Archive for December, 2006

Posted on December 27th, 2006 by by Marghanita

A Real Tree for Christmas

We have just returned home after a wonderful Christmas Tree Hunt. Like all our past Christmas’s, we wanted to go on a Tree Hunt. Part of a Christmas ritual with us is to hunt down a real tree from a local tree farm. It’s really important to us to shop locally and support local farmers [...]

Posted on December 27th, 2006 by by Marghanita

Christmas Day is over

Keeping Christmas simple made it the best one ever. It snowed on Christams Eve and we were woken up by 3 very excited children, to a Winter wonderland. They poured their contents of their handmade stockings on to our bed and we watched as they took turns to show us the treasures they had received [...]

Posted on December 17th, 2006 by by Marghanita

A Greener Christmas

Time is running out for us mums that still have to find those little extras for the kids, something that isn’t plastic and made in China. A wooden spinning top or a handmade finger puppet would be ideal. Trying to go a bit greener this Christmas shouldn’t be so hard. It does mean you have [...]

Posted on December 17th, 2006 by by Marghanita

All to Quick

Where has the last few weeks gone? Am I the only one who feels every week just gets faster. I really cannot believe it’s only a week now until Christmas. It seems life is so much faster than I remember or are we just living much busier lives? The danger in being too busy [...]

Posted on December 10th, 2006 by by Marghanita

Yoga and kids

Sadly, my Yoga/Pilates class has just finished for the year and won’t start back until January. I’m really going to miss the class, it was the only time throughout the week I was able to switch off and completely chill. What with the festive season approaching, all that extra food and alcohol, I was concerned [...]

Posted on December 2nd, 2006 by by Marghanita

Writing About Toffee the Highland Cow

Writing Toffee was such a rewarding time. I think out of all the wonderful experiences I encountered in the last 3 years it has to be the children and their enthusiasm and eagerness to want to read, write and illustrate. My favourite activity was making clay models with the children. Every little Highland cow was [...]

Posted on December 2nd, 2006 by by Marghanita

How Toffee the Highland Cow Got Her Name

I was fortunate to live next to the Highland Cattle and watched the baby calves play like little children, leaping and chasing each other, having an enormous amount of fun.
Just like in the famous American story Charlotte’s Web by Stuart Little, where Fern tries to save the pig. My daughter and neighbour save one of [...]

 

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