March 2013

The next few posts are about some of the things we did during March.  It has been a busy month with lots of fun school acitivities to keep us busy.  The weather has been truly terrible with tempretures hovering around zero with a frequent threat of snow.  So we thought instead of staying here and complaining about the cold why not escape to the Alps over Easter for some proper snow!

World Book Day

World Book Day happened in March.  Besides tokens for free books, the school has a mufti day where the boys had to dress up like a character in their favourite book.  Nicholas insisted that he wanted to be Hiccup and since we have no doubt that his favourite series is 'How to train your dragon' we got him a special outfit for the occasion.  The weather even played along that day, with the fog making London seem like the Isle of Berk!

Hiccup

Nick's class

Nicholas' choice of free books 

(hopefully as successful as last year)
The hair is not his usual style for school
(crazy hair day happened to be on that day)

Rediscovering our old small hardcover books

Can't put it down
(The Magic School Bus Chapter Books)

Intrigued by the maps of Africa in Dad's book about Stanley

(Nicholas has always been fascinated by maps)

Danny also loves books

(he is also excellent at making up stories)

Enough of books?  

Why not a game of chess!

I wanted to make this a more comprehensive post about books, highlighting some of the books we enjoy lately as well as some of the unusual ones I have found for the boys, but I'll have to save that for a different post because I have run out of time.  Something to look forward to!

Mother's Day

The three men in my life did a fine job spoiling me on Mother's Day!

A diploma for me for a change

(from Nicholas, made at school)

A heart from Danny made at school

A card from Daniel from school

 A card from Nicholas made at home

(love the message and poem in the inside)

Another card from Danny made at home

(guided by Nicholas)

A love note from Danny

(can you find the word 'love'?)

A pink rose from Nicholas

(wilted now but he doesn't want me to throw it out)

Proteas from Dad

St Patrick's Day

Happy St Patrick's Day to everyone!

Any excuse for pancakes right? Why not green ones for St Patrick's Day! The boys had great fun trying to flip the pancakes themselves and even more fun eating them!

I love rainbows and St Patrick's Day provides a good excuse to do some rainbow arts and crafts with the children.  A while back I found a great idea to make Kaleidoscope Rice and thought it would provide the perfect materials for a rainbow with a difference.  Although our rice didn't come out half as nice as theirs, Danny and I enjoyed mixing food colouring to make the different colours of the rainbow, and he thought our rice was beautiful.  Both boys enjoyed the actitity!

Another activity I did with the boys for St Patrick's Day was a Limerick Scavenger Hunt.  It involves printing some clues (hopefully next time I will be organised and creative enough to make my own clues) and a pot of gold at the end (each boy got a bag of gold coins).  It was a hit!

I also thought this was a cool idea - DIY tattoos - I must try it next time there's a sporting event or a birthday party perhaps.  You can you find some amazing ideas out there on the blog sphere!

More bits and pieces

Opportunity to get dressed up

(super hero bowling party = fun)

Bingo night at school

(the prizes: chocolate eggs)

Practising for the Fun Run 

(postponed to May because of the snow)

Biking is always a favourite
(both boys got new bikes)

Interhouse music competition 

(Oliver the Musical)