December 17th 2015 - Aladdin Panto

Yesterday a lady from the local food bank gave me free tickets to the local panto Aladdin.  It was being put on in town by 1 of the local youth theatre groups.

They did a really great job of it and me and the kids really enjoyed it.

Before the show started my lil man was dancing around infront of the stage to the christmas songs being played.  I'm sure others enjoyed his pre-show entertainment as well.

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.