So a week more of Spring and some semi-spring weather… 
And the spring rains brought out the snails…
And made the ants move house… though we did rather wonder of they were moving our house. 
Needless to say we got on with important things like painting…
And painting…
And painting…
And more painting… 
And a galaxy of paper plates: 
And a “snack” that I had absolutely nothing to do with!!! 
And a stream of ships…
And learning: 
And a pile of birthday cards… 
And a stringy offering on my keyboard… 
And a very long sit in the traffic on a public holiday…
And a road trip into the country past a cross-section of South African housing… 
And the father person offered up a carob coated rice cake – like why!!!! 
And one person was so excited at a weekend away he could hardly breathe… 
Another one had been so excited for so long that by the time it arrived he was totally fatigued… 
While one person sorted through the camp cups – again and again and again…
Some other guys got to go canoeing, and after waiting two years for this opportunity… 
Three in a boat, with three different strokes… 
One of us got a friend to do ALL the rowing… 
And another let an instructor take the lead…
And now their lives are complete!!! Meanwhile our book of the week naturally has a spacey theme…
And this is what the hoods got up to:
Hood #1: Built a rocky island…
Hood #2:Built a million towers: 
For cascading again and again: 
Hood #3: I just have no idea!!!
Hood #4: Spent the entire week lost in the recycling…
Hood #5:Dealt with some cupcakes…
And discovered he can read cartoons!!!
Hood #6: Spent hours mastering “the wink.” 
Hood #7: Spent hours not actually mastering “the wink…”
Hood #8: Passed his time standing around and clapping…
And hanging out with his father person… 
That’s us… Have a good week!!!
One of mine loves junk modelling and will go through the recycling cardboard bin, at the drop a hat. Everything has to be sticky taped together. I love seeing her do it, but I’m not very good at finding a way to store all of them. We did come to a compromise, where I would photograph the model, she’d keep it for a while and then it would be recycled.
Looks like you all had a wonderful holiday.
I loved all the standing and that gleeful grin!
Hi Cheryl… Always nice to hear from you!!! Nearly all my kids can’t go past the recycling without foraging it!!! And then they stick it nooks and crannies around the house hoping I won’t notice and toss it!!! We have a rule – you may keep one working model… the rest go into the recycling bag on Fridays… the next week they choose again… Have a fabulous week!!!
I love the not-“wink” picture. Isn’t she just the cutest?
I’m so glad the hoods got all their excitement out of their system – just you wait until next year….
Hi Irene… Yup we survived camp!!! And I was hoping it would fill my kids camp tank for a good many years to come!!! Hope you have a fabulous week!!!
All of the sudden 9 looks sooooo big to me!!! What happened to my sweet little blankie baby. NOW he is a SWEET BIG BABY! They are all so precious. and that SNAIL pic— WOW— I think you should use that for your postcard swap.
Hay Jacki… I love the gleeful grin too!!! Hope you guys are having a fun time!!!