Day 11 – Advent (by sarah)

This water colour was me trying to catch the the feeling of winter sun rises - though we haven't had snow for the last few winters it is something that had us frequently snowed including one year for the two weeks around Christmas.

I was thinking furrows in the fields etc...

Also not sure if I mentioned what I've been doing for the girls for Advent - I've been taking old graze boxes and covering them in wrapping paper - as in glueing it to the out side and the in side. I then put a craft project in it and decorated the outside with on of my drawings and the corasponding story title.

They both love this idea! I think I also have just enough kids stories ready for it as well 🙂

I also felt a huge sense of relief when the graze boxes decorated for Christmas came through the door so now I am using them instead of having to paper ones myself 🙂

Day 10 – Snowman’s Christmas (by sarah)

I have written the beginnings of a story with this picture and a couple of the others and I plan to have a picture book sorted for at least my family and friends next year 🙂

Day 9 – The Little Mug (by sarah)

I always wanted to see ice caves, the ones I have been painting are not real ice caves but are sort of the thought of ice caves.

Also I have a mug - it goes with my Little Book of Festive Poetry!

Day 8 – Ice Castle and Santa (by sarah)

This is day 8's painting 🙂

Jean has discovered that she can use the concept of Father Christmas to cajole her little sister into helping with bedroom tidying - they still end up arguing.

Day 7 – The Snow Dragon (by sarah)

This is day 7 of Advent - The Snow Dragon - I am desperately trying to write a story for this little dude as well - of course that story has ended up as a Horace the House Dragon Story which is not right for this picture so there will have to be another story at some point!

Al is now down with the man flu we've been suffering 🙁