Another birthday cape

These capes are becoming a bit of a standard gift for little boys birthday presents. This weekend our friend Nicholas turned 3 so I made him his very own super cape.

When I started making these I added a superman or batman logo but now I make them a little more generic so little ones can be who ever they want to be - Super Nicholas or Star Boy perhaps? Hope he likes them as much as my boys do.

Dribble boy!

Puggle has always been a dribbler but with a new tooth on the way (number 8) he is constantly drooling. If he doesn't wear a bit all day his shirt is soaked in no time so I go through a lot of bibs everyday. Being the third boy in the family a lot of his bibs have seen better days so I have been playing around making some new dribble bibs for him.

The first off my sewing machine is this little hippo number. I think it is very cute so I will be busy this weekend making a few more!

This moment - work in progress

{this moment}: A Friday tradition with Soulemama. One moment from this week, one that you want to hang onto and not forget. No words.

Our outdoor play space

It has been awhile since I have had a chance to write anything for this blog but I thought I would give you a guided tour of our outdoor play space - a place where I have been spending a lot of time lately.

The main area of our house we use for outdoor play is our paved patio area. Double french doors lead off our living room so I can keep an eye on the boys while I'm working in the kitchen or living room and they play outside.
The area just outside the double doors is covered so this is where we keep a small table for snacks and art projects, a large storage box for outdoor toys and an art easil with chalk board and paper.
In the corner is a small shelf which always has a box of playdough toys for the boys to get out whenever they like. This shelf also holds a table cloth to cover the main outdoor table for messy art project and our seasonal nature table is on top. In the corner you can see my table top with a lip which we use to set up various small word play scenes

Just around the corner is the cubby house which Aussie Dad installed for Juniors third birthday. It has a slide on the side, a climbing wall on the front and the stairs are hidden underneath - perfect for little people to access but not so good for Aussie Mum when she wants to get into the cubby.
I love that the sandpit is covered by the cubby because it is well shaded during our hot summers and the sand stays relatively dry for use between winter showers.

On the wall opposite the cubby we store some ride on toys and there is a tap which we use for water play during the summer, and for cleaning up messy art projects.

A tub lives under the outdoor chair and I usually leave a towel out for quick clean-ups and hand washing. The paving is a little hard for Puggle to crawl around on but he is almost walking now and the older boys love drawing race tracks and hop scotch with side-walk chalk

Hope you liked a tour of our outdoor play space. I will show you inside the cubby sometime when I can manage to get in there and take some photos.

This moment - backyard bonfire

{this moment}: A Friday tradition with Soulemama. One moment from this week, one that you want to hang onto and not forget. No words.

Rainy day play

Winter is with us with lots of rainy days last week so we have been relying on lots of old favourite play ideas to keep us going. There has been lots of colouring and drawing ...

Playing with the wooden train tracks ....
A spot of dinosaur hunting ....
Some cutting and gluing practice
Lots of playing with duplo and playmobile ...
and a bit more tipping and pouring with rice. What are your favourite play activities when the weather keeps you indoors?

This moment - Winter sunshine

{this moment}: A Friday tradition with Soulemama. One moment from this week, one that you want to hang onto and not forget. No words.