Lovely things when life gets tough.

Blimey we have a right pile of real life crappola to deal with at the moment, talk about one thing after another.  

So in a bid to forget all that stuff, we'll concentrate on the good stuff.  

We've had a very busy but lovely weekend. 

Twiglet and his Daddy went sledging at SnoZone with Auntie and little cousin, top fun was had by all.

He then had a swimming lesson with his new swimming teacher who is fantastic. 

We later went out for dinner with Mr Twig's family here, to celebrate my lovely, lovely Father in Law's 80th birthday !!!

What a top geezer he is and what a fab time we had.

Here's Twiglet on the slide !!

Our little social butterfly then had a birthday party to go to on Sunday, he did all this with a grotty cold and cough and never complained once.

In fact he lost his voice at one point yesterday :(

I offered to let him have the day off school today as he looked so whacked out, but he bravely went into school and I topped him up with medicine at lunchtime, what a star!!

Our little school (76 pupils) had an Autumn Fair last Thursday and raised a staggering £730 !!!

It's our Harvest Festival on Thursday, the children were practising their singing while I was working this morning and it sounded beautiful, I can't wait.

 Here is a pic of my contribution of home made marmalade.  

I've also had some lovely and interesting stuff in the post that I thought I'd share with you.

 

I bought this from the super talented Sparklehen, for my friend C's birthday it's called Knitwear For Birds :)

I liked it so much I had to buy Is That You? for me ...............

 Lovely Heather threw this gorgeous print in as a free gift, how fab is that ??? a very talented and generous  lady.  

She is running a buy 2, get one free offer at the moment, so get on over there !!!

 Twiglet made this fabtastic pine cone hedgehog at school isn't it ace?

More birthday gifts for my pal, a cute set of magnets from the uber fab Asking for Trouble.

 

 Finally after weeks of searching found myself a Winter coat - I searched high and low and I'm so,so,so happy with my lush coat from Joe Browns.  

It's even fabber cos I love their stuff but can't usually afford it but this had been reduced by £40 so I snapped it up !!! 

I also found some perfect Winter boots after much searching but I'll save those for next time.

My cross stitch masterpiece that I began in February is finally finished and waiting to be framed so..... looky here, a bit of Christmas crafting !!!

Ta ta for now, keep warm.

Twiggy x

Well would you believe it...........

It has taken me a week to get around to doing this post as we are all SO busy !!!

  

Working, swimming classes, Beavers, meeting up with friends at soft play areas for tea - lots of fun but blimey I'm cream crackered.  

Even Twiglet said Mummy can we not do anything this weekend please :) 

We are going to a kitchen sink science workshop tomorrow though which sounds top fun.

Anyhoo, what a difference a week makes, here are the photos of what we got up to in sunny Filey last Saturday, after our torrential downpours, hail and wind yesterday it's hard to believe we were swimming in the sea last weekend - hey ho!!

 

 After playing in the sea for a couple of hours we had a cliff top stroll.

 

 We saw LOTS of ladybirds !!

 

 A gorgeous coble collecting lobster pots - looks like a model from the cliff tops.

We had a terrific time, we usually get a last hurrah of glorious sunny seaside in September but to get one on the 1st of October was just magic.

Enjoy your weekend.

  love

 Twiggy x

Tiger spotted at local steam rally !!!!

 Who would have thought it? 

A very cute little tiger was seen prowling around at the Vintage Steam Rally at Nostell Priory last weekend. 

Despite the vile weather last weekend, Sunday afternoon wasn't too bad so off we popped for a bit of vintage steam at lovely Nostell Priory (have I mentioned the fact I used to work there - yes Twiggy a thousand times at least :)

This week has gone by in a blur, I've had my first cold of the school year - urgh!!  Been busy, busy at work and trying desperately to declutter the house, I've even signed up to the flylady website !!

Spent a little time at the lottie this weekend pulled up the old pea and bean plants and picked lots of lovely apples that are now in the freezer.

 

This is the apron that my lovely Mum made for me, isn't it pretty?  It's a proper crossover back Grandma style one too !!!

Have any of you started - (whispering here) - Christmas crafting yet?

I'm dying to get started on some cross stitch but I'm trying to finish off my mammoth project before I start any more. 

Righto, time to make a cuppa, get the stitching out and settle down for Downton Abbey. 

Another busy week ahead.

Take care
Twiggy x

Our Twiglet's all grown up and a craft fair !!!!

Twiglet is currently at Beavers on his own for THE FIRST TIME EVER !!!  

Bless. 

I took some pics but haven't uploaded them yet.  

Our baby is growing up very fast.

In other news our school is holding an Autumn Fayre in October, I think it is going to be Thursday 13th October, 4.30pm to 7.30pm.  

Tables are to be priced at £10 - so far, this might change!!  

If anyone is interested in having a table, email me and I'll give you further info.

Right off to read my emails now - cor the house is quiet.

Twiggy x

Sunny September Weekend

Well we are back in the swing of things, Twiglet and I are back in school and he has settled in beautifully. 

Mr Twigs is back at work and so we thought we would chillax this weekend.

I really love to start nesting in September and since I was tiny we always went blackberry picking the weekend after we returned to school. 

Firstly with my lovely Granny, then my lovely Mum and now with my lovely boys.

We had a walk around one of our local woods in the gorgeous September sunshine - I LOVE September.

 Climbed a few trees.

 Admired the vegetation.

 

Made a swing.

 

And of course, visited the duck pond.

 Today we got the old jam pan out and made lots of jars of scrummy blackberry jam using some of the blackberries we picked on Saturday - we have loads left in the freezer !!

 Fantastico.

 Hope you had a great weekend whatever you got up to.  

 We are battening down the hatches now for the predicted high winds tomorrow !!

 My ears are still hurting a bit but they are on the mend and quite frankly on today of all days I think I should count my many blessings and think about our friends over the pond.

Take care.

Twiggy x

Feeling warm and fuzzy

Well little Twiglet returned to school today and went into big boy class 2 and so far so good, he enjoyed it and it was fun !!

I, on the other hand was supposed to return to school yesterday but the blimmin infection I had in my right ear has gone over to the left - must be the gap between my ears!!  

It's been flippin painful but even so, I feel warm and fuzzy.

Here's why, my lovely boy likes his new class - he came home with a special teachers award for, good work :)

 My lovely FIL collected Twiglet from school today. 

Daddy took him in this morning.

My lovely Mum is making me an apron because I'm poorly - Mum's are ace!!

I LOVE this time of year and I'm already planning the jam sessions and sewing and perhaps even a bit of basic knitting for the cosy, dark evenings.  

I want to nest and make our little house, nice and snug.

I'm even thinking a bit about Christmas makes (I whispered that bit).

We have had wild winds up here, the big and little boy are currently ouside fixing the fence panel that blew out last night.

We were in bed and heard a banging noise around 3.30am, Mr Twigs went outside in his dressing gown and the gazebo had fallen over and was banging on the window - perhaps a hint that it's the end of Summer :)

Righto, that's me for now.  

 The holidays have whizzed by and although somewhat incapacitated, it's been lovely to be together for such a long time.  

I'm hoping to be back at work tomorrow.

So a bit of stitching this evening and The Great British Bake Off and then off to bed.

Ta ta

Twiggy x

Sketchbook challenge and blanket time .........

 

 Here's some of our lottie booty!

 Well Mr Twigs and I have swopped roles.

I've had a very horrid ear infection for the last few days so have taken to laying on the sofa under a blanket and watching films whilst swallowing nuclear strength antibiotics.

I watched The boy in the Striped Pyjamas yesterday - that will live with me for a long time.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button today.

 In between taking tablets and watching films we managed to tidy up Twiglet's room and I did some chores.

The boys had a trip to Ikea for some storage and an ice cream yesterday.

Today Mr Twigs took Twiglet to the car booty and of course Twiglet came home with some top booty, Mr Twigs bought nothing :)

We'll take some pics and show you later.

Anyhoo latest Sketch Book Challenge pics - we did the work about 3 weeks ago.

Apologies for rubbish pics.

Here is a section of my original painting - supersized.

 

Here's the mono printing.

 

Here is Twiglet's , his cute little hand !!!

 Righto, time for painkillers - see you later.

Twiggy x

Missing, presumed having a good time................

And so we have. 

Mr Twigs is still off work and slowly but surely improving every day.  

We have had a lot of time to fill close to home and have really enjoyed it.

  

Days at Grandma's, days at Nana's. 

Visits to my good friend C and her lovely boys - the children played together for hours.  

Circus Stars work shops at the library, walks, visits to the park, trips to the lottie (Twiglet took his paddling pool and sprinkler up with us and cavorted around in his pants and wellies and a sun hat :) 

Lots of crafting, Lego, reading, drawing, baking.................

Garden experiments.

and lots of swimming.

The days are just fun packed.

I for one, would be quite happy not to go back to school - but needs must.  

We have one more week to enjoy, then back to it, I love spending time with my boys and hope you have all enjoyed the holidays too, whatever you've been up to.

I'm sure you've noticed, we've been having a lot of jollification and I forget to take any photos - what a bad blogger !!!

Twiggy x