{life} No matter how long the winter...

Larry the Cactus
A miniature garden
Mother and baby sculpture
Red flower
Yellow flower
No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow.



The moments of our lives in pictures and words.
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Yellow roses
Food
Cake
Sunnyboy's smile
Fern
Bird spotting



The moments of our lives in pictures and words.
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Sunnyboy's homemade Skylanders calendar

Sunnyboy made his own calendar this year using a spare 2013 calendar. He covered the original pictures with plain paper and drew his own Skylander designs.





You can see more posts with a winter theme at our All Year Round Blog Carnival: Winter.

"Pig The Magnificent" (Pigs By Kids competition)

We were delighted to be sent an amazing art and crafts Piggy Pack by NatWest who are relaunching the iconic NatWest piggies and are running a Pigs By Kids competition for children to design the new NatWest pig. We had great fun designing our pig and using the art and craft materials in the Piggy Pack to decorate a paper-mache piggy bank. Sunnyboy has named him "Pig The Magnificent" and here he is:











If you'd also like to design a pig and enter the Pigs By Kids competition you can find out more by visiting www.natwest.com/pigsbykids. Please note:
- The competition is open to children up to 13 years old
- The winning design will become the new Natwest pig
- Closing date for entries is 12pm on 11th November 2012
- Terms & Conditions apply - see website for details

This is an advertising promotion for NatWest.

Note: We received a Piggy Pack from NatWest to design and create our pig, and to advertise the Pigs By Kids competition, but have not received payment for this post. All opinions are our own.

We are excited that sunnydaytodaymama has been nominated for the Circle of Moms Top 25 European Moms - 2012. We'd love it if you would spare a moment to click on the link and vote for us!

Pumpkin Pal Teddy and homemade pumpkins (little pumpkin, moody pumpkin, pumpkin bath bomb, pumpkin suncatchers, pumpkin books and pumpkin links)

This week we were sent a Pumpkin Pal Teddy from Build-A-Bear Workshop. Sunnyboy was absolutely delighted when he unwrapped the parcel and immediately fell in love with his new teddy, which is very soft and cuddly. We especially like it's pumpkin pattern design and it's pumpkin nose.



Later that day we made a little pumpkin for Sunnyboy's new teddy, using an orange mesh bath sponge, green ribbon and googly eyes.



The next day we decided to have a "pumpkin day" and make more homemade pumpkins. We made a moody pumpkin using this Free Moody Pumpkin Tutorial at Forest Fairy Crafts,



then we made a pumpkin bath bomb,



and finally we made pumpkin suncatchers (to add to our autumn window display), inspired by firstpalette.



We've been admiring pumpkins (we'll be pumpkin shopping at the car boot sale this weekend),



and to celebrate "pumpkin day" Sunnyboy had a Smarties chocolate pumpkin.



We also read pumpkin stories.


'Delicious! (A Pumpkin Soup Story)' by Helen Cooper


'The Old Woman and the Red Pumpkin' translated and adapted by Betsy Bang with illustrations by Rachel Merriman

25 pumpkin links from the Autumn Carnival:



Melted Crayon Pumpkins at Life with Moore Babies
Halloween Pumpkin Bags at PlayDrMom
Playing with Pumpkins! at PlayDrMom
Montessori-Inspired Pumpkin Unit at Living Montessori Now
5-Minute {no sew} Pumpkin at East Coast Mommy



Making an autumn tree with pumpkin seeds at Smiling like Sunshine
Moody Pumpkin Tutorial at Forest Fairy Crafts
Pumpkin Prints at What Do We Do All Day?
Roasted Pumpkin Seeds at Salt of the Earth Urban Farm
Mini Pumpkins at madebyjoey



Glowing Pumpkin Decorations at Mama Of Many Blessings
Pumpkin Fun at Mama Of Many Blessings
Fairy Pumpkin House at Little Homeschool Blessings
Playhouse Pumpkin at The Golden Gleam
Little Pumpkins at Ginx Craft



Pumpkin Pie Play Dough at 2 Big, 2 Little
Egg Carton Pumpkins at Time to Craft
Pumpkin Pancakes at We-Made-That.com
Textured pumpkin patch collage at KC Edventures
Autumn display with knitted pumpkins at Bridgit's Bell



Pumpkin folk art at The Usual Mayhem
Painting on pumpkins at our school at home
Pumpkin Tie Dye Shirt at We-Made-That.com
A Pumpkin Painting Story at A Simple Life
Paper Mache Pumpkin at Buggy & Buddy



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Note: We received a Pumpkin Pal Teddy from Build-A-Bear Workshop to review but have not received payment for this post. All opinions are our own.