A little crafting | Painted stones

So here is the first result of my intention to actually DO more crafts iso just collecting tons of ideas. (I can see how blogging can be a great way of keeping one to this sort of "commitment").

I saw this idea on Pinterest. Beautifully painted by Geninne http://www.flickr.com/photos/23022617@N00/5079241778/

and tried it on some garden pebbles. Iso paint I used a white "Decorative paint pen" by Rustoleum (from Lifestyle centre's craft section). I repeated all the the lines drawn. Quite happy with the result and the fact that they are weather proof! 

This weekend | School Fete

This weekend we tried something new for Breakfast. Egg and bacon in breadcups. Will defnitely make them again. Just put the bead linings in the oven beforehand to get them more toasted. You can find the recipy here: http://www.marthastewart.com/330179/bacon-egg-and-toast-cups. (I found it via Pinterest).

We also attended our school fete. Reuben was happy to bump into his best friend there. There were lots of activities. Some familiar to me from my own school days. (Grateful for a school that culturally resembles my our own school experiences). But it's an all new experience for us as parents. So many fun firsts this year!
The highlight for me was the "kaskar" races. Liam volunteered to join the Grade RR in their race.

They used small wire cars. Initially things didn't go so well. There was a car that didn't want to co-operate. There were tears. Giving up. And then trying again. And completing a full lap!

Next up were the Grade R's. Reuben, looking quite colourful by now, completed three laps, alternating between pushing and driving. But the highlight of the day for the boys were defnitely the giant inflated balls. They patiently tolerated a long wait in the que, standing in the heat.
They even tolerated the noise as it was being inflated.

For a few minutes of fun. Running around bumping each other over.

So proud of Liam braving it against a bigger kid.

 

A fun day indeed.

And Sunday we managed to also fit in one of our favourite weekend activities: getting outside as a family.

We went to Delta Park. Love the huge free playground..

..we love the beautiful trees, the families and their dogs...We decided to bring Zoe along. She was super excited by all the smells and people. We plan on bringing her more often. The vision is that she'll also be one of the laid back dogs that hangs around there without a lead.

But in the meantime, I love that Reuben is confident enough to walk her.

Add some joy.

And since it's my first day blogging, I'm excusably a little over-eager in sharing a second blog post before I join the family at the "braaivleis" fire. Just want to remember the simple joy of flowers collected from the garden. Because earthern vessels can contain a lot of beauty and joy! And for any-one wondering about Pinterest, here a link to my account. You can also open your own free account: http://pinterest.com/alidap/

Hello spring. Hello new blog

Spring has sprung in the Southern Hemisphere.  I'm discovering new flowers everywhere in the garden. We moved in here as it was becoming autumn, so flowers are appearing that we didn't know about. Two trees that had lovely dry branches in winter is now full of pink buds. It's all still a bit new to me, having moved to a colder province in the middle of last winter (yes, two moves in 9 months). The cherry blossoms were such a thrill last spring.

Time for new things...There's plans to actually MAKE more of the many ideas on Pinterest iso just collecting them!

And...I'm finally taking the leap into Blog land. I mostly intend to just blog for memory keeping purposes. I am a compulsive picture snapper and often cannot keep up with documenting the stories that goes with the photo's. That's the other thing I do: documenting life. Hopefully a Blog would be a nice home for all of this! Let's see how this blossoms!