rainbow intestines and jelly worms

so for a bit of halloween fun, we had some messy play at the playgroup i run.  i boiled up some spaghetti and added food colouring to portions once i had drained and washed the pasta. i then added them all together into bowls and hid some creepy creatures in the pile of rainbow intestines!  for snack i made banana smoothies {basically just milk and bananas!} and i filled straws with jelly {gelatin and fruit juice mix} let it set then gently warmed the straws to release the worms!

we also had mini pumpkins {satusumas} and ghosts {more bananas with raisin eyes!}

it was a lot of fun :)

halloween always brings out the big kid in me...

tears and more tears

poppy lasted all of twenty minutes at the creche today before i was called to come and get her.  she was in tears and became inconsolable the minute she saw me.
it is so unlike her, she is usually quite the socialite that barely gives mum a second glance in play situations... she is really more a daddy's girl anyway so i am very used to getting the cold shoulder.  (whenever it is just the two of us, she treats me like i am the only person in the world that matters and i know she loves me!)
but even upon seeing her daddy today she clung to me like a limpet and would not leave my side. 
now she wasn't cross with me as she forgave me almost instantly but i feel sad that i broke her trust a little today...

coffee shops and babygroups

apparently, i am busy girl! there are always plenty of rolling eyes whenever i mention the latest outing, group or class that poppy and i are going to!  today was no exception and it was orchestrated to perfection... a rarity let me tell you!
so we had creche in the morning followed by a quick lunch then a stroll up to town for nap time.  we even managed to look in a few shops before her playgroup, then it was home for tea! a fairly jam packed day even by my standards!

feeling very maternal and house-wifey this evening i managed to finish a cross stitch name plate that i decided to make for her bedroom door - all this smug-ness will inevitably result in a rubbish day tomorrow!?