Monday xx

Today I dropped Roman off at school at 8.55 and had a phone call at 9.07 to say he was feeling ill and needed collecting.  He seemed absolutely fine this morning but when I collected him he said he had tummy ache.  He spent the morning on the sofa in his pj's (aka Santa suit) feeling sorry for himself but by lunchtime he was absolutely fine.

So today no housework has been done as we have been having lovely cuddles on the sofa and watching Christmas films.  He refused to watch "Roman and the Robbers" (aka Home Alone) as he said it's "too scary"!  We watched -
* Arthur Christmas
* Roman and the Snowman (aka The Snowman)
* Nativity 1
* Nativity 2

While we were having cuddle's I used Roman's hand to measure the thumb hole for the gaming gloves, another present ticked off the list!

While the crochet hooks were out and the bag of wool was by my feet I sat wondering what to do next.  Anais' phone was on the table so I sat cuddling Roman and crocheted a rectangle, sewed the sides up and made Anais a case for her phone.

Remember when we went to the Craft Show at the NEC and I subscribed to "Simply Crochet" and "Mollie Makes" magazine's three issues of each for £1?  The first issue of "Simply Crochet" came today which was exciting so I sat reading that too.  It also came with a free gift - clasps.

While the crochet hooks and bag of wool was out I saw this simple pattern to make a star.....

.........so I had a go and made two.

Roman wanted to have a go at crocheting and made a "bauble" for the Christmas Tree.

After lunch I grabbed the ball of brown Rico Can Can that I brought last Monday and this afternoon and evening sat and made this frilly scarf.  There is still half a ball left to do another scarf.