Wow!

Sometimes something happens that just astounds you and makes you so glad to be part of the world.

A heroic man who was just doing his job...

New and Old!

My little girl who is now 2 1/2 is quite taken with the Night Garden - we don't have "piped in" TV as I refuse to give my hard earned cash to Clueless and Witless but when she is at nanny's or grandma's or we need peace then an episode on the i-player is guaranteed to keep her quiet!

This was her birthday cake - Homemade through and through - a shop bought one would have cost over £10! She was delighted with it.

In other news I have begun knitting a toddler size cardie - if it doesn't fit the big one the small one will have it! It is chunky wool and big needles and in the space of about an hour I have something that closely resembles a left front! Hooray! I will have to post a photo when it is finished.

Starting young.

No post for ages then two come along at once!

This is the middle child off out for the weekend - she has all a girl could need - guitar, flowery suitcase, a roadie and a Kate Moss Fringe.

She adores making music.

And hanging out at parties where everyone else is older than her.

And pinching my shoes.

I thought she'd be 14 at least before her social life was better than mine!

January

January has started a few days ago and I am only now making my second post!

We have had a very busy few weeks of lots of fun but also lots of poorliness.

In the fun stakes we had a Wonderful Christmas with my 1st ever homemade Christmas cake as above!

It wasn't finished until Christmas eve but was lovely none the less.

The top picture is home made Chicken Noodle Soup - It was administered to a flu ridden husband - he was actually poorly - at one point his temp reading was 40.3 or so - he recovered!

The middle picture is the Chrimbo decorations we made for gifts - They are so simple it is ridiculous - star shaped home made short bread wrapped in 2 layers of cellophane with sparkly stars between and some pretty ribbon to hang them up with.

I am cuurently knitting a blanket for D, then after that, depending how brave i feel, I am thinking about knitting a sweater for me or him... we won't grow out of it before it fits!