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28 Mar, 2008

A “Mynese” afternoon

Posted by andrea tomkins in: Easy ways to make kids happy|Misc. life

It started when I pulled out the watercolour paper. I didn’t plan it this way, but their (self-imposed!) “assignment” was to draw imaginary Chinese letters.

The sheets became scrolls, with declarations only they could read:

 painting with watercolour

Which then led to the raiding of the dress-up trunk, and this:

 chopstick hair

And THEN we got hungry:

a little afternoon snack

Chinese, Japanese, it was a big mashup. But they called it their “Mynese” afternoon.


3 Responses to "A “Mynese” afternoon"

1 | Chantal

March 28th, 2008 at 10:59 am

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That certainly looks like a fun afternoon. My oldest son loves Sushi and all things Japanese. I am sure he would have loved your afternoon activity.

2 | franticallysimple

March 29th, 2008 at 1:02 am

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Is it mynese or my-knees?
Been lurking for a while…love your site.

3 | andrea

March 29th, 2008 at 8:41 am

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Rhymes with Chinese … ;)

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