Wednesday 24 December 2014

Merry Christmas


All is calm here at the moment.


We walked on the beach today,
the sun shone, the wind blew, we found a Christmas tree, and wrote in the sand.
Perfect.


back at home Rudolph is watching over us, 


and I have a packing helper. I think he actually wants to be a parcel.......

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas.

May it be filled with all the things that bring you happiness.

Sunday 14 December 2014

party no. 2. the boy party, as planned by the teenage boy.

party planning by the teenage boy.

menu - junk food essential. the invitation read "eat junk food and get obese"

crisp - potatoes are a vegetable!
chocolate orange - oranges are a fruit!
cheese & onion crisps - onions are a vegetable! and cheese is protein
no mushrooms
cake
pringles
pizza
sausage rolls
ice cream sundaes


games

the magazine game - (each team has a pile of old magazines, and a list of silly things to find and tear out, eg. fish, queen, dog, bra, chocolate cake, pink shoes, first team to find all items wins )


competitive paper chains (2 teams, 2 rolls of selotape, strips of paper, 5 minutes, longest chain wins)
ultimate nerd quiz (2 per team, literature, science, entertainment and music rounds)
starburst game (2 teams, each with a packet of sweets, race to unwrap all the sweets, each team member has a go in turn, whilst wearing fluffy winter socks on their hands. eating sweets optional!)
pass the sweet spoon game (teamwork game, pass the sweet in a circle from a plastic spoon held in mouth)
cucumber game (as above but pass a cucumber between the knees)
empire - each person chooses a character they want to be, a list of the characters is passed around and they have to guess who everyone is.
pictionary - draw incomprehensible pictures for people to guess what they are.
cling film pass the parcel- layers of cling film with sweets between the layers, throw one on a dice, put on the gloves and try and unwrap a layer before the next person manages to throw a one.


 party followed by collapsing on sofa with large cup of tea and pretending not to notice the chaos the house is in...........

Sunday 7 December 2014

party no.1

ingredients for sweet sixteen party.


cupcakes with sprinkles


preparation is the key


enthusiastic assembling


happy devouring


pink creativity


with all evidence taken home at the end of the night.

an evening of sugary happiness for all x