I've Made Friday Week 45

Wow Friday already

I've let the side down!

I'm still making Penguins!

I'm having to take more breaks as the same small movements

are making my fingers hurt.

They ache like arthritis and I'm struggling

with movement in them.

Saying that I have 23 bodies made

and all the other parts.

Just 12 bodies to go and putting them together.

Little Red has some finishes this week.

If you get the penguin (Otto) from

school you have to write in the diary.

He wrote 2 whole pages.

He even drew a picture of Otto and you could tell it was Otto.

Yes I'm a proud mum.

I would like to say it's changed the way school works

with the rewards but it hasn't.

 Unfortunately Little Red has 2 teachers.

He has one for the first two days - more calm and caring and teaches with positiveness.

The 2nd teacher is there for 3 days and is very strict.

She has been known to shout at the children.

She comes across as a P.E. teacher

They have one teaching assistant who works mornings

and one afternoon a week whilst the other teacher

is doing P.E. with another class and they have their teaching planning time.

They also have a different teacher for music

and different people who do their reading with them.

As you can see it's a lot of swapping and changing for the children.

On a positive note he has been doing well at school this week.

He has been happy to go in everyday which is a big positive.

The other thing we finished this week is:

Little Reds first loom hat.

Ok I did most of the work but he did a few rows.

It was the first time I had loom knitted.

We just used a basic stitch but I think it didn't turn

out too bad. 

I couldn't believe how easy it was.

I know we were only doing the basics but it was so quick

and it was a great project for a child.

Now I'm still in the middle of my books.

I've been enjoying listening to

Sherlock Holmes.

I've never really tried audio books before.

I tried a few on you tube but the voices weren't

distinctive enough and all the words seemed

to meld together.

Then a friend told me about a site called:

books should be free

It's a fantastic site

& I love the way the book is being read.

I am reading my other book

before bed each evening so I'll hopefully have it finished soon.

Now  it's time to show off what you've been making

this week.

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Review Monday Week 8

I hope you are having a good start to the week!
And I hope everyone that had mothers day yesterday
had a fantastic day!

Little Red is off to visit Skipton Castle today with school.
He is so excited!

I've got a lovely throat infection so am

trying just to rest and get back to a place where I can feel like I can cope.

I'm still in the middle of my crash at the moment

so getting ill really hits me hard.

I'm having to sleep downstairs as I keep 

waking up choking and having an asthma attack.

I prop myself up on loads of pillows but end

up moving down the bed off them in my sleep.

If I'm on the couch I have to stay propped up.

It also isn't nice for hubby if I keep waking him up.

Don't forget if you know anyone
who loves crochet
& has a facebook account
let them know about the crochet addict group.
We only need 9 more members to be able to start the giveaway!
You will not believe the fantastic prizes that there are!

For this weeks review I have something

that I bought to do with Little Red. 

It's a Wooden little loom

I bought mine from ebay 

but you can get equivalents from other shops.

This is only a small loom and designed for children.

I wanted to get something that Little Red would be able to join in with.

With the kit you get 5 small balls of yarn (the red wasn't supplied)

the loom (10.1" by 7.9")

a comb

a shuttle stick

and a plastic needle.

I set up the loom but it isn't too difficult.

Little Red found it really easy to use and was doing it himself

after only being shown once.

I would of preferred to get two shuttles as we had to unwind the yarn

to put another colour on.

The instructions supplied are clear but I don't think they are easy

enough for a child to understand.

Within a couple of minutes we were making something.

As you can see Little Red hasn't finished his first project.

He is only 5 and his attention span isn't quite that good.

I would recommend getting a small loom

for a young child as it makes them feel that

they can make something like mummy does.

I wouldn't of got it any earlier for Ryan as I don't find boys

have as long an attention span as girls.

We are eventually going to make it into a bag.

it make take us the next six months but we will get there.

I have just started reading
The Third Son by Elise Marion

I haven't read much yet but the story is set around
a Prince called Damien & a fiery Gypsy girl, Esmeralda
I'll review it once I've finished reading it.
So far I love the story and it's twists and turns.

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