Bits from last week

Here are a few (quite a few!) photos from last week, before I file them away in my flickr filing cabinet.

:: Bella playing hide and seek with grandad and wearing bling from nana.
:: Using an old jumper of Bella's to sew onto a dress I bought from the charity shop.
:: Bella reading my book in her bedroom.
:: Sam took a photo of his doudou.
:: Lots of sewing.
:: My 3 euros rug/mat from the secondhand shop.
:: Bella keeping warm next to the fire on a rather chilly day.
:: Yellow cardi and blue chair - just because :)
:: Joanne Harris' cook book. We've been making most our meals from here this week.
:: Bella playing with chalk and water and she's wearing another re-cycled top - the sleeves are from Sam's old t-shirt.
:: Vintage fisher price sandals from here.
:: A view from the garden.
phew, time for a cuppa!

Chairs!

Bella and I nipped to the charity shop last week. I took the van because Scott needed my car to drive south to see a client. We went straight into the clothes shop, as we always do. Then, having 30 minutes to spare we took a look outside in the 'junk yard'. I can sense colourful objects I think and tread through broken glass and nettles to get to 5 chairs. Three metal and wood chairs and two rounded back chairs for 20 euros! So, with the help of a nice man, we crammed them in the van and quickly shut the boot door.

Funnily enough, the children love sitting at the table now, to eat and draw. Sam showing me what he's been working on at school. "J'ai fait des boucles en classe!" And tonight, we sat and went page by page and by minute detail through everything he has done since last November. Incroyable :)