Cupcakes & Caleb

Had the most perfect afternoon on Friday...cuddles with our gorgeous new nephew along with cupcakes from the Blackbird Bakery. Thanks to Alan and Laura for both and for ending a busy week in such a lovely way!!

Miss Molly

This photo sums up our Molly perfectly...just home from Ballet class, her wellies on, chasing around with the boys playing swords.

Our girly girl...with tomboy tendencies.

Our little garden party

The flowers are arranged...

...the bunting's ready

...and the cake is baked.

I do love a Royal Wedding. xx

It's beginning to look a lot like....

Still here!!

Hello Blogland!! Have been off the radar for a while - life is busy as and there always seems to be something more urgent/necessary/pressing to do than update the poor blog!! The longer I left it, the bigger the job became but here I am, ready to update - be warned there's a LOT of pictures...will let them do the talking and promise a chattier post next time...

We're going way back in time here - well, July - to James's birthday party. Race Car themed (love a good theme!) and the afternoon was a big success...

Last time I posted, we were just back from the Dina Wakely Weekend at Art From The Heart - an amazing course and a whole lot of fun. Paul and I are lucky enough to count Dina as a friend now which is lovely. We had such a great time but were so glad to be home after the very long drive!! Here's my welcome home from Molly...

...and Harry loved his new bag we got him for Nursery...

We stopped at Ikea on the way to Harrogate to get the furniture for the new study. Harry helped Paul build it all the next day...

...and the transformation started!! It's taken a while to get everything organised and I can't believe how much stuff came out of that wee room I used to work in!! Here are some pictures of the room today...

Molly has her own little corner which keeps her attention away (most of the time) from my stuff. I've borrowed the chair from the front hall until I can find a big squishy one that I love and I used the fabric I bought for the kitchen pelmets for the curtain!! Still need to get a table for the sewing machine and looking for a big wall decal for Molly's corner but apart from a couple other bits and pieces - it's done!! I love it.

Halfway through hemming the curtain - scary!! Had to phone Granny Ruby for some advice - she told me to tack first and I did as I was told!!

The girls birthdays next...Ellie turned 11 on the 21st of August and Molly was 2 on the 23rd!! Ellie wanted a Mocktail Party complete with Daddy as barman and Molly had a 'Tea for 2' party with her little friends...

Molly on her birthday morning...

...and her tea party

Phew!! we're getting there!! Next up is Paul's cousin Jenna's Wedding Invitations. Completely not what she asked for but thankfully she loved them!! Thanks to my lovely sis-in-law Laura for helping me so much with these - couldn't have done it without you!!

The wedding is in 2 weeks time - Paul, Ellie and I are going down to Stirling for it. Can't wait!!

Damn, have to go...Blogger seems a bit temperamental this evening so I'll sign off now and be back with more photos and news real soon - promise!! xx