Here we are at another Friday's catch up of the smiles from the week.....and there's been lots thankfully. A lot of then I am unable to share the photos with you because they are school photos and are not allowed to be put on but trust me when I say lots of memories have been made....
We went to watch Theo's first Christmas play
We went to watch Stephen's final Christmas play at his junior school
We have seen videos of Lulu singing in her school choir...sadly the Christmas carols in the church had to be cancelled.
We have watched the videos of Lexi dancing
I can share a few of the photos we took in Sunday when some of our family came to ours to exchange gifts and to decorate our Christmas tree...
I love it when we can have family times.
Shell sent me this gorgeous photo of their two dogs snuggled up together...Reggie has grown so much now.
Of course we can't have a Friday without a few chuckles....
There's rather a lot this week but I decided we could never have too many smiles to have collaged them all for you. [Some are a bit cheeky so I hope none offend].
I hope all your Christmas preparations are going well and you're all keeping warm and cosy.
These weeks sure are whizzing by aren't they? They say time flies when you're having fun don't they? I have been really very busy with sewing and the bride, who's dress I did major alterations on her dress nearly a month ago, finally came on Wednesday for her final fitting. Her dress looked amazing, I was really pleased with how the alterations turned out and the best bit was I was finally paid for all the work I'd done.....:-) :-)
I have a few smiles to share with you...
Amy's field has now been cut and baled and I really love this photo of the 3 children and of course the two dogs....they are so very lucky to be growing up where they are.
They have a quad bike between them and have been enjoying timed races around the bales in the field.
Lulu had a sleep over at one of her friends this week....I love the teepees they slept in....and, looking at her smile, so did Lulu :-)
Shell's dog, Jet, is meeting a little holidaying friend....I'm not sure what she thinks of her but the twins have loved having their little visitor.
We have had two little [or not so little!] visitors in our garden this week too. Milly found them so they had to be moved to keep them safe. They are the caterpillars of the Elephant Hawk- moth and are huge....isn't nature amazing?
That's all from me for this week. Please leave me a little message so I know you've called by and then link to your own smiles below.
Here we are back in lockdown so I feel searching out a few smiles is even more important now. I hope you are all keeping safe and doing your best to keep the Covid numbers down. This virus is doing it's best to stop us from smiling so we need to help and support each other during this difficult time. If anyone is in need of a chat I'm always here for you all so please just shout.
On to what has made me smile this week...
This is what home schooling looks like when you have 3 children all at different ages. Phoebe has to have a laptop, and iPad and a phone available for use as she is having full days of school lessons as she is secondary school. The other two also have lessons to do but of course both are in different classes. As well as supporting all three Amy is also working from home to do the artwork and office work for their printing business....it's not easy is it?
Shell is now thankfully much better after her long Covid and is now back teaching. The twins can go into their school on the days when she's teaching but of course have to be home schooled on the days she's at home plus of course she has her lesson planning and everything else to do.
Here she is showing me the face visor she has to wear at work as the Covid has left her rather claustrophobic and breathless when wearing a face mask.
It was her 37th Birthday yesterday....where do the years go? It only seems 5 minutes since she was a tiny baby lying by me in a hospital cot. :-)
Shell's dog Jet is fashioning a t shirt this week following her surgery to neuter her....so much better than having to wear a collar of shame don't you think?
I have also got a few funnies I've seen on Facebook to share with you this week....I hope none offend.
I'm sure many can relate to this one.
I guess some jobs just can't be done from home.
I can def relate to this one :-)
I don't have a white orchid but I'd rather like one ;-)
I hope these have made you smile and you will now share your smiles with us. Stay well and safe my friends.
Hello all and a very happy Friday Smiles to each and every one of you. Every week is different here for me. Last week I had no customers at all and this week they have been bringing / sending me lots of sewing jobs....everything from shortening trousers and coat sleeves to making many Memory bears and even an elephant. At least last week's lull meant I could get my head down and get all my Christmas cards made so I used my time well.
I have a couple of photo smiles to share with you...
Here is our little Theo enjoying forest school....He's growing up so fast now.
Shell has been home recovering from Covid [sadly it's taking much longer than she hoped!] and while she's been at home she's sent me a few photos....from the top
Jet wearing her Christmas jumper
The Christmas tree in their sitting room that they have put inside a playpen so it will survive Jet!
The windowsill in the playroom has now got their nativity scene out for Christmas and one of the children has put their Lego campervan alongside it....we have had a chuckle about it....these campervans get everywhere don't they?
That's my lot for this week. I hope you are all keeping safe and well and have lots to smile about....please share below.
The weeks are flying by and we are fast nearing week 400 of my happy posts...what a lot of smiles we have shared. Many thanks to those who come back each week to join in the fun. Life in this world we are living really can't get enough smiles so please keep up the good work.
These are my smiles for this week...
Lexi and Sam have been writing their letters to Father Christmas...I just love the concentration on their faces.
Amy has been snapping a few special photos of her three this week and she always shares them with me....aren't they just gorgeous?....I love the way Betsy puppy has just fitted in the family so well.
This photo made me chuckle. The twins have built themselves a fort in the bay window with blankets. We have always loved making dens on wet, indoor play days and it's lovely to see the fun is carried on to the next generation.....I wonder what they got up to in there?
While working at the kitchen table Shell's dog Jet wanted to get in on the fun...but what has she found on the computer? She looked surprised so I'm hoping it's not a porn site :-) :-)
Happy Friday to you all. It's been a week of change weatherwise here this week. We had really hot days at the start but then it changed to much colder and some of my photos reflect this...
This was on one of the hot days when Amy and the children could make the most of their pool in their garden....they were enjoying a bit of snorkling and having fun....just what childhood should be filled with.
Lexi has been enjoying her singing and dancing...this time dressed as a fish....I think her mummy enjoys dressing her up and doing her face painting as much as Lexi enjoys the performance. Her teachers record each child singing/dancing in their own homes then put them all together...technology is so clever and her teachers put in so much effort to make it all work.
This photo was sent me with a message...'The happy face of a little boy who has slept all night without his nappy.'
He looks so pleased with himself and I love that he wanted to share his acheivement with me.
Two doggy pics next....This one is Shell's, now nearly fully grown, Jet who was enjoying a cold damp towel on a really hot sunny day....black isn't a good colour on the very hot sunny days.
Of course our little Milly has now been clipped and when the temperature dropped this week she was more than happy to snuggle under her blanket...hope you recognise the blanket Lynn, she loves it :-)
And finally, for those that enjoy our garden blooms, here some of the latest making us smile this week. We have something popping up in every corner of our garden and we get so much pleasure from each and every one so it would be selfish to not share some of them with you.
I hope you have enjoyed your visit today and will now leave me a little comment before sharing what's been making you smile this week.
Hello all. I hope you have all had a wonderful week filled with smiles. I like to spend a little time each week focussing on the happy moments in my week and sharing them with those that like to drop by for a smile....and hopefully will share your own smiles by linking them up below.
These are a few pics that have had me smiling this week....
It's been World book day here last week and our grandchildren have enjoyed dressing up for it :-)
Here's Amy's three...they all love to share their photos with me.
It especially made me smile because Phoebe is wearing the outfit I made for her mummy when she was the genie in aladdin when she was at school...it's been used many times since :-)
Lexi dressed as Thing 2 from Dr Zeus and her best friend at school was Thing 1 :-)
Sam was Harry Potter of course.
I do love that their schools join in the fun of special days.
Shell sent me this photo of their puppy Jet stopping their cat Monty
from going out through the cat flap....I think she wanted to play :-)
I
snapped this pic of two ducks on the roof of the house behind us on
Wednesday...I think even the ducks have had enough of all the floods
now!
I saw this on Facebook this week and it really made me laugh....please don't read if you're easily offended.
What a week of rain and gales we've had here but thankfully we have been safe and warm in our bungalow so that is certainly something to smile about. I have found a few pics to share with you that make me smile.....
Theo drew this for his Aunty Shell and it really made me smile....not bad for a 3 year old is it? He loves all art and crafts :-) :-)
Little Jet has been up to all sorts of tricks lately and here's a couple of pics to make you laugh.
Shell says she doesn't realise she's the wrong colour to be the andrex dog.
Shell had to point out where Jet was in the second pic...I had focussed in her cage not on the top!!
Amy, Dave had their three are away for a couple of days down in Cornwall during the school half term holidays.
It really made me smile to see them playing Scrabble together because it's a game we have all loved over the years.
Finally these are a few cartoons I found about floods and wet weather that made me chuckle.
Our back lawn has been like a sponge with all the rain but I do remember my Dad always saying the rain was good for the garden!
Thankfully it's too early to be mowing the lawns yet!
I really do feel for those affected by the floods but I'm sure it's better to laugh than cry about it.... maybe this is an idea for them?
I hope you have found something to smile about this week and will link up to your own smiles below.
Another week, another head cold but still plenty to make me smile thankfully.
I like to take a little time out of my busy life to focus on the good things in my life and to share just a few of them hoping to make others smile too. It does me good and I hope it rubs off on all those who visit each week....please feel very welcome to share your smiles too by linking up at the bottom of the page. With all the doom and gloom in this world we live in I like to do my bit to share a little happiness.
Shell shared this photo with me this week of their puppy, Jet watching the telly. She sent me a video too and it showed Jet empathising with the corgi in the film...it made us all chuckle [I'm sorry but I'm unable to share the video with you].
Little Jet is growing fast and is such a lovely little dog now.
My smiles have mostly focussed on the signs of Spring around our garden. There seems new life everywhere I look so I popped out with my camera to share a collage of what I found with you....Spring is on it's way....wahoooooooo.
Or is it?
I found these few funnies on Pinterest to make you smile....
Looking at our garden...this one seemed appropriate :-)
Then....with all the bad weather we've been having maybe this one is right? :-)
Thankfully we haven't had a lot of snow and what we have had hasn't stayed long but this one made me chuckle.
Then I found this one and, as today is the last day of the course we have been having at the gym and we can't afford the £800 plus they want for another year there, I thought maybe this one might be right for me?
Sadly this head cold has included earache and vertigo so we have been unable to got to our last few sessions at the gym but hopefully it's given us the insentive to get and stay fitter....fingers crossed.
What a busy week I've had here at Sewing by Annie's. I'm thrilled to say I've managed to finish all my sewing [until the next customer comes through the door and hopefully it wont be another 3 with 13 Memory Character requests between them like last Friday....details on Wednesday's post below].
So here's a few snaps of my smiles for this week....
We all seem to have had some gorgeous skies this week and this was my favourite of one morning this week.
Amy sent me these photos from over the weekend of children doing what children should be doing....enjoying being outside.
The top pic is of their field from the kitchen window where there have been sheep on. They have grazed it very low so the children have been enjoying the hard frosty days sledging down the bank and the bottom photos are of a day at the Welsh coast over the weekend....bliss eh?
Tuesday saw this little man at our house and I just had to share this photo.He's been a little under the weather for a few week and had played hard and fast all morning but was beginning to flag a little...he had asked his Grandad if he could watch one of his favourite programmes on his Grandad's iPad....just look at that concentration :-)
Shell sent me this photo of little Jet peeping at her over her laptop while she was trying to do some school work .....how can you resist that face?
Everywhere is so wet and mucky out in the garden but I just had to share these pics of our first snowdrops popping their heads up through the muddy ground.
And finally here's a funny Amy sent me this week. I have a new fit bit to keep and eye on how much exercise I'm getting and she thought this was a good tip for increasing my step count.....I'm thrilled to say I've now lost a stone in weight :-)
I hope I've made you smile this week and you will share your smiles with us by linking them up below. I've needed a few smiles this week as I've had a streaming head cold on probably my busiest week that I've had in a long time....thankfully it seems to be drying up a bit now but has left me rather washed out and weary. Fingers crossed it goes very soon.
