A little lucy update

 Around a month age we set out to Sheffield childrens hospital to get Lucy fitted for a new back brace and see the spinal surgeon and now finally i have a second to update

We had 2 appointment over 3 days so we stayed with my mum (thanks mum,I know we kept you busy)

Lucys xray showed that the curve had not progressed and in fact it actually looked a little better at the bottom end although the xray in my opionion was a little rushed and my little wiggly girl would not stand still,I didnt want her xrayed laying down as it doesnt show a clear picture so we got a just about to run off picture of Lucys spine

Mr cole her surgeon is happy with how things are and we are still not at a stage of operating although he says its likely that one day she will need surgery but as ever I stay the true optimist.

She is still too diddy for a spinecor brace yet and they are really hoping that another year will give her enough growth to be able to fit in to a spinecor brace.

Lucy was cast for her rigid brace and she did so well,no tears no crying,she was amazing and now she is the proud owner of a very pink very pretty butterfly brace

This will hopefully be her last rigid brace as we hope the next one will be the spinecor

Lucy has adapted very well to her brace and we are putting her in it a little more during the day now to get her back in to line again and then hopefully we can just brace her at night again

All in all a good apointment and we dont need to back till 6 months time.

Another little note on Lucy is she has started pre school and she got funding for a one to one support worker who is really looking after Lucys needs well.She is doing 2 morning a week  and although is not too happy about leaving me she is settling in nicely

Here is a picture of my little brave girl deciding what she wants for her birthday

update alert

 I am a very slack poster of my blogs and I just seem so busy all the time that its hard work keeping up

A big reason is my little lady Lucy has decided not to nap in the day anymore.....OOHHHH NOOO!!!!

I have missed updating so much .........2 birthdays!!

Megan has become a teenager and my boy is a BIG 6 year old

I have missed the whole of the summer holidays that were spent in a very relaxing no clock watching,no early morning way

I have missed updates of Lucys hospital appointments...........all to follow...

Cakes...............and more cakes

Its been a busy cake making month,as you can see!!

I asked my children what cake theme they would like for their birthdays Megan,who was 13 on the 11th august (photos to follow) wanted a camper van cake,so this is what she got

The pink 3 teird cake was for a lady who I know from Daniels school whos grandaughter was 1 and the Thomas cake also for another of her relations

the thomas cake was quite hard to do but it turned out ok in the end.

I still have another 2 cakes to go Daniel wants an army tank and lucy wants a dog cake

more baking to follow

pictures without words

Nine million bicycles .........

My favorite song by Katie Melua

And we got to hear her sing it live!!!

and this is just how close we were to the very talented singer

We had a very relaxing evening,even with Daniel and Lucy in tow,in fact they were better behaved than their dad........who probably isnt katies best fan but sat through the perfomance and was the one who actually brought me the tickets....thankyou again Andrew

we packed up a rather large picnic,with some bubbly wine for us adults and bubbly flavored water for the children,who drank it from champage flutes that made it taste better than it really did

we found our little spot on a bankment so we could eat drink and soak up the mellow soft sounds of Katie and her support band.....we even danced a little........mainly so nobody invaded our little space that we marked as our own

we had the best weather a barmy sunny july night watching one of my favorite singers in the middle of the forest....surreal!!!

Grabbing a slice of the cake

Today has been all about cakes!!
My friend is getting married in september and we set about designing her wedding cakes today,we spent a long long day decorating,mixing,icing,and tasting of course and our two little girls played as happy as sand girls together,it was a good day for all and here are some of the results

The cakes will be on sale at Daniels school fete tomorrow to rasie funds for the school.

Royal Norfolk show 2010

We arrived at the show at 10am,it was warm and very busy,Daniel had gone with his school and the plan was to meet up with him after lunch so he could spend the rest of the day at the show.

We met up with some friends and enjoyed a lazy pimms while we people watched and drank in the atmosphere.

Megan had her brave head on and did a bungee jump

My girl is braver than me

Back to earth

We met up with daniel ,it was great to watch his face full of fun sliding down the big slides,oh my heart was in my mouth,I must say i breathed a sigh of relief when their time was up

Love the festival feet!!!

We girls enjoyed the prom and wedding tent

Megan has chosen her car already

Daniel got a sit in a police car so he was happy too,he was happy with his glove puppet too

Megan and Lucy are such a close pair and watching them together was so beautiful,Lucy is in awe of her big sister and Megan is very protective over her little sister

This place was boy heaven too

We finished off the evening at the vintage funfair,it was such a magical time of the day and it made the place seem almost enchanted

we left with 2 very tired littles at 7pm after a wonderful day at the show