A card for precious Daddy.

MrGee flies every week to Johannesburg on a Tuesday morning and he returns home to Durban every Thursday evening.

Miss Tanzi misses her Dad so much that she often writes little notes and places them on his bed before he arrives home. This time she wanted to make a card for her 'Precious Daddy'.

Starting young.

It all started with this range of sticker books.
For 2 years Miss Tanzi was obsessed with them. She would create different 'looks' on the ballerinas, pop stars,tennis players,beach girls,princesses etc.. When she found a new book in this series she was beyond esctatic!
Now that she is older(6 yrs) she has fallen in love with Klutz's range of Paper Fashions There was MUCH excitement when the books were delivered today. We had so much fun co-ordinating outfits and creating together.Since the age of 5, Miss Tanzi has said, " I think I will be a dress designer- singer-actor."You go God's Girl! I'm right behind you.

Hand Puppet.

Miss Tanzi and I had fun making our first hand puppet.

Ain't she bee-at-afull? lolI did most of the sewing and Miss Tanzi created her earings,hair bow and necklace. She used a needle for the first time and was so impressed with herself.... "Look Mom, NO blooded fingers!"The boys also attempted this craft...... Cooldude bailed after 15 minutes and Wizzkids attempt is not worthy of a pic! hahaWe all had such a laugh as Wizzkid sewed for the first time and Cooldude stapled his felt to the sock!

Giving creativity time to flourish.

Whenever one of my kids moan that they are bored ...... I calmly reply 'That's okay - it's alright to feel bored.' They eventually get the point that I will not be manipulated into being their wellspring of fun and entertainment and that THEY need to banish the boredom blues for themselves.

Above : Kitty Cat drinking Above: Nutty Professor with moustache
The measles has kept Miss Tanzi housebound for the last 2 weeks. Although she has been quite active over the past few days the spots are still visible so she is not allowed back at preschool yet.She came to me this afternoon with that classic line .... 'I'm sooooo bored.' I responded the way I always do and she took herself into the craft room and made herself two 'play masks'.I believe that in our moments of boredom creativity has a chance to flourish!Well Done Miss Tanzi ...... I love your creations!

Portraits by Miss Tanzi

For Grandpa Boom

It's Grandpa Booms 70Th Birthday in a few days and Miss Tanzi wanted to make something special for him. Grandpa is an avid dog lover so when Miss Tanzi saw a blank porcelain puppy at the craft shop she knew immediately he would be the perfect gift!

Miss Tanzi was ever so careful not to smudge or spoil him and it was her idea to put a collar around his neck. She named him "Sparky."

Easter Bonnet Parade!

Oh yes .... I remember having a few of these parades at primary school ..... oh how I loved showing off my creation!

The specs were that you had to use a paper plate, and that you were not encouraged to spend a lot of money on it! Because I'm a crafty person I had all the necessary goodies at home, so it didn't cost me an extra cent!We used 4 paper plates,scrapping paper,tissue paper,buttons and ribbons. The whole project took about 90 minutes. Miss Tanzi did everything except the opening of the paper flowers and the stapling of them onto the bonnet. ~Isn't it pretty?

Jelly Fish

By Miss Tanzi

Miss Tanzi builds a garage .........

She had to change into a dress for the final pose!

Patience and perserverance are virtues .......

....... having them paid off ......... look at what MrGee and Miss Tanzi built ...... I was suitably impressed!

Mommy with a flower .....

I love her drawings!

Chinese Boy.

That's the boy's name up top , written in Chinese!

My new blog header ..

..... at ~there's more to this life~



Thanks to Miss Tanzi who drew this stunning pic of the Gibbons family! I added the colorful tummies!

Fifi running through the flowers!

Miss Tanzi drew this for me!

My Mothers Day Card !

I love it !!! It is SO original and definitely a Gibbons card, as it is all done on the computer!!The three of them stayed up late (I had already gone to sleep) and created this together!