PILLOW JUMPS

 Really liking these shots from this blog ....

..... gotta love a good session of pillow jumping !!!

KIDS AND ART

 Kids and art ....

(one of my favorite combinations)

 always wonderful (and highly original) .....

..... I'd hang this one on my wall in a second !!!

pics from Gottifried Helnweins studio

THEN THERE WERE THREE

I bought this great vintage cot a while back ....
(my excuse being I have lots of little visitors at my house) ....
but really I just loved it ....

we added a striped pillow and tucked in one of our little knitted
bunnies all ready for a little friend
 who was coming for a visit  ....

 

 It was quite the hit .....

and I noticed when she had left that bunny now has couple of siblings from our toy box .....

.... too cute !!!

 

PHOTO LOVE

 

So loving these photos on Renee's beautiful blog  ....

 ...... so adorable

(and how divine are those sheets !!!)

A LITTLE VISITOR

 I had a little visitor on the weekend  ....

 she is the daughter of a very good friend of mine and she is the cutest, funniest kid ever ....

 

 

   she also happens to be very fond of ice cream .....

 and hamming it up for the camera .....

 ..... and I adore her !!!!

A LITTLE VISITOR

We had a little visitor after school yesterday .....

there was much ice cream and afternoon cartoon watching  .....
(but don't worry, we also did homework and took the dogs
 for a walk) ....

Elvis was particularly interested in the ice cream .....

and finally his patience paid off when he was allowed to lick
the bowl .....

 ...... mmmm, very satisfied thank you very much !!!

A LITTLE VISITOR

 I had a little visitor sleep over on Friday night ....

 he camped out in the lounge room ......

 watched some Saturday morning "Scooby Doo" ......

 

with the dogs .....

and was an absolute angel .....

(and don't you just love those little toes !!!)

WHERE CHILDREN SLEEP

I just stumbled upon this wonderful book Where Children Sleep by James Mollison .... stories of diverse children around the world, told through portraits and pictures of their bedrooms .....

James decided a way to address some of the complex situations and social issues affecting children would be to look at the bedrooms of children in all kinds of different circumstances, but he didn't want it just to be about 'needy children' in the developing world, rather something more inclusive, about children from all types of situations.
The book is written and presented for an audience of 9-13 year olds ' intended to interest and engage children in the details of the lives of other children around the world, while also being a serious photographic essay for an adult audience.

 1st photograph

Indira, 7, Kathmandu, Nepal

 

Bikram, 9, Melamchi, Nepal

Jaime, 9, New York, USA

Anonymous, 9, Ivory Coast

Dong, 9, Yunnan, China

Bilal, 6, Wadi Abu Hindi, The West Bank

Ahkohxet, 8, Amazonia, Brazil

Lewis, 10, Barnsley, England

Nantio, 15, Lisamis, Northern Kenya

Kaya, 4, Tokyo, Japan

Alex, 9, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Ryan, 13, North Carolina, USA

I think any child would be fascinated by this book .... 
I'm going to order a copy to have at home for all my little visitors,
oh, and for myself too of course !!!