I found Santa’s key amongst the veggie patch

I really cannot put into words how great and what wonders for your soul a few days out at the farm can do.  The kids and I have had a blast, and inspiration and creativity has blossomed from the hard work, blood, sweat and tears while tending to the garden. And it gets better!  I have found over near the tractor in the long and greatly over grown grass there is a link back to civilization! I can pick up a mobile phone signal.  Two bars is the best I can get but it’s enough and I am not complaining!

We spent the best part of the day tending to the veggie patch and working on some new seed beds.  This has been the 1^st year Maree (technically my Aunty, but we call ourselves sisters) and I have been allowed to run the patch all by ourselves and ginkies we have done so well with it!  Cannot wait till next year as we have some really big plans!

Chloe picking strawberries.

Yum yum tummy! Straight off the vine can it get any better!

Cucumbers!

Watermelons!

Corn and tomatoes!

Chloe's friend ... Mr Roo :)

Chloe & Dylan digging some holes for the new potatoes.

Angus and Chloe playing in the hay trailer :)

The tractor and I think it is time to mow ! I nearly got lost in all that grass lol.

We had the kids out helping us with their own little shovels (and of course dump trucks) to carry the dirt :) and we dug, played, laughed, chattered and nattered all day amongst kangaroos, turkeys and ladybugs.  We snacked on fresh picked strawberries, cherry tomatoes and best of all we played in the dirt, played with water and we got filthy dirty! We also got talking about Christmas and when children are involved that really means Santa, and what he is bringing lol.

This is really the younger ones first Christmas where they are starting to understand Santa and the question was raised on how does he get in? We don’t have a chimney and as we were broken into recently they all know mummy (Aunty Leesie) never leaves the doors or windows unlocked, so he won’t leave presents because he won’t be able to get in!  Well Aunty Leesie cannot allow that to happen! So after the kids went down she got a crafting to fix the problem. 

This is for my darling little nephew Angus.  He will be 3 at the start of December (and he is such a smart little fellow) that I thought this would make a sweet little gift for him to share with his sister, help put his head at rest and outsmart him on how Santa will deliver his presents.  I could not let his dreams of Santa shatter, so as Aunty Leesie does, she fixed the problem with this. 

I think it turned out beautifully! And the photos just do not do it justise :(

A close up of the bell at the top and the tinsel twine.

Close up of the wording.

I did personalise this from the original wording of the

poem to make it more personal for Angus.

I love this glitter bow!

Santa's key.  I added another bell in hopes on Christmas Eve

he will hear the bell as Santa comes to leave his pressents. lol

Challenges :-

Die Cut Dreams - #73 Make a Door Hanger - It’s a door hanger :) (Mondays) *EDIT* I made top 3 ! ! :)))

Lexi’s Creations - #26 Anything Goes - 2^nd Entry (Mondays)

A Crafty Little Place - #64 Red, White & Green (Tuesdays) I have the red ribbon, bows and tinsel twine, white card for the wording and in the twine and the green bells. (Tuesdays)

 Scrap Creations – Christmas - It is a Christmas project.

Flourishes Timeless Tuesday – FTTC92 Glitter - I have the glitter bow (Tuesdays)

Simon Says Stamp – Prince Charming – Any card/creation for a male and add a charm. - I made this for my nephew and the bells are charms. (Wednesday)

Penny’s Paper Craft - #42 Alter it in some way - Keys are usually on a key ring and never found just hanging on the outside door handle. (Wednesday)

ABC Challenge Blog – H is for ... Holiday - It is a Christmas project. (Wednesdays)

Other Lovelies – The letter ‘K’ – It is Santa’s “K”ey  - (Thursdays)

Cute Card Thursday - #138 Anything Goes - (Thursdays)
Shelly's Images - Anything goes Christmas (Thursdays)

Delightful Challenges – Glitter it up! - I have the glitter bow. (Thursdays)

Some odd Girl – Dimension - I have the huge glitter bow and the bells that stand out on the project all adding dimension, there is also the key on it's ribbon and it swings and sways. (Thursdays)

Crafty Purple Frog – Time for you to sparkle - 2^nd Entry I have the glitter bow. (Thursdays)

Sassy Studio – Anything goes - (Thursdays)

* Easy Craft Projects - #25 Red - I have the red ribbon, the red tinsel twine and the red glitter bow. (Fridays)

Whoopsi Daisy Challenge – Christmas - It is a Christmas project. (Sundays)

The request has now been placed by my two little darlings for mummy to make us one as well :) I'm not complaining as I loved putting this together and can't wait to make another lol!

Fair winds and following seas.

The Navy Wife