Leftovers from Christmas

Nicholas came home from school on the last day of term wearing a crown and carrying a homemade bag of festive arts and crafts. We had no time to explore the contents before we flew to SA so we had a lovely surprise to cheer us up when we got back a couple of weeks ago. I love all the personal touches like the hand print reindeer, finger print christmas tree and a card he designed for us in ict (computer class) with a lovely handwritten message inside!

I also love the fact that the school took one of their Christmas drawings and turned it into Christmas cards for us to buy. So for the first time in yonks I sent Christmas cards this year. What a lovely momento for me to keep!

Upon closer investigation I realised that quite a few of the cards we received this year came from the kids own artwork. I am a massive fan!

Love Letters

As I've mentioned before Nicholas loves drawing, doodling and writing. He produced these two works of art all on his own. I'm sure you can imagine that I'm feeling like the luckiest mom in the world. They are definitely the best love letters I've ever received!

Nick givin flais to Fay - I luv uoo mom

Luv uoo mom - the reb flar is for uoo

Big Bang

Nicholas is still extremely curious about space so it follows that Usborne - See Inside Space is one of his favourite books. On the first page it explores the Big Bang Theory (How do we know? What was there before? Why did it happen? Who actually saw it?). It's definitely not easy to answer all his questions!

That was the background. Now for the actual story. The other day a Jehova's Witness came to the door, and as Nicholas gets very excited when someone knocks at the door, there he was at my side when I opened it. The sly woman stuffed her magazine (a lovely colourful magazine) into his hands and told him it was about all all the things that God created. He proceeded to page through it while she carried on with her sales pitch. When he got to a page about space he exclaimed 'Look! God even made the big bang!'. It made us both laugh!

Budding Artist

Nicholas has a real passion for drawing. It's great because it's something he can do anywhere. We always have a stash of paper and pencils in our out-and-about bag which comes in handy especially when we're in a restaurant. Here are some examples of his recent works of art.

Flower

Stegasaurus

Aeroplane in a storm

Nicholas on a tractor