Project 52 – Week 17 – Shady!


Polaroid sunglasses
Great excitement in the DorkyHouse this week as we received our first ever items for review on the blog – some Polaroid sunglasses for me and DorkySon.

Full review to follow when we’ve given them a proper test run (DorkySon was so pleased with his that he wanted to take them in the bath last night!) but meantime… waddaya think?

Project 52: Week 17

child at picnic

Given how heavy the rain is today, you probably wouldn’t believe that yesterday was picnic weather… but it was. After a fun afternoon in the park helping DorkySon learn to ride his new bike, we pulled out the picnic rug and a few snacks, and plonked ourselves on the grass.

I hope there’s a lot more of this to come.

Project 52: Week 15. Terramundi Pot

Terramundi money pot

When I was pregnant with DorkySon, we bought a Terramundi Money Pot – a traditional Etruscan money pot for saving up your pennies in. The pots come with a fortune penny already inside, and you write down a wish on a small piece of card, which you post into the pot along with your first coin.
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Project 52: Week 14

children's rug with roads on

Anyone who knows DorkySon knows that he is crazy about cars. You cannot step into our house without also stepping on a small, sharp vehicle of some kind. He loves books about cars, television shows about cars, standing in the living room window watching cars queuing at the petrol station across the road from us (he may have been the only person in the country delighted by the recent fuel strike debacle…).
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