Daniel is 5

My big boy is 5,its all going to happen now,he is growing up way too fast,
We held a party for him last weekend and we had a day building all his gifts.

I am an expert lego builder now!!

I took him to a large model shop with his birthday money from his nanny and he brought a speed boat and is made up with it,thanks nanny!!

Wish we had a bigger pool to sail it in though,maybe a trip to the boating lake is on the cards

Summer has been.....

Lets sum up the summer so far
Hot,rainy,sunny,cloudy,muggy,fresh.......we have had all weather and we have had some fun,tears,laughter,joy,stress,noise,peace,squabbles,love

Daniel has grown,he has learnt to ride a bike without stabalisers he has had a new x box and Lego,he is looking forward to starting school and very much looking forward to his fun time factory party and his 5th birthday

Megan has grown taller than her mummy,she has become a fashion addict,mainly for jack wills and joules clothing,never the cheap stuff
She is now 12 and has guinee pigs,I have always said no to furry pets till now.Megan is growing up but still so young in many ways,this time I shall hold on to she will be a young lady soon

Lucy is turning in to a funny,stroppy little cheeky girl,a bit of a daredevil,always climbing and can say a few words now
Bumbum
Baby
Daddy
Daniel
Cuddle
Barbeque
hiya
yes
balloon
yumyum
boat
quack quack
I was asked yesterday at her almost 2 year check how many words she said and I really didnt know so there I am sure I will think of some more

Beckie............is expecting her first baby!!!!!WOWSERS

Pictures say a thousand words so here is a little taster of our summer to date

I love Amy butler

Her prints and patterns are amazing and I thought I would share my latest creation from the little stitches book.

The pyjamas were quite easy to make and I think I will try and make a bigger pattern and make some for Megan and Daniel.

I had a slight problem in that i sewed the front panels the wrong way and couldnt be bothered to satrt again but its not made much of a difference.

I always goof up somewhere along the line.

And bunny comes too

I had some of the material from the bunting left over and now we have a new member to our animal brigade.
I have been told by Daniel that he would like an army bunny!!! I am not sure it will be quite so cute in army style but I will rise to the challenge and post army bunny very soon

I Love bunting!!

I love the way it can transform a room and I made this bunting from some tea towles that I could never bring myself to use as they were so pretty.

I feel like it brings that holiday feeling in to a room.

Getting all crafty

I have the craft bug and here are a sample of my first projects,the first dress I made was the first ever time I had used a pattern (apart from making a bag once)

I then got a little adventurous and cut a pattern out from one of lucys dresses,this was harder but I loved the finished results.

The hardest thing is to get my baby girl to model them.

Thanks Mum

It was my birthday yesterday and I had a lovely day,even though I spent most the morning at the hospital waiting for a bodged appiontment for Lucy that never happened,but thats another story!!!

Any way just as I thought that I could have no more surprises a knock at the door came and there were these beautiful flowers from my mum.
Just wanted you see how lovely they are Thanks Mum,Love you lots XXX

First steps,a bumpy ride

Lucys fist video of her walking,she really didnt hurt herself when she bashed her head on the camera.!!!

Name that room

I dont think my children will get mixed up whos room belongs to who.
I really enjoyed decorating the wall names and have now started Megans,she is way more fussy and has bigger demands for her letters but I will post the results as soon as I am done.

The weather is starting to get better so I am trying to get all the indoor jobs out the way before the sun starts to shine as then I will be spending time combing the beaches,long walks,picnics,ahhh hurry up summer!!

Wii....ly having fun!

Daniel is such a boy and he is loving the new nintendo wii,although he never likes to lose as he is very competative.

He seems to master all the games so well and he is even teaching his little sister how to play a great game of virtual tennis

My beautiful baby