Catch Up

How are you? I can't believe it's been nearly a month since my last post!

I'm not really sure what I've been doing over the past month. I know that we've been preparing for our holiday in 2 weeks - yay! It's our first holiday since our honeymoon in 2006, so we're really looking forward to it. We're going to Fuertaventura with the girls & also my parents so it should be lovely, although I would imagine very busy as well as Abby has started walking so we'll no doubt be chasing her around everywhere!

Crochet-wise, I finished the baby blanket for my brother's forthcoming baby & am half-way through another one for an old school friend who is expecting her second baby in June/July. I will take photos this weekend for you to see.

Domestically I have been trying to keep on top of everything & have been doing quite well. I have recently discovered Brocante Home and have become a tad obsessed with it! I'm loving it all & have found a new interest in reading about vintage housekeeping & the history behind it all. I think Hubby thinks I'm a bit odd but I'm really enjoying indulging this side of myself!

Anyway, I haven't really got any more news. I hope you have a good weekend.

xxx

Baby Blanket

I hope that you all had a lovely Easter break, whatever you did. We had a nice time, quiet but still nice.

We've just come back from a weekend visiting friends in Kent, which was lovely. We hadn't seen these friends for 12-18 months so it was good to catch up.  While we were there we popped in to see Hubby's friend & his 3 week old baby. This is the baby I've been making the blanket for. They had a little girl so the blanket was finished off in pink.  I'm pleased to say that they really liked it!  I took a few photos of the finished item before I wrapped it - they're not great quality but hopefully you'll be able to see how it looks!

I've already started on the next baby blanket, which is for my brother & his girlfriend, who are expecting a boy at the end of June/beginning of July.  I will take some photos of my progress soon.

It's back to normal this week with Freya back at nursery tomorrow, so back to the early mornings & trying to be organised!!

Have a good week.

xxx

Impromptu Family Outing

We decided on the spur of the moment last Sunday to go out for a picnic.  Someone in our local fish & chip shop recommended that we go to Clumber Park so we thought "why not?!"

The weather was absolutely glorious so we packed a picnic, the girls & the dog & took ourselves off out for the afternoon.  I have to say, it was lovely.

The park itself is in Sherwood Forest so is surrounded by trees, wildlife, greenery & all things nature! There is a walled kitchen garden (which I couldn't look around this time because we had the dog with us), a stunning lake-side walk, a chapel to view & a little courtyard area with a couple of shops/cafes and a plant sale.  If you're ever in the area & the weather is nice then I would highly recommend a visit.  In fact, they do have a campsite there so we're thinking about taking ourselves back with our tent in the warmer months.

I took a few photos with my phone but they really don't do the place justice!

I hope you have a lovely long Easter weekend & eats lots & lots of chocolate!

xxx

Making & Growing

This morning we've been making cupcakes & admiring the growth on Freya's sunflower & grasshead.

We've bought some flowers to go in the garden so will hopefully be planting those this weekend - I'll take more photos to show you next week.

I hope you have a lovely weekend.

xxx

Playdoh Fun

Freya's at nursery this morning so at the moment Abby & I are having fun with playdoh!

xxx

Happy Monday

I hope you had a lovely weekend & that all of the Mum's were suitably spoiled yesterday.

We had my in-laws over yesterday afternoon for dinner & it was really nice.

As part of my Mother's Day present (the other part being Twilight Breaking Dawn part 1 DVD) Hubby bought me a beautiful Spring basket of flowers.  They're currently on the windowsill in our lounge as I love being able to look at them during the day but, as I discovered when I watered it, it's not really meant for inside as the drainage holes in the bottom of the basket led to a very flooded windowsill!!!!

Freya's sunflower is also doing well, as is her "grass head". It's brilliant being able to show her every day how much her things have grown. She's really excited by it. She's planted some tomato plants with her Nanny in her greenhouse, so next time we go over there we'll be able to see some progress as well.

I'd better get on with my Weekly Home Blessing before getting to playgroup for 9.30am. Today the children are going to be planting the potatoes that have been left for chitting over the past 2 weeks - lots of muddy fun, I'm sure!

The sun is out here at the moment, although I haven't seen the forecast so don't know whether it's supposed to last. Fingers crossed!

xxx

What a Difference a Week Makes....

After the horrendous week I had last week, I really can't believe I'm feeling so good at the moment. I sat down with Hubby & talked a lot of things through, I have also gone back on my tablets with advice from my GP. I am feeling so much better in myself & have had more motivation to do bits & pieces.

Freya came home from nursery yesterday with a lovely, glittery Mother's Day card - my first one made by her!





























We also came home from playgroup last week with a planted sunflower seed. We've been looking after it, checking it daily & I'm relieved to see that it has sprouted!  It's taken 10 days to get this far - I did worry when I discovered that all of the other children's seeds had 1-2 inch shoots after only a week!

I've been working hard trying to get squares crocheted for a baby blanket. Hubby's friend & his girlfriend are having their first baby, which is due at the end of this month. I only decided about 3 weeks ago that I wanted to make them something! As they don't know what they're having I've chosen cream as the main colour with yellow, green, pink & blue in the middles - I've done more yellow & green to make it more "neutral" but will do a border in either pink or blue when they've had the baby, depending on what they have obviously!! So at the moment I've got little piles of crocheted squares cluttering up my bookshelf! I've done 80 squares - just 20 left that need the cream round & then I can block them & sew them together.

The day here in South Yorkshire looks like it may be quite nice, it's very sunny & I have the lounge window open to get some fresh air & blow the cobwebs away! It makes a change from the thick fog that lasted all day yesterday.

I hope that the weekend brings some sunshine wherever you are.

xxx