I’ve put both our efforts here, partly to show off my flower as well ;~) but also to remind myself how much fun i have when *I* sit down and do these things with my children. We had a ball and we both did better for each others [...]

Hmmm.. stick with Disney i think.
2am last night: Fran awakes… shrieking. Enter Mummy stage left.Fran: Its the monster… its the monster.. the one in the rubbish tip…2.30 am: Mummy leaves sleeping child having carefully explained the possibilities of filming a large puppet monster in a small room pretending to be dragging people under water to [...]

Van Gogh Ideas and Links
Van Gogh GalleryVan Gogh and Gauguin (very beautiful site)KinderArt - Starry NightKinderArt - Vincent’s FlowersKinderArt - Sunflowers
Read Camille and the SunflowersTry Art Ideas Trees with Oil Pastels projectHave a look at the portraits of Camilles real family. Try some self portraits of us.Try drawing with dots (using thick felts maybe?)Try a [...]