big night tonight…we put Oscar into a BIG BOY BED! Kinda exciting and kinda sad, my baby boy is growing up. We were lucky to inherit one of Mum and Dad’s old single beds and a mattress that they don’t use anymore so we only had to get linen.
Oscar didn’t really seem phased at all about going into a new bed, he snuggled in with Jaron for story time and prayers and went straight to sleep.
His bedroom has floorboards so we padded the floor next to the bed with folded doonas and blankets just in case there is a fall during the night…fingers crossed there won’t be…
To make it a bit more exciting we helped Oscar stick glow-in-the-dark stickers on his bed head so that he can look at them as he goes to sleep.
Make It Perfect

The christmas tree is up! We put it up on Monday night, but when we put the lights on we discovered that the wire had been cut and they didn’t work so I had to take them back to the shop and exchange them for a new box. Such a pain, but it is finally all finished…no, I lie…still have to buy some light blue fabric to go around the bottom of the tree and am looking for a silver star to go on the top.
Last christmas Oscar was an ‘in-to-everything’ 1 year old and I got so sick of re-decorating the tree every day that the decorations ended up only being on the top half of the tree so that he couldn’t reach them! I am looking forward to the tree staying decorated this year 🙂
He loves the lights and admiring the decorations, drove me crazy when the tree was being put up with endless chants “boo-fil christmas tree” “pretty light” “twinkle stars” “niiice”…can’t wait to do more christmasy crafts and cooking with him.
I made the stars using wooden stars covered with blue and silver scrapbook paper. I inked the edges with silver ink and covered them with a sparkly blue glitter – did the same with the “joy” letters.
The doves were made with felt and scraps of blue fabric for the wings. I was going to hang them from the mantelpiece but I think they fit well nestled in the tree.



I’ve been having fun making christmas presents. I always have plans to make lots of christmas presents and then leave it too late so don’t end up doing it. So this year I have started early.
These pencil rolls are so fun and easy to make. I am addicted to them since making this first one and have another 4 on the go!







