This week's smiles....week 417

 What a week it's been here at Sewing by Annies.  It's been the school's half term holiday and I have been flooded with prom dresses.  It was Bank holiday on Monday so I wasn't working but my customers more than made up for it on Tuesday and Wednesday..3-4 prom dresses arrived each day plus other sewing jobs.

I dont work Thursdays normally because we have the boys here but this week they have been on holiday with their Mummy so yesterday I tackled a really tricky dress that I had to do [yes my choice and I have to say it was a job and a half]. 

 It took me 7 hours to just do the top layers!!  I still have 3 more layers to shorten yet.

I thought it was a good idea to do it while I had no customers to disturb me because I have 2 more prom dresses coming today.

This photo really made me smile from last weekend....I love it when the boys sit together like this.

Our garden continues to make us smile...these are just some of this weeks blooms.

Of course I have to finish off with a few funnies....I hope something here makes you smile and you will leave me a little comment before linking up to your smiles below.

Hugs,

Annie x

This week's smiles.....week 413

 Here we are at another catch up of the things in the week that has made us smile....and, as always, I've found quite a few.

This collage was from last weekend.  I knitted a little Louie with his red Spiderman jumper on and a little Theo with a stripey jumper on with a big T on the front and as you can see the boys really loved them....it made all the cramp and pain worth while [see Wednesday's post].

Sam has had a new outfit for his kickboxing....one minute he's singing/acting and dancing and the next minute he's kickboxing....dont you just love him?

We have a long weekend with the boys this weekend and as you can see from a couple of photos taken from last night the fun has already started...Theo built a wonderful car with the Knex and Louie fitted the triominoes together to make hexagons....he learns something new every day.

That just leaves me a few funnies to make you smile...I hope they work.

Please leave me a little message before linking up to your own smiles below.

Hugs,

Annie x

This week's smiles.....week 412

 What a week it's been here at Sewing by Annie's....lots of smiles but no sewing.  I had nothing to share on my desk on Wednesday for that very reason.

We had the boys here for a long weekend so we had lots to smile about. We not only had fun time at home but we went for a ride on the Easter train from Llanfair Caereinion to Welshpool and even saw the Easter bunny who gave the boys an Easter egg each.

Wednesday night we went to Theatre Severn to watch Sam taking part in Nemo [Junior]....he played 5 different parts and the whole show was amazing.  We really do have a lot of very talented children in and around Shrewsbury.

So very proud of you Sam xxxx

That just leaves me to share a few funnies with you.  I hope you have all had a week filled with smiles and you will leave me a little message before linking up your smiles below.

Hugs,

Annie x

This week's smiles....week 402

It's been a busy week here with having the boys here for a long weekend [Thursday to Sunday].. Sadly little Louie was very poorly with a virus that caused him to run very high temperatures.  He needed lots of sponging down and hugs [ ...and Calpol/Nurofen] but thankfully I'm hoping he's now on the mend.  His Daddy took him to see a Dr on Saturday morning but she couldn't find anything that was obviously causing the high temperatures saying it was probably just a virus.

We did manage some lovely crafty time with them both while they were here....they painted a garden gnome or garden dinosaur each, decorated several wooden key rings and did some amazing building from our crafty box of goodies....they love creative play.

Lexi entered several dancing competitions on Sunday and came away with a second in her Jazz solo, second in her Commercial Solo, a first in her Senior dance team performance and her group also won the overal Ist in the whole team performance.

She  was also given the award for the most potential in the morning's competition....talk about a superstar.  We are so very proud of her.

Sam had his first day session with Emil Dale Associates down in London.  He came home buzzing.  It sounded like he had an awesome day. :-)

The only other things I have to share are a few funnies.  I hope something here makes you smile and you will leave me a little comment before linking up to your own smiles at the bottom of the page.

Hugs,

Annie x

This week's smiles....week 398

 We've had another lovely/busy weekend here at Sewing by Annie's.

We had the boys for the weekend and lots of happy memories were made by all.   We did all sorts of creative things including decorating little peg dolls and having fun with Nanny's crafty box of goodies...they are such lovely boys and are growing up so fast. 

The only other things I have to share with you are this week's funnies and there seems a lot to share...but most are too funny to be left out.  I hope none offend and they make you smile.

Please leave me a little comment and then link up your own smiles at the bottom.

Hugs,

Annie x

This week's smiles....week 395

 I will be missing next week so the next Friday smiles will be in 2 weeks.  There is so much going on here at the moment that I need a bit of a rest....hope you don't mind.

This week has been another lovely hectic week filled with Christmas preparations...sewing/ cooking etc.

I have a lovely collage of the boys to share with you from last weekend....

We enjoy crafty/ creative time with them.  Here they are painting gingerbread men and having lots of fun....they are growing up far too fast.

I just have lots of funnies to share with you now before I wish you all a very happy Christmas and a wonderful 2025.

Hugs,

Annie x

This week's smiles....week 394

 It's been another lovely week filled with smiles here at Sewing by Annie's.  Our Grandchildren give us reasons to smile every week.  We went to watch Lexi perform in her Christmas dance show and she was amazing...she dances with an older group of girls now and is the smallest but she really keeps up with her performance and even won the team player award for her attitude with other dancers...

Here she is with her dance teacher recieving her award....so very proud of her.

We enjoy our time with Theo and Louie each week and I couldn't resist snapping them playing so nicely together.

We have put our Christmas decorations up and each year these go on our tree....my Mum knitted them all from the same pattern, yet they are all quite different.  They always make me smile.

We saw this postbox topper when we were out the other night and I couldn't resist snapping it from different angles...isn't is fab?

That just leaves me to add a few funnies to make you smile.  I hope these do the job and you will leave me a little message before linking up to your own smiles below.

Hugs,

Annie x

This week's smiles...week 393

 Here we are at the weekly round up of the things that made us smile....and there's been lots thankfully.

We went to Wellington at the weekend to watch Sam singing a solo during the switching on the Christmas lights celebrations...he confidently went up on the stage and sang beautifully.  We are so very proud of him and it's so lovely to watch him grow and develop.

His twin sister, Lexi has had some more proffesional photos taken...aren't they fab. She really loves her dancing and now dances with an older group of girls.

We enjoy the time we now spend with these two each week....here they are showing us their new coats :-)

I seem to have found lots of funnies this week [some are a bit saucy so I hope they don't offend].  I hope they make you smile and you will leave me a little message before linking up to your own smiles below.

Hugs,

Annie x

This week's smiles....week 381

 Hello all.  It's been another lovely week filled with smiles here. 

We went away for a, well earned, weekend break in our caravan on our favourite campsite in Llanidloes....

We went for a lovely ride around the lakes in Elan Valley....it was dry but rather cold.  We enjoyed the scenery and several lovely walks.

Along the side of one of the lakes several of the trees had been cut down and someone had done some really gorgeous wood carvings in the tree trunks.

Sam had to sing two solos at Shrewsbury Food Festival on Saturday.....this is the one video of him singing....I hope you can watch it.  It's amazing how he is growing in confidence and ability now....so very proud of him.  He has taken hiw Grade 3 singing exam this week too.

Theo and Louie had their faces painted and sent me the pic...don't they look fab.

We had two Nanny Annie days this week, Tuesday and Wednesday....so special to watch them growing up.

Louie still likes to snuggle up to me with a book or two after his lunch and as you can see he nodded off :-)

He is stood on a little table in the last pic watching a squirrel on our neighbours bird feeder. :-)

Our garden continues to make us smile....there seems to be flowers in every corner now. :-)

Of course I had to find a few funnies to share with you [I hope none offend].  I hope you find something to make you smile and you will leave me a little message before linking up to your own smiles below.

Hugs,

Annie x