Saying goodbyes

... and a few of the recievers of the previous gifts...

Owen has had a fantastic year at Prep (he attended Thurs. and Friday) and has been taught by a lovely bunch of ladies.

Here is Owen's teacher from last year

And Owens teachers this year

... and our handsome Owen soaking in the Christmas break-up party!

There are so many other wonderful ladies, too. We have been invited along to various school events like the Teddy Bears Picnic, Music lessons, etc. They have also been most friendly to Josh and Rosa who they were happy to have along as well during school hours. I have been very grateful for their inclusion as I wondered how the staff might respond to the weird 'homeschooling' thing...

A number of ladies asked if we would keep in touch. There is always a special encouragement to see how a child you have taught has grown and developed. We'll have to get Owen on his new bike and cycle down there from time to time next year!

Christmas gifts or gifts for ladies any time!

Another Christmas gift idea. I made quite a few of these for the lovely teachers/therapists and aides at Owen's Prep.

They are magnetic shopping lists. I have been using mine and hope it is helpful for these ladies.

I bought a pack of thin craft wood rectangles, covered them in pretty paper using a glue stick. I coated them with 'mod podge' (this step isn't essential but just makes them a little more durable). I covered a basic note pad with card (scoring card to fit over the top neatly) and then embellished the front. I attached the pad to the back using a little silver clip. I also added a few ribbons to the top of the clip to match the papers.

On the back I put a poem and photo of Owen. In each corner I put a small circle magnet (attached with superglue as this seems to be only glue which really holds it on)

Here they are ready for Owen to deliver.

Oh, and they are easy to refill when you run out of pages - just replace pad with same cover and off you go again (I guess you do have to find the same size pad or be happy to discard the cover)

sorry the photos are not the clearest - camera doesn't like close up very much.