Sunday 5 August 2007

Rainy days!!!

After a week of the most amazing sunshine the weekend arrived...and with it the rain, I awoke in the morning to grey skies and that all to familiar pitter patter on the window. Of course it was the weekend, I should have known. So the plan of a weekend away in the camper was put on hold...again, as I mentioned in my last post we had hoped for it to clear and head off later that day, sadly the rain kept on coming!!! To add to this my youngest had a rather nasty virus. He had a temperature and spent the day curled up on which ever sofa was close to the action. This meant I had some one to one time with my older child, so we got the paints out. Now I have quite a few kits for the children, I buy then when I see them, usually at a cut down price and then squirrel them away until either a rainy day or I discover them and have to use them straight away! Often these are the things I put in the holiday craft box when we go away together. This is one such kit. Painting stones, they are the glass stones used in paper crafts, I remember using them in the late 90s when they first came popular, plain glass, flat bottom curved top, which gives a great magnifying effect.
Between us we made quite a few, all the time we where serenaded by the gentle snoring from the little one curled up on the sofa next to the kitchen table, man did he look sweet!!! So what to do with these little stones, well this was our solution, we made little jewel boxes, We stuck them down with gloppy clear drying glue which oozed out of the side, then sprinkled on little tiny craft beads to add to the jewel effect. Yep I am still crunching these little beads under foot they are about the same size of fine sand!!! Not a great picture, sorry guys!
A very satisfying project with a great end result, I think this always encourages children to do more when they have a practical object at the end of their playing. Although I love nothing more that paper and paint for no other reason than the 'right now'

With my younger one poorly the older one went to bed and the I had a bath with the little one, who suddenly rolled his eyes and went floppy, I managed to get him out of the bath and on to the bed. He fell asleep, whilst slightly alarmed I did not worry. UNTILL...once he had fallen in to a deep sleep his breathing was very irregular, I moved away due to his temperature and his cute little hand brushed across the bare skin of my shoulder. It was stone cold!!! I started to feel that panic feeling which I tried to over come with logic, which worked for about fifteen minutes, then I felt the need to take action. His temperature was through the roof, his hands and toes so cold. I need to point out that I very rarely take my children to the doctor and in fact when my youngest was a new born I did not take him to have his weight checked etc and have no idea what centile line he was on...he was growing and happy..I trusted my maternal instincts I am a believer that today's world actually rocks a mother confidence (I would like to say that my child did have his six week , three month and hearing tests). So this was quite serious for me to worry.


NHS help line was called, I have been a bit cynical of this help line, well I need to take it all back, how lucky we are in this country to have the NHS, they are fantastic, very calming and very thorough. After a very worrying hour, with their advise he did come through his temperature, in fact I watched it go down, I even managed to get him to drink some water. Oh boy! he looked so sad and helpless, lying there, it was like having a little tiny baby again, so vulnerable and yet as I watched his little body was fighting like made to rid itself of this nasty virus. How are amazing our children are, in the morning he awoke and got out of bed, woke up his brother and started running around. We have so much to learn from our children. I am keeping alert as I am sure he will dip at some stage through the day, the medicine is near him, but he is off enjoying the day. As for me...well I am tied and frazzled, but the important thing is we are over the worse. So we might not have got our weekend away, funny how these things go, how frantic would it have been if we had gone away and he had been so poorly.


So on that note I am off to enjoy the day, the rain has stopped and the sun is peeping through the clouds...the garden is calling...


Photos...1) the work table 2)the finished stones 3)the end result 4)my current WIP 5)making me happy, two different charity shops in two days resulting in two matching goodies, I am so loving this mug:0)

Scary thought...the latest news about foot and mouth, it is such a worry, our British country side suffered so much last time in so many ways.




11 comments:

Locket Pocket said...

Sorry to hear your little one has been so poorly but glad he's feeling better again today. I love those painted stones - you both did a good job! Lucy

Linda said...

Children do frighten us with their illnesses and then are up and about so quickly again, aren't they! I hope he is back on form now. The glass stones are brilliant and I wonder if they are still available?

Sarah and Jack said...

Oh my, high fevers like that are scary stuff.

laura capello said...

feel free to send of your rain our way, everything here is getting "extra crispy."

love the craft. high fevers, notsomuch.

Anonymous said...

I hope the little peanut stays feeling better and I hope your older boy doesn't catch whatever you little one had!

Anonymous said...

It's awful when they are 'proper poorly', glad he's on the mend. Perhaps next weekend the sun will shine and you'll be able to get away.

Anonymous said...

Wow - those stones look absolutely fantastic - although I must admit that when i first looked at the piccie I thought he was decorating a model aeroplane!
Very scary about your youngest - I was getting all panicky just as i was reading it! We used NHS Direct in the middle of the night a couple of weeks ago for our middle child - they really are a blessing aren't they? And what about the power of paracetamol eh?! Glad to hear that he is on the mend now though.
Yet more thrift shop bargains eh - you really do know how to find the stuff don't you!

dutchcomfort said...

That‘s some nasty virus! I hope your kids will feel better soon. I love the painted glass-stones!

Thimbleanna said...

The stones are very cute -- what a fun project to do with the kids. Glad the worst is over with your little one -- what a scare!

Anonymous said...

I agree with you, some sections of society and particularly the media, do take away a mothers confidence. Its nice to hear that you still trust yours. Of course we know when we need medical advice too and thats another thing i agree with you about, the NHS helpline has been great for us in the past. Hope the little one is doing much better now!

Anonymous said...

Oh Suzie, I've just had a flash back to when Jessica first got ill 6 weeks ago - I think it is amazing how Mums somehow just know when something is seriously wrong and you need help. I've told Jessica she will never be able to fake a sickie to get off school, a really sick kid is the most frightening sight. I hope everyone is on the mend now - big hugs from Australia to you.
PS - I've just read your blog to Jessica (now 9), she wants to know if we can come over a play craft stuff some time, you do great things with your kids!!!