A morphing blog post - be warned!

Half term is over and Will was back at school today and I thought I'd share this non-sewing musing with you.

"I never thought I'd look forward to school term times as much as I do, holidays are hard work"

Babies, toddlers, pre-schoolers all need looking after and constant entertaining which as we know is bl**dy hard work. But so are school holidays!

Maybe it's me trying too hard to actually entertain. Will would have been happy to spend the whole week playing Lego (it was too cold and muddy for him to play outside, which is where you usually find him in the warmer months), but he would get bored playing on his own and would want me to help - It's a well known fact I'm useless at Lego, this type of thing is often said "Mum, I'll show you because you don't know how to build a Lego Star Wars space ship with guns and things...." etc. etc.

This was the result from one of those conversations on Day1 of half term last week.

making mum an instruction book to build a 'Will designed' Lego dragon

I wanted him to 'do stuff' which met with resistance and occasional pre-teen strops. It wasn't all bad though.

By total fluke it turned out to be quite a cultural week.

The Hepworth Wakefield is just across town, it's one of our favourite places to go, there is a fantastic playground (great for burning off energy) and they always have free workshops on in the school holidays which they actively encourage children to get involved, but DO NOT TOUCH the sculptures!

The Hepworth Wakefield

busy with his activity worksheet on a gallery floor

York is another favourite of ours. It's only after we got home though did I realise we hadn't taken any photos of the Viking Festival, damn and blast! Vikings wandering around town, workshops and mock fights - classic!

The boys went to the National Railway Museum and had a great time, (I'm not going to bore you with a heap of photos of Will stood next to big engines, which all looked the same to me). This shiny green engine has just been lovingly built by steam enthusiasts.

shiny green steam engine

I escaped and paid a visit here...

whoop whoop!

The Quilt Museum and Gallery and shop in York. The museum is managed by The Quilters' Guild and it's a credit to them, such a lovely museum and the ladies were so friendly. There are three exhibitions on at the moment.

Town and Country - a traditional quilting exhibition which looks at quilting heritage through the different social classes. This quilt was made up of tiny fussy cut hand pieced hexes, it was absolutely beautiful.

image taken from Quilt Museum and Gallery website

CQ@10 - a celebration of the Contemporary Quilt Group's 10th birthday. Tony Howell's photograph of  East Poole Tin Mine was the inspiration. There are some amazing interpretations, the Contemporary Quilt Group has very talented members.

image taken from Quilt Museum and Gallery website
Details from ten tin pennies by Jennie Wood

Signature V by zero3 Textile Artists - zero3 are a group of modern textile artists who are dedicated to promoting modern textiles as an art form. With "Signature" as a theme, each artist expressed themseves through textiles. Another inspirational modern exhibition.

Exhibitions change regularly at the museum, and they have an active Learning Centre offering a range of courses and "Chat and Craft" events, oh and don't forget the shop!! 

I'll definitely be visiting again, I'm even considering joining The Quilters Guild. 

If you are ever in York, I recommend a visit it's well worth the entrance fee (currently £6 for non Guild members) and a perfect way to while away a couple of hours.

So, to go back to my original musing.........

........maybe I should learn to go with the flow more and not get as hung up on what Will will be writing in his 'What I did on holiday..' news book. Let him get on with what he wants, which in turn should let me get on with what I want to do as well.

After only one day we are back into our routines and all is well again, *big sigh*

Sarah x