A Bit More Snow

The snow continued to fall on and off yesterday and then there was some more this morning so after a warming lunch of toasted cheese sandwiches (so good) we wrapped up and went for a slippy slidey walk.

Both Nathaniel and Sebastian have all in one coats (why don't they make them for grown ups?) so were very snuggly. Nathaniel calls his a Makka Pakka suit because of the colour and he looks very cute indeed;


We walked in the 'deep dark woods';

And on the way back we spotted some amazing snowmen, including this rather amazing green one;

And this mummy one and her baby;

I do think that ours is the best though! Even though someone very mean has stolen half his nose! Elizabeth thinks it may have been someone hungry on their way home last night and Francesca has a more romantic theory that it was a stray reindeer.

Sebastian missed it all as he slept on my chest;

The snow is brilliant and today has been a good way to end the holiday. We (Elizabeth) are hoping that there will either be enough snow tomorrow for school to be closed or (me) that it has all melted overnight, as it is the mile and a half walk to school will take forever and not be much fun.

Daisie xxx

Footprints In The Snow

We woke this morning to big fat flakes of snow falling from the sky. It continued to fall and fall and fall...... We braved a drive to the supermarket to stock up on provisions (been feeling like Mother Hubbard as haven't done a big shop since before Christmas) and although the road was slow it was easily passable and a big bonus the supermarket was rather empty for a Saturday morning!

We came home, had lunch and the big three and me ventured out in our wellies;


Admittedly mine are not uite as lovely as Lucy's but I do love them!

Francesca made footprints;


We found cat footprints;

And bird footprints;

We made a lovely snowman;

And now we are indoors with warm (dry) pyjama bottoms on, mugs of hot chocolate and Harry Potter on the telly!

Daisie xxx

Happy New Year!

Yet another original title for the start of 2010!

We had a lovely night last night, we had a beautifully succulent roast lamb for our tea and had friends to share it with us. The boys were up until nearly 8pm (very late night indeed) and the girls were treated to a 'midnight' feast (at nearly 9), they felt very special and a little bit naughty too as they sat in Francesca's spare bunk bed den and ate snacks and giggled. They were asleep before ten and Simon and I were not long after them. We are just too old to be up until midnight. I did give him a shove and a new year's kiss around three am when I was up feeding Sebastian, does that count?!

And as we never have enough room in our bellies for christmas pudding on the actual day we had some last night. The arsonist in Simon rather enjoyed setting fire to it with some brandy;


Because of our late night the boys didn't wake me until half past eight, what a treat!

The girls were tired and grumpy when they got up so I dug out some cheap false nails I bought for just such an occasion. I'm not sure how long they'll last but they joy they brought and the hour or so of peaceful togetherness was well worth the £3!

Now we are all washed and dressed and ready for our lazy day of Dr. Who watching, we are planning to watch each of this year's specials and then have tea and be ready for tonight's final episode with David Tennant (feeling very sorry for Twiggy and sending her big love) before he regenerates into a young whipper snapper. It is surely a sign of my being old now that Dr. Who is younger than me, how can this be?!

Anyhoo, happy new year to you all and here's to another twelve months of mothering, making and rambling to the world in general!

Daisie xxx

A Handmade Christmas

We all recieved some beautiful gifts over the last week but I wanted to show you some of the handmade items.

Swirly sent the children some beautiful little Tweed Delights, Elizabeth has a bumblebee, Nathaniel has a rather fetching red dinosaur and Francesca has this pink sparkly heart which she has hung on her pink sparkly doll's house;


She sent me this lovely brooch from Sophie Isobel Designs (her shop is shut for the holidays but do go back later and have a look, it's full of lovely things);


I made a dress for Anya using my Kitschycoo pattern but have no pictures yet, you'll have to keep your eyes peeled over at Swirly Heights!

And Simon bought me a most wonderful present, it's just a shame I'll have to eat them!!

And that's an end to 2009, my children have turned five, two and eight, I have had a new baby boy, I have celebrated fifteen wonderful years with my lovely man (and four years of marriage), I have embarked on my journey to become a Little Angel, I have completed a first aid training course, a sex education coursed aimed at delivering advice and answering questions of children and young people, I have made many handbags, hats, elephants, ice skates, t-shirts, lots and lots of cakes and too many other lovey things to think of at the moment.

I hope 2010 takes me on another wonderful adventure.

Happy New Year to you all, see you next year ;-)

Daisie xxx

The Times They Are A-Changing

Nathaniel came into the bedroom earlier where I was pairing socks (yawn), he had a plastic stethoscope in his ears, a swagger and he said 'hello Mummy' in his new gruff, deep big brother voice. I said hello too and asked if he was being Dr. Davies. He looked at me as if I had gone mad and said very indignantly; "No, I's listening on my high-pod!"

What could I say to that, really?!

Daisie xxx

Party Girls

A lovely day here on Friday, just us and the spare wheel on our little family wagon, Anthony (affectionately known as Clant after Elizabeth struggled with Uncle Ant and merged the two together at around eighteen months old). We ate huge amounts of Turkey and opened presents and laughed at each other and generally had a lazy day together (my favourite sort). We ended the day with pyjamas on early, turkey sandwiches, cheese and crackers, glasses of port (grown ups only) and Dr Who on the telly. Fantastic!

Boxing Day we went over to Simon's Mum and Dad's for more turkey sandwiches and a few more presents. Simon takes the pictures when we go there and this is the only picture of me and Sebastian from the whole day;


See, I have clean clothes on and everything, very unflattering angle of Sebastian as you can only really see his bald spot but I wanted you to see his little knitted suit, I think he looks like a little baby convict!

Elizabeth is creating a rather wonderful rock chickie look of her own and has managed to find and put together two beautiful, stylish, flattering outfits for herself for over the party season. This is a brilliant bargain gown that we found when out looking for something else that she teamed with bright pink tights and her sequined boots with matching pink laces. The tiara is from her snow queen costume;


Here's my two beautiful girls;

I got some wonderful presents but these are the two that I have managed to photograph so far.

A wonderful clock from my Mum and Dad;

And some fabulously soft and snuggly hand warmers from Simon and the children. I had expressed an interest in trying to knit some for myself when I had time but this is even better;

The bright blueygreen isn't, think the flash made it go a bit mad as it's a deep moss shade in reality.

Anyhoo, am off now to tackle some of the washing mountain, honestly you have two days cooking turkey of rest and they will insist on still wearing clothes!!

Will be back with more presents soon.

Hope you have all had a wonderful time and that your tummies are not too upset and your heads are not banging too much?!

Daisie xxx

Happy Christmas!

How's that for an oiginal title?!

I tried to get on and do a quick post last night but Mr T'interweb was sooooooooooooo busy. I gave up and went to bed.

I just wanted to say that my bestest Christmas present had arrived all the way from the other end of the earth from Newquay and had been squeezed to within and inch of her life! I haven't seen my baby sister since May and this was the first time she got to meet our baby Sebastian, very exciting and teary too.

Bad picture but look, see, there we are mad sisters;


The children were all bathed and put in new pyjamas, Sebastian thoguht it all rather amusing;


We stayed up later than usual and had takeaway curry for tea (bit of a Christmas Eve tradition round here), very full bellies all round.

The presents are all in place;


And I was here last night to say I was off to bed before the madness of the morning arrived when 'He' has been but I am awake, have wrapped a big bird in bacon and seasoned well, bunged in oven, fire popped on, coffee made and it is only Simon and I that are awake, what are the chances??! It's rather nice sitting in the darkness together drinking hot coffee listening to our sleeping babies....... wonder when they'll wake (probably just as we drop back off for another quick snooze).

Happy Christmas one and all, please enjoy whatever you do today.

I'll see you on the other side!

Daisie xxxx