Is there a Doctor in the house ??

Yes there is, and he was 8 on Sunday - crikey !!

Happy birthday to our beautiful boy !!

He had a tip top Dr Who party on Sunday and check out the fab Tardis cake made by Mr Twigs !!!

We had party games, we had a lovely old church hall, we had very lovely and well behaved children, we had a lovely lady called Joy dressed as Dr Who, mostly we had FUN !!

 love 

Twiggy xxx

Catch Up Part 1

Well it's been a while, life is very hectic at Twiggy Towers and as usual it's all change.

I've changed my hours to 2 full days per week, so I can hopefully find another little job to slot in, Twiglet is going from strength to strength and will be 8 very soon !! (he's having a Dr Who party and Mr Twigs has volunteered to make a Tardis cake - top Dad).

And the Twiggy's have put Twiggy towers on the market - blimey!! told you I'd been busy.

If you fancy living in a stately pile drop me a line, meanwhile we are clearing clutter and painting like mad, hence the disappearing act.

Sadly, we had some fabtastic snow and snow drifts up here at Easter, but I can't find the photos, I will return later with some pics, they are ace!!

Anyhoo a bit of half term fun.

Lovely, lovely Twiglet at lovely lovely Nostell Priory.

Silly boys on the seesaw at The Hepworth Gallery in Wakefield.

 Blurred Twiggy and Twiglet at Standedge Tunnel - do you like our jaunty hats?  I wore mine as a fascinator :)

 I really don't like enclosed spaces but enjoyed this trip, and Marsden is just lovely.

Ooooo hello, it's Nostell Priory again.

Righto, must get a bit of ironing done before school run time, Twiglet has an after school singing club on Wednesday !!

Twiggy x

I am still here - honest !!!

Well I really didn't intend to disappear for 2 months - but hey real life sometimes takes over!!

Only problem is, I now have a lot to share and don't know where to start.

I'll start by saying have a super Bank holiday weekend and I will hopefully find some time to update you on our adventures over the weekend !!

Twiggyx

Here is the news and a bit of Moonraking !!!

Hi folks.

Well it's all change at Twiggy Towers - hence me not being around much.  

Mr Twigs has got a new job - hooray and we're all adjusting to the new routine. 

 Hopefully the fact that I'm trotting down to school with Twiglet every day might shift the cake weight I've put on over the last year (2012 was very stressful for a variety of reasons and I have stuffed myself !!)

Anyhoo, lets hope this year will be better.

So the snow has finally disappeared and now it's sunny and bright, just lovely.

We can't wait for the weather to improve as we have to move all the stuff off our old allotment and start playing on the new one - I'll take some photos.

Finally, went out for my birthday, we went over to The Lowry at Salford Quays it was great - if you haven't been get over there.  It was amazing to see paintings that have been around all your life, in the flesh so to speak.  There was a Peter Blake exhibition too, so Twiglet enjoyed all the Beatles artwork.

He got really excited when we walked by Media City where the BBC have relocated  as there were the CBBC studios and sound stages where Dr Who is sometimes filmed - wowza!!

I have a couple of crafting things to get stuck into - birthday pressies - and I really must make a start.

Well half term went by in a whizz - we did lots of catching up with friends and rellies, very lovely it was too.

Last Saturday saw us at the Moonraking Festival in Slaithwaite.

 If you ever get the opportunity to attend, go along it was top fun.

This years theme was time, as I'm sure you guessed from the photos of all the fantastic lanterns that had been made.

Lots of clocks, white rabbits and much to Twiglet's delight a few Daleks and a Tardis or two !!

I'm just getting over  a particularly grotty virus and hoping the boys don't catch it - urgh !!

Have a good weekend everyone.

love

Twiggy x

Happy Birthday to me with pics

 Yesterday we went up to Royd Moor sledging.

 As ever, I did not keep my dignity :)

 Over night we had a ton of snow, look at our teddy bearometer (geddit?) in the garden, one of his legs was covered by snow last night, look at him today!!  

He is our annual, snow gauge.

 Twiglet decided to ride down his slide on his sledge - barmy !!

 Some birthday cake to finish the day on the lovely vintage tea service Mr Twigs bought me for my birthday - isn't it pretty?

Hope you had a great day, however you spent it

Twiggy x

Happy Birthday to me !!

I got my snow day off school and I'm now sat in my PJs looking at the snow through the window - wahey !!

More on this story later.

Twiggy x

Brrrrr

Hello campers, innit chilly?  did you think I'd follow off the edge of the planet? 

 I've been working more hours over the last couple of weeks and to be honest I've been a bit cream crackered. 

First day off for a while today, so thought I'd catch up a bit.

How's it where you are? it's v.chilly and snowy up here on the tops, very pretty though.

Mr Twigs and I popped out to do our weekly shop today - usually do it on Wednesday but I was working, so we're all stocked up and ready for anything now. (The shops were v.busy and the poor old checkout lady said people were being nuts and buying loads of bread!!).

I've got to show you this lush pork pie my brother in law made us for Christmas, it was delish, he used to have a butchers shop and knows his pies !!

Fingers crossed for a snow day off school tomorrow.  

We'd especially like one for Monday as it's my birthday - how jammy would that be :)

  Anyhoo I'm not one for New Years resolutions but one I MUST do is get my cranky old back sorted, so before the ice arrived we did a lot of walking.  

Hope you like the pics.

We had a walk up to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park on Sunday. 

 I love this new bridge.

From one cheeky boy to two cheeky furry boys, Dom and Henry are good buddies now.

I posted some magazines, and a puzzle book and some choccy to my Mum today with strict instructions, to stay indoors and take care of herself !!

I've just had a peek outside, the trees are covered in frost and the snow is swirling down in the street lights - so pretty.

Keep warm and cosy.  

Twiggy xx

Happy New Year and a bit of a Christmas catch up....

Hooray it's 2013 and to be honest here at Twiggy Towers we'll be glad to see the back of 2012.

So did you have a cool Yule?  

We had a lovely time eating far too much and catching up with rellies and we are enjoying catching up on our sleep, we are not due back to school until next Monday!!

Here's a few pics  of Twiglet's Christmas makes as promised and I hope 2013 brings you a peaceful and happy year.

Twiggy x

Merry Christmas Everybody and a new friend !!!!

Hi folks are you ready for the big day?

We've had Twiglet's Christingle this evening - he was an innkeeper - star turn as usual :)

Christmas crafting alert - pressie I made for my pal.

  Sadly one of our boys Cedric died a couple of weeks ago, Dom missed his brother, and here is his new friend Henry !! 

 Twiglets fab Xmas cupcakes !!

We seem to have got rid of most of our lurgy, only a few pics today, lots more to show you after Christmas got to dash and play some games and track Santa on Norad now so have a very lovely Christmas and lots of  love for the New Year

Twiggy x

On my way.........

I am checking in to let you know we are still here, just VERY,VERY,busy.

Mr Twigs and I are helping out at the Beavers and Cubs Christmas disco tonight, so scoffing a sausage casserole and then we're off.

Christmas carols round the village on Thursday evening and lots of shopping/wrapping to do.

I have much to share, so will be back with lovely photos and Christmas doings at the weekend.  

We finish school on Friday so I will finally have a few days to breathe before the big day

Hope you're all well.

ta ta for now

Twiggy xx