Signing off

Thanks for Twiglet's birthday wishes folks, I read them to him and he said thank you very much - what a polite young man.

We had a lovely day at Drayton Manor yesterday courtesty of my Tesco vouchers. 

Tiptop fun. 

Fearless Twiglet went on Stormforce with his Daddy - and sat right at the front - I waved from the sidelines what a wuss!!!

I did go on the big wheel though which is a major feat for me as I hate heights.
See us above on Cranky in Thomasland - I'm sooooo brave :)

We've had a very busy week, what with work stuff and birthday celebrations.

Had a lovely visit to a local school last Wednesday that is doing a Twinning Project with Twiglet's school. 

The children did a joint assembly and sang some lovely songs about friendship and Noah's Ark. 

It's a great idea as Twiglet's school is predominantly white, Christian and the other school is 100% Muslim, the children have really enjoyed the project and we're hoping to do it every year now.

   Our house is now a sea of Star Wars Lego and Top Trumps cards!!

We're going on our jolly hols next weekend to lovely Ireland and I have a lot of home and work stuff to get through in the next 5 days, so I'm signing off for now.

Have a great half term everyone.

Twiggy x

Happy 6th Birthday Our Beautiful Boy

Happy birthday our lovely, lovely boy.

We love you millions.

Mummy & Daddy 

xxxxxx

Goodness me.

I blinked and the Easter holidays were over and we're back at work and school.

My Twigs had a bit of time off so we got out and about.  

On the day of the Royal Wedding we visited lovely Filey - ooooo it was quiet!  

I watched the wedding when I got home, wasn't it lovely?

We spent a fair bit of time up at the lottie and went for lots of walks and went swimming too.

Had a lovely Bank Holiday Monday on the fantastic Keighley and Worth Valley Railway where they had a Railway Children Day. (Lots of children dressed in Victorian dress and special celebratory beers, but I didn't see anyone waving their red knickers!)  

 The weather was perfect we drank real ale on a gorgeous steam train - just perfect.

This is a very short term at school for us, just 3 and a half weeks, so we have a lot to cram in.

Take care

Twiggy x

Belated Easter Greetings

 Ooooo hasn't the weather been smashing?

(Twiglet surveying the new lottie - above).

  

We've had a lovely Easter and I hope you have too.  

We've spent a lot of time with family and friends which was lovely, eating, playing, drinking, eating chocolate, gardening, eating chocolate, visiting, eating chocolate, you get the picture.

Twiglet's little cuz was up for the weekend so they had a fabby time, we went out for a lovely lunch on Friday, thanks Grandad Twigs.  Spent Sunday round at Nana and Grandad's while the children played very nicely together for 9, I repeat 9 hours, occasionally coming in for drinks, ice creams or to round up the grown ups to play tig or jump through the lawn sprinkler - and we did :)

We had a nice restful day at my Mums today after visiting friends this morning, so although we are tired, we are happy.

Mr Twigs is off for a week and a half now, so we're hoping to get out and about and do some more work up on the new lottie.

Have a super week.

love

Twiggy x

Buttons !!!!!!!!!!!!

That got your attention didn't it? 

If you'd like to join Lucey's lovely button swap, go take a look!!

Just click on the image on the right hand side.

Twiggy x

The slacker returns.................

Thank you for your get well wishes after 2 and a half long weeks I'm finally bug free and it's the Easter hols hooray!!!

We are sooooooooo looking forward to some time off, Friday was manic in school, we had a big Easter Service/fundraiser, so along with my month end stuff, I had to count a LOT of money!!  

We managed to raise nearly £400 - pretty good for such a tiny school.

Twiglet and I have been quite productive considering the lurgy and being busy.

I'll have to show you next time as Mr Twigs has my photos on his PC and it's a bit poorly at the moment.

Great news, we finally got our new allotment on Saturday and spent most of Saturday and Sunday up there, here's a few pics from my camera.

I have the nettle stings, backache and sunburn to prove it, but it is SO good to be back in the saddle again.

Hopefully I'll have a bit more time to blog now we have a couple of weeks off school, that's the intention anyway.

Have a great week.

Twiggy x

Bleurgh........

Sickness stops blogging.  

I've not had any time off work but have felt very dodgy for the last 2 weeks. 

Had a yucky, sicky, tired, poorly tum type bug.

Will be back later.

Twiggy x

Old haunts.............

Do you have special places that bring back happy memories?  

I bet you do.  

This is one of ours, Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal in North Yorkshire, so beautiful.

We used to spend loads of time up here many moons ago as Mr Twigs uncle used to live very nearby in a lovely little cottage.  

He was a very talented artist and did a lot of design work for Athena (remember them?), Marks and Sparks and many other companies.  

We spent such a lot of time in his little house, laughing, drinking and being silly. 

Sadly he died the year before Twiglet was born, but we have a lot of happy memories.  

Twiglet has never been here before and he loved it, so come and take a little walk with us.  

Hope you enjoy it, it really was a beautiful, sunny, warm day.  

We saw lots of little new born lambs and daffodils.  

A perfect day to enjoy the perfect place.

 Fab playground !!

 Amazing vaulted ceilings.

 My very favourite spot, the beautiful Moon Pond.

 We call this Zen Valley :)

 You can't beat a good tree trunk !!

If you are ever up in North Yorkshire, do visit.  

Here's a link  

Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal

 

You won't be disappointed and did I mention that it has a fantastic cafe, with tiptop cakes!!!

Love

Twiggy x

Come outside it feels like Spring

Well we have been busy bees here at Twiggy Towers.  

I've attended a lot of meetings and I'm settling into the routine of work now.  

Twiglet's school celebrated Red Nose Day on Friday by having a wear something for money day and a Glee for a fee talent show!!

Twiglet wore one of the fab Vivienne Westwood skull t.shirts and I dressed as a schoolgirl :) 

Mr Twigs wants me to wear the outfit again - cheeky boy!!

It was a fun day for a good cause and our little school raised £200 which was great. 

I was very proud of Twiglet as he was one of only 3 littlies in his class that took part in the talent show and delivered his robot jokes beautifully - what a little star - much braver than I was at 5 !!

Did you see the live Frankenstein from Kirkstall Abbey in Leeds last night?  it was fab. 

Me and Mr Twigs actually intended to go along but for one reason and another couldn't get there.  

Must admit though it was much warmer watching it on the sofa in my PJs. 

Here's a link if you missed it. 

Frankensteins's Wedding

Well yesterday the sunshine put us in the mood for garden clearance so good old Mr Twigs took 5 sacks of garden rubbish and weeds to the tip and I repotted all our Sweet Pea seedlings.  Doesn't the greenhouse look tidy now?  the little plants are cabbages.  

We are a bit stuck until we get our new allotment so are having to grow everything in trays and buckets for the time being!!

We've had a lovely day out here today.   

MOSI 

MOSI (Manchester Museum of Science and Industry) 

I'd highly recommend it, we looked at EVERYTHING, had a little steam train ride and the cakes in the coffee shop are lush.

Remember a while ago I said I'd treated myself to some birthday goodies well here they are.  What an ecletic mix.  

Top DVD viewing to make the ironing mountain more fun......... 

and one of my favourite books that I haven't read for ages.

 I haven't had time for much crafting recently but I am doing some cross stitch every evening, so it's coming on slowly but surely but I'll save that for next time.

Righto, I have a joint of pork in the oven and have to go and do the roasties now.

Have a great week.

love

Twiggy xxx

Is that the sun ???

Blimey it's actually been a lovely sunny day today, in fact I was looking out of our bedroom window this evening and spotting two hares boxing in the field across the road - amazing.  

Spring must have arrived.

So another busy week.  

Our cheeky pigs are settling in nicely, see above, they like a good wrestle and it makes Twiglet giggle. 

My friend C came round on Thursday and we had a little stitch and natter session, we are such a pair of old biddies.

Yesterday we visited here. 

South Yorkshire Air Museum

Well worth a visit, very interesting and run by volunteers, very reasonable entrance charges and a visit to my Mums afterwards !!!

The beautiful weather today encouraged us to go for a Mr Twigs character building walk and to clean out the greenhouse and plant some seeds - forgot to take photos (I'll try and get some snaps this week).

We now have some pretty little pots of primulas around the back door and a greenhouse with onions, sweet peas, sunflower, leeks and red cabbage seedlings. 

I treated myself this week to a few late birthday goodies, which I'll tell you about later as it's now time for Vic Reeves style trouser rubbing.  

Hooray David Morrissey in South Riding - DING DONG !!!!

Love

Twiggy x