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We have been very busy this week making stuff. I have been working on my fish blanket. It is now all sewn together and I am in the process of adding a crocheted border. But you are not seeing a sneak preview, you will just have to wait for the unveiling! However you can see what the children have been up to:

Eilish made a door plaque and a pompom peacock:

Caitlin made a photo frame and a note holder in her favourite colours:

… and Euan tried to get in on the action!

Have a great Easter, and don’t eat too many eggs

Whilst I was busy blogging Riley yesterday, Caitlin and Eilish were busy making stuff too. Eilish is really into watercolour at the moment, and painted this lovely picture of a polar bear (she used acrylic for the bear though!). I love the colours and the creamy-white of the bear. (She says it’s a baby polar bear and its mum is just off to the left )

Caitlin is going through a “making stuff” phase at the moment, and these bodyguards obviously appealed to her sense of humour! The idea is that you stand them by your door in such a way that if anyone goes in they get knocked over and the heads roll off. But how do you know which head goes with which body? If I get it wrong she will know I’ve been snooping — ahem — I mean, if one of her brothers goes in … well hey, I’ll just tell her I was collecting washing …

I never win anything! Well, that’s not entirely true - but it’s a while since I did.

The fab Meridian Ariel had a giveaway on her blog, and I fell in love with this beautiful painting, entitled “The Whispering Tree”. So you can imagine my excitement when I found out I had actually won it!

I can’t wait to see it “in the flesh”. Meri has also set us an Inspiration Challenge over on the Mumsnet Arts and Crafts Blog, and I can see this tree forming part of a work to come … !

Yesterday I took the children to an Easter fayre at one of the local primary schools. They were having an egg-painting competition so before we went along I hard-boiled some eggs for them to decorate. Euan is naturally too young to do his own so I did the left over egg as it looked a little bare and lonely on its own.

From left to right: Eilish’s, Calum’s, mine and Caitlin’s. (Incidentally, the girls painted the two egg cups on the left a few years ago).

We took them along to the competition (well, not mine obviously, although the girls insisted I could have entered in the “12 years and older” class), and they all won a prize. I also won a rather nice looking box of bath smellies too and we bought some home baking, so we came away with our arms full!