


...Homemade Rainbows...
The handmade gifts are all completed.....
Have you seen these little ones?
I found them over here where there is also a great and easy tutorial to make some of your own. Be warned however, you may find yourself with a bundle of paper strips that follow you around the house and garden so you can make them while watching dinner cook, playing with the little ones, while sitting, chatting....pretty much whenever your hands are free.
They also found their way into a larger star mobile we made which is hanging over our dining table.....it's not a great shot but it's so pretty turning in the breeze and with the warm light shining through it at night.....
And there is a string of them hanging decoratively from both of my babes bedroom doors...just a bit more festive primping.
Being on a bit of a paper-y jaunt we also made a bauble with a bell on the bottom for our tree....each year we try to add something new and special to our collection of tree ornaments.... it is made from old Christmas cards saved by Grandma from previous years which are now seeing a lot of renewed crafty activity.
I am going to miss this place......all those early morning smells; the birds; the trees we stopped to touch and look up ritually on our way to the gate; the faces of the other Mama's and thier little ones who I have grown so fond of, and the teachers.....of my those wonderful teachers......one of Mia's being the same as my sister had 27 years ago.....too precious!
I wanted to just squeeze her in the throes of "goodbye" today..... I should have.
Beside all this, I have a new treasured possession, in addition to my baby girl, who is not such a baby anymore it seems.
It's this folder.......
It is overflowing with a years worth of creations, events and achievements.... a rainbow of memories of and for my girl...
(I've just realised she has painted herself with wings in this one above)
As hard as I try I haven't been able to block my desire to devour it yet, or her as she sleeps while I write this....