Missing my pixies.

On Friday Ben and Daisy went to stay at their fathers for a week , he asked me if he could have the pixies that week ages ago and i stupidly said yes and as its got closer and closer Ive been dreading it . They have been for a week before and i missed them like mad but i miss them even more i think because its the run up to Christmas i just feel they should be home doing Christmas crafts and opening their advent calendar etc.
 My tiny pixie is still home with us i still wont let him have Molly overnight shes just too little and every cell in my body screams at me that its just not right to let her go but in the spirit of compromise and to stop the constant hassle Adam is taking us the 80miles to Stoke where the pixies father lives so she can spend the day with him and his fiance on Thursday and yet again i dreading it :( i know she will be happy to be with Ben and Daisy again as she is missing them lots but i hate the thought of handing her over and then having to drive off , i don't know how I'm going to deal with it i just cant wait for it to be over .

Ive been keeping myself busy so far this week making some more decorations .

 This is a felt and fabric scrap garland  i made alternating stars and hearts .

                                         Molly had lots of messy fun with some red glitter.

 I found a Christmas stocking knitting pattern in a magazine so made a stocking garland for the other fireplace :) their super cute and by chance i discovered they fit Daisy's doll Penelope perfectly so im knitting some pink stripey socks for Penelope for Christmas.

        

Our Handmade Christmas

 This year we got a real Christmas tree again i toyed with the idea of getting a fake one but real ones just look soooo pretty and all our homemade decorations look much more at home on a real tree than they ever would on a fake one . I decided last year that i wanted our Christmas tree decorations to be mostly homemade and so far we have stuck to it we have two pieces of tinsel and a couple of ikea gnome decorations but other than that its all handmade by me and the pixies and every year we plan to add more homemade decorations . Some of these are last year decorations and some are this years.

 Ben's saltdough star and his angel that sits on top of the tree.

 This is a copy of a decoration i saw in last years tesco catalogue and my needle felted mushrooms turned into Christmas decorations.

 This is a tiny copy of a Tilda bear .

 I got the knitting pattern fort his tiny sweet little bear from littlecottorabbit.typepad.co.uk

 little fat needle felted robin.

 I enlarged the tiny bear pattern and made a big bear big sister :)

Happiness

 Gosh its been a long time since i last posted on my poor neglected blog ! Things have changed alot over the last couple of months my lovely man who ive been seeing for the last year and a bit has moved in with us all :) The silhouette above is us we had done by a very talented lady at a family wedding :) . Its been so lovely having Adam with us all the time now and the children really enjoy his company and he loves the pixies to bits and gets stuck in with all the dirty nappies and bath times etc. Life is very good and i am one happy mummy :).

Ive been really terrible at taking pictures of our adventures recently which is a good reason as any to start blogging again which encourages me to dust the camera off and get taking loads of photos.
Below is a random selection of photos from the last couple of months since i last posted .



This is our very scary pumpkin we made for Halloween i got the great idea of adding teeth with kebab skewers and well he just ended up a little tooo scary !

 Molly May is gonna be 2yrs old in a couple of weeks ! where those two years have gone i do not know !

 Last week was Ben and Daisy's school Christmas concert they did Annie , Ben was a toy in a toy shop and sang 'Ive got no strings ' from Pinocchio he absolutely loved it as you can tell from his beaming smile.

 The reception class did the nativity and Daisy got to be a Angel she came dancing on the stage with all the other Angels it was so lovely i couldn't help getting all teary :)

 The pixies all got a craft kit from father Christmas at school today so before tea the pixes were gluing and sticking and sprinkling glitter  ,Molly decided to decorate herself .

Blue skys and wonkeyness

 I woke up this morning feeling very down so when i saw the weather outside i knew that a big walk with molly and Doodles was in order to banish any glum feeling . The beautiful blue sky and the rolling hill really helped and was such a refreshing change from wind and rain.

 The leaves are just about starting to change golden yellow.

 Of course this little pixie always manages to cheer me up ,she shouting 'Cheeeeeeeeeese' at the top of her voice in this photo . She loves going for walks she spends ages collecting things along the way, the other day it was stones today yucky brown leaves.

 Doodles loved her long run about across the fields .

 When we got home from our walk i felt energised and as it was so sunny so i finally decided to sand and paint the old brown chair that's been sat in my bedroom for about a year now . It has a twin who was lovingly painted up and loooks sooo pretty so it was this ones turn . Will show of a photo of the finished chair when Ive managed to cover all the dark wood up with B&Q Antique white paint.

           
 Ive seen this magazine featured in LOADS of blogs so had to have a look for myself and wow i was not disappointed its soooo pretty and inspiring i love it ! and even better every issue comes with a little craft kit with all the materials included to make a mini make .This months was a cute phone cozy but i already have a snugly phone cozy so after much deliberation and stroking of fabrics i decided to use the materials to make a little birdy picture .

                                                   my slightly tatty but well loved phone cozy

 This is what i made with the free kit from Mollie Makes ,i added a couple of bits and did some really wonkey embroidery but i kinda like the wonkeyness and it now has pride of place on the wall in the lounge .

Alpaca love

 Ever since i met these gorgeous Alpacas over the summer Ive been in love with them they are just so lovely and don't get me started on how unbelievably soft their coats are ! They are definitely at the top of my wantie wish list , i keep day dreaming that somehow i'll get to extend my allotment and get a couple of Alpacas :) one day maybe.

but for now i'll have to make do with knitting them. I found a pattern on this charity website http://www.alpacamaraca.com/  so far ive knitted one for myself out of Alpaca wool but you can knit them to be sold to raise money for the charity so gonna knitt a couple more i think .

Starting school and snuggling up

 Last week Daisy started school , she was so excited to be going that it helped me not to come over all teary eyed . She happily skipped off into her class room and was still happy when i picked her up at home time she was covered in mud so had definitely has lots of fun :) Ben is in the class next door so they still get to see each other and play together which they both love .
Its been very strange it just being me and Molly at home but molly enjoys all the mummy attention and when Molly has a nap i get to craft away for a couple of hours .

We are also have Doodles over for the week as my parents have gone on holiday.
When we moved into our new home Doodles stayed at my parents house as we figured i had enough on my hands looking after 3 children on my own plus Doodles loves my dad to bits so it seemed like the right decision. I do miss her alot though she is brilliant company and the pixies love her.

 We've not been out much this past week, its just rained and rained and now its blowing a gale i cant wait for the nice autumnal weather to start. Although snuggling up on the sofa and watching a film is always fun.

                                                    Bet you didn't know Homebase sold toddlers!

wet bank holiday

 It was a soggy gray bank holiday weekend here we ventured out on Sunday to a Medieval day at Salmsbury Hall .

 Ben got to hold a real sword which made his day as hes massivly into knights and castles .

 and he got to try on a reall nights helmet . It rained so heavily in the end we had to go home .

 Daisy dressed as a princess fairy .

 My wet weekend crafty make going to pin it on my winter coat which has unfortunately made it from the wardrobe to downstairs as its been so cold and miserable .