Chocolate krispie cakes and an Easter tree

We made some chocolate krispie cakes yesterday. Isla was in charge of measuring out rice krispies and then mixing them up with a gooey chocolatey syrupy buttery mixture. Needless to say, when she had tried some of the chocolatey mixture she gave up on the mixing and just ate instead:

This week Isla has been doing quite a bit of painting. She did a lovely painting with glittery paint and glued sparkly sequins on at her friend's house one afternoon. Here she is painting some egg shapes at home for us to hang on our 'Easter tree':

We found some nice twigs and decorated them with Isla's painted egg pictures and some pom pom fluffy chicks that we made this afternoon. Here is our Easter tree:

There are a few Easter trees in windows around our way. I think it is a way to show off how crafty you are (ours is pretty basic compared to others though - will do better next time) and also to give something for all the people that walk past and look in something interesting to look at! At the moment they mainly see our fogged up window pane but we are getting that fixed soon so all our craftiness will be viewed better by people outside.

This morning we went to toddler group but noone else joined us! We got some toys out anyway and had a play. Here is a photo of Isla with the farm set that we put together. It was all cleaned by Grandma when she came to help us at our evening 'toy cleaning session' recently. We had fun building the stables and house this morning (actually I had fun doing it, Isla liked playing with the animals best):

Yesterday we went shopping and bought quite a few bits and pieces for home. Here is Isla having a well-deserved break in a cafe:

We had a nice time at pre-school this week. It was holiday club so was quieter, and had different staff. Isla played with the plastic animals, ponies and dinosaurs. She enjoyed her snacks and went outside very briefly (there was snow in the air, and thick ice on the sandpit lid!). Next week we will have another short session and then start more properly the following week!

We also had a lovely morning with our friends who live next to a farm nearby. Isla played with lots of toys including a lovely pull along puppy, and also used the potty lots. This week we have been almost entirely nappy-free during the day, and not too many accidents!