How time flies!

I don't know where the time goes these days. It seems no sooner has Jon left for Milton Keynes on a Monday morning than I'm saying Friday tomorrow so I'll see you then! Where did Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday disappear to?  Of course I do have a very cute granddaughter and I get distracted very easily ;o) 

When she smiles and chuckles like this we all stop what we're doing :o)

Sitting with Daddy in the evening 

And in her pretty dress given to her by her Godmother, Lauren.

Having a little bit of tummy time

and playing with toys :o)

I did get the chance to make Mel's Malteser cake last week. Let me warn you, it's quite fatal! Once you start eating you just want one more little piece! The recipe itself was really easy and I can see it's one I'll be making again! Thanks Mel :o)

Mum and I also managed to squeeze in a bit of retail therapy last week at The Craft Barn in Lingfield. We walked in to a warm welcome from my friend Sarah. I didn't think she worked Fridays but her days have changed and it was a lovely surprise to get to see her as well as do some shopping. I got a bargain on a Bind It All ~ now I just need to learn how to use it ;o).

On that note I'll end off for now and get a move on with the quilting I need to finish before I start anything else.  Hopefully it won't be as long before I post again :o(

What have I been doing??

Well, apart from the usual - washing, ironing and housework - I've been shopping ;)

 where I couldn't resist this little outfit in M&S

 and Claire got these :)

 I've been spending lots of time with this beautiful little girl

 who is growing up way too quickly

 and is such a happy little girl (though you wouldn't think so from this photo ;o) )

 She loves being talked to and chatters away back to us

 And this one is just because it's cute and was what she looked like after being out with Mummy

 I've been enjoying the blue sky and the new leaves forming on the trees

 And taking Cloud out for walks

 Today we were joined by Claire and Alice - which started out well

 Cloud was waiting for me to finish taking photos here ;o)

 3/4 of the way round, Alice wasn't quite so impressed any more and let it be known

 then fell asleep just as we were about home :o)  She did sleep for half an hour after we got back so it wasn't too bad!

And finally, the sewing machine is back in use and I'm busy quilting again. Hope to have the finished item to show soon.

Now it's your turn, what have you been getting up to?
xx

Video of Alice

I think I mentioned in a previous post that I'd taken some video of Alice using my Canon 60D but didn't know how to edit and upload it. Well, this afternoon I've been playing in ZoomBrowser EX and it looks like I may have managed to change it to an acceptable file format and hopefully you'll be able to see this.  Video is a whole new ball game for me so they are likely to be very basic but at least they'll add something a bit different to my blog.

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Kittens

This afternoon Emily and I popped round to (my niece) Theresa's house to see the new kittens. Minnie, the Mum, was really relaxed about us being there and let Emily put her hand in to stroke her and then one of the kittens. They're not a week old yet and their little eyes are still closed.  I wasn't sure how much detail I'd get because they were lying at the back of the box but you can make them out :)

Minnie with the kittens

While they were asleep Minnie was happy to come out of the box and have a break

 Love this one with the feet up in the air!

 I think all three have little white tummies and feet. At this stage two of the kittens appear slightly grey-er than the third one. We'll have to see what happens.

Too cute!

 Alyssa was happy to sit with us while we watched the kittens (nearly as big time wasters as babies ;o)  )

 And Tyler managed to add sprinkles to his yoghurt while we weren't looking  (sorry about the shadows in these photos, I had my camera on Auto to try and get clearer pictures of the kittens and didn't switch back to manual)

Claire had got home with Alice just before we got back. Alice was very happy and had been smiling away - until I put a big camera in front of my face.  I have also got some video on my camera from a little later but I'm going to have to work out how to a) edit it and b) put it on the blog. Eventually it may go up here :o)

Have a good weekend.
xx