Rainy day = painting day

We woke up too lots and lots of rain so when i suggested we do some painting there was jumping up and down and cheering :) its been a while since Ive had the patience and energy for getting the paint out and then clearing it all away again.
i couldn't find any paint brushes though oops ! so we had a big rummage in the kitchen draw that's full of all sorts of bits and bobs from little plastic men too plug covers and decided to do some printing with our motley collection of bits.

little plastic man left little paint footprints which looked very cute walking across the paper .

Mummy's messy little miss had to be stripped off to the nappy to stop her ruining her clothes and it was a good job i did as boy did she cover herself in paint !

Little Miss Messy

Ben had the idea of running the wheels of his digger through the paint to see what pattern it would make ,he then decided to paint his digger and some of his little knights.

One of many finished master pieces :) we hung them up to show to daddy when he got home from work the pixies are soooo proud of them i think we will defiantly do alot more painting in the future :)

enjoying being back home

After what has been a pretty unsettling couple of weeks it was therapeutic and calming to be able to get back to doing our usual day to day activity's and as the sun was shinning we thought where better to go than our local nature reserve which is at its most beautiful this time of year.

taking this photo took some guts on my part ,ever since Bens fell in the lake in the park ive been really nervous with the pixies around water and usually follow them around closely making sure im always in grab reach, thankfully it hasn't rubbed off on Ben who is as confident as ever :)

looking for fishes

Ben spent the whole time at the playground running round and round pushing the roundabout.

my pretty girl playing with her cars,

After Daisy's nap we made some homemade popcorn Ben was very excited and ran to get his wooden xylophone as he said the popping popcorn sounded the same as his xylophone :)

Pixies busy munching popcorn on our naked sofa (covers in the wash )

fun mother in-law visit

After all the rain it was so nice to be able to go for a sunny walk in the park . Daisy found a evil McDonnalds happy meal box and took rather a liking to it so decided to collect leaves and petals and twigs in it while she toddled along i had to fight the urge to take it off her .

Ben helped me make some Spelt bread before dinner, this is the face of someone caught eating the dough :)

This is my current pregnancy craving ,raw crunchy veg mmmmmmmm smiley face optional :)

i forgot to buy some more self raising flour for making muffins so we made Spelt cinnamon and Heather Honey cookies :) and then Nana turned up with a tin full of fairy cakes with Smarties on top which made my cookies look a bit boring in comparison :(

She then came out with the weirdest thing ever ! she asked 'do we know what it is yet?' meaning baby's gender i said no we wernt going to find out this time she said 'ok just as long as its not a 'Willywoofter' (her word for being gay) and did a limp wristed action !!!!???? she totally knocked me speechless i ended up scampering into the kitchen to make her a cup of tea ! she then started comparing Daisy's speech to Bens saying Daisy could speak alot better and clearer than Ben with Ben sat right next to her, poor little man :( ugh ! how i enjoy her visits .

crafting bits and bobs

Now the morning sickness has finally gone ive had so much more energy for doing the crafty bits and bobs i love :)
This little pixie hat is for pixie number 3 due December ,and i cant tell you how proud i am of this little hat :) my first knitted piece of clothing :)

Andy bought me this brilliant book from Amazon so i can kit baby out in mama hand knitted clothes ,am currently working on a jumper .

Its Daisy's 2nd birthday next week so i made her a little dog out of a pillowcase :) i put the eyes on wonky though woops !

four new cushions for the window seat .

finally sewed teddy a face

my first attempts at hemp jewelry making .

a bit more of what weve been up to

making yummy banana and choc chip muffins .

We decided on a little holiday to Grandma and Grandads in lancashire ,so i packed the suncream and sun hats which guaranteed it to rain :)

exploring Clitheroe castle and running about like maniacs.

on a particularly rainy day we went to The Manchester Museum of Science and Industry .

We entered the museum through the bit about the Manchester sewers :) which terrified Ben and Daisy and Grandma ended up carring Ben all the way round the pretend sewers till we got outside .

Giant lego block fun

what weve been up to

This is Daisy on the pier at St Annes :)

enjoying sandy sandwiches on the beach

Daisy dug a hole to sit in to have her juice

Grandama introduced Ben to Lego and it was love at first sight he solidly sat and made various creations which he excitedly told me were 'spaceships'.

Ben and his Uncky Patrick .

Having a ride on a miniature railway with Grandad and Uncky Patrick.

The pixies little faces lit up when they saw the outside paddling pool i only just managed to catch Daisy before she ran in fully clothed :)

pottering about in Grandma and Grandads lovely garden.

proudly showing off another lego creation.

proof dogs can smile :)

Doodles being led round the garden like a Cruffs trainee.

doing a spot of excavating