Children In Need Jean (by sarah)

I knitted the bandage - it was supposed to be red bobbles on white but was a nightmare to knit and hasn't come out exactly how I imagined but Jean is over the moon with it and as a first attempt at bobbles I think it's great 🙂

It’s All NaNo’s Eve (by sarah)

It be that time of year again when all the nut balls come out of hiding! That's right it's NaNoWriMo time again - at the witching hour on this All Hallows Eve a bizar and eclectic ritual will take place - writers will begin typing, scrawling or dictating in ernest in the hope that this year they will make that word goal. That they will be the Nanoer of the finished first draft - I put it to all fellow nanofanatics new and old - lets get writing the madness has begun.

For those of you who are interested I'm 5affy on the forum (that's Saffy but with a five instead of the ess). Or @TheMonsterBlogs on Twitter and the blog I will be blogging upon is Purple Monster - and of course I'll be doing the picture book ideas as well which can be found on Orange Monster.

Jeany is also joining me in this this year! (She has the last two years - first with dictating stuff to me and then last year with her Nano note book in which she stuck stickers, wrote stuff, drew pictures and made collages from mags.)

Monster Painting (by sarah)

This is what I have spent my child free morning on :/

Click on the images if you want to see them larger.

They are for a Halloween art exhibit at Center Arts.

Mary Learning (by sarah)

Mary loves textures and manipulating things with her hands - she can't put the rings back on the pole yet but she loves tipping them off or lifting them one at a time and playing with the rings.

We also have film night once a week and this is a cute pic of her sitting on the settee joining in 🙂

Icicles (by sarah)

This is a photo from last winter - I just really thought I should share these fantastic icicles!