Goedemorgen!

Wij zijn er klaar voor hoor, voor de kou die komen gaat!

Hilarisch toch? Maar vooral lekker warm. Patroon vond ik via Pinterest, op deze weblog.

Bijna jarig!

Nou ja, pas over een maand eigenlijk. Maar omdat dat midden in de vakantie is mocht jongste zoon alvast zijn verjaardag vieren op school. Op een donderdag, want dan mag je een spelletje kiezen tijdens de gymles. Met als traktatie poffertjes en fruit, een beetje verantwoord en vooral lekker! Aan de stokjes maakten we vlaggetjes van masking tape, gelijk feestelijk.

Knikkerzak

Ons buurmeisje vroeg knikkers voor haar verjaardag. Maar om nou zo'n "ongezellig" netje knikkers in te pakken en te geven vond ik maar niets. Dus maakte ik nog snel een knikkerzak voor haar. Van een stoere (biologische) stof, want ze is gek op dieren. Stuk leuker cadeau zo, toch?

Sterren + mini give away

Twee identieke gymtassen zijn niet echt praktisch, zeker niet 's ochtends vroeg als je je al moet haasten en beide zoons gym hebben. Maar gelukkig heb je met behulp van strijkvelours in een handomdraai een gepersonaliseerde gymtas. Met sterren, want die zijn hip! En nu heb ik nog een bergje sterren over die ik weg wil geven. Heb je interesse? Laat dan een reactie achter bij dit bericht en ik zal maandagavond 4 mensen loten die een setje krijgen.

Gezellig

Vanmiddag met zoon uitnodigingen gemaakt voor zijn kinderfeestje.
Hij maakte de tekeningen en ik plakte vlaggetjes van maskingtape en het woord "uitnodiging" gemaakt met een ouderwetse Dymo lettertang (de felle kleurtjes lettertape kocht ik hier). Lekker prutsen met z'n tweetjes, gezellig!

Workshop Weekend

Two workshops this weekend. The first one was for me, called "Blozende Stoffen" in the Stedelijk Museum 's-Hertogenbosch, inspired on the Scholten & Baijens exhibition over there (worth a visit if you are around! My favorite was the paper porcelain).
We made a fabric screenprint and an artwork with wood and yarn.

And the second workshop was for our eldest son in the Verkadefabriek during a festival about food and taste. Making a painting with fruits and vegetables.

Cool!

New cool t-shirts for the boys ordered at "a Little Lark". And a bicycle scarf for me....

Boats

Martine from Artoek asked me if I was interested to receive a set of these cute foldable boats to send with my orders. What a question, of course! Look how cute they are! And the good news for you is that you will receive one with your order these coming weeks (until stock lasts). A little bit more about Artoek, which is an online shop, selling kids costumes and accessories and foldable paper products to put in treats for kids at school or at a party. And if you are looking for cool ideas for your kid to treat, go and check her weblog Traktatie.

Redecorating

Bit by bit, we are redecorating our house. The boys are now sleeping together in a tiny little bedroom in a bunk bed (stapelbed) and this gave us the possibility to make a playroom from a former (bigger) bedroom. To store all the toys, lego, cars etc. in, we bought an Ikea (of course) closet with storage containers and to make it a bit more special we bought a LEGO storage container here. Really cool, don't you think?

Big Bubbles

Making big bubbles from soapy water! We also did this on a campsite in France, it is very easy to do and great fun!
All you need is two pieces of rope (one of 40 cm, one of 80 cm), two sticks of 50 cm (can be branches that you found), a bucket filled with 4 litres of warm water (not too hot) and half a litre of cheap liquid dishwashing soap.

Attach the ropes to the branches/sticks (short one on top, long one below, I hope you can see on the photo's how it works). Now put them in the soapy water and slowly walk backwards to make the best bubbles ever (blowing bubbles is possible too).

Four

Our youngest son turned 4 last Tuesday, time flies.... No more little kids in our house, but two big boys! And after the summer holidays he will go to school. How exciting (for him as well for us). Anyway, the best present he got was a steam engine, to attach to his wooden trains. See them testing it in our empty living room.

Growing Vegetables

At the moment, the boys are really interested in where everyting is made. Like where do they make cars, where do they make bread, where do they make blankets, etc. When I saw these little greenhouses, they seemed just perfect to explain to them where the tomatoes and peppers come from. They were very pleased to put in the earth and the seeds and almost every day they follow the growth process. We hope to harvest our home grown vegetables later this summer as well of course.

On The Beach

We spent last weekend in a little house near the sea to celebrate the 40th wedding anniversary of my parents. Lots of laughter, good food, wines, sunshine and sand! The boys couldn't be more happy, playing at the seaside and throwing little shells, stones and twigs in the water. Really a little holiday! Thanks mum and dad!

In The Garden

With the weather getting better, it was time to clean the sandbox of the boys. They really like playing in it but they couldn't because the sand was dirty and the box needed a new cover. So, we bought new sand and I made a new cover for it. Very easy to make with laminated tablecloth and a few pieces of sewing elastic. Ready for a new summer!

Superheroes

It is Carnaval in Oeteldonk (the name of my city in times of carnaval), time to dress up and have fun. For the boys, I made a superhero costume. With a silver cape and of course their initials on their chest (made with iron-on velours). A very last minute project, done in less than two hours (the base is a christmas pyjama from H&M).

Snowtime fun

Yesterday, we went to the "Loonse en Drunense duinen". It is a national park, not so far away from us and it is the perfect place to have a nice walk on a sundaymorning. We took the sleigh with us to sleigh from the dunes. Great fun! And of course a hot chocolate milk when we were finished sleighing.

Spoiled

The boys have been spoiled by Sinterklaas. They thought the "marble race court" was the best present they got, I like it too by the way... It is very relaxing to watch the marbles roll down ;).

I made some more notebooks as a present to give to my brother in law and to my dad. This time I use the iron-on velours on a Moleskine notebook, it worked very well (even better than with the one for Teun).

Preparations for Sinterklaas

While the boys were baking "pepernoten" with my mum and dad, I was making Sinterklaas presents.

A little boek for Teun to make drawings in, I made letters cut out of iron on velours and ironed these onto the book. A little experiment.

Clay stars for my mum and sister, cut out with a cookie-cutter. Already a bit to come in the mood for christmas with the red and white stars ribbon.
And now, I am off to the city to do some Sinterklaas shopping!

Five

This little baby turned five Today!

And Today it is also his birthday at school. Very proud (and a bit shy) he went to school to celebrate it with his little friends. Singing, blowing candles, standing on the chair, making music and of course giving treats. Popcorn and a little autumn themed button.

Cooling Down in Style

With this hot weather, the boys are really having a good time in their inflatable pool in the garden.

But when I saw this cupcake pool, I'd whished they were a still bit smaller to fit in it. It is sooo cute! It is designed by Beerd van Stokkum and can also be used as a garden pot or a basket for a dog or cat.