Look what K found under her pillow this morning!

Cutting snowflakes from paper is FUN!

When I was a kid we used to cut out snowflakes from paper and decorate the house with them. Oh wait! not just paper, we used foil too. Foil snowflakes looked really cool, all shiny. You can also decorate them in glitter of all colors :) Just what ever your imagination wants to.
Here is a sample, a template of a few to give an idea, so cut away with your kids, experiment is fun- what will come out? :))

You can find more interesting origami creations  at http://vs-origami.narod.ru/snowflakes.en.htm
Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! 

Не рекомендую!

Сегодня с дочками ходили в литовский магазин закупить сырков. И иногда мы берем кукурузные палочки. И вот сегодня мы увидели пачку с картинкой из мультика "Маша и Медведь", и конечно же куча возгласов:" мама, мама купи!". Купила. Пришли домой, открыли, и оооо кошмар! Запах типа технического масла в нос ударил, меня аж затошнило :(
Больше мы такую гадость покупать не будем и другим не рекомендую!
BEWARE!

Oh no!

Oh No!
Lots and lots of tears. Girl's pet- the gold fish had died :(
K asked:' mama what the fish is doing?' I looked and saw it with it's head stuck in a filter. The protective pipe had slid out of it and the fish got in and I guess suffocated.
  So I put it in the fridge for the night and we will bury it tomorrow. Very sad, sad indeed :'(
 I'm thinking may be tomorrow after school ask them if they would like to buy a new fish? Or it's too early? Does anyone have experience with dead pets? How did you go about it?