The weeks keep flying by...we are already in October!! Madness or what?
Here are my smiles for the week and hopefully you will leave me a little comment before sharing your own smiles before linking up below.
This made me chuckle....Our beautiful little ballerina on her skate board....the two didn't quite go together but just look at the pose :-)
Wednesday saw me accompanying Dod doing deliveries for Big Value Banners [our daughter Amy and her hubby's banner printing business] in their van all round London...the photos were taken through the window so not the best. It was a long day but any day spent together supporting the family is a day well spent.
Our little Milly has had her hair cut this week [and so have I :-) ].
Amy took these photos while she was looking after her for us on Wednesday and sent them to me with the slogan...'mum, who is this lady who has just made me go out in the rain for a wee?'
The last pic today is of this little rhyme I saw on Facebook....I think it says it all don't you?
I will be missing in action next Friday as we are recharging our batteries so I hope you can manage without me. Keep smiling.
On Saturday we all went to see Lexi on stage at Theatre Severn in Shrewsbury at a performance of Madagascar. Sadly we aren't allowed to take photos there but it was a wonderful performance and we all came out singing....'we like to move it move it' :-)
Lexi played the part of a visitor at the zoo and a piece of steak....guess you need to have watched the film to know!
Amy, Dave and the children went to London for the weekend and organised a black taxi tour around all the sites...they say is was brilliant and would highly recommend it because it allowed them to see all they wanted to and the taxi driver was able to stop for them to take photos.
The girls love the Harry Potter books so whilst there they went to the Harry Potter experience....a great time was had by all as you can see.
The boys are Arsenal fans so while the girls did Harry Potter they went on a tour around the Emirates football ground....what a treat.
Of course Steve was then treated to a new Arsenal kit as an early birthday present....he looks rather pleased with it too.
On Monday Theo and his mummy went on a nature walk near their home to gather Autumn leaves and other treasures...and also jumping in muddy puddles and climbing trees....just what children should do eh?
Our men went to watch Shrewsbury town play after the theatre on Saturday and when they came home Mark had treated Theo to one of the away football strips....it's actually a lovely purple in colour but looks rather blue in this pic. They are off to watch a game together in the near future so I have a feeling Theo will be wearing his new kit then :-)
I hope you have enjoyed my smiles and will leave me a little message before sharing yours and linking them up below.
Oh what a week filled with smiles it's been for me this week. It's been half term holidays for my grandchildren so there's been busy, fun filled days for them and of course they share them all with me so here's a few collages of what they've been up to this week...
Lexi and Sam had a few days taking in the sights of London with their mum and dad and were so excited at all they saw....
London eye
Science museum
National History museum
Madame Tussauds
...to name but a few.
Steve had been encouraged to attend a goalkeeper training day because the trainers at his after school sessions had seen real potential in his playing. So on Friday he attended a day of goalkeeper training ....and at the end of the day he was given yet another award for player of the day....he really loves his football and we are all so proud of his achievements.
On Tuesday night Steve went for his matchday experience at the Shrewsbury Town ground for the Shrewsbury v Doncaster match. He was one of the flag bearers when the players came out onto the pitch and then, during half time interval, the children played a game on the pitch...Steve in goals of course.
He not only made several really good saves but the crowd cheered him when he did....trust me when I say there was a very proud Daddy and Grandad watching him play....he's a star.
Not only that but Shrewsbury Town went on to win their game too so a very happy hubby came home Tuesday night.
Lulu was really chuffed Tuesday night when she gained her Golden badge at Brownies....more sewing for Nanny now I guess. :-)
We have a new family member this week too....meet Molly puppy. Amy and family have been searching for a while now for another puppy, a friend for Poppy dog. They searched and chose very carefully and managed to find the perfect litter bred with children in the house and fetched little Molly home on Sunday morning.
We popped over to see her on Sunday afternoon and she is simply adorable and as you can see has settled in very well at her new home.
On top of all that excitement we also went with Mark and Gina for a second viewing at a 4 bedroomed house they fancied and I'm really pleased to say they have now put in an offer and it's been accepted....please keep everything crossed for them.
So, as you can see it's been a really busy week for me and the family...and it doesn't stop there because Sunday is 3rd March and my darling hubby will be 65....he will be retiring in July so there will be lots of smiles and celebrations up and coming. Happy Birthday gorgeous man....love you to the moon and back.
I have been away from my computer since Sunday morning so am well overdue with catching up with my blogging friends. It will take me a while but I will get there I promise.
Sunday we left home for our latest adventure....a few days in London. We were to catch a bus for the first part of our journey. It was organised by the Wrexham/London rail because there was work going on on the tracks. We were lucky to have checked on line before leaving because the replacement bus was leaving an hour before our train was meant to and no one had let us know. We caught the bus but it failed to reach our intended train station before the train left so 2 extra trains and an extra £81 later we arrived in London just in time for the Comedy Store show. It really doesn't encourage you to use trains does it?
The Comedy store was brilliant, as always. The show is ad lib comedy performed by 6 comedians...Paul Merton, Josie Lawrence, Neil Mullarkey, Andy Smart, Neil Simpson and Richard Vranch. They are so clever and all make a wonderful team. If you get the chance then make sure you get yourself tickets. We laughed til we cried and by the time we left our faces and sides ached....a wonderful tonic :-)
Monday was spent with some retail therapy in the morning...new Ecco shoes for us both :-) We popped back to the hotel to wash and change and then on to watch Legally Blonde at the theatre in the evening. What a brilliant show that was. The music/voices were really powerful. A really enjoyable evening for us both.
We came home yesterday afternoon batteries recharged if but rather exhausted.
This morning I had to get myself back into the working mode 'cos I had a rail full waiting for me plus curtains to do so I've had Twiglet here to do the grovelling on the floor to do the pinning up for me....hence a rather late WOYWW for me. This was how my rail looked first thing and I have since emptied and filled it again. :-)
My table has no clever stuff going on as yet but I now have 4 new blank canvasses on to do my dumfing pictures on so if any of you have ideas as to what to do next please leave them in the comments for me. I'm always open to ideas.
I now have a wonderful display area on one of my walls for my pictures and there is plenety of room for my new pictures.
It might take me a day or so to catch up with you all but I promise I will catch up with all my fellow WOYWWers...if not today then tomorrow.....or the day after :-)
