Today was week 8 of the course "Helping your child to succeed at school".
We visited a library to see what they offer for children, not just our local library but the Library of Birmingham which only opened in September 2013, two months ago.
We visited a library to see what they offer for children, not just our local library but the Library of Birmingham which only opened in September 2013, two months ago.
Photo's aren't brilliant as they were taken on my phone plus I didn't take too many as I seemed to be the only one snapping away!
It was HUGE! Books for children are in the basement which also has a central outdoor area for children to run round and left off some steam, you can look UP to see Centenary Square, there is also a table tennis table out there.
There are a LOT of escalators and a LOT of floors. There is a completely transparent lift (think "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory") which takes you up to the seventh floor. On the third and seventh floors are outdoor garden area's to sit and read quietly and enjoy the views of Birmingham skyline.
On the ninth floor is a Shakespeare memorial and more nice indoor view's of Birmingham.
It was worth a visit and lots of quirky things for the kids to look at too so I think it would be worth a family visit to spend an hour or two there looking around and enjoying the views and then get a few books out to read.
I didn't realise but it is also the only library in Birmingham to open on Sunday's.
It was HUGE! Books for children are in the basement which also has a central outdoor area for children to run round and left off some steam, you can look UP to see Centenary Square, there is also a table tennis table out there.
There are a LOT of escalators and a LOT of floors. There is a completely transparent lift (think "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory") which takes you up to the seventh floor. On the third and seventh floors are outdoor garden area's to sit and read quietly and enjoy the views of Birmingham skyline.
On the ninth floor is a Shakespeare memorial and more nice indoor view's of Birmingham.
It was worth a visit and lots of quirky things for the kids to look at too so I think it would be worth a family visit to spend an hour or two there looking around and enjoying the views and then get a few books out to read.
I didn't realise but it is also the only library in Birmingham to open on Sunday's.
I love these cherry stitch marker's Nicolette made me for me in the crochet roll last Christmas, they have proved to be very useful! They are used to mark a stitch round when doing a continuous spiral or to secure a stitch when leaving a project, for example when travelling so the crochet hook doesn't slip out of the stitch and then everything unravels. She made me five and one is on use in a project upstairs so I have four spares.
I thought as Little Miss A seems to be doing a lot of crochet lately, she might find some useful for transporting her works in progress. I made her five as a little Christmas present earlier.
Lobster clasps, jump rings, head pins and pretty beads in her favourite colour's
later and ta dah............!
Lobster clasps, jump rings, head pins and pretty beads in her favourite colour's
later and ta dah............!
Picture to show how they are used......
Anais started a new project earlier, sneak peek...........
Mark took Anais to her swimming lesson this evening as it is now an hour long Roman gets bored sitting there for an hour. Its now cold and dark when they come out so we stayed home and made sure Fred was roaring away nicely and the house was warm for them to come home to.
CROCHET TABLE RUNNER -
12 hexagons done today
24 hexagons done in total
12 hexagons left to do
We watched a very interesting documentary on Channel 5 earlier 9-10pm about the assassination of JFK, so while that was on I was very good and sewed all the ends in.
12 hexagons done today
24 hexagons done in total
12 hexagons left to do
We watched a very interesting documentary on Channel 5 earlier 9-10pm about the assassination of JFK, so while that was on I was very good and sewed all the ends in.
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