Here we are at another catch up with our Friday smiles. It's been a week of slow recovery from the bugs we have had for what seems like weeks. I think we are getting there...we have stopped running temperatures but the energy levels still need topping up.
We have the boys this weekend so I may have more smiles for next Friday but Theo managed to finish the ferris wheel he had been making using the K'nex. It was really tricky to make but he persevered and was so chuffed with the finished article.
Our garden continues to make us smile...the flowers keep blooming in every corner.
It wouldn't be a Friday without a few funnies....I hope something here raises a few smiles. Please leave me a little comment and then link up to your own smiles below.
Christmas is fast approaching and my Sewing room is being kept very busy and that always keeps me smiling.
Wanting to get fitter and loose weight we have both started going to the gym this week and have found muscles we haven't used for a while....fingers crossed we will find the exercises easier soon and start to notice the benefits....I'm on a 14 week course advised by my Dr but my darling hubby is coming with me so that has to be worth smiling about eh?
My shared photos this week are Grandchildren based...and they never fail to keep us smiling...
Last Friday was Children in Need day and all the Grandchildren had to go to their schools dressed with spots in mind...and then each of give money towards the charity for the pleasure of going in dressed up.
We had a long day with little Theo on Tuesday. We were up at silly o'clock to be ready for him and he didn't go home til after tea so we had lots of fun all day as you can see....he really loves building with the K'nex and has made a 'tree' out of the 'stars' he's made...such an imagination for a 3 year old.
He then got the pushchair and dolly out...he is so much like his daddy who had his own dolly at this age...I think it means they will make good daddies [I know Mark has].
Amy sent me photos of the girls cooking a lasagna for their tea....they make a good team cooking together and it really makes me smile that they are able to cook meals like this.
Michelle had bought a new fun cook book of how to make cakes in a tea cup using the microwave oven and Sam is showing the chocolate chip cookie he'd made. The hardest part was waiting until it had cooled enough to eat it. :-)
That's all my snaps for this week. Please leave me a little hello comment and then link up to your own smiles if you can so I can see what's been making you smile this week.
Wahoooo Spring is here so what's not to smile about? I think this has to be my favourite season by far. I'm surrounded by sprouting garden flowers and every field round about appears to be full of little lambs and new life.
We had a ride out in the motor home at the weekend and there really did seem to be new lambs everywhere I looked....and of course from the front seat in a motor home you can see over the hedges so I could see so many more than from a car.....I love the Motor home life.
I have a few pics to share with you but none of the lambs sorry.
Tuesday was a fun filled day spent with my hubby and little Theo. I really love this photo because they were deep in conversation about what they were making and it was all the more special because the K'nex they were playing with belonged to Theo's daddy, Mark and I have very happy memories of him playing with it too.
Lexi and Sam came for an hour after school on Wednesday while their mummy was at their parents evening....the Lego is always something they all love playing with and some of that was mine when I was little....it very long lasting isn't it? :-)
These little violets are just outside my sewing room door and they make me smile every time I look at them. As a child I always picked a few of the first primroses and violets for my Nan so these hold very special memories for me.
Last week I included a pic of the very first tulip in the garden but now they are opening our everywhere and there are red, yellow and cream ones too....just gorgeous.
This is a tree we planted in our back garden just a couple of years ago and I couldn't resist snapping this pic yesterday when I noticed it was all coming out into bloom....just look at that blue sky behind it!!! There wasn't a cloud in the sky.
There you go. Maybe you can see why I love Spring? I hope I've made you smile too.
Hi folks. Here we are at another Friday catch up of the week's smiles. I really loved all the smiles you shared with us this last week so I must say a huge thank you to all that take the time out to join in the fun. I would like to feature the funny word definitions that Sam shared with us last week....they really got me chuckling so are worth popping over to check them out if you haven't already. Thanks Sam.
My smiles more than often focus on my wonderful family. I treasure each and every family member and can guarantee that they will give me something to smile about every day. Most of you will know that my, much older, sister Jo has given us a few anxious times lately with her gall bladder problems and as you can imagine our quality together time has been limited while she has been recovering from her surgery but Tuesday night she felt able to join me for the evening while our men went to watch Shrewsbury Town win at footy. We had a wonderful chill out evening catching up and it really made me realise what a very special relationship we have....we are blessed.
Here she is thankfully looking much better than she did when I'd seen her the time before [a few hours after her surgery!].
I'm married to a man who can turn his hand to anything and everything from cooking, cleaning, ironing and normal day to day chores to just about anything in the way of DIY. He has mastered building work, electrics, painting and decorating and plumbing to name but a few.....I'm blessed having such a wonderful man in my life.
Our son got married last year and, with his wife, is setting up their first home. It's wonderful watching them making it theirs plus I am really enjoying watching his Dad passing on his skills. Mark really does follow in his Dad's footsteps in that he is very able to turn his hand to anything. In this pic he is fitting a new bathroom in their home with a little bit of help and guidance.....always makes me smile. :-)
This week's developments with the K'nex has seen Lexi building a boat with a wind turbine! to power it. :-)
And Sam has built his own ladder.....he's obviously aiming to reach the top isn't he? :-)
The last pic I'm sharing today is this one of my little munchkins having bubbly bath time fun with their Nanny Annie.....I'm so very blessed to have such a lot of very special family together time. :-)
So there you go. I've had so much to make me smile this week. Please snap away and share your happy moments with us by linking them below and I will be over to check them out as soon as I can.
Hi folks. Thanks so much to each and every one of you who joined in last week. I'm featuring two little ones snapped on Elizabeth's blog from last week. What a cute Minnie Mouse and Little Mermaid they made. Thanks for sharing your smiles Elizabeth
It's been another eventful week for me and another one full of things to smile about.
Big sister Jo's [Twiglet] surgery eventually went well last week and she was allowed home at the weekend. She would really like rather more 'get up and go' than she's got but she is making a good recovery and she has to be patient, listen to her body and allow it to heal.
We [my darling hubby and I] had a wonderful couple of wonderful days away in London at the weekend. We went to see the poppies at the Tower of London [pics below] and while down there we also went to see Matilda at the theatre [an amazing show with some really talented children performing].
Our eldest daughter has now recovered from her surgery and managed to go back to work on Wednesday so I managed some fun time with the twinnie munchkins.....that is until Sam decided to be very sick all over the floor!.....he's bounced back since thankfully.
So here's a few snaps of what's made me smile this week...
Sam and Lexi really love building with the K'nex and are learning their shapes this week.
Sam made this and said..."Look Nanny it's a rectangle just like the telly"
Here's Lexi with her circle, square and triangle. :-)
We then had a fun art session :-)
This is Lexi's butterfly and
...her duck.....obviously a rare long legged breed :-)
And this is Sam's drawing of his sister, Lexi.
I just love watching how they are developing and seeing their enjoyment with their drawings.
So there you are. That's just a few of the things that have been making me smile this week. Please snap and share yours with us by linking them below.
