There are two reasons why I haven't been posting much lately. The first is that we are really just laying back and enjoying the last days of summer. The second is that my husband has become slightly addicted to playing poker on Facebook and has been hogging the laptop!
Anyhoo, last week our longtime family friend Uncle P came to visit us from England. L really enjoyed playing with him since he is up for almost anything.
Here they are picking blackberries. L amazes me with her dedication when blackberry picking. She will stay out there for hours hunting down all of the 'low' blackberries. She was the same last year. It also surprises me that she doesn't eat them all!
After we pick them we wash them and freeze them on cookie sheets. Once they are frozen I put them into Ziploc bags. Perfect for smoothies etc. I love free food!!!
L is invited to a birthday party on Saturday. My philosophy on gifts is that the person giving them has to be directly involved in the whole gift process. We decided to make a little memory game for L's friend using rocks we found at the beach. We had a great time trying to find round flat rocks together. I painted on the little beach themed pictures and L painted the two rocks at the top. We then modge podged them and put them in this little basket.
We tested out the game a couple of times to make sure it worked and may just have to make one for ourselves!
1 comment:
What a great gift. I have also come to the same conlusion - that a shop bought gift is not the way to go, especially as my children go to a fee paying school and there is nothing their friends need.
Blackberries are early this year? They are here in England too!
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