Kitchen Table Portraits of a Mum
By Amelia, aged 7 By Lily, aged 4 (just!) Both girls took this spontaneous portrait drawing session very seriously. I explained that when drawing from life…
Rock buns and colouring in
I can tell Winter is here because I am spending time looking at beach-holiday destinations and imagining how nice it would be to lie on the…
Dear Nany
I asked Amelia to clean up her room on the weekend and after about five minutes she said to me, “You know how Nanny cleans up…
Scrappy
I had lots of bits and pieces left over from making Amelia’s (still unfinished) quilt, and they are being put to good use. Over the weekend…
Sucka
There was a little Mr Mom moment in the kitchen this morning. I came out in the kitchen to find Phil cleaning Lily up after her…
Collaboration
I left a doodle in blue pencil on the kitchen table on Friday night. On Saturday morning after breakfast I found a little elf had elaborated…