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I wrote a photo tutorial to follow in case you want to crochet a circle in a rectangle ( here  and  here ), because I needed some rectangles (with circles in the middle!) to prepare a bunting for the upcoming event in school, that is International Week! Not just a colourful bunting, but one dedicated to Europe …. and I did it !!! This morning I completed it … I needed to embroider 12 stars (the real flag has 13 stars on it!) on each flag …. I have 16 flags, so I decided to work the simplest stars ever, just using some straight stitches, some yellow yarn and a yarn needle…. yesterday afternoon I completed this task ! ;oD This morning …. …. I started to join the flags : with the royal blue yarn and a 4mm hook, I crocheted 100 chains, then I picked my first flag and I continued to crochet into the top of the top stitches (using single crochets). At the end the flag (so for all the spaces between two adjacent flags) I crocheted 15 chains …. …. and I...

....The end of Key Stage 3 for someone in our family....!!!! It was a big day for our son Matteo, who now considers himself BIG, because he is a Y10 boy, who next August is starting his first year of IGCSE....!!!!.... Congratulations Matteo!!! Head of Secondary School's speech Year 9 Leader's speech Certificate moment! Futurism movement ! Two proud parents... I like this one... ....Matteo prefers this one, instead! A silly couple... YIPPIE!!!!!!! xxxxx Alessandra

The end of the school is approaching so fast (next 21st of June!) and in the meantime kids, boys and girls are kept busy with various activities... Last week, Tobia was busy in the first hours of the day with Y5 Sports Day (you can look at the last year event  here  : Tobia has grown since then!!!) and it was really hot..... Luckily there were tents for shadow and under each one there were water stations..... At the end of the day, both me and Tobia had headaches..... ....how far did it go the soft ball????? Yesterday, instead, there was Secondary Swimming Gala.....a fresh experience for the participants, while for the parents no!!!! Anyway, my camera was ready again to capture memories, this time Matteo's ones... ...I know that in the last picture Matteo is out of focus, but there is something in his expression that I like, so...