Kmart tree day

Jake was still too sick for care today (First time on a new antibotic so I wanted to keep an eye on him, plus he was still a bit wheezy and needed his inhaler a few times) So we jumped on the bus and dropped the presents off at Kmart. They had a scale this year aiming for 5000! 5000! Thats lot of kids in Hamilton going without! (I assume its for local kids because they collect until xmas eve so dont have the time to transport the gifts else where) Sadly it was only at 250-300 :( I wish we could do more. Jake took great effort in carefully and nicely placing them under the tree, so cute :)

After this we went for 'icecream' Jake was limited to a choice of two sorbets (only dairy free items) but he really wanted one of their monster icecreams so I asked the girl serving us if she could make it a monster and she did, right down to rolling it in the coating (but it didnt show agaisnt the bright red) Thank you very much Wendys :) She didnt even charge more for it. Totally made his day :D (He had eaten the nose and mouth before I got a chance to take the pic but you can just make out the eye balls on the last pic.)

Oh and apperently waffle cones "taste like wheatbix" hahaha.

Today I did Jakebs name out of wooden blocks covered in scrapbooking paper, I totally stole the idea off Laura http://kahurangiskies.blogspot.com/2009/12/manaia.html Which makes for a change ;) I think it looks great, wonderful idea, now I have to work out how to put it on the wall still...

Thats a roll.

Ive been busy sewing for christmas, I decided to do a felt roll as Jakeb's Santa gift at the childcare party last week (Colourful elephant one on the left in the pic below) and I loved the effect so I made some for my best buddies two boys, by now Ive finded tuned the process and can knock them out in 20mins including material deciding time ;) and ironing. So I decided to make some for the Kmart wishing tree. Fingers cross the boys and girls that recieve them like them! Ive modified the 'orginal' concept of ribbon closure and use elastic to close it as I found Jake cant manage the ribbon very well (yet) and the elastic is quicker then winding the ribbon around a few times.
All rolled up....


Crayon rolls (top to bottom) Denim with dog paw and bone print - Kmart tree (4-6yrs?), Cowboy bears - Logan (friends son), Flowers in yellows and greens - Suprise gift for someone ;), Black fabric with small skull pattern - Tazman (Friends son) his has Magic markers in it which change colours.

Bigger rolls (T 2 B) Jakes elephant roll, Two flowery with contrasting dots inside pencil rolls - Kmart tree - Im hoping the flower print will appeal to older girls (14-16yrs) as they are one of neglected ages, I also included ballpoint pens and writing pencils. Camo print felt roll - Kmart tree - preteen boy? (9-12?)

Now we just have to go and buy a gift with Jake's advent calendar money and we are ready to drop them off at Kmart :)