Scarf and Crying Kings

As it's been so cold this winter, I decided Alice needed a scarf to go along with her hat and gloves. So I went into the local wool shop and explained what I wanted to do and they chose colours fairly close to her hat. With advice from Marion (my mother-in-law) I knit one. It was far too short!!!!! So that now belongs to Alice's stuffed animals. Did another one and this time it was just the right length. Phew. It is quite satisfying when you hear people say to Alice, "I love your scarf, such beautiful colours", like this morning at Piccolo (actually two mothers said it today!!!, yes, yes, blowing my own trumpet). So I decided it needed tassels. I knit it about 6 weeks ago and only today put the tassels on. I think it finishes it off nicely.

This video is Alice's impression of the crying King of Miseryland in the book Little Miss Sunshine. The first few times it was read to her she just cried, because she is quite sensitive and found it upsetting all the people crying. Then we made the crying fun and now she laughs the whole way through it. She wouldn't do the crying until I told her she could see herself on the camera afterwards. That's why at the end of the clip she stops really quickly and says Alice, Alice, because she wants to look at herself on the video. How vain!!!! Some of the faces she pulls are hilarious, but trying to catch them on video are becoming more difficult.

Sleeping Bunnies

This is Alice's finished Advent Calendar. As you can see there's a bit of a crowd congregating on the right. We did the calendar after dinner each night and since it's been put away she's wanted to pray for it before bed time a few times.

We went to the park at the bottom of our street last Sunday (4th) and it was freeeeeeezing!!! We went just as it was getting dark (after Alice's nap), but we didn't stay long. We came back home again for hot drinks and sitting under the blanket watching In the Night Garden.

Alice got this farm for Christmas from her Nana and Grandpa. She is really starting to enjoy playing with it, I just don't think she knows what to do with it. So all the animals end up inside it along with the farmer and his wife, who we have yet to name.

Most afternoons Alice and I have to have a bit of a singing session. Generally many verses of sleeping bunnies and dingle dangle scarecrow. Then maybe wind the bobbin up, twinkle twinkle little start, the bear went over the mountain, my God is so big and more recently jingle bells. In fact a few nights ago I heard her in bed (through the monitor and whilst she was winding down to sleep) singing jingle bells. "jinga bays, jinga bays... away" then followed by a wee giggle. So yesterday (Saturday) Stuart had to join in too with Alice, doing the actions. No doubt as you watch there will be lots of "ahhhing" and "ooohhhing".