Random mumality thoughts - only human on humpday

I have been thinking about this post for most of the day, and still coming up blank i seem to have lost some of my blogging momentum in the last few months. I am blaming my busy life as a mummy, kindy drop offs and pick ups, swimming lessons for 4 yr old and 1 yr old on different days, grocery shopping, dishes mountains of washing, play dates, overdue library books that need returning. Dinners to make, always the toys that need picking up. Normal mumality. And now I'm making up words. Mumality, the real and every continuing list of crap that all mothers are doing. No matter what else is going on in their lives mumality is always happening. So here is a taste of the scattered thoughts of my mum head tonight.


Need to find (or beg my mum to make if cant find) another knitted fireman Sam type toy, Eli is overly attached to one of Flynn's night time buddy toys. Resulted in a crying fit from Eli tonight when he had to give said toy back to his brother at bedtime. Why oh why did they have to become so attached to a toy that is hand made by some nice old Nana type. I bought Fireman from a market stall from 'festival of the knob' (it takes place in Yorkeys Knob a suburb in cairns, great name. the post office there sells a tee shirt that reads yorkeys knob bigger than mobys dick, love it, love the name of the festival) Don't think i can wait for next festival, will try all local markets must find that Nana!!!!!

this is the pattern pic for said fireman toy jean greenhowe designs
still can't believe this is the toy they both desperatly want. I like that they love handmade things.

When oh when is that bulging cat going to have her kittens, am terrified that when she does go into labour its going to be middle of the night and i will be sleep deprive zombie... still at least i wont be the one delivering multiple babies. My heart goes out to you Griffin cat, good luck. How the hell am i going to keep 2 small children off those kittens? can i make a small kitty Alcatraz. not to self google cat labour so know what to expect.

why  is my chest covered in gold glitter? again ...Eli, thanks bubba I am now little miss sparkle boobs.

crap i haven't attempted to do the dishes yet and it's 10 o'clock at night, do i do them? do i leave them? ughh?? keep writing

Need to sticky tape back together the cover of post man pat video, after children went on a ripping rampage. Must do this before i got to library, really hope i can stick it back together enough that i don't have to replace video or pay a fine as money extremely tight at the moment. February is the worst month of the year $$ wise heat wise too, bills wise also, bring on march and some more mula and some cooler days.

There is a green frog somewhere close to my house shouting hooray very loudly over and over again, ok its not exactly hooray its more of a croak noise but im interpreting it as hooray for rain.

Stop babbling and leave these poor people alone sassy! your being very boring and mumsish. So as you can see life is very normal here. love sassy

The box 2 - moments

i luv box's, my kids luv box's.

Plastic box's are fun to explore when there is no cardboard box's

You can make so many things out of a box

box house

Dog house

cat in a box

funny mum's - friday finds

have a laugh at ourselves

if you know of any great funny videos like this let me know x sassy

you know your a mum when.....only human

My boys think the word Fart is so so funny, this is what my life has become

you know your a mum when

1. you find random bruises on you and have no idea how you got them
2. your fridge is covered in alphabet magnets
3. your cooking meals made with mince more than once a week
4. you have ask the same question 50 different times in slightly different ways and still have no answer
5. you consider a peanut butter sandwich as a decent lunch for yourself
6. you have unintentionally flashed a boob at a random stranger
7. you have glitter on you, you haven't used glitter today (its everywhere)
8. you regularly purchase stickers in the hope of bribing your kidlets
9. you always have sprinkles in your pantry
10. you have had a daily poo / wee conversation
11. you need more sleep, you long for sleep, you fantasise about more sleep.
12. you hum the tune of sesame street or lion king or Olivia unintentionally
13. your fingernails are strained from food colouring
14. you have angry birds on your phone
15. your facebook update is about how much your kids like to say the word fart (guilty)
16. you have wondered this week, what else can i feed them with fish fingers???
17. you stop to watch big trucks and diggers
18. you go out just to feed ducks
19. you are always always running out of bread and milk
20. your handbag doubles as an upper body workout

love all you mums out there, your doing a great job x x x sassy

Poi - Thinking cap thursday

Poi

the history of poi http://www.homeofpoi.com/articles/History_of_Poi_NewZealand.php

Poi-E http://www.homeofpoi.com/articles/Poi-E.php

This video is from you tube if you want to learn more about modern poi visit their site .playpoi

My Pipi is now 10 months ever since she could move she has waggled her wrists in a fashion, every time i see her do it i think to myself she would be good at Poi.

There is many ways to make poi.

Poi are great for hand eye co-ordination as with many traditional games.

Plastic bag Poi;

plastic shopping bag, plastic bread bag & scissors are all that is needed.

Step 1 Scrunch up the plastic shopping bag in your hands as if you're holding a ball

Step 2 Put the scrunched up shopping bag into the bread bag

Step 3 Hold the bag tightly so that it makes a ball shape at the end of the bread bag.

Step 4 Tie a knot at the end where the ball is.

Step 5 Now lay out the left over bread bag and cut three strands so that you can start plaiting.

Step 6 Once you've plaited to the end, tie a knot to hold the left over bag strands... Ka Pai You now have a poi. Repeat the process as you usually spin 2 poi one in each hand. see link at the top.

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Simple Maori bag Poi

This is a simple easy to make Maori practice Poi.

To make you will require :
Newspaper or Tennis Balls or stuffing
Colour paper or fabric,
String/Cord
And Scissors

1. The cords should be about 800mm long, so you can also tie around the paper ball.

2. You can if you wish plait different coloured wool together to make a nicer looking Poi cord.

3. Push the newspaper/stuffing into a ball (or use tennis ball) and tie one end of the cord around
the ball.

4. Cut the coloured paper or cloth into a square about 400mm x 400mm.

5. Place the ball in the middle of the paper and gather the material
over the ball.

6. Cut another piece of cord to tie the opening in the
material up.

7. You can also add a layer of plastic over the Bag Poi and tie as before. This will make them
last longer when used outside.

8. Trim the gathered paper (or cloth) with the scissors.

9. Tie loops or knots in the ends of the cord to hold onto as handles.

10. Make another one and you have your first set of Poi.

This is a very basic bag Poi. You can easily add to and decorate as you wish.

Maori Kapa Haka (performance) Poi are fairly light and you may want to use seeds or
rice to make them heavier. Be aware that if you hit yourself you may want it to
be soft and light enough not to bruise. The heavier you make it the slower you can spin and the less likely the Poi will be effected by any wind.

This is another way to make poi in this link ; http://awakeri.school.freeservers.com/poi.htm

and again here; http://domesticscene.wordpress.com/2010/02/19/poi-e-a-poi-making-tutorial/

mini glof box's - thinking cap thursday

Get your Game face on, its Mini Golf Time !

Just a fun quick one today, our own little mini golf centre on my back patio. I took a couple of small to medium sized box's coated them with some white house paint let that dry, then i cut some arches out on opposite sides. Drew some pictures, a bridge, some dinosaurs and a rainbow in oil pastels and there you have it, mini golf. It is improving their coordination and logic skills, they also enjoyed moving the box's around, Flynn got really tricky and lined up his box's up in front of each other and created a long tunnel. The best part about this little game is that these box's can be used for anything, the boys have so far used them as stacking blocks and car tunnels and Eli posts all kinds of random bits inside them.

have fun love sassy

Bird Feeder - tuesday treasures

Dylan loves looking out of windows and at the sky he sees planes way before we do.

He used to go to home based day care one day a week when he was 18mths and Lisa made a bird feeder for him to watch because he loved looking out her front ranch slider talking about the birds. He even did a painting of a blackbird after this activity.

I was inspired to make one at home for us to watch too :D

Its quite simple all you need is;

pine cone,

some string,

scissors,

butter knife, lard/peanut butter (something sticky basically)

plastic container big enough to roll pine cone in

and bird seed.

Make your bird feeder

1. Use scissors to cut a long piece of string to hang the bird feeder.
2. Take the string and tie a knot around the pine cone near the top (at the stalk end).
3. Tie a knot in the other end of the string so you can hang your bird feeder.
4. Use the butter knife to spread the peanut butter and or lard mixture inside the pine cone and around the edges.
5. Roll covered pine cone in seed in container, ( I actually used a take away container with sides easier for the toddler to use and keep seeds slightly more contained!) and when done sprinkle birdseed over any gaps in it.

Pick a place in your backyard that's safe from predators - at least 3 m off the ground and at the end of a tree branch.

Hang your bird feeder and wait for the birds~ it took a day for them to find it..

Take your bird feeder down at night so rats or mice don't get to it. (I have to confess I didn't do this as I have cats that control this population)

During springtime you won't get many birds using the feeder as natural food sources will be readily available again.

It was a really succesful activity in our house the birds ate it all we did it a throughout winter and I used 'Wild bird seed' to encourage the native birds from the supermarket.
love noni