Cute little knits

I recently heard about a little man that was born a little too early and that his Mum was not well.

Julie decided to start a little collection for the family with the thought that some things would be for the little wee man and others would go to an auction.

I went straight to the stash boxes and patterns and knitted up a cute little blue Milo and a Baby Puerperium Cardigan.  I then tied them both together with a little beanie (although the beanie ended up more 12 month sized then newborn, it will give him something to grown into)

 So that is my creative space.  I have been using some of my own advise and have been busy creating.  How about you? For more creative spaces pop on over to Kidspot - Vintage Voices

When Julie received them she jumped straight on the phone to personally thank me. I think that we were on the phone for an hour and got off with a warm fuzzy feeling in my heart that I had done my good turn (I was a brownie and a guide and still try to achieve that motto of a good turn daily)

If you would like to join me in a good turn and bring a smile to a few sick little one's face, please see yesterdays blog post.

Bandaids for Smiles

I recently found out from a local family that visit the Royal Childrens' Hospital on a regular basis that "Character Band aids" are in short supply.

The RCH is funded for ‘plain’ band-aids but it is noticed that these character band-aids regularly bring a SMILE to a child after an injection or blood transfusion.

It is such a simple and easy gesture.  Many children visit these big hospitals whether just in for a trip to emergency or for a longer stay.

What can you do to help.

If your weekly shopping budget would stretch, could you please buy a packet of Character band-aids.  You can post them to me and I will act as a collection point and deliver them to little Elizabeth.  How great would it be if she was to walk into hospital in a few weeks with a big box worth of smiles for 100's of little friends.

Alternatively, you could do your own collection and deliver them to your own local hospital.  I'm certain that they would all get a kick out of receiving character band aids.

Another idea I thought was if you didn't want to spend the extra money on postage but still wanted to be part of bringing a smile to a little one, let me know and I can give you my paypal details and I will pop down to the shops and buy on your behalf or even just send me a strip of stickers.

I know when Baden had blood taken recently the nurses didn't have any character band aids. They did however have a strip of stickers and we walked out of the hospital with his arm full of them and a big smile on his face for being so brave (it is amazing how quickly he forgot the pain, crying, screaming and kicking that occurred only minutes prior)

Please leave a message on this post if you would like my address or paypal address.  I don't feel overly comfortable putting a street address out there on the world wide web.  I would love to have a collection together by the school holidays (September 21st).

Spread the word (you may link to this post) and lets bring a smile to a little sick one's face.

"If you're going to go all crazy...

be sure to wear some chickens in your hair".

Six of them to be exact.  Yesterday was free dress and crazy hair day at school to raise funds for The Worlds Greatest Shave.  This is how Amelia went off to school and would you believe that all six Chickens stayed in there all day (it took some hairspray and a headache to achieve)

The World Greatest Shave is something that I am not new in supporting.  My parents shaved their heads in 2003 in support of my Uncle who beat the odds of Leukaemia.

This year, the small community in which we live has one of its own suffering.  Little Elizabeth has acute lymphoblastic leukaemia and is currently undergoing chemotherapy.  This is the driving force behind her Mum and a few others shaving off their locks yesterday.

You can not help but feel lucky to be involved and live in such a supportive and loving community, Sandra set out to raise $3000 and she would shave.  Well she blew that target out of the water within a week and the team ended up raising over $13,000.

Over the past few months we (as a community) have done everything from shaking it to the wiggles inspired Zumbathon, a night of fun at a Mega Party, Crazy hair day at school and the grand finale of a mini fete yesterday and the SHAVE. What a great community to be a part of.

In blog world there is also a very special girl suffering her own battle and fight.  If you would like to donate please do, Sandra's page can be found here and team's page here.