A wonderful surprise

When I saw Emil through a window of ours, on his way back from school, I could see that he was carrying something precoius and heavy....he was hiding it under his coat. I could tell from the look on his face, that he was anxious to show what it was.... He barely entered the frontdoor before he yelled "mom, I have something for you and dad. It's an early Christmas present."

Emil very gently moved his coat aside and this is the wonderful treasure he revealed:

He had made it in an art lesson at school and he wanted us to have the bust now, because last year he gave us a present made out of clay as well, and it unfortunately had a bit broken off when we opened his present. Emil wouldn't risk that happening again - I totally agree! There's no need to risk such accidents by wrapping the bust for Christmas....

Now our gorgeous present is standing in our window-sill - it goes so well along with the clay flowerpots.

Every time I look out the window while sitting at the computer, my heart melts when my eyes meet the bust.....what a wonderful surprise.

Tiny hats for Haiti

I have always been fascinated by the work of charity I have met through blogging - especially in the USA. It's an amazing way to assist people who need a helping hand in one way or the other. For a long time I have thought about joining a charity project, but haven't found the right one untill today....

At Cathy Gaubert's blog I read about the tee to cap project, in which you make caps for newborn babies in Haiti from your t-shirts or any kind of cotton jersey. Amanda from Soulemama was the one who came up with the idea to make these tiny caps. If you want to know more about making the caps have a look at this... I will hopefully soon be starting and after a good period of time I ought to have some caps ready.......ready to fit tiny heads in Haiti.

When will we ever learn??

On a beautiful, cold and sunny day like this our family almost feel dragged into the wood. We know how many tasty mushrooms which are standing in the forest floor in large quantities, just waiting to be picked into our baskets.

And we know how clear and fresh the air will feel, when we leave the car to walk on the colourfull carpet of leaves - and how the combination of it all will give us the sweetest feeling of tiredness.

So into the wood we had to go.

We found loads of mushrooms - and I really mean LOADS!!! We filled our baskets 4 times and there were still many left.

We all love mushrooms in my family, so whenever we saw some of the kind we like, we picked some.......but unfortunately we all forgot that they have to be carefully cleaned and brushed when we get home!

EVERY single mushroom. When will we ever learn??