Ha Ha Ha!!

This has made me chuckle all week!!

lavender treats

My dear friend Sophie popped in yesterday afternoon with a beautiful bunch of lavender from her front garden. Thank you Soph!

I found this recipe on Pinterest
http://montcarte.ca/2009/12/01/iced-lavendar-lemon-shortbread-cookies/
They are delicious!!!!
x

My mummy made this...

:)

Circle of Life

Well I have been away from this space for a while now haven't I?! Lots has still been going on it is just that I have not felt in the right frame of mind to post about it. Some times life is like that isnt it ?

I am feeling slightly more settled now and i know that is due to the promise of the summer holidays!! Yay, long weeks of crafting, evenings of crocheting and making, walks into town with the girls, Callum coming to stay. I am looking forward to a bit of the good life!

Before I go on with my catch up blog I have to say a few words about my dear friend Nicola. I know she reads this blog from time to time and this is part of my reasoning for not blogging. Recently she lost her Dad. He died very suddenly for reasons that are unclear and this news hit us all very hard. Poor Nicola had only just had her second baby, Millie and life was 'tricky' juggling baby and toddler etc, but this.... Her dad was an amazing man, one that we all grew up with. He was our plumber as well as Nicola's dad and would always great us with a smile and a "alright Caz!" His funeral was on Tuesday last week and Sophie and I looked after her two daughters whilst our other friends went to the funeral. There was a massive turn out as he was a very social person who knew so many people. We went to the wake afterwards with Nicola. Its like Nicola says - "just sureal, like a bad dream you want to wake up from"
My heart goes out to you Nic and all of your family and you are right in the front of my thoughts each day.

Well I am just looking at my photos and there are a lot of things to share. Here goes....

 We went to Peppa pig world again for lucy's birthday treat. They both loved it and the weather was amazing!!

 Lucy has been an avid harvester in our garden. Here she is in her pj's as she remembered that one would 'be growed today Mummy' Who could stop that enthusiasm?! We are currently harvesting strawberries and raspberries!

 There was the Jubilee weekend where we met at Sophies house for a tea party. Princesses was the dress code!

 Oh and i found a garden centre that had these amazing sinks in it! Each one was different! Amazing!

 I have bottled two batches of Elderflower champagne and several more of Elderflower Cordial! The first batch if Champagne was not 'fizzing' so i added yeast. Hmm yer i think I may have added too much yeast as they keep blowing their tops off!! Should be alcoholic though i hope!!! Ha!!!

 The beautiful Rosa Mae finally made her entrance into the world on 12th June. One day before her brothers. Well done Claire for producing  such an amazing little GIRL!! She now has two doting brothers and two other little fans!!

 My girls love babies as much as i do!!

 The Mummy and Daddy bear sleeping bags were made as a present for Bella, Sophie's little girl on her second birhtday!

And there we are. A whistle stop tour of the last month or so!

All sent to remind us of how fragile and special life really is.
xx

Speedaholic

Slowing down is in need here and trying not to be a speedaholic! Rushing from one thing that "needs doing" to another. Slowing down and enjoying my life. I find myself thinking that i cant wait for the holidays when we dont have to rush to get out the door in the morning and there are lazy days when we can walk down the town. Oh i really miss walking down the town. We drive now as it is quicker and i dont have the time to dedicate a day to it. I miss the time i had before Emily went to school, we seemed to have more time for walking, crafting etc. How can i get these things back?

Three

Lucy turned three yesterday! Wow where did that time go? My little baby has grown up so quickly, "i am not a baby mummy" is often the chorus i get when I say this around her! In the last month alone she has decided she does not need to have a bed guard so she can get into bed "like Em" and she has also stopped using nappies at night!!! Yay Lucy!! All signs that she is getting older.

Yesterday was a lovely mixture of time spent with friends and family and time on our own as a family.
Here are a few pictures.

The hall that we used this time was little but as a lot of people said, it is cute and homely.

The hall also had an outside space so we borrowed some things from the PE cupboard at school.

The theme of the party was Peppa Pig! So we brought all of our Peppa Pig toys and books to play with. We also had a  making table with Peppa pictures.

A Peppa pig treasure trail.

Grandad Simon and Nanny Nise bought her a Balance bike!!!!

This is also a new addition. It is a reading/ den tent. I found the idea on Pinterest and thought "i could do that" as i do far too often. I am hoping to be able to use it in the garden mainly as a shady den for them.

So there we are, another year over, Another glorious year spent with my gorgeous baby. One that i thank God for everyday.

Millie Rose

We went to swoon over Baby Millie Rose on Wednesday this week. She is beautiful, Mummy is radient as ever and Chloe loves her new baby sister, gently kissing her on the head! I remember when Emily used to do that to Lucy.
All is well and hurray, she is a girl. All girls now out of our friends, 10 girls out of the 5 of us! (well the ones who stayed in our town, Jody!)