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<\/a> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n We\u2019ve enjoyed another stunning autumn weekend over here on the East coast of Ireland. The sun has been shining, so this morning we ventured out on a family walk and picnic along Bray promenade. Autumn is by far my favourite season. I love the crisp sunny days it often bring and the gorgeous changing colours … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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\nthe East coast of Ireland. <\/span>The sun has been shining, so this morning we
\nventured out on a family walk and picnic along Bray promenade. Autumn is by far
\nmy favourite season. I love the crisp sunny days it often bring and the
\ngorgeous changing colours of the nature all around us.<\/div>\n
\nweekend. <\/span>On Saturday my eldest son was
\nout at a friend\u2019s birthday party, so I decided to do some baking with his
\nyounger siblings. I mixed up a batch of \u201cChocolate Chip Buns\u201d in our electric
\nmixer and then the two of them got busy filling the bun cases. <\/span>I also let my 4 year old break the eggs and
\nhelp measure out the ingredients into the mixer. <\/span>My 2 year old mainly enjoyed pinching a few
\nchocolate chips and licking the spoon! <\/span><\/div>\n
\nSunday morning with the urge to make something.
\n<\/span>Luckily I had a few things in mind for today. <\/span>I have been looking for an excuse to make
\nsome princess crafts for a while now, as my own little princess is getting that
\nbit bigger and is starting to assert her own ideas into our arts and crafts
\nsessions. This weekend gave me the perfect excuse, as my middle son has been
\nlearning the letter P in school. <\/span>We have
\ngot into the habit of focusing a couple of our activities on the letters he has
\nbeen working though. This is to help reinforce his learning and it\u2019s a great
\nintroduction to letters for my toddler. <\/div>\n
\nrecently and I thought that these would be great to use to design some princess
\ngown with. <\/span>I set the kids the task of
\nsketching an outline of a princess onto a sheet of white paper and then they
\nchoose pieces of ribbon to decorate their princesses\u2019 dresses. <\/span>Now I set out with the idea of creating
\n\u201cPretty Princesses\u201d but it seems my eldest son had other ideas. He decided to
\ngive his princess fangs and make her into a \u201cVampire Princess\u201d. I think he is a
\nbit preoccupied with thoughts of Halloween right now, as we have been working
\non our Halloween costumes this weekend as well.<\/div>\n
\nTreating\u201d this year. However, the boy\u2019s school does have a big Halloween bash
\non the last day of term, so they both need costumes for this. In the past I
\nhave always bought costumes, but this year I decided to put my newly acquired
\nsewing skills to the test and I promised them home-made ones. I had picked up a
\ngreat book at our local bookshop last year with patterns and instructions for
\ndressing up costumes and it has a great Halloween section to choose from. The
\nboys have been pouring over this all week and eventually they selected a wizard
\nand a vampire. <\/span>I did get a bit of a shock
\nwhen I went to purchase the material as it was very expensive, so I just hope I
\ncan rise to the challenge and make them both a wearable costume. <\/span>I\u2019m doing ok so far as I have just about
\nfinished the cape and waistcoat for the vampire costume. I\u2019ll keep you posted
\non how I get on\u2026<\/div>\n