So much to say, so little time (it was out of this world)

Hello campers.  

We are having a very stormy Monday up here today, we've been dodging in and out of the house to cut down bushes, trim the garden, go to the tip in between HEAVY showers, thunder and lightning - top fun !!

I'm sorry to have been absent for so long, it's a matter of getting the house market ready, new allotment and lots of work but we broke up for our lovely jolly Summer hols a week ago, so I've finally got a bit of time to sit down, think about what we've been up to and to let you know the edited highlights.  

Grab a cuppa and I will begin.

For most of July we had a HUGE gazebo up over the patio with Twiglet's paddling pool under it, just the place to sit in a chair having a nice paddle on hot Summer evenings.  The crazy boy, tried to body board in it ;)

We have spent a LOT of time at the lottie, getting it ship shape, I must take some more pics as I can't find the ones I was going to post, here are our first radishes !!

 We broke up from school on the 19th July, that was a busy week, on the Tuesday Twiglet received his Chief Scouts Bronze Award - the highest you can get in Beavers, so we had a ceremony and a party.

It was his last time too, as he is up to Cubs in September - sigh!!  He has thoroughly enjoyed Beavers and it has given him so much, the volunteer leaders and helpers are fab!!

He also had a school disco and leavers assembly that week - phew!!  The leavers assembly always makes me well up, gawd knows what I'll be like when it's Twiglet's turn in 2 years.

After a family get together and birthday party for lovely Nanty Nettie - my fab Sister In Law, the following Monday we went on a long awaited trip, to...........................................................................

The Dr Who Experience !!!!

 It was ace!!

The big meanies made me stand next to Davros - but he doesn't scare me like he did when I was 8 - well maybe just a bit!!

 We got a good deal on a hotel room, so stayed overnight, thank heavens we had a room with air conditioning, it was so, so,so hot !!

 We absolutely loved Cardiff Bay and would definitely recommend it, we will certainly return. 

 We went out to Pizza Express for dinner and with it's many outdoor cafes and restaurants, beautiful buildings and public art it has a really cosmopolitan buzz to it and very family friendly.

If you haven't been, do!!

 On the way home we called in at Cosford Air Museum, fantastic, huge and free.  

Again, take a look folks.

 This weekend saw us in Leeds on Saturday for CBBC Live.  Look at this cheeky minx, with a snake around his neck.

 Mr Twigs took a suspicious amount of photos of the lovely Naomi Wilkinson and pretended they were for Twiglet's benefit - hmmmm...................

 We saw some fab and explosive experiments from the Absolute Genius team, brill!! 

 I was also very excited to see my first 3d printer - so I'm a geek, what of it !!

We then finished off spending Twiglet's Lego credit card he received from his auntie for Christmas. 

 The new Trinity Centre in Leeds is amazing and also v.v.v.busy on a Saturday afternoon, so we didn't stay too long.

We've had a lovely morning with our pals at Newmillerdam and we went to the Clarence Music Festival in Wakefield on Sunday.  

Twiglet's first festival, we bought a CD from one of the rock bands called Never A Hero, who were fab and very nice young men ( I felt like ruffling their hair and thanking them for being so nice to my boy, but they were very big, so I couldn't reach). 

 They gave him a free EP, stickers and badges - rock n roll.

They asked him if he'd like to be in a band when he grew up? 

 He replied yes and be an actor and a train driver :)  so they had a nice chat about Duplo trains then !! Smashing chaps.

So today has been swimming lessons and garden clearance.  More decorating to do this evening, so that's me for now.

If you've got to the very end, well done.

I won't leave it so long next time and as we are putting the house of the market and decluttering, I feel there may be a giveaway in the pipeline.

love

Twiggy x

PS Are you watching The White Queen - I blimmin love it !!

Cooeee

I am still here honestly, just mostly outside, so unable to post !!

I will return soon.

love

Twiggy x

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