december 16th 2015 - UV/Glow in the dark party

For the SJA christmas party this year we decided that we would do a UV/Glow in the dark party.  Back in July the cadets did a sponsored silence to raise money to buy the glow sticks and things that we would need.

They made t-shirts with UV fabric paint a few weeks back that they were going to wear on the night.  When the members arrived they were all given UV face paint (if they wanted it), glow sticks, finger lights, glow glasses etc and were taken to where the disco was (normal disco lights only at this point).  Once everyone was there and had thier bits n bobs we turned the UV lights on.  The reactions from the kids as their clothes n things started glow properly was brilliant.

Everyone had a great time and Santa was in his grotto for a short time and gave them each a present.

december 15th 2015 - pinterest

I have done nothing today but follow links and pins and ended up miles from where I started as was looking to see if I could find any similar ideas to pin!

December 14th 2015 - Bath time

Today I bathed the bearded dragon as he is starting to shed his skin again but he seemed more dry than usual.

Unlike most images of the beardies in a bath of water that seem to be enjoying themselves mine was just trying to get out of the sink!

December 13th 2015 - Glow in the dark snowman

On wednesday of this coming week it is the sja christmas party.  The party is going to be uv/glow in the dark.  It should be a really good night.  I think the kids are going to be quite shocked when the uv/ lights get turned on.

I have spent to day painting a glow in the dark snowman that we can use as a "Pin the nose" game.  It was painted with glow in dark and white paint.

december 12th 2015 - dvd profiller 2

a few months back me and hubby started to re-do the dvd profiller.  However we never got it finished and the kids have taken dvds from shelves to watch and put others back in their place etc.  So we had no idea where we had got to.

Today I decided that we would do it.  It has taken over 6hours to do.  This is because not all of the dvds came up by title and had to be found either by the barcode or via being put into laptop.

I can now say that I own over 700 dvds and they are all documented.  We just need to added any new ones we get at christmas.

December 11th 2015 - Loom bands without a loom

Despite all 3 boys having loom bands and loads from various sja events I could not find a single loom in the house to use.

This was abit of a problem as I needed to makke some ready for the sja christmas party this week.  I found this pin on how to use a fork as a loom.

bit fiddly to start with but ok once you get the hang of it.  it worked for what I wanted.

December 10th 215 - Christmas tree lights

So after the kitten has trashed my Christmas tree by running through it and climbing up it and pulling the lights off it.  Me and Hubby have spent today re-doing the tree and adding a 2nd set of lights to it so that they are more spaced out and less likely to be pulled off.

However, there has been quite a bit of discussion as to how many Christmas tree lights you need for the size tree.  We have a 6ft white tree and it has 200lights on it, 9m of tinsel and too many baubles to count.  But depending on which site you visit on the net the answer you get will vary from 150 upto 700 lights for a 6ft tree.  Hubby says he would like to know HOW you fit 700 lights on a 6ft tree!

I am just hoping that the kitten stays away from it.  We have tried slices of fresh orange under it the kittenlaid on it and went to sleep.  We have tried cinnamon sticks and she just chewed them.  We have tried scrunched up tin foil and she just batted it around the floor.  We are now waiting on the arrival of scentsicles that are also meant to stop cats from going near the tree but I don't have much hope.

In all the years I have had cats as pets as I have never had 1 attack the tree like this kitten does, most ignore it and walk off.