Extension 1

Time for the conservatory to to come down! To be honest we are quite surprised it is still intact after various storms in which we though the roof would disappear! It had to go though and so Dan began to take it down. 

 A bit of javelin throwing with the planks!

 Roof all gone!

 The middle wall took a bit of bending to come down!

 Our neighbours kindly lent us their driveway for all the rubble to save us on a skip and the 'grab' came to take it away.

Dan hired a digger for a couple of days to the boys ( and Dan's) excitement!

 He dug out the area where the new extension and patio is going - a little way past the previous conservatory.

Instead of taking away the earth we saved a few quid again by taking the earth to the end of the garden in a skip-loader where Dan will re-landscape the garden at a later date (cause he hasn't got enough jobs! )

 JJ's class toy 'Gingy' came to visit and got stuck in too!

 

 Our lovely lawn :-(

 Checking measurements!

The next step was digging the footings. 'Aggy and his digger' arrived and made a start - with Eden giving  a hand!

 Another Grab load taking away to the backdrop of a rainbow!

 A few measurements before the concrete went in!

They won't be needed for a little while, however Dan enlisted the help of some of the boys from into receiving delivery of the steel beams. They certainly weighed a tonne!

Another day another new stage. The bricks arrived and again we temporarily used the neighbours' drive. Dan then spent the rest of the day barrowing it all round the back. He was knackered by the end of the day!!!

 Half way!

Hoodie!

I found this great hoodie tutorial today and couldn't resist giving it a try! The only fleece I had enough of was black and not enough for the hood but the Angry Birds fleece worked as a perfect contrast in the hood! Also matched the trousers I made him last Christmas - he may be moving up to his brother's soon though as they are on the short side!! Eden loves the hoodie though and kept wanting me to snuggle him! Any time!!!

The hoodie tutorial can be found at http://thecraftykitty.co.uk/2013/12/16/rohan-hoodie-pattern-tutorial/ with downloadable pdf pattern.

The trousers is the much used Katrina's Longies pattern which I have used more times than I can remember! http://katrinassqs.blogspot.co.uk/2008/09/longies-pattern.html

Craft club junior! Book page art

Following from the previous nights book page craft club (here) I thought I would try it with the boys!

I let them use the sharpies under supervision (but still ended up with a permanent doodle on the tablecloth!).

Then they used crayons to colour it in. It took a little persuasion to get them to leave some bits blank for the colour to show through but they were really impressed with the results. I was too!!!

 JJ decided to draw 'Daddy's car'!

 While Eden went with a house design!

I love them!