Jikana Damaru: 06/28/10

The joy of play and creating...

Building a Dinosaur

A Saturday morning at the Queensland Museum with Daddy discovering, exploring and having FUN! After a busy morning exploring the Museum my husband was keen to follow up with a creative activity. He came home with some boxes and the two of them went about creating a dinosaur masterpiece, much to the joy of one little boy.

Step 1:

Find some old boxes, cardboard, pipes - what ever you have around the house that can be recycled or visit your local supermarket/electrical store and they should be happy to pass on old boxes to you.

Step 2:

Use paint, crayons, felt pens, egg cartons or even glue and fabric to decorate your boxes.

Step 3:

Construct your dinosaur anyway you wish - don't forget to add appropriate accessories to your dinosaur such as tail, feet, hands, teeth - whatever you wish to complete your mischievous masterpiece.

Most of all have fun!

envelope project

I am working on mine

have you sent one

to Pip?

all the details found here

The things I (we? surely not just me?) do and say

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On the train this morning, sitting in the vestibule (I would never sit in the actual carriage) I found myself thinking "why do I always sit in the vestibule? Why don't I ever sit in the actual carriage?" And, you know what, I didn't have an answer. At the back of my mind a little voice was saying "claustrophobia!" and "what if there was a fire?" and "terrorist!" but I ignored the back of my mind as it's prone to histrionics and I prefer to think of myself as a calm, rational sort of person.

It's just that every now and then I catch myself doing something slightly bizarre. For instance, if I'm walking down the footpath and the school girl chant "step on a crack, break your mother's back" pops into my head (as it does on occasion) I simply cannot step on a crack. So I go hopping and skipping along the footpath like an overgrown 5 year old. The back of my mind is saying "please, just don't break your poor long-suffering mother's back, especially not now that she's in her sixties and has osteoarthritis, the damage could be catastrophic!!"

Or if I have peas on my plate, I must eat the peas first before I can get to the good stuff. The back of my mind is silent on this one but my poor long-suffering mother's voice is clear at the front of it: eat your peas, young lady!

And just the other night I threw myself from the door onto the bed, making sure that no part of me touched the floor between... difficult one to explain this, but the back of my mind says "remember when you were younger and your little sister told you that people lived under your bed and they would reach out and grab your ankles if you came anywhere near your bed... imagine if they grabbed your ankles!"

Well, see, apparently they still live under there.

Pretty relaxing

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After a busy, fun packed weekend in the sun, I am dreaming of a quiet relaxing day picking flowers and having tea and cakes in the garden. Oh, to dream...

Have a sweet day!

Being Vanilla

Recently a friend of mine described me as being "Vanilla" Totally puzzled and having no idea what this meant I pushed for more information, her answer was short and sweet - Vanilla is plain and boring. Bit of a kick in the gut and a blow to my ego! This was many months ago yet it always seems to play at the back of my mind! I know she probably didn't mean any harm but isn't it funny how harmless words can sometimes dig their way in and make you question!

After a bit of 'Image Searching' and I guess 'Soul Searching' I came across a few images of

"Vanilla"

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When I think of vanilla, I think of hot summer days eating vanilla ice cream on the beach. I think of beautiful vanilla bath creams that makes my skin feel wonderful. I think of the sweet smell of the vanilla candle in our lounge room. I think of birthday parties with yummy vanilla cupcakes

You know what...I think I like being

VANILLA x

Point + Shoot : 20

Monday 28th June 7.55am 

~The girls and the city~

The girls in my family snuck into the city for a little girly R&R extending our weekend by an extra day. Just a little special... we spent it walking and shopping around town, eating yummy snacks and watching in-house movies LOVELY!!

Hope you had a great weekend!

Join in with the fun here!

two little girls

with twenty little toes