Half term part 2.

Well end of the first week back at school and what a hot and busy one !!

Summer term and September are always barmy in our school office and we are introducing a new Parentpay system this month - so lots of overtime for me and some well needed extra cash - yay !!

So back to the half term hols and a few more pics.

Last weekend we went to Hornsea and spent a bit of time on the beach.  We had intended to go to Spurn Point but the road was closed and Twiglet didn't want to walk down - he has twisted his ankle :(

So after Hornsea, we found a lovely little beach nearby, the sun came out and we had a great time.

On the way home we called in at Howden, what a pretty little place. 

 We've never been before as we normally drive by on the bypass.

 However, we stopped at the Minster Fisheries for fab fish and chips for tea and had a little look around.

We'll definitely go back and have a proper look, it's not that far from where my Mum lives.

Isn't this Town Hall and library, just gorgeous.

I love this little door in the churchyard.

Beautiful Minster - sorry it's sideways I am VERY tired :)

Early night for me today, we have a Movies For Juniors at Xscape tomorrow at 10am - yikes!!  then on to my Mums and a Gala and lottie on Sunday - phew!!

Have a lovely, sunny weekend.

Twiggy x

Twiggy x

Hooray the sun arrived and off we went ........

Well the weather certainly picked up and Mr Twig and I have the sunburn to prove it !!  Honestly, we slathered factor 30 on Twiglet and forgot ourselves-barmy !!

Anyhoo we started the weekend by visiting Tropical World at lovely Roundhay Park in Leeds.

 Here's a photo of Twiglet and his Vapouriser car !!

 I LOVE the meerkaters - as Twiglet used to call them!!

The park looks gorgeous at the moment and it was so nice to see it so busy.

Sunday saw us over at my lovely Mums.  Me in my usual spot, snoozing in the Summer house :)

Monday morning, I was a bit sulky about being at home when it was so sunny - I know, childish :) Mr Twigs ran upstairs and shouted who wants to stay at Scarborough tonight.  Twiglet and I shouted - WE DO PLEASE!!

You'll note Twiggy is building a sandcastle and everyone else has run off to see the 5 fishing Cobles come in with HUGE catches of crab !!

He'd booked a really good deal for a B & B on laterooms.com and as Peter Kaye would say, we booked it,packed it and ****ed off !!

The donkeys going home to bed - bless!!

We had a lovely day in Scarborough on Monday and spent Tuesday in fantastic Filey !! 

Here are some of the lovely Cobles coming in.

 If you saw 3 loons cavorting in the very cold sea in a dinghy and on body boards it was us- shameless !!

Hope you're all enjoying the sunshine whatever you are up to.  

We've got home from school and Twiglet is currently in his paddling pool.

I will fill you in on part two of the half term once the photos have been uploaded.

Cheery  bye

Twiggy x

Phew !!

Well we finally made it and broke up for half term yesterday.

What a relief we have had loads of children off school this week with a sore throat and/or norovirus.

At it's height on Tuesday there were 24 out of 80 children off sick-including Twiglet :(

Thank goodness we managed to have his birthday party before the sickness began on Monday,

Anyhoo we just went for his swimming lesson and it had been cancelled as a child had been sick in the pool - bleurgh, it would have been nice for the pool folks to warn us before we drove over but hey ho!!

It's been grotty, wet windswept day today, we have many plans mostly around home with perhaps an outing over the next week and our first visit to the car booty this year- yay !!

The photos are from a sunny evening walk last week.

Well that is if we can drag Twiget away  from his Kindle Fire -he has saved and saved for it for ages and the lucky boy was given birthday cash as well as lots of super pressies,so he was able to finally buy it and bank the rest !!

I've got to say though my favourite gift from his friends are a homemade Tardis on a stick,a homemade Dr Who and K9 pencil case and a Keep Calm and call the Dr t.shirt :)

Well however, you chose to spend half term, keep warm and have fun, lets hope for a bit of sunshine

Twiggy x

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