It's "Spring"

Today was SO warm. It is apparently "Spring" here in Australia...but it feels a lot more like summer. On my walk to work today I could have SWORN it was 30 degrees Celsius. But no. It was 20...what? How? There is no way that heat my body was enduring was 20 degrees Celsius...it felt so hot. Weather people, I am on to you and your lies! We keep our apartment at 20 degrees, and outside was definitely a LOT warmer.

I have already experienced one Australian Summer, but most people have told me that last Summer doesn't really count. I am not exactly looking forward to finding out what 30 degrees feels like. 

Ho hum, there are much worse things than living in a beautiful and very warm country. :)

Cutest Ghosts Ever

I've been feeling very crafty recently, and was feeling that all the stuff I did over the weekend just wasn't enough to make our nursery a Halloween wonderland. So, on my walk home I popped into K-mart to pick up some super bouncy balls, some elastic bands and a 3XL white t-shirt. The result is a collection of the cutest ghosts ever. I LOVE them! I'm keeping one at home just incase they get played with beyond repair at work. :)

Preparing for Halloween

Halloween is next week, and as I explained yesterday I have taken it as an excuse to organise all sorts of fun activities for the kiddies in the Nursery room next week. I was hoping to make some gloop/slime as a textile exploration for the kids, but unfortunately ALL of our attempts at that have resulted in something that would not be suitable for little kids. We did have a lot of fun, but none of the attempts could really be called gloop or slime. Oh well!

I did manage to make myself a Halloween costume (I'll share that later), some Monster bowling pins, a pumpkin bowling ball, a sign to remind parents we are dressing up for Halloween on Tuesday, some pumpkin spice playdough and am waiting for the orange dye to dry on some felt so I can make some felt pumpkins that the kids can arrange faces on. :D I also have some painting plans for next week too: Feet ghosts (white footprints look like ghosts when upside down) and blob spiders (the kids have been loving bubbles and so want to try and blow the bubbles, so I thought they could use straws to blow spider legs for a blob of paint). I am excited for next week. :)

Why hello there!

 Hi there!

I know it's been a while, but it's been good for me. :) I'm not completely back to where I wanted to be with my break from my blog, but I'm definitely getting there. I've gotten back to the point of wanting to share rather than feeling like I should.

So, in the past month and a half I was asked to become a permanent casual at a childcare center I'd been working at, to cover for a sick staff member. James and I have pretty much planned the furniture we'll buy as and when we have an apartment to furnish, and we've started saving up for all that. We've also started making weekends full of treats, which we are loving. :D

The center I've been working at has been going through changes, but it now has a new Director and she is doing wonderful things to improve the center. The room I'm working in needs the most change, and unfortunately the permanent staff in that room are the most reluctant to change. It's been driving me a bit crazy, but I'm coping with it. We've done barely anything creative with the kids, and I've been in the room since August. The new Director has done painting with the twice, and I've got the crayons out for them. The Director gave both rooms a playdoh recipe this week which we've made, and I am getting out every day...but we have yet to get the permanent staff actively being creative with the kids. With next weeks being Halloween I've decided to find anything and everything toddler worthy to do next week.

Today we went for a walk to Darling Harbour. We got some Gloria Jeans. We went to Broadway and did a whole bunch of shopping for my Halloween ideas. We then spent the afternoon making (and failing quite a bit) goop. Tomorrow we're going to Ikea and I'm making the rest of my Halloween crafts. :D It's a good weekend.