hippie happy mond-Hay

well it's raining outside, so we thought we'd make our own *sunshine* inside, creating some sparkly things for some of our fave peeps and (here's the *school* part lol) WRITING LETTERS to accompany the pressies. don't wanna kill the moment though, so a couple of the letters are dictated by the lads and i'm the scribe. cos didn't ya H-A-T-E it when you were a kid and went to the zoo on a school trip and instead of just being able to soak it all in and make *monkey noises* at the monkeys and *giraffe noises* at the giraffes and *hippotamus* noises at the hippos/hippopotamuses/hippopotamii and read the info signs if you wanted to and discuss the eating habits of the Alligator mississippiensis, or not... and the teacher sent you around the zoo clutching a freaking fill-in-the-gaps sheet and it totally spoiled the whole visit?! i'm not sure why teachers think that Writing Stuff Down is *the* way to measure learning, perhaps cos that's the only way to keep track of a classroom full of kids...
*kate gets down off her soap box*

presenting the creators
full of concentration,
listening to Joe:

and (some of) the created:

(those *jokes*... where oh where do my kids get their randomness from?)
and *guess what?*
the love is totally going around the universe, cos i just popped out to the letter box and lookit what i found:

a luffly français card from The Chic Geek

and a gorgy *handmade* pressie.

yes, oh yes, this monday is turning out to be a very bright bright sunshiney day