Monday’s Muse

aka ‘the meme for creative moms‘. I found this over at Maternal Spark, and thought I’d like to jump on this bandwagon.

The question:

What’s inspiring you this week?

That’s a good one. I’m not too sure, so it might be good to get it written out. Let’s see. Things inspiring me:

1. The need to organise the upstairs loft – it’s currently my study and The Kid’s playroom. I need to organise it so that his toys are better laid out, and my studying stuff is more organised. But how to make it kid and mommy friendly?
2. The Kid’s birthday party we’re having this month. I’ve chosen an ‘under the sea’ theme, and have matching cups, plates and party packs. Now I need to think about party food, and little gifts to go in the party packs.
3. Children’s stories. I want to write one for my Kid. And possibly even illustrate it, but I dont know if I’ll go that far. Inspiration for that? Enid Blyton’s The Magic Faraway Tree.
4. Lists. I am making plenty of them, and they are scattered all over the house. I cant seem to get enough of making lists.
5. My Kid is starting to walk. Not by himself yet, but he holds onto the back of my pants/skirt and walks behind me. I need to figure out how to get him walking by himself.

Any one got any suggestions on how to help me execute these inspirations?

Lucky Boy

Present from The Boyfriend’s Sister (aka The Kid’s Aunt) from her recent trip to London. A Paddington the Bear original teddy bear.

How cute is the little tag? Of course we’re going to look after this bear..

And, two last Paddington gifts – books. ‘Paddington and the Marmalade Maze’ and ‘Paddington Abroad – Adventures of the bear from darkest Peru’.Did anyone else love Paddington as a kid, and did you pass it on to your kid as well?