On the camera

A few things as the year starts to draw to a close...

 Bubs working on her science homework - a ski slope to demonstrate how electricity flows round a circuit (I think!). She did very well with it anyway!

 Week 2 of Bubs helping Santa at Hartlebury. She had such fun... just such a shame it was on a Sunday.

Bubs and K

Spike making paper airplanes

ready for the school disco

lovely when the advent wreath starts to fill with light

a saturday visit to Barnett's Hill garden centre and a spot of chocolatey cake and hot chocolate

 really weird when you look at yourself like this! this is Bubs and me behind the mask!

winter scene

Dominos pizza treat for Strictly Come Dancing finals

 Final week at Hartlebury. They also had a picture in one of the local papers... http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/9427379.Victorian_Christmas_treat/

Monday Club play at the church carol service

 Spike at bowling for end-of-term treat

Bubs' massive 1st term at school success! very proud!

Bubs the red-nosed reindeer!

On the camera

decorating the tree

cousins playing

an amazing nativity made entirely out of hessian sack

beautifully stiched nativity

made in Bethlehem from olive wood

nativity in a matchbox

nativity in a nutshell

love the word with this... HOPE... Jesus brought us Hope

crocheted Traidcraft nativity

this one had a great story... Mary is rejoining the scene this year as last year she got stuck behind the radiator!

mice! haven't seen a nativity shown like this before!

We saw all the above Nativity scenes in a Church in Whitchurch, Shropshire.

playing Angry Birds!

family gathering

Bubs the Urchin at Hartlebury

urchins together! helping Santa in his workshop

Spike reading to K

On the camera

Another month slips quietly by! We have had our heads down, busy about the daily goings-on of life...

produced by Bubs in after-school woodwork club

Children In Need day at school - spots required, so Bubs created her own t-shirt

Pudsey ears and toy from Greggs! Couldn't find them anywhere else!

What Bubs has been making in DT - stuffed 'creature' and juggling bags

 History Club - great session on children working in Victorian days, and then a competition to see which team could produce the most matchboxes

 Bubs really detests the sparring part of Karate, but gave it her best shot in the Charity Competition

 A day off school due to the strikes... so we made the most of it and enjoyed skating and hot chocolate!

On the camera

 This toad scared the living daylights out of me one night... I opened the car door to get out, and there he was staring right at me! Never seen one round here before, or one that colour.

 Cake making and decorating with Spike - a 'mud pie' (fridge chocolate cake) decorated with his latest 'obsession' Toontown.

 Bubs' biscuit making... from start to finish independently and with flourish!

 Monthly meal out - Pizza Hut

 At the soft play with K... much fun in the balls

paper craft... I REALLY like the canon paper craft stuff, but rarely get round to doing anything... but this little perpetual calendar looked just the perfect addition.