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?
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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

Oh my goodness!!

This week is half term and Emily and I are making the most of not having to get up at 6am!  I have been reading again (something I don't do too often because once I start on a book I don't want to do anything else until I've finished it - and I'm not that fast a reader!), getting up a bit later and have met up with friends and taken Emily out to dinner. We're just relaxing, (in between homework and essential housework eg. washing and cooking) and making the most of this week off.

I realised today that I haven't mentioned on my blog that Jon is now working away from home. He leaves early on Monday mornings and gets back on Friday evenings - the reason for this being that he's taken a contract which is a fair distance from our home and it's not practical for him to commute. He's done his fair share of commuting in the past but this one is just too far. He started the contract 6 weeks ago and has another 8 months to go. I was saying to Mel earlier, it's worse for Jon than it is for me as he is there on his own while I still have all the family at home and plenty to keep me occupied. One of the positives that has come out of it is that Jon and I now have a weekly "date" on Friday evenings when we go out for dinner and catch up on what's been going on. That's our silver lining ;o)

Little Miss Alice is one of the family members who keeps me occupied and this morning when Claire brought her downstairs she was so cute I had to take a photo. But how is it they know when you point a camera at them and it doesn't take long for her to go from this (above) to this (below). It's almost like she's hiding from the camera already!! I'm having to be much quicker at getting my shots otherwise I get the back of her head!

I'm hoping as she gets a little bit older she'll be more responsive again :o).  Maybe I need to put a slightly shorter lens on the camera too??

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