It's Friday and it's another catch up with the smiles from the week...and I have several to share this week.
Sam has been awarded Student of the Year for Year 7 Design and Technology....He's doing really well at school and it's lovely to see him getting awards....Proud of you Sam.
He also took part in his school's Art Festival and played the part of the Cheshire Cat in a little Alice in Wonderland sketch.....This made me smile.
Lexi has entered another on line dance competition and she got first place in her Jazz solo....she's doing so well and really loving life.
Milly always makes me smile..... when I pull out one of my fabric boxes in my sewing room she jumps in. I'm not sure if she thinks she's helping me :-)
Of course I also have to share some funnies with you....hope you find something here to make you smile and will then leave me a little comment before linking up to your own smiles below....everyone is welcome.
Here we are at another weekly catch up of the things that has made us smile from the last week. I've had a stinker of a head cold but I've still had lots to smile about and thankfully my cold is drying up now although I am still coughing.
Saturday night we celebrated Shell's 40th birthday.....how did my first born reach 40!! It only seems 5 mins since I was 40 and two mins since she was born.
It's been a lot colder here this week so Milly has been glad of her fleece jumper.
It looks like this flock of birds has seen my hubby filling up the bird feeders...it made me chuckle.
We had a fun day with the boys on Tuesday. I taught Theo how to make paper aeroplanes and boats then I made them a couple of hankie mice....my dad used to make one for me as a child so it brought me back many happy memories watching the boys play with them. They built a maze and a house out of the duplo for their mice to play in....happy memories.
Finally here's a few funnies to make you smile. I hope you will leave me a little message before linking up to your own smiles at the bottom of the page.
Here we are at another round up of the smiles of my week...and there's been many.
Lexi has now completed her 36 shows of Jack in the Beanstalk at Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury. It was a wonderful show and she made us very proud of her.
I'm hoping the video below works for you. This was the final dance of the show....she's come a long way since she started her ballet classes aged 3.
We looked after Theo and Louie on Saturday afternoon and we had a visit from Amy, Phoebe, Lulu and Stephen. It was so lovely to see them all playing together...you're never too old to play with playdough :-)
We had little Louie for a play day yesterday....just look at that concentration :-)
Milly had her hair cut this week and is so proud of herself. :-)
Of course I have to finish off with some funnies....I hope something makes you smile. Please leave me a little message so I know you've called in and if you can then please link up to your smiles at the bottom.
Here we are at the first smiley post of 2024. I hope you have all enjoyed the festive break and are starting the new year off well and happy. I've had my first customer of 2024 and have others planning to come soon and that makes me smile. I've even started planning a new creative project...I may post more about that on my Wednesday post.
Friday night my hubby and I went to the Birmingham Rep theatre to see The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe [my favourite book as a child]. The show was amazing. Amy, Dave and family treated us to the tickets for Christmas so it was a real treat....many thanks to all.
We completed our Christmas jigsaw....it was GREEN!!!!
I dont like sprouts at the best of times and this was really challenging....all the pieces were the same size/shape so we just had to go on the colours....GREEN!!!
Having spent 7 years in fleecy green knickers at secondary school it has never been a favourite colour :-)
Little Louie was bought a standing frame for Christmas so he could 'help' in the kitchen....both boys love to help in the kitchen and this puts him at the right height safely....he loves it.
Angela shared with us last week some of the positions her fur babies get into to sleep so I thought I'd share these couple with you. Milly gets into all sorts of positions to sleep ...I guess she must be comfy??
Of course I have to finish up with a few funnies...it wouldn't be a Friday without would it?
Please leave me a little message so I know you've called in and if you can then please link to your own smiles below.
Oh what a lovely week I've had.....Christmas cards are in the making and we've had very special visitors up from South Wales.
I've been doing a bit of strip quilting to cut up for my Christmas cards....and have really enjoyed making them.
My little assistant has been 'helping' sort out the felt ready for a crafting session at Jo's on Tuesday.....every time I pull out one of my boxes she jumps in to 'help' and actually curled up and fell asleep in this one. :-)
Sunday teatime we all met up for a Sunday roast dinner....the food was really good and the company was even better.
Tuesday morning Jan joined Jo and I for a crafty day at Jo's. Jan enjoyed an hour or maybe more ;-) sorting through the huge box of my donated fabrics and filled a box with stuff that she could use for her makes for the RNLI....this really made me smile.
Jo provided a yummy lunch...[thanks Jo] and in the afternoon we all sat around Jo's dining table on sewing machines and enjoyed some free machining time to eventually make a Christmas wreath with what we made....they may take a while to make but I'm sure you will see the finished results at some point :-)
All in all we had a wonderful time chatting, creating and enjoying each others company....life should be filled with days like that.
It is a Louie fun day today so please be patient with me but I will drop by to see what you've been up to as soon as I can.
Here we are at another weekly catch up of what's made us smile during the week.
Mine was filled with making memories to celebrate my birthday/retirement. It's included two trips to the theatre to see Vincent Simone's Argentine Tango show on Monday night [of Strictly Come Dancing fame] and on Wednesday night we saw Sarah Millican...and we laughed so much that I felt she should be on prescription. I've been taken out for lunch on Monday and have been spoilt rotten by all my family and friends....I'm truly blessed.
We've had two wonderful fun days with little Louie making lots of memories.
Milly has been 'helping' me in my sewing room....she's such a sweety and she knows it.
Finally here's a few funnies to make you smile.
It's a quick one from me for this week because we are heading off on another adventure [more celebrations :-) ] but I will do my best to pop over to yours if I can.
I've had another really busy week here at Sewing by Annie's but have had lots to smile about. Last Friday night my darling hubby treated me to an early birthday present and took me to Birmingham to see Dawn French in her latest show....and we laughed until our faces ached. She's so entertaining....and she's just 12 days older than me :-)
We have had some sunny days this week and I love this photo of Milly soaking up some rays.
Yesterday we watched a sparowhawk disembowelling a pigeon just across our drive....not something everyone would want to watch but we love our birds and she [yes we were quite sure it was a female as we watched very closely] was a really stunning bird.
There is still colour in every corner of our garden so I snapped some pics to share with you.
Finally I have a few funnies to share with you...I hope something makes you smile. Please leave me a little comment so I know you've called in and then link to your own smiles at the bottom of the page.
Milly has been for a trim and is very pleased to be summer ready now....all we need is some sunshine !!
We've spent time with all 7 of our grandchildren...and that always makes me smile...
We joined these gorgeous 3 at a party on the Sabrina boat on the River Severn to celebrate their daddy's birthday on Saturday night...and a wonderful time was had by all.
We spent time with the our gorgeous twins while their mummy sorted out a health problem on Tuesday night...we had a lovely time together making pom poms.
We spent some time with these gorgeous boys Wednesday evening and here they are all ready for their summer holidays in France....I hope they have a wonderful time.
Our clematis is blooming to it's heart's content this week and I just had to share it with you.
I made 4 Memory bears for a returning customer this week and that always makes me smile but when they came to collect the 7 year old little girl greeted me with these beautiful flowers and a big hug...and that really made me smile.
I'm hoping this video works for you. Louie discovered his shadow this week and it made us all giggle.
Of course I had to find you a few funnies too. I hope they make you smile and you have lots of smiles you can share with us by linking up at the bottom of the page.
Phew..... it's been a hot one this week and our fans have been working overtime to keep us cool. I've been really busy with sewing and have had some very special customers this week....I'm so blessed to have made some real friends from my sewing business. I've had hugs and kisses and one even brought me a bunch of flowers [included in the one collage below].....I love my job.
Our strawberries are ripening just fast enough for us to enjoy them....Louie had some yesterday and he thought they were rather yummy too.....he loves any fruit but the ones that are freshly picked and washed are the best.
Milly needed her nails cutting yesterday so, to show Milo what a good girl she is, she insisted we took a photo of me cutting them for her....she happily lies like a baby in my arm and has even sometimes been known to insist I file them for her afterwards. She's such a good girl ...I think she would allow me to do anything for her. :-) :-)
The first collage from our garden including the flowers I was given....aren't they gorgeous?
Too many flowers for just one collage this week.
My funnies wouldn't fit in a collage this week so I'm sharing them one at a time.
I hope you find something to make you smile and will leave me a little message before sharing your own smiles by linking up below.
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