Family Fun in February

Get ready for a lot of pictures because we've had lots of fun this month!

Ready... set... GO!

 J helped make holes with a toothpick...

 I added the top of the egg carton... (recognise that tape?! End of the roll.)

 A bit of potting mix...

 And a top up...

 Some water sprinkling...

 And we have a great seed-raising tray.  Today I've just transplanted the little sprouts to bigger pots.

Proof that packages can contain more than the sum of their parts: 'butcher' paper stuffing = laying on the floor and drawing around J, C, Mum (and guessing Dad's outline 'cause he's at school) then colouring them in.

 And the box itself = a great indoor sled - "Again, please Mum? Please-please?"

 Chef J making gingerbread men

 C making sure there are differently abled men...

 The "babies" get stuck you know.

 And C made one obese man, one pinch of dough at a time! (Mum re-rolled him for even cooking purposes.)

 They tasted good no matter the technique.

 This game gets just as much use as a dress-up item as it does as the official 'guess what's in the Cat's hat'!

 Lego/Duplo is popular.

 We made Valentines with salvaged toilet roll tubes and paint.  The librarian loved hers!  I'm still trying to get stains out of one t-shirt.

 Dad bought a funky pair of headphones to share

 Though I think the novelty is really holding the iPod.

And, contrary to photographic evidence, C enjoyed helping me make cookies while J played with stamps (read: distraction tactic until J wanted to cook).  But what would really have been more fun (in his opinion) is if Mum had let him play with the new camera.

 Yes, this is the right way up!  C has learned to 'bend' and I took the photo 'bending' down too (though my hands and head weren't touching the ground!)

 Our box 'sled' became a car.  Those are pillow wheels, blanket seatbelts and a lid steering wheel you can see.

 More cardboard fun: a cereal box house, and toilet roll monsters.  J named them Dace and Grob, and then we made 'babies' named Bob, Rob and Gob!

 J can finally blow his own bubbles...

 While C is learning not to tip the whole bottle over himself  or the ground every time.

And finally, Mum's cleaning gloves contribute much more fun to "If you're happy and you know it clap your hands."