Puffin Post and K's creations

Having bought both K & M membership of the Puffin Post for Easter rather than adding to the chocolate mountain (they're still going, although I must admit they are sooo much more restrained than their mother when it comes to chocolate!), it has been a bit of a wait for the first magazines to land on the doormat.  Although K isn't yet 9, we bought her the 9+ version, as her reading ability is well up to the challenge and it meant two different magazines rather than identical ones.  They have been a great success!  Both girls have been planning their entries to various competitions and M having tried out everything on the jokes page came up with one of her own, which impressed me mightily!

What did the little bird say to his sad friend?

Chirrup!

On a number of occasions lately K has shut herself away busily doing and creating various things, which she has proudly shown me once finished.

This was the result of 5 minutes or so on her own with the bananagrams tiles, written with no help and from memory.  It is a quote from a book she's been reading, a blast from the past for me, one of Enid Blyton's '...of Adventure' series.  For those of you who remember the books, it's a quote from Kiki the parrot.  K told me she would have completed the quote with 'pop, pop, pop' but she didn't have enough P's.

K has also been working on editing our collaborative writing effort about Alfred the Red-Bottomed Baboon (mostly on the stairs, much to her little sister's annoyance!), one of the competitions in the Puffin Post is for animal short stories, but it's currently around 50% too long at just over 300 words.  Another of today's efforts used up all of the lollipop sticks in a couple of craft tubs that she has had for several years.   

And just in case you can't tell what it is, here's the inspiration.  Pippa the Puffin, the cuddly toy who comes with your Puffin Post subscription pack!
















And in other news, having finished The Sword in the Stone, we've moved on to another children's classic that I'm reading for the first time; Mary Poppins.  Goodness me, she's a rather different character than Julie Andrew's perky portrayal in the film!