More Craftiness....

Well my TNN friend now knows that I was her secret santa, so I thought I should post some pics. I had so much fun making these and they turned out so cool. I almost didn't part with them they were so cool.
I made a hoodie and pants for her wee boy who is the same age as Jack (which was great for sizing) and I made her a really cool bag with some awesome handles I got from the op shop. I love op shops!! Then I put some wool and soap in it for her - she's a knitter.

Craftiness!!

Have been feeling pretty crafty lately - so have been making lots of cool stuff.
I dyed some wool - but wasn't really that happy with the way it turned out. It was supposed to be Green, brown and BLACK, but somehow the black decided to turn purple ( maybe not enough dye I think)
The rest of the crafting I have been doing lately can not be revealed until the recipient receives her parcel. - hopefully Friday if NZ post are feeling nice.

Rugby + Chocolate Mmmmmmm

We went to Dunedin in the weekend. Steve and a workmate were going to the SA and All Blacks test. It was also the opening weekend of the chocolate festival.
We headed down on Friday - Jack slept to Oamaru, so we stopped there to find a playground to give him a bit of a run around - we went to the botanic gardens and found an awesome playground and an aviary and a duck pond. he didn't want to leave.
We headed out to the Mad hatters Tea party at the Dunedin Museum on Saturday Morning. There were tables and tables of chocolate, chocolate milk, ice cream etc. They had activities like face painting, art activities, a story teller, chocolate games and a visit from Shrek and his friends. I was really annoyed I forgot to take the camera. Because there were so many awesome photo opportunities - Jack absolutely loved the story teller and her monkey puppet. Then Shrek and friends came out. Jack was watching puss in boots and laughing at him when Shrek was behind him and he tapped on Jack's shoulder a couple of times and Jack turned around to see him and completely freaked out. I think it just gave him a fright to see a big green thing so close to him when he turned around because 10 mins later he was up dancing with Shrek and friends.
We caught up with some friends we hadn't seen for ages later in the day. and then Steve headed out to the Rugby. He went out with the Arrow guys from Dunedin for a drink first and then he came home and got me and we headed to the referees association for a drink. We came home at 6:30 and mum had made a roast. Then Steve headed back out to the game. The joys of mum living so close to Carisbrook. The other joy is you can see the score board from the end of her driveway. Mum and Lana enjoyed catching up with Jack again. We headed home Sunday, but stopped at Twizel to catch up with the Thompson Clan who had just moved to Twizel from Dunners on Saturday. They were amidst a sea of boxes. Don't you love moving....

9 years ago...

on the 3rd July we got married. Wow 9 years have flown by. Last weekend we dropped Jack at Gran and Grandad's and escaped to Hanmer for a night to celebrate our wedding anniversary. We had booked a pamper package through the Hanmer visitor centre. Which included a night at the Heritage Hotel and lots of pampering at the Hanmer springs pools and spa.
We left Chch amidst threatening reports of snow and wind etc. We arrived in Hanmer to a couple of inches of snow on the ground already.
We had a walk around the shops before we had to check in at 2pm at the Heritage.
While we were wondering around it started to snow again. We checked in and headed for the pools. It was lovely sitting in the pools with the snow falling around us. We had a sauna, and a massage -which was soooo relaxing. We went out for tea and to watch the rugby.
It was a great weekend.

Visitors From Home

On Friday Jase, Tracey, Cass and Thomas came down for a visit. They also brought with them Tracey's sisters Tania and Paula and Paula's Husband Thad and kids Michael and Blakeley.
We went ices skating on Saturday. We tried to take Jack on Ice skates but he was less than impressed and didn't want to go near the ice. Cass quite happily skated along with Jase.
We had an awesome Roast Lamb and chicken on Saturday night and settled in to watch the All blacks thump England.
On Sunday we went up to the cafe at the top of Mount John. We had a drink while the kids happily played. Then we went to Lake Alexandrina to feed the ducks.

Outfit for Ava

I made this outfit for a friend on TNN's wee girl Ava. I really hope she likes it. Printed Corduroy pants lined with pink merino, and a merino top with a velvet iron on and cute lettuce leaf edging on the bottom - done on my new overlocker.

First Snow fall

Well we got our first snow fall for the winter yesterday. It started at around 4:30 and snowed heavily through the evening. When we went to bed it was already -2 degrees. Today we headed out to play in it. quite a bit had disappeared overnight - but we still had fun. we built a snow man on the deck. All Jack wanted to do to it was push it over. We went sledding in the back yard, but decided it wasn't enough of a hill, so we headed across the street to an empty section which is a bit steeper. Our friends came over and we had sled races.