A big day for all

My little man started school today. 

He has been so excited about starting school for the past 6 months or so but this morning he was nearly beside himself knowing today was the day.

I'm so pleased that Alan and I both took the day off so that we could take him to school and then pick him up in the afternoon without having to rush to and from work.

Here is my gorgeous little man before heading to school this morning.

He looked so smart in his uniform and his adorable little school shoes.

I was one very proud mummy and Alan admitted that he too got a little teary. 

I think the nicest thing was that Spencer was so proud to be wearing his uniform and so happy to be going to school.

It's hard to believe my little man is now at school. A new adventure for him and a new chapter in our lives.

As you can see, Spencer was a lot calmer than I was and of course had to sneak in a goofy smile and a thumbs up in at least one of the photos!

Arriving at school was overwhelming. So many parents and children... it's a whole new world to us!

Spencer discovered within minutes of arriving at his classroom that being at school involves lots of new things to remember...

Like remembering where to put your bag.

It was a very emotional day but I am proud to share that I managed to hold it together with my eyes only watering once...no tears!

As all the children were sitting on the mat in their classroom the teacher asked them all to turn around to mummy & daddy, wave goodbye and then blow us a kiss.

He looked so adorable with his big beautiful smile, waving at us with such confidence. It then hit me that my little man is growing up and I was so proud of him. 

With the rest of the day to ourselves Alan and I then went out for breakfast and enjoyed some child free shopping treating ourselves to some new clothes!

The rest of the day sped us by and before we knew it, the time had come for us to pick up our big boy.

It was wonderful to see his smiling face again. He was already acting all grown up showing us where things belong in his classroom and behaving like he had been at school for months knowing how to do everything!

When we asked him how his day was he enthusiastically said "SUPER"!!! telling us he had ''soooo much fun''!

Time to head home but not before stopping into McDonalds for a sundae as a special after school treat.

Whilst we were shopping we decided to surprise him with a new Lego kit. He has had his eye on the new Lego Ninja series so we bought him one of the tiny kits and he was so excited when we gave it to him.

He got out of his uniform, put on some comfy shorts and his slippers (as one does when they come from school in the middle of Summer!) and played because apparently now he is at school he can 

"do whatever he likes"!

Ahhhh kids!

What would our lives be without them?

♥

My Creative Space

I am excited to announce that my creative space this week includes more than just beads. 

My creativity included timber, sponge cake and butter cream icing and Lego!

Here are some shots of what I have been creating in the past week.

Our timber deck

Ahhhh if only it would stop raining. 

Amazingly it will be a glorious day and as soon as we get the tools out * BAM * a down pour of rain.

We had a huge storm hit on Monday afternoon. Check out the view from my front door! The water nearly made its way to our front door, you can just see the edge of our front door mat!

But as you can see we are making slow progress. Alan has just put the last joist in so this weekend we will be able to start laying the decking boards... assuming it doesn't rain!

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Spencer's birthday cake

As you know my precious little man, Spencer, celebrated his 5th birthday on 2 October.  

He originally wanted a cake which was Batman's face, then he decided he wanted a skeleton cake and then (after much convincincing from me) settled for this. It was very simple but tasty nonetheless!

Apparently Spencer doesn't like cream and jam in his cakes... even though the icing, cream and jam were all he ate leaving the sponge!!

I bought the rubber skeleton to sit on the side to compensate for not making him a skeleton cake and he was absolutely terrified of it eventually asking me to put it in the bin saying he found it ''too creepy''! 

It's a good thing I didn't end up making a skeleton cake!

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Building Lego

Spencer got a total of 8 Lego kits for his birthday including 3 new Harry Potter sets (I think I was more excited about these than he was) and one Sponge Bob Square Pants set 

...so needless to say we have been spending the past few days putting together the kits.

He received a Creator 3-in-1 pack which was a house and it took me nearly 2 hours to build!

Isn't Hagrid cool!!!

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Artbeads Fall project

Here is my piece I am creating as part of the Artbeads Blogging Program. 

So far I have created nearly half of a necklace using St Petersburg stitch. I have to say this is one of my favourite stitches. I love the soft and delicate feel it creates.

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What have your creative little fingers been up to this week?

♥

See... there is method to my madness!

I was in Borders on the weekend and came across this super cool Lego book.

It's a 2 book pack and contains The Lego Book and Standing Small.
It's a wonderful treasury of Lego kits and figures dating back to the late 1960's and includes a history of Lego... pure eye candy for any Lego lover.

Borders was selling it for $68.95 and even though I had a 30% off discount voucher I resisted the temptation to buy it.

Whilst looking to order some beading books online I found the same book selling for $49.00 which I thought was a fantastic price considering how much Borders was selling the book for.

As the item description for the online store didn't mention whether it was a 2 book set I sent them an email asking them to confirm the number of books before I ordered it... assuming it was much cheaper because it only contained one book.

Anyhoooo last night I was shopping at Target and found the same book... 2 books and all... for the bargain price of

$39.00

and that was their everyday price!

My hubby is always teasing me for shopping around before I commit to buying something but I think last night he realised there is method to my madness!

Now the only issue we have is trying to decide who gets to look at the books first .... mummy, daddy or Spencer...at least there are 2 books to fight over!

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Harry Potter stole my mojo...

HARRY POTTER... THAT'S WHO!

As you probably already know I have been reading the Harry Potter series and since late February of this year have read all 7 books.

Since finishing the final book, Deathly Hallows, nearly 2 weeks ago I think I have done a total of around an hour of beading.

I am 3/4 through a piece I was going to enter into the Colorworks competition, which is due tomorrow and I had 3 whole days at home over the weekend and did not pick up a single bead... and am now doubtful I will get it done today.

What did I do instead...ummm.... watched some football, had a few naps, used my new slow cooker, vacuumed the inside of our car and sifted through about 10,000 pieces of Lego trying to find missing pieces from my son's kits.

I quite like my mojo so if anyone sees Harry Potter or my mojo can you please tell him I want it back!