French Knots

Car Trouble

The week didn't get off to a great start. The Baby Brother and I were driving home when the brakes failed on my car. As I was trying to slow to turn right on a busy main road across the oncoming traffic. Well had the brakes worked I would, of course, have waited for a gap in the traffic.  It was awful,scary and a bit out of body. I then drove the last 2 minutes home at 2 miles an hour, thankfully the road was quiet. Then once I was home the 'what ifs' started - I was due to go to Ikea the following morning on the motorway! Luckily we have a friend who is a mechanic and he came and sorted everything out for me. Ghastly.

 
So a pretty little cup in a perfect shade of blue was just what I needed to get me back on an even keel.

 
And 2 for 99p was a perfect price too.

Have you been watching Big Fat Gypsy Wedding? Come on admit it! The compelling awfulness of it had me hooked. And look what my Sister in Law made

 
Oh yes, she's watching it too!

 

New Bedding

A very long time ago I bought a little wooden cradle from the charity shop which was swathed in awful peach nylon but underneath the cradle was very sweet.

As The Baby Brother enjoys putting his teddies to bed I decided to revamp the cradle for him. With some fab space themed fabric I made a mattress, pillow, sheet and little patchwork quilt. We wrapped it up for Christmas and on Christmas morning I was really looking forward to seeing his reaction.

 
He tore the paper off, shouted 'boat' and climbed in!! Not the reaction I was anticipating but his delight was a joy to see.

 
And Sock Monkey likes it too!

Sunny Interlude

We are knee deep in half term, after a couple of grotty grey days the sun has come out today. Hurrah! So we dashed off to the park to make the most of it, playing football, a go on the swings and on the roundabout blew the cobwebs away. A green gym has been installed over the winter with a dozen different machines to try, some looking rather painful! I tried a gizmo that swings your legs from side to side at the waist which just made me feel seasick! I'll stick to dry land in future.

So The Baby Brother is having a little snooze, My Little Helper has gone to a friend's house to play and The Big Sister is chilling out watching rubbish on tv...I mean Hannah Montana....no I was right first time!

 
Me, I'm admiring the shadows. Lina posted instructions for stiffening doilies, which is so much better than having them in a drawer. These tiny ones are so intricate and twirl in the slightest draft.

 
Thank goodness the sun came out to play.

365

 

Even though I enjoyed my 365 project last year I was glad to finish it on December 31st. Some days it was hard to remember to take a picture and I ended up with a shot I wasn't really happy with, often because I was busy with the children, house, life - you know how it is! But looking through my flickr set I'm so glad I pushed myself to do it, little snippets of life recorded to treasure.

 
 Can you see my cowl? I had a few balls of a lovely chunky powder blue just begging to be made into a snuggly cowl for chilly days. Though it looks like it has a wierd white bit it the photo!

 
Humm that to do list hasn't been updated in a while!

 
If you are thinking of doing a 365 Project I'd say go for it, it encourages you to get to know your camera better, to notice life around you in the hurly burly of family life and creates a special record of a year.

 

Go on, you know you want to!