tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20518866986614227952024-03-14T18:49:01.916+00:00Alexandra's Wishes “Laughter is timeless.
Imagination has no age.
And dreams are forever.” - Walt DisneyVixannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08988516571635524452noreply@blogger.comBlogger338125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2051886698661422795.post-7469842252650977462020-02-18T20:28:00.001+00:002020-02-18T20:28:27.976+00:00After All This TimeLately, I have found myself drawn to return here. There have been moments over the past 7 years where I wanted to write something but couldn’t quite find all the words, or I mentally composed what I wanted to say but when it came to making the words appear on the page, it wouldn’t translate. Each of those times I almost came back were marked by a time of sadness, most notably when my grandad passed away - oh all the words I almost wrote to you about that! I think there is a need in me for something comforting and familiar, and this blog is a time capsule from a period in my life where many of my happiest memories lie and where it felt like a time of youthful beginnings with future plans stretched out ahead of me and my family.<br />
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So much has changed since those years, some good, some bad, some just a neutral ‘different’. I completed my degree earning a 2.1 in English Literature, I walked that stage and collected my certificate with my family watching and it felt good, I returned to work as a school secretary (slightly earlier than originally planned), my Smaller Person started school, and then my Grandad passed away; he never saw the new bigger house we moved to and the beautiful garden that we could have used his expertise to learn how to care for; the Small Person started secondary school, she had a terrible first year with broken friendships and her confidence took a real hard knock; my Nan passed away almost two years to the day of my Grandad; she was never the same without him; our home life became more hectic as the Small People grew and filled their time with homework, school and extracurricular clubs so I left work again, we grew, we became more financially secure, we succeeded, we laughed, and then my mother in law unexpectedly had a massive stroke and eventually passed away after fighting hard for over 10 weeks in hospital. Full stop. This feels like a good place for a full stop, because that’s what it felt like: a full stop on the type of life we led before. Her death left us at the top of that branch of the family tree, no other relative higher up on the chain of hierarchy to take charge, make arrangements, deal with paperwork, and it left us responsible for making sure Mr Bogert’s disabled sister is looked after. Six months after her death we were slowly adjusting to our new role, still learning, still processing, still trying to find the best way through, and then the Small Person began suffering with intense back pain and in a whirlwind two weeks she was diagnosed with Leukaemia. It felt like such a cruel blow. <br />
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I’m not sure how much of that younger me remains, certainly a good portion; I believe we all remain essentially the same at our hearts. But I am also very aware I’m not wholly the same. We all grow with time, we are the experiences we’ve lived and the lessons we’ve learned and we’re shaped by the memories we’ve made, good and bad. I think as you grow older you collect sadness along the way, it’s impossible to avoid, and you carry the sadness with you, not in a way that overwhelms you (at least hopefully not) but in a way that you learn to live with and that colours your being from that time onward. 37 year old me is more careful with her words, she is simultaneously more patient and compassionate to those around her and yet less patient and tolerant when it comes to disorganisation or insincerity. She knows more about who she is, doesn't necessary like every part of her character, but accepts herself and those flaws. I can think of describing it in no other way than she is simply older, perhaps, finally a proper grown up? I think maybe the fire, imagination and enthusiasm that 30 year old me possessed is more dilute; there is less time and energy to nurture those traits.<br />
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I need to be absolutely clear, my life is not all doom and gloom; we are going through a particularly trying time, but there is still a huge amount of good in it and plenty of laughter. (You don’t need to call anyone!) I am not walking around in a continually depressed state, but I am acknowledging that a lot has happened to us these past 7 years and there is likely a lot more to come, but in that time we’ve discovered we’re strong, that our children are amazing, and somehow that sometimes makes you feel invincible. Sometimes. We’ve also seen more kindness across those years, particularly in the last 12 months, than we had seen in any of our easier lifetimes, and that feels good. Those days when we’re not feeling invincible there’s always somebody else there to hold us up. It inspires more kindness in me.<br />
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One thing that has always been a constant is my crafting, much like this familiar space, when I have felt the need for something comforting I have crafted. It’s like my me-time medicine. It distracted me when I couldn’t get my Grandad out of my head, it helped me feel closer to my Nan when she died as she was the one who taught me many of my skills, it helped give me control when my mother in law passed and I made sure to create beautiful orders of service for the funeral that matched the colourful person she was, and it’s helped me pass countless hours in hospital sitting by my biggest baby’s bedside watching her become more ill, then well, then ill again. I’d like to record it all again, my creations and the ups and downs of the Wishes house. I hope I can keep finding the words.Vixannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08988516571635524452noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2051886698661422795.post-83724040733297398602013-01-26T17:00:00.000+00:002013-01-26T17:00:02.648+00:0030th Birthday PhotoshootWhile we're on the subject of photography and catching up with all things wonderful from 2012, I forgot that I hadn't show you any of the images from our Turning 30 Photoshoot.<br />
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A lot of my wonderful friends that I have now as a grown up (ahem!) were actually wonderful friends of mine when I was smaller and at school. So we all hit our big 30 milestone this last year. To celebrate the event, a few of us got together in August for a photoshoot with Mr Bogert. You know, before we start sprouting any more grey hair or wrinkles! ;)<br />
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So we hired our village hall, brought drinks along, ate pizza and mini cakes, and Potato Salad Heather brought a huge 30th Birthday cake for us all to share. It was lovely and relaxed, and we all popped on and of 'set' for our pictures in between eating and chatting.<br />
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One of our friends had his restored bike with him, so it was brought in for a few of the shots. You can also see my blog profile pic is a product of the photoshoot -----------------------------------------------------^<br />
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You can see a few more of the images over on <a href="http://rnblog.co.uk/30th-birthday-portrait-pictures/">Robert Newman Photography blog</a>.Vixannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08988516571635524452noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2051886698661422795.post-70618037752762727742013-01-24T21:55:00.000+00:002013-01-26T16:33:28.086+00:00Me and Mrs JonesI mentioned a while back that our very good friends were getting married. The wedding took place this last November. The Small People had been asked to be a little bridesmaid and a page boy, Mr Bogert had been asked to be Best Man, and I was asked to be a bridesmaid. The marriage took place at Stoneleigh Church and the wedding reception was held at Coventry Golf Club.<br />
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We had an absolutely lovely day! Everything looked wonderful, the children were actually quite well behaved (although we did bribe them with Haribo in church!) and Mr Bogert and I managed to pull off the impossible by being part of the bridal party, keeping a check on the Small People AND taking the wedding photographs for them. It was a bit of juggling act, but, we did it!<br />
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Anyway, the lovely Mr & Mrs Jones have honeymooned and have now received their wedding album. In fact Mrs Jones came over for a drink and a chat to look through the album one evening last week, so I thought I'd just do a little follow up blog post.<br />
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You can read more about it and see more of the images over on <a href="http://rnblog.co.uk/stoneleigh-church/">Robert Newman Photography blog</a>.Vixannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08988516571635524452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2051886698661422795.post-63708091143553735502013-01-22T22:00:00.000+00:002013-01-22T22:00:01.670+00:00Toddler Group Tuesday - Melted SnowmenWe actually had to cancel Toddler Group this week because of the snow. The ground was pretty icy especially on the small side roads through the village, and we didn't want to encourage any accidents. A few of our older volunteers felt a lot happier not having to drive to the hall, and in this sort of weather we are often very quiet anyway because people are not that happy to venture out in the yucky conditions, and with quite a few schools closed, some would have older children at home too.<br />
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But, I can show you what we got up to last week at the craft table (having been entirely rubbish and not done my job properly and shown you last week!). We made melted snowman pictures.<br />
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To make your own you will need:<br />
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- A sheet of coloured paper<br />
- Some white paper<br />
- Glue<br />
- Scissors<br />
- Cotton wool<br />
- A pipe cleaner<br />
- Black card<br />
- Silver glitter<br />
- Orange and red paper or card<br />
- Snowflake confetti<br />
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First of all cut a random wiggly blob shape out of the white paper and glue onto you sheet of coloured paper. This is your snowman's melted body.<br />
Glue a ball of cotton wool anywhere you like onto the white paper shape. This is your snowman's head.<br />
Cut a black circle big enough to cover the top of your snowman's head, and a small rectangle of black card that can be rolled to form the top of the hat. Glue the rolled black card to the black circle and allow to dry (we had these ready prepared for our toddlers)<br />
Glue the hat to the top of your snowman's head.<br />
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Wrap the pipe cleaner around the snowman's neck and twist at the front to form the scarf.<br />
Cut some small circles from the black card and glue in place as eyes and buttons.<br />
Cut an orange triangle and a red crescent shape from the paper/card and glue in place for a carrot nose and a mouth.<br />
Add glue and glitter where you see fit, and decorate the rest of the coloured paper base sheet with confetti snowflakes.<br />
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All finished!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And here's the Smaller Person's finished snowman (stuck on the fridge!)</td></tr>
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You could also gather some small twigs from outside and glue to the melted body for arms. Your snowmen could take any form you like, so perhaps it is a snow-woman? You could make a family of melted snowmen. You could even take ti further and create a little 3D scene next to an iced over pond made with tinfoil or metallic card cur to shape. Melted snowman can also turn up on the top of your cakes and biscuits: use icing as the melted body, a white marshmallow for the head, liquorice laces for the scarf and mouth, biscuits or wafers with sweets to form the hat, and other sweets or icing for the features and buttons. Yummy! Again, the larger scene or family of snowmen could be made on a larger cake.Vixannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08988516571635524452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2051886698661422795.post-24930254663308993882013-01-21T21:24:00.000+00:002013-01-22T21:24:50.639+00:00Wonderful Snow!I know not everyone will agree with me, but I absolutely love the snow! I love the potential for fun, the prettiness of a sparkling blanket of white, and the satisfying feeling of snuggling up in a warm house with a hot drink staring out at the soft white flurries outside.<br />
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It's often considered a bit of a joke how well us English cope with snow in contrast to other countries like Canada, but really, we're not set up for it. It's a once in a blue moon occurrence. Our sloping, winding country lanes and smaller side roads are not great for snow travel either. Often the snow is deep enough to cause problems, but not deep enough for things like snow socks. Or there's the transition from one extreme to the other: gritted with no snow but plenty of slush, compacted and iced over ice rink like surfaces, then the deep crunchy stuff.<br />
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On Friday we checked the school closures list and the Small Person's school was still open, so off she went on the bus. Then we had a phone call to let us know the school would be closing at 2.30pm because the weather was getting worse. At that point there would be no school bus because the other schools involved were not in agreement on a closure time. Excellent. Most of the children at the Small Person's school are within walking distance, or at the very least, live in the town where the school is. We are further out in our little village, definitely not walkable and I don't drive. Mr Bogert was miles away at work in Birmingham. The next development was that school was now closing at 12pm and could we all collect our children soon. Even better. I had no choice but call Mr Bogert and get him to head home early to collect her. Finally the other school all agreed to close and the bus was sent to collect them. Too late for Mr Bogert to stay at work. It actually ended up taking Mr Bogert 2.5hours to get home from Birmingham, so it's probably just as well. It took the school bus from 12.30 to about 3.45ish to get from Coventry, to the schools in Kenilworth and then back out to the villages. That part of Friday and snow was not fun.<br />
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BUT once we were all home safe and changed into lots warm layers and wellies and waterproofs, we had the best time ever! And that fun carried on right through the 3 days. It is a snow day today too, but Mr Bogert is hiding away upstairs working from home, the Small Person has a list of homework that has been emailed from school and I'm trying to catch up on housework and do some uni work, so were all indoors. But still, love that snow!<br />
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I thought I'd just share some of our snowy photographs while it's all still fresh and wintery outside.Vixannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08988516571635524452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2051886698661422795.post-38287171787050810802012-12-31T19:32:00.000+00:002012-12-31T19:32:21.339+00:00Goodbye 2012!2012 has been a fantastic year. During 2012 I have turned 30, completed my second year of my degree and started my third and final year, been to several friends weddings, even being a bridesmaid at one, and we've congratulated friends who have got engaged and will be marrying in 2013.<br />
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We've been to first birthday parties, welcomed new babies and heard the good news of more expected in 2013.<br />
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My Small Person lost her first baby tooth, won 3 art competitions and placed in the children's homecraft section of the Kenilworth show, and she performed her heart out in her dance show in July and again for Playbox Theatre in August.<br />
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My Smaller Person has made new friends, gained huge amounts of confidence and is a huge Scooby Doo fan. His vocabulary is growing fast every day. Mr Bogert has worked hard at his day job and also at his photography and he has plenty more trips and photoshoots set for 2013 including a couple of personal photography projects he has been planning. In 2012 we became the proud owners of the Spaceship (our S-Max car) and only had time to fit in one holiday (to Woolacombe) but we crammed it full of fun days.<br />
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We've been involved in or attended plenty of village events such as the Open Gardens, Party in the Park and Bonfire Night. Mr Bogert and I celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary and we planned and executed (rather well I thought) a Muppet Rainbow 2nd Birthday Party for the Smaller Person, and a Princess 7th Birthday Party for the Small Person.<br />
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2013 promises to see a big change for us around the end of June. My degree will finally be complete and I will have the entire summer study free to get on top of housework and, most importantly, spend plenty of time with the family without deadlines hanging over my head or bookish distractions calling me away. I can't wait. I haven't had study free time since before my sweet little guy was born. Can you believe that!?<br />
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Wishing you all the very best in 2013, and hopefully an enjoyable evening seeing in the New Year. See you on the other side!<br />
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Lots of Love, The Wishes xxxVixannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08988516571635524452noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2051886698661422795.post-84092163215253151622012-12-30T13:29:00.000+00:002012-12-30T13:29:00.105+00:00Christmas Gift CreationsI did actually get around to a little making for a few gifts this year, but not as many as I originally planned :(<br />
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For the two new babies I made personalised Christmas stockings in the same style as the ones I made last year for the baby bunch. Instead of crushed velvet, I used calico. Each one had a Gingerbread lady stuffed toy inside (purchased from Wilkinsons).<br />
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For the baby bunch, I made personalised drawstring bags again in calico. They are fully lined with the initial of each child sewn on with blanket stitch, and then their first names are embroidered onto the initial with a simple backstitch. Each drawstring bag had a mini chocolate selection box, a set of bath crayons, a candy cane and a push and go aeroplane.<br />
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For my Mum I made a twisted crochet cowl, very similar to <a href="http://www.alexandraswishes.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/christmas-ou-crafter-swap.html">the one I made for my Christmas OU swap partner</a>. It has an eyelet edge again, and is made up of mostly mock moss stitch. It was crocheted in the round, so the twist was put in at the start when I joined the foundation chain.<br />
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I had intended to make my sister-in-law a Betty Boop bag, and even started it, but ran out of time. I will finish it though and then keep it for her birthday.<br />
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I also intended to make my sister a crochet top. I only got about as far as buying the yarn :/<br />
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Mr Bogert got his crafty on and made pickled onions. We have several jars now to keep us going. For his Secret Santa gift, he gave a jar of the pickles and also made a jar of curry wurst sauce (just add sausages!) and baked a loaf of bread to go with it. I know it's supposed to be secret, but I don't think the people doing the secret Santa come on here (and the recipient knows it was Mr Bogert anyway).<br />
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I also received a lovely homemade gift from my OU crafter friend as part of the swap. Just look at this fantastic apron made with lovely matryoshka fabric. I love it!<br />
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The Smaller Person also had a very thoughtful homemade gift from one of the baby bunch, made by his Mummy. She made lovely personalised tote bags (great minds ;D) which had a couple of books and a soft toy inside. We really do appreciate all things homemade in this house!Vixannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08988516571635524452noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2051886698661422795.post-28993123348773283942012-12-29T12:52:00.000+00:002012-12-29T12:52:06.021+00:00A Busy Festive Season for the WishesWe have had so much fun and seen so many people over the Christmas week. We've eaten huge amounts of food, had lovely gifts and he kids have played. A lot. We were a little disappointed that our old favourites haven't been on telly this year, but we have a great collection of Christmas DVDs!<br />
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We took the Small People to see Santa at Playbox Theatre. If I had been holding a competition for the best tree I've seen all Christmas, they would have won, hands down. It is absolutely lovely.<br />
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We had a little get together with Potato Salad Heather and the Boy, her hubby to be, with the other bridesmaids.<br />
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After watching The Polar Express, we took the Small People on 'The Christmas Express'. They thought they were going to bed, but after they'd washed and changed they found golden tickets waiting for them on their beds. They got their dressing gowns and some footwear on, and we set out in the spaceship to see all of the Christmas lights with popcorn for company. They loved the surprise!<br />
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We had a get together for all of the Small People, including the two new tiny additions, so that they could see each other before Santa's visit and exchange gifts. Our children obviously spent time corrupting the others ! ;/<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These four have grown so much since last Christmas!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Baby Bunch. L-R - Tiny Miss T: 1 month old, Little Miss E: 3 months old, Ethan: 22 Months, Isla: 22 Months, The Smaller Person: 26 Months, Jake: 20 Months.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And our beautiful (if slightly anti-social) 7 year old Small Person.</td></tr>
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The children decorated their mini trees on Christmas eve, and received their new decorations: a glowing snowman for the Small Person, and a knitted reindeer for the Smaller Person. We watched Arthur Christmas - loved it! Then we opened our Christmas Eve gifts. The Small Person had new slippers, the Smaller person, new PJs, Mr Bogert a lovely new Jim Shore Disney tree decoration, and I had comfy fluffy socks. The Small People put treats out for Santa and the reindeer and we watched their PNP messages from Santa. They both made the nice list this year - Phew! Mr Bogert read the Small People a story, but in our usually disorganised style, we couldn't find The Night Before Christmas.<br />
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Santa was very good to us this year! We opened all of our stocking gifts on our bed then set off downstairs. The Small People were so excited! Santa bought a Rainbow Magic DVD for the Small Person and a Wooden truck for the Smaller Person. I had a new mixer, soup bowls set and a James Patterson book amongst other goodies. Mr Bogert had some lovely clothes and things for swimming/water polo. My Dad and his partner called round. Shockingly he didn't require any leftover wrapping this year! (he's usually about as prepared as we are!).<br />
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We had a fantastic Christmas dinner at The Old Mill restaurant in our village, with Mr Bogert's Mum and sister. The Smaller Person ad a little bit of a tantrum though during the main course and Mr Bogert and I had to take shifts outside. Funnily enough, he calmed down in time for ice cream sundae!<br />
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Everyone came round for Christmas tea except my Grandad who was feeling unwell. We were concerned he'd picked up this Norovirus, but after a little investigation came to the conclusion it was more likely the many chocolate bars and crisps he admitted to stuffing his face with, all washed down a large serving of cranberry juice. He was fine by boxing day, and, we think, has learnt his lesson!<br />
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We spent boxing day at home, then some time at my Mum's where her partner entertained the Small People with a couple of the ferrets, and the Smaller Person was stealing sweeties and hiding under the computer desk. In the evening we went to Mr Bogert's Mum's house for some nibbles and drinks. They all played the Small Person's new Princess game while I tried to do some uni work. Studying was pretty hard work seeing as I was almost asleep! The exertion of the last few days was obviously too much! ;D<br />
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On the 27th we always hold our Christmas get together for all of our friends. We have been doing this for years, since before any of the children came along. As all of our family lives change, traditions have to change too, so this year we held our first get together for the Small People in the afternoon. Our two had so much fun running around with their little friends. We still had the usual one for the grown ups later on at 7pm. We even did Secret Santa this year!<br />
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Mr Bogert doesn't go back to work until 2nd, the Small Person doesn't go back to school until 8th.We're just enjoying some quiet family time. I, unfortunately, have an assignment due for creative writing on 3rd and another for linguistics on the 10th, so most of my quiet days will be filled with study, but there's still something very nice about quiet days with the family in the subdued winter light with twinkling tree lights all over the living room.<br />
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I hope you had the most fantastic Christmas!Vixannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08988516571635524452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2051886698661422795.post-79382782554380088452012-12-23T22:00:00.000+00:002012-12-26T01:40:25.399+00:00Christmas Fancy Dress 2012Every year we get together with all of our friends on the last Saturday before Christmas Day and go on a fancy dress pub crawl around Kenilworth. This year was extra special as it's our tenth year! We started out as a small group, and others have joined or left over the years, but there still a fair few of us who have been going since the very first year. Over the ten years our lives have changed. We've even had a few baby visitors including our very own Small Person in his first year.<br />
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For the tenth year we had a theme of a '<u><i>Ten</i></u>uous link'. so the character or the film your character was from had to start with one of you initials. Mine was 'The <u><b>V</b></u>engeance of Fu Manchu'. Mr Bogert had '<u><b>A</b></u>vengers Assemble'.<br />
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I thought I'd share a few piccies from the night:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">... Ms Jessica Rabbit.</td></tr>
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Our friend John has organised the festivities every year, but has decided 10 is a good number to end on, so he has passed the torch to Jim (also known as Jessica this last Saturday!) to carry on, hopefully, for another 10 years. We had a great conversation about how when we're in our 80s we can all come out dressed as the latest hip young singers/actors/characters that we don't understand :D<br />
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<br />Vixannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08988516571635524452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2051886698661422795.post-82976123079046013492012-12-19T18:42:00.000+00:002012-12-19T18:42:00.626+00:00Toddler Group Christmas Tea PartyYesterday was that time of year again! It was the last day at Toddler Group before Christmas. We had a little tea party for all of the children. The Mums, Dad, Grandparents and childminders all had mince pies and chocolate log with their teas and coffees, and we wished Katherine, the lady who comes to help from the Children's Centre, lots and lots of luck as she goes off on her maternity leave. (I also gave her <a href="http://www.alexandraswishes.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/baby-blanket-production-line.html">the blanket I made</a>, and we'd done a collection from toddler group).<br />
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We also had lots of gifts to give out. Each child has a present, a chocolate selection box and a book. Pretty good if I do say so myself! It means a manic shopping and wrapping trip for me, but it's all worth it when you see how excited the children get when their name is called out.<br />
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Our poor little Small Person has a nasty cough and didn't get a lot of sleep. She took the day off school, but we couldn't leave her at home, so she sat in the back room with her feet up, wrapped in a big blanket with the portable DVD player. She had some of the tea party food, so she didn't completely miss out, but then she wasn't feeling that hungry anyway.<br />
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One of the mums did a covert collection for all of the helpers, so we each got a surprise present as a thank you, and I had quite a few people come up to me and say thank you for all the hard work and that it is appreciated, what a nice party it had been, and what a good job we'd all done. That makes it all worth it when you get such nice comments and know that the effort you put in is noticed. It really made my day.<br />
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The Smaller Person was pretty pleased with his little fire truck gift. So much for keeping it until Christmas Day, it was unwrapped before Mr Bogert or I could blink!Vixannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08988516571635524452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2051886698661422795.post-39723252862956418612012-12-18T18:41:00.000+00:002012-12-18T22:27:35.072+00:00Christmas OU Crafter SwapI'm part of a facebook group that is full of nothing but OU students who like to craft. It's a great place to show off what we're making, discuss crafts, techniques and materials and help each other out if we're getting stuck on something (there's been a fair bit of first time crochet going on over there) and it's also just a nice virtual place to socialise with people who have things in common with you.<br />
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A couple of people on there got together to arrange a Christmas Swap. Strictly handmade, but no restrictions on what, how or colours etc. Mine arrived and is patiently waiting in a hiding place for me to open on Christmas morning, yay! I can't wait to find out what someone has made especially for little old me.<br />
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I'm hoping that my handmade offering is with it's new owner by now. I'm fairly certain that none of the OU crafters come and read this blog, so I think I'm safe to show you what I've sent.<br />
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I crocheted a simple soft white cowl in a mock moss stitch with an eyelet edge.I crocheted two different style of snowflakes and layered them as a decoration.<br />
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I also made a set of three tree decorations from calico. They are heart shaped and also have a snow theme: 'Frosty the Snowman', 'Treetops Glistening' and 'Let it Snow'. The words on each of the decorations are made using mini lettering stamps and some black fabric ink. Each heart is hung by a ribbon loop fastened to the top of the heart with a button.<br />
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Frosty is made using buttons and a small piece of dark brown felt.<br />
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The snowflake is embroidered on top of a circle of white felt, and then beaded with silvery white bugle beads at the centre.<br />
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The tree is embroidered with a few strands of brown embroidery floss. The thicker parts of the tree are chain stitch and the thinner branches are back stitched.<br />
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Each has an added shimmer from some iridescent glitter glue added in a few spots on the main image.<br />
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I copied my Frosty the snowman for a couple of gift tags and a matching card. The card base for each is plain white card, then I have cut some red patterned paper, mounted it onto green sugar paper for a thin border, and fixed my Frosty to the centre of the red with some strong glue.<br />
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I hope she likes what I've sent. I definitely enjoyed making them. I'm already making another cowl as another Christmas gift for someone!Vixannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08988516571635524452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2051886698661422795.post-45564439747595936962012-12-17T16:00:00.000+00:002012-12-18T22:22:16.230+00:00Church Carol ServiceThis year the Carol Service was taken by my old Sunday School teacher, which was just so lovely. Now she is no longer permanently assigned to a particular parish, when she is able, she has been attending our village church again. It's wonderful to see her and her husband again after such a long time.<br />
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The Small Person was an angel as part of the Sunday School involvement and had to say:<br />
"The child that is born of you shall be holy,and shall be called the son of God".<br />
She practiced all week to remember the words without the paper in front of her :)<br />
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We bribed the Smaller Person with Haribo to keep him quiet! Although it didn't stop him from piping up every now and again, especially when the readings were taken place. I read one of the readings this time, and the Smaller Person recognised the other readers too, so during the last reading he asked (quite loudly) "when's Daddy's turn?" Well, if Mummy gets a turn, surely Daddy gets a turn...<br />
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As usual, we ended a lovely festive evening with mulled wine and mince pies, and chatting with friends and neighbours. That's what Christmas is all about!Vixannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08988516571635524452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2051886698661422795.post-37174659009253308822012-12-16T16:00:00.000+00:002012-12-18T22:08:39.488+00:00Here Comes Santa Claus...We always go to visit Santa Claus at Melbicks garden centre in the run up to Christmas. It's become something of a tradition to take Mr Bogert's Mum and my Nan. After dance class this last Saturday, we all loaded up into the Spaceship and off we went.<br />
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I absolutely love this little trip, not just for the visit to Santa, but they have the most wonderful Christmas decorations everywhere, all different themes/colour combinations, and they have Christmas lights to buy on display and the lovliest little winter model scene. It just feels like Christmas when we go.<br />
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They'd changed things slightly this year. This year you pay at the entrance to the store for a pre-booked time slot. No more long lines waiting to go in. Because of this, they've also changed the actual layout of where Santa is. It is still all set up in a marquee outside, but the trail to get to Santa is a wider tree lined walkway, and it leads to Santa's cabin in the woods. His living room is much bigger, and so is his toy room where the Children had a much bigger selection of presents than last year.<br />
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While we waited for our time slot, we went for yummy cake and drinks in the cafe, also tradition. Well, it wouldn't be right not to partake of a little sweet something on our little trip :)<br />
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The Small Person answered all of Santa's questions nicely and clearly, the Smaller Person seemed a little awe-struck, at least until it wasn't his turn any longer. Then he wanted to tell Santa that he is 2 and is Zack. They each came home with the same toy: a horse, rider and stable.<br />
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We also bought the Small People their new tree decorations for this year, and I can't wait to give them to them! You'll have to wait and see what we've added to the collection...<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">(One of the Christmas traditions in our house is that each year the children get one new special tree decoration each for their own little trees. When they leave home we hope that they will have a lovely full set of meaningful tree decorations to start their own special Christmas traditions with.)</span></i>Vixannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08988516571635524452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2051886698661422795.post-73672527981637152452012-12-15T20:00:00.000+00:002012-12-15T20:00:04.274+00:00Princess PartyLast Sunday the Small Person's birthday party finally arrived. In our wisdom (!) we chose to have it at home. Alexandra had asked for a Princess party, so that's exactly what we tried to give her.<br />
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She invited eight of her favourite friends (keeping it small, so that we could manage in our tiny shoe box house), and they all came dressed in pretty dresses or princess costumes. You can see the <a href="http://www.alexandraswishes.blogspot.com/2012/11/princess-birthday-invitations.html">Royal Scroll Invitations in a previous post</a>. Alexandra wanted to be Merida from The Brave. I made this dress the day before with a lot of help from my dressmaker Nan. I made the pattern from an existing dress and mad use of the only blue fabric I had in my stash, and some pale gold satin ribbon in my ribbon box. The only thing I had to buy was a zip. Oh, and a bow and arrow set from the pound shop. You can't have a feisty Scottish warrior type princess without some weaponry, can you? I intended to put lots of little plaits into the Small Person's hair the night before so that it would frizz up a bit - but I forgot! I was also going to make her a leather bag like Merida wears for her arrows, but ran out of time. The Smaller Person wore the well used Knights tabbard that I made a whole bunch of for the children at our wedding back in 2007. This is the one Alexandra had.<br />
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We made wands from kits I bought from Wilkinsons, then we made bracelets using elasticated thread and purple and white beads. That allowed enough time for everyone to arrive and settle in. We had booked a meal at The Oak, the pub restaurant at the bottom of our road, so an hour into the party, we put on our coats, got into pairs and paraded down the road. The Small Person's Grandma and Grandpa were at their window, and her Nana and Auntie Steph were at their window, so we gave them a royal wave and carried on our way.<br />
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We had pre-ordered the food so it was ready for us when we arrived, and Mr Bogert had popped out while we were jewellery making to decorate the table and take the cake. The most popular dinner of the day was lasagne (surprise, surprise!). Each princess had a conical hat (which I think may actually be called a henin, but don't hold me to that!) which I handmade from wallpaper samples. I also made one little crown in the same style also from wallpaper samples so that the Smller Person would have one to wear. We used sheer purple fabric with silver butterflies on for the table runner, bought princess napkins and party poppers, and special request from HRH Princess Alexandra, we had curly straws!<br />
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The cake was a cheat cake. She wanted a castle cake, but I knew I wasn't going to get it done in time. Everything for this party had been made on Friday and Saturday, because of me having too much uni work and an assignment due before that, so time was quite precious. We sang happy birthday and all had ice cream for pudding. Back into our pairs and back to our house...<br />
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Once we were settled back in at home, we played pass the parcel and then quietened down, dimmed the lights and watched Disney's Brave. we had cushions spread out all over the floor for the girls to sit or lie on. We had mini battenburg cakes and iced party ring biscuits on gold plates. We had intended to get popcorn for the girls to eat during the movie, but we had to forget something, right?<br />
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When the movie was over the girls were having a bit of boogie to the credits, then we had paper cup pinatas. After the Smaller Person's <a href="http://www.alexandraswishes.blogspot.com/2012/10/a-very-merry-muppet-party.html">muppet party and the kermit pinata</a> back in October, the Smaller Person really wanted a pinata too, but we had to concede that there really wasn't time to make a proper pinata, and Mr Bogert had gone as far as telling her she probably wouldn't be able to have one and that we were really sorry. At the last minute I thought about the Princess paper cups I'd bought. So they became individual pull string pinatas. Alexandra was so happy she got her pinata, even in an unusual form.<br />
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Home time (finally - this was a marathon party just to fit in the meal and the movie!) and each girl took their wands and bracelets, their princess hats, the contents of their pinata, a strawberry iced cupcake (so that I didn't have to cut the big cake yet) and a goody bag made from pink Satin with each girl's initial on. These were also made on Saturday with the help of my Nan.<br />
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The girls all seemed to have lots of fun, the Small Person was really happy (which is what counts), and other than being surrounded by a really high noise level all day (!) it wasn't too bad. The girls were all really well behaved and got on well together, even though some were from school and some were from the village, so didn't know each other). There wasn't even a big mess to clear up afterwards. Having the meal out was the best idea ever, no food preparation, no washing up, and Gayle at the Oak was really helpful.<br />
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Birthday parties over for another year, now just to get on with Christmas. Did you know I have bought absolutely NO Christmas gifts yet!? Worrying, but if I can put a Princess Party together in 2 days, I can do Christmas ;)<br />
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In a couple of future posts, I will show you how I made the cheat castle cake, the henin/cone shaped princess hats, the princess goody bags and the paper cup pinatas.Vixannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08988516571635524452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2051886698661422795.post-65676820895082933902012-12-14T20:30:00.000+00:002012-12-14T20:30:03.072+00:00Lucy Price Christmas Party 2012We had the busiest weekend ever, but it was fun busy. We'd had apple club, the light switch on and the Christmas tree festival on Friday, we had dance class with the showcase in the morning, then we had to hurry back home, do a quick change and head to the village hall for the Lucy Price Christmas party.<br />
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Our village has a trust for children which is called the Lucy Price trust, and they hold two Christmas parties for the children every year, one for the older children and one for the younger children (up to the age of 7).<br />
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The younger children were entertained by Uncle Mick who got them dancing, did a little bit of magic with them, played pass the parcel and then led a conga line around the room. The Small Person was a bit disappointed she didn't get a turn on pass the parcel (even though Uncle Mick asked her if she'd had a turn yet, and when she said she hadn't, he said, don't worry you'll be next, then he stopped it on a little girl who'd had a turn) but she took it quite well, considering. Other than that, they had a great time, Uncle Mick's great at getting thekids to join in and have fun. He's pretty good a making them laugh too. the Smaller Person kept saying 'man scary' but he didn't seem actually afraid of him, it was more like he considered it a game, running up to him, then running away. He was quite happy to join in the songs and games.<br />
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Afterwards, they all had their little tea party. Lots of little sandwiches and other buffet food with mini crackers for each of them. The party is great for all the children because it gets most of the children in the village together. They may all live in the same place, but the attend all sorts of different schools, and at this age, are too young to go off on their own around the village to visit each other.<br />
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After food, Santa always visits to talk to the children and give them a gift, but this year was an extra special treat because Jolly Jester Jingles was here too! The Small Person absolutely ADORES Jingles. She had Jingles for her superhero party a couple of years ago, and we used to see her at Warwick Castle when we visited. Jingles came to get the children ready for Santa and help them call him from far away. Once they had shouted loud enough, we could hear Santa's bells.<br />
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He came in with a sleigh full of gifts and sat on his special chair. Jingles helped call the names out and each child got their special gift. The Small Person got a lovely case with a knit your own owl kit inside. She hasn't tried knitting yet, but I promised her, once she's got the hang of sewing, I'll show her. She has visions of knitting everyone Christmas presents next year! The Smaller Person got Mike the Knight and Gallahad the horse. He's suitably pleased with those, he likes Mike the Knight and often watches it on TV.<br />
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After the festivities we visited my Nan and Grandad so the children could show what gifts Santa had brought and chat about what a wonderful time they'd had.<br />
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Alexandra had <i>another</i> party to go to in the early afternoon! Back over to dance class for their Christmas celebration. We used the time to race around the supermarket buying last minute things for her birthday party and a few things that will keep for Christmas. We just managed it in time and got back to collect her at 4.30pm. Phew!<br />
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<br />Vixannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08988516571635524452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2051886698661422795.post-68784178485148988202012-12-13T20:00:00.000+00:002012-12-13T20:00:04.790+00:00Dance Class Exam PrepWe were invited to attend the Small Person's Freestyle dance class this last Saturday, and also her Ballet and Tap classes on Monday afternoon, so that we can see what they've been practicing for their next set of exams.<br />
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It was a real treat because normally we are not allowed in the room because of distracting them, so other than the show and occasionally getting snippets of information at home, we don't get to see what they've been up to (and anyone with a 7 year old will know, you get very little information about what they've been up to after it's finished - it's too long ago to remember!).<br />
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They all did such a great job. I hope we get to see more soon (and I hope she passes her exam in the new year!)Vixannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08988516571635524452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2051886698661422795.post-84597807201320087542012-12-12T20:30:00.000+00:002012-12-12T23:50:19.145+00:00St Nicholas Church Christmas Tree FestivalJust popped back in to help you feel extra Christmassy by showing you a selection of the lovely trees we saw at the Christmas tree festival this last Friday at St Nicholas Church in Kenilworth (after we'd been to the Christmas light switch on).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'When you wish upon a star' and each hanging star had a wish written on.</td></tr>
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We had a lovely time. I can't wait to find out which tree won each category!Vixannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08988516571635524452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2051886698661422795.post-31344687136952366422012-12-11T20:00:00.000+00:002012-12-12T23:01:44.095+00:00Toddler Group Tuesday - Cone SantasThis week at toddler group we made Santa models with a cone shape.<br />
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To make your own you will need:<br />
- Plain paper in festive colours<br />
- Glue<br />
- Scissors<br />
- Cotton wool<br />
- Glitter (red, gold, green, silver)<br />
- Skin tone paper/card<br />
- Pen<br />
- Foil confetti/craft pom pom/any other decoration you would like<br />
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To begin with you need to make your cone base. Draw a semi circle on your plain festive coloured paper. We used green and pink sugar paper for ours (pink? I know, not really festive, but it almost looks like faded red in the right light!)<br />
Cut the semi circle out and roll the sides round on each other to form a cone, then glue in place.<br />
Cut a small circle from the skin coloured paper/card, then using a pen draw a little face. I drew 3 different designs for toddler group today so that the children had a choice.<br />
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Glue your face onto the cone, close to the top, but leaving enough of the point to act as the hat.<br />
Glue cotton wool to the tip of the cone, around the cone above the face for the hat edge, around the sides and bottom of the face for the beard, down the centre front for the the fur coat trim and a tiny little bit on the face for a moustache.<br />
Glue you decorations on where you like and draw patterns with glue,then sprinkle with glitter.<br />
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You could add sting to the top of the cone so that you can hang it, you could make a larger version using card as the base, and attaching some elastic for a chin strap so that you make a Christmas party hat. for extra detail you could cut some little mitten shapes out of coloured paper, stick them on and trim the cuff with more cotton wool (I was a bit too short on time to cut out the little gloves this time). This would also work for Mrs Claus, Elves, Reindeer, Angels, and Snowmen. You could even make up an entire Nativity scene!Vixannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08988516571635524452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2051886698661422795.post-88398068524581817252012-12-11T05:00:00.000+00:002012-12-14T08:41:34.872+00:00Getting Christmasified! (sure, it can be a word!)We have been holding off (as we always do) the Christmas decorating until after the Small Person's birthday and birthday party are out of the way.<br />
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Mr Bogert is all about Christmas and he was just itching to get the lights and tree up, so no sooner had we said goodbye to the last little princess this last Sunday, he was up the stairs bringing box after box down.<br />
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We didn't think the Smaller Person would really be old enough to hang tree decorations, even the unbreakable ones, but he desperately wanted to join in so we let him try. He was so gentle and careful, and really loved that he was helping. Okay, he hung about three or four decorations to one branch, but whose checking?<br />
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He's really into Christmas this year, especially the lights. He calls the tree 'Tismastee' which when he says it fast sounds like 'Timothy'. I think our tree may have found a new name. Even Santa is 'tismastee'. Anything Christmas related really.<br />
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The Smaller Person is still plenty young enough to enjoy every little bit of Christmas and was really helpful getting the decorations up. She normally puts the star on the tree (with help from Daddy), but this year relinquished the role to her little brother because he's never done it before.<br />
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The problem is, we forgot. By the time the tree was up and the stockings were hung, we completely forgot to finish it off with the star. All the next day, the Smaller Person was very concerned the the star was missing. He kept pointing saying 'Twinkle twinkle star'. As soon as Mr Bogert got home, the Smaller Person presented him with the star and said 'Twinkle twinkle star, up there' pointing to the top of the tree. It's a good job our little man is on the ball. Our tree might have gone starless for a few extra days if he wasn't here to whip us into shape :)<br />
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<br />Vixannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08988516571635524452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2051886698661422795.post-57394547859317779802012-12-10T22:30:00.000+00:002012-12-12T23:15:18.259+00:00Kenilworth Christmas Lights - The High StreetLast Friday we went to the Christmas light switch on in Kenilworth in the main shopping street, this Friday was the second light switch on in the old High Street. After the Small Person had finished at Apple Club we set off down there.<br />
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The Small Person had Tuffy the class cat staying for the weekend, so he came along too. We listened to the Salvation Army playing, saw the reindeer and spoke to Santa, and Alexandra and Tuffy went on the teacups ride.<br />
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The High Street is right next to St Nicholas Church, and they were holding their Christmas Tree Festival, so we went in and enjoyed looking at all of the creations. I'll show you some of the wonderful trees in a future post.Vixannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08988516571635524452noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2051886698661422795.post-61056507106863697522012-12-05T15:18:00.000+00:002012-12-05T15:18:00.124+00:00Birthday CreationsI just thought I'd share with you a couple of extra things I made for the Small Person's birthday last week.<br />
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After she saw the <a href="http://www.alexandraswishes.blogspot.com/2012/09/crochet-robot.html">Smaller Person's crochet robot,</a> she asked if I could make her princess doll for her birthday. I was just going to make a standard doll and dress her like a princess, but then <a href="http://www.sahrit.com/merida-works/">I came across this crochet pattern</a> for only a couple of pounds (and I know I can use it again). It was simple to follow and turned out just as it should. I might have to have a little browse of the other patterns...<br />
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At the moment she really likes 'Brave'. She wants to dress as Merida for her Princess birthday party, and we'll be watching Brave at the party. I saw the picture of the finished doll on the pattern and I knew it was just perfect. I didn't have time to make the accessories or split the yarn for the hair, and I think the safety doll eyes on the original look much better than the felt and stitched ones I have sewed (and they're a little to high on her face in my version), but I was still quite pleased with her, and the Small Person really like her.<br />
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She took her Merida doll to school to show her friends on her birthday. We don't normally allow her to take toys into school, but this was a one off for her special day. She told me at dinner that her friends liked her doll and they all took turns playing with her at break time. She also said that she told her friends that her Mummy is just <i>'so really clever and makes lots of good things'</i>. Awwwww. I have a fan! :)<br />
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The other make for her big birthday was a felt rosette in pink and purple that has a big number 7 and the words 'Birthday Girl'. I made it in exactly the same way as the <a href="http://www.alexandraswishes.blogspot.com/2012/11/welcome-merryn.html">Big Sister rosette</a> I blogged about a few posts ago.<br />
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<br />Vixannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08988516571635524452noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2051886698661422795.post-86098617981135092542012-12-04T20:30:00.000+00:002012-12-04T21:50:49.499+00:00Toddler Group Tuesday - Gingerbread Christmas CardsChristmas is getting closer and closer by the day (sorry if you hate being reminded!) especially now that we are officially in December!<br />
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This week we've been make some lovely gingerbread stamped cards.<br />
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To make your own gingerbread cards you will need:<br />
- Plain card in festive colours or white<br />
- Gingerbread coloured paint<br />
- Sponge<br />
- Christmas Cookie cutters<br />
- Gold glitter<br />
- White ric rac or yarn<br />
- Coloured sequins<br />
- Pen<br />
- Scissors<br />
- Red/green paper<br />
- Metallic pen<br />
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First fold your card in half to form your card base.<br />
Take your chosen cookie cutter and place it on the sponge. Drawn around the shape with your pen, then cut out. This creates your own Christmas sponge stamp.(If you're lucky enough to have christmas stamp shapes that are big enough, you can skip this step!)<br />
Using your Christmas stamp and the gingerbread coloured paint, stamp your shape onto your card.<br />
Whilst the paint is still wet, stick your white yarn/ric rac as icing, and your sequins as sweets. The sprinkle all over with glitter for some festive sparkle!<br />
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Cut a strip of red or green paper (I cut ours in a curved shape) and write your message in metallic paper then glue onto your card to finish.<br />
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All done!<br />
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This works well with any Christmas shape, but especially well with Gingerbread man shapes. Ours today were Christmas Trees, Bells, Snowmen and Angels. You could make your own gingerbread stamped garland in the same way, by cutting your Gingerbread creation out once they are dry, punching holes along the top and threading on a ribbon to hang up. You could cut out 2 of the same stamped shape and sandwich a loop of ribbon between them to make a double sided hanging tree decoration. Make one side plain, and you have a lovely gingerbread gift tag. You can also stamp your gingerbread shapes onto plain paper gift bags or repeatedly onto larger sheets of paper for wrapping. There are so many things you could do!<br />
<br />Vixannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08988516571635524452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2051886698661422795.post-4076735688479134602012-12-03T20:17:00.000+00:002012-12-03T20:17:00.123+00:00Big Sister CardI almost forgot to show the little card I made for a new big sister. (I showed the gifts I made in a <a href="http://www.alexandraswishes.blogspot.com/2012/11/welcome-merryn.html">previous blog post</a>)<br />
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It's just a simple pink card blank with a white silhouette stuck on. The silhouette is of two little sisters cut out of self-adhesive glitter paper. I hand sketched the silhouette onto plain paper after looking for ideas on google images, then I transferred the outline to the glitter paper, and carefully cut it out. Then it was just the simple task of peeling the backing and sticking it in place.<br />
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The new big sister is only a tiny little dot herself (she's 22 months old - or thereabouts), and is friends with the Smaller Person. We think she'll make a great big sister (she already knows how to handle all her little guy friends!)Vixannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08988516571635524452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2051886698661422795.post-58456609876586443112012-12-02T20:10:00.000+00:002012-12-02T22:08:38.142+00:00Kenilworth Christmas Light Switch-onAfter school on a Friday, the Small Person has Apple Club, which is an acting club for younger children run by Playbox Theatre. Every week, we drop her at the club for an hour, and go and sit in a local cafe (because by the time we drove home, we'd only have about 15 minutes before we had to get back in the car and return to collect her!). Once we collect her, we normally head off home for a boring night in.<br />
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This last Friday, Kenilworth held their Christmas light switch-on (part one) in Warwick Road (the main shopping street through the centre of town.)<br />
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We ran into friends and chatted (resulting in impatient sulky children!) including Mr Bogert's old boss and his family with their dog Bingo (who really wanted to eat the Smaller Persons food). We drank Eggnog lattes from Starbucks and mulled wine from a stall, ate burgers and hot dogs followed by hot fresh doughnuts. Yum! The Small People had lollipops and tried their luck on various tombolas.<br />
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<br />Vixannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08988516571635524452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2051886698661422795.post-54085452491279519232012-12-01T20:13:00.000+00:002012-12-01T20:13:00.146+00:00Warwick Victorian EveningI mentioned in the last post that we took the Small Person out for her birthday dinner after school, and afterwards moved on to Warwick for their Victorian Evening and Christmas light switch-on.<br />
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We haven't been to the Victorian Evening for a couple of years. We went every year while the Small Person was smaller, but she didn't remember it and the Smaller Person has never been.<br />
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There was a pop-up craft fayre where there were lovely baked products, jewellery, felt items, Christmas wreathes, illustrated cards, cake stands and the most wonderful wooden items. Alexandra had her face painted here, and the Smaller Person had a balloon sword (there was no way he would sit still long enough to have a painted face!).<br />
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They bought teddy bear each from a stall. The Small Person's is called Scruff Bear and the Smaller Person's is called Oliver.<br />
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We browsed the stalls and crafts, carol singers were in the street, Morris dancers were getting ready to perform. We ran into my Mum and her partner. They are there every year without fail. Something about "Must buy pasties!".<br />
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The Small Person went on a ride while Mr Bogert went a bought a flapjack for the Smaller Person's sweet tooth.<br />
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We went and watched some of the Pantomime performers on the main stage, followed by some very enthusiastic can can dancers. It looked like a lot of fun (but they must have been freezing!).<br />
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Mr Bogert was so pleased considering they had bells to ring and it went round and round and round and round.... You get the picture. He said he felt a little sick after going round that many times, but most importantly, the Small People loved it!<br />
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We picked up some drinks and just saw Santa and his entourage as we set off for the car park. Lovely evening, and very Christmassy if you ever get the chance to visit.Vixannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08988516571635524452noreply@blogger.com0