Home Happenings.

Hi all..firstly Hello to Brandyann..welcome to my little world.
Well not that much has been going on this week..we have got stuck into the school work. You never realize how complicated the English Language is until you have to teach it..Synonyms,Homonyms,Antonyms and Homophones..Wow so many,yet FT1 is loving it and doing great..FT2 as been concentrating on her words and letters plus double digit addition..its fun and so rewarding when that lightbulb goes on and they get it..best moment ever!!..

I had the pleasure of looking after 2 of my little grand-daughters Hollie and Emma..it was so much fun to have a house full of little girls again..even if i did end being the patient in a game of Doctors..with a plastic thermometer shoved forcefully down my throat and a pretend injection that actually left a small bruise(thanks Emma:)..love you baby girl..

Emma with the camera and Hollie being gorgeous.

They had lunch and played with the girls for another hour before their Daddy came to collect them..my DD Heather rang me later to say they had a great time and were shattered..nice to know i wore them out lol..

I changed the Dining Room curtains last week from the Winter ones to Summer ones..

These are so beautiful the picture doesn't do them justice..a good friend of mine gave them to me a few years ago..they are heavy and lined with Thermal lining..it makes them brilliant draught stoppers in the Winter..but i also have these that i love for the Summer..so light but a dark red to match my wall paint..

I also found this little beauty in my garden..i love these flowers and one of my little girls is actually named after the flower.

We are going to keep working through the half-term holidays and have some time off when the schools have re-opened..that way we get more time and its not so crowded when we go out. The library isn't crowded and we can get to the park and literally have it all to ourselves :)..

We did some lovely Water Colour Painting this week..i think doing it slowly and carefully teaches patience and also helps with co-ordination..i printed some pencil drawings of birds and i have some of flowers for next week..I think they did well..

Are they just lovely..
I baked on Saturday and made cakes for the week..probably have to make some more mid-week but i am just glad all i make gets eaten. I made a Swiss roll..haven't made one since i was at school and i am sure my old Cookery teacher would have a fit if she had known it cracked a little..Mrs.Heath was a great teacher and also a wonderful cook..harsh with it..many a time i saw her reduce a girl to tears with a look or a word..thankfully i never was on the receiving it.

I also made tarts,choclate cakes and some swirly fairy cakes with some left over frosting..as you can tell by the missing bits lol..never the less they have gone down a storm.

Not the best icer in the world but i try..

I listed 12 items on ebay..mostly little girls summer dresses and 2 lovely jackets..hopefully they will sell..if not i will put away and try later on in the year when the weather is warmer.
I got a bargain on ebay..50 yards of ribbon for 1p..p&p was £1.99 so exactly £2..i have plans for the girls swings in the garden and also i will have plenty left to make some nice hair ribbons and then any left overs will go in my little ribbon jar..i keep all things like these..they add a nice touch to a small gift .
I made memory boxes for the little tots..they have every card and milestone i recorded in a box now under their beds..its lovely to look back sometimes.

Things to do this week;
Print some meal planners off
Sew up 2 pairs of jeans with little tears.
Clean windows downstairs outside and inside.
Mend 4 pairs of socks.
Do a meat shop.
Start moving plants from the front garden to temporary homes in back garden.
So that was my week and some plans for next week..what have you been up to and what plans do you have.
take care all
ftm