The Paleo-Art group that I have been submitting pictures too have done a fundraiser for breast cancer research. There idea was that for every pink dinosaur submitted during October they would donate One Dollar to the Canadian Cancer Research Campaign. Me and Jean have submitted our efforts 🙂
Here is my Think Pink Dinosaur 🙂
I know it's Canada and not the UK but really where stuff like this is concerned - a break through is a break through for everyone 🙂
Jean has repeatedly been coming up with business ideas which though sweet aren't really workable for a five year old. Like collecting stones to sell to concrete makers etc...
So when she asked about making candles and selling them we thought we'd encourage this business venture as she has agreed that they would also make nice presants for people (sorry guys!).
It turned out we had two candle making kits in the house already and we have been collecting candle ends and stuff for far too long meaning to turn them into candles!
Jean and Daddy made four candles and did a little prep for a future funky candle or three! In the process we found that two of the moulds do not work as they are too big to be made out of a flexible plastic and the wax stuck and collapsed the molds inward as the wax contracted on cooling.
Daddy has bought one candle from Jean already to be his office candle 🙂 He says he only did most of the work and it's only made out of his candle ends - I pointed out Jean designed it as she had decided what colour to use etc... The two smaller candles she's made she wants to use for halloween as they are black (made with candles ends again).
Anyway I have agreed she can sell her candles at the village craft fair and we took her £2 savings and the pound from her first sale and went to buy some more candle things today. Hobby Craft was a bit of a disappointment but we got a beeswax kit and two lots of dye to use on the candle ends etc... we already have. We were going to pick up a mold only but they where so expensive there it was unbelievable!
(I am wondering how this will work out tax wise - as Jean's too young to work isn't she? I suppose it will just get added to mine or Daddy's?).
We are having to work a bit on costings with Jean as she wanted to sell the candles for 5p each 🙂 And maybe some customer care is needed as she is tending to insist that people buy the candles!
Jean has to pay back the £9 I have lent her and stall rental before she gets to keep any of the money, though we will probably 'buy' any we use for gifts. She is unbelievable excited about this whole thing :/
We will see how long it lasts!
It is Dyspraxia Awareness Week! And as I didn't know about it until yesterday I am trying to spread the word!
10th - 17th of October.
Firstly what is Dyspraxia I here the multitudes cry (ok well one or two of you anyway) - Dyspraxia is sort of Dyslexia of movement - obviously it is a lot more than this but that is the easy way of putting it.
There are other things associated with it such as loose joints and speech difficulties. I was 'diagnosed' with both Dyslexia and Dyspraxia at the beginning of my A'levels - there is a huge overlap between the two along with ADHD and Aspergers. I have posted on this before here.
I knew of the Dyslexia Association but not that there was a Dyspraxia Foundation.
Anyway I will probably do another few posts on this topic through out the week - you have been warned!
My Dad asked Jean if she knew fish had been alive on the Earth for millions of years, predating the dinosaurs.
Jean's response was - no they haven't!
Dad and Mum were like - yes they have been.
Jean got emphatic that they hadn't at which point I asked her why she thought that - Ferfer is wrong fish live in water not on earth.
Dad's face was a mask of amused disbelief. I explained that in this instance Earth meant the planet including the seas and oceans and not land. Jean thought it was silly we have two meanings for one word :/
Going through the zillions of photos I have taken I found this photo of Jean in Cheltenham - Jean likes Chelt especially the bit with the Bull and Hare statu - It has a conquer tree and she doesn't have to hold hands with an adult and there are flowers!
It also generally means we are off to do something fun!
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Sat 23rd Oct 2010 10:37 am | 
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