Making our home Archives ~ Page 4 of 14 ~ Happy Whimsical Hearts

A new cubby house without the price tag

I was a bit cheeky, or forward, a little while ago. I asked my parents and parents-in-law for money (that even feels wrong to write!).

A cubby house was on our wish list for the kids, and I spotted a lovely secondhand one on Gumtree. So I decided to do it. I was going to ask for money. Because there are those bigger gifts that can seem out of reach.

I sent a photo of the cubby house to each of the grandparents asking if they would like to help us buy the cubby house for the kids. I said it could be their gift to the kids for their birthdays for the year.

And happily each of them agreed! So we were able to get our ‘new to us’ cubby house without the price tag!

And it has me thinking, ‘group gifting’ for bigger items is a wonderful way to be able to give the gifts that are out of reach on our own. It also makes it easier for grandparents who want to give something special, but perhaps are not sure what that special thing is. It also allows parents to encourage the kinds of gifts they would prefer in their home. Pretty great huh!

Does your family give together?

Warmly, Kelly

May 19, 2015 by Kelly

Making fairy houses

We have been in our new home for nearly a year. A year full of wonderful, challenging, amazing changes. A year in which we have slowly being making our home. Creating a new children’s garden. Some days, I look outside and feel like we have so far to go. That progress is so slow. But really, with a new little one this year, what we have achieved is pretty great.

We have chooks, a cubby house and sandpit, mud kitchen and a herb garden. And at the moment we are working on our outdoor entertaining area ~ with new pavers to freshen the area up and make it work for us. And once the grass goes in the yard will feel entirely different.

While we have been busy working in the yard, the kids have from time to time helped with our projects, but have mostly played alongside us. Digging tunnels in the sandpit, playing schools in the cubby house. Jumping on the trampoline. And making fairy houses.

They are at wonderful ages for independent imaginative play. And they {mostly} play wonderfully together. Like the other day, when they created these adorable fairy houses while we were busy digging up the yard ready for grass.

They used flowers, bells and bits and bobs from around the yard to create their fairy houses ~ and aren’t they adorable!

Blessings, Kelly

May 11, 2015 by Kelly