Creative in a different way

We have been making the most of having a garden and green house this year.  A raised bed was constructed out the doors of an old wardrobe and we have a selection of things growing in it.  Tonight we had some lovely pork chops accompanied by some home grown courgettes (see below) and home grown spinach, both grown in the raised bed.  The greenhouse is turning into a jungle of tomato plants, can't wait for the harvest, homegrown tomatoes taste and smell much better than supermarkets ones.

The pictures of the raised bed and green house were taken before our holiday.  A couple of weeks later and lots of sun and rain have made the garden even more green and lush.

making things!

Having not blogged much recently i am not sure if i can even remember the exciting things that have been going on (cant be that exciting then i guess).  But i have been doing a bit on the creative side.  These are a couple of pictures of the things i have been  most excited by.

This is the shawl i am knitting for my mams 60th birthday next june.  Its my first attempt at lace knitting and i am loving it.  Miss F though utterly lovely has not been the easiest of babies.  Especially in the evening (oh and the days and nights)  So there is little time to knit (knitting comes before blogging, hence no blogging) I am also fairly pleased with the results.   I just love knitting, i think it keeps me sane sometimes.  Does drive Brian a bit insane he does triy to be understanding but i dont think he gets it.

Now this amazing contraption is called a mai tai a baby carrier blah blah blah.  But this one is different.  This one was made by Bea my amazing creative friend and mother of two lovely boys.  I was in distress that florence who was always in need of carrying, was to heavy and big to carry on the front.  That she was too young for a traditional back carrier and that i did not have the possibility of sitting and holding her as she wished with two other rampant toddlers to manage.  So she made me this cost £6 in fabric much more expensive when bought and helps me put.  Has totally revolutionized life.  I wont bore you with the details but aint it great!

Some photos

Brians birthday

A BBQ

The girls

Internet - we have it

After over two months in our new house we finally have our own internet connection.    Why it should take that long to transfer a broadband connection 8 doors down the hill I do not know.  For those of you who sometimes speak to us on Skype or MSN Messenger, please give us a call, we'd love to hear from you.

REVOLUTION

well so much has happened, and suddenly everything is different.  We moved house 4 weeks ago.  Or rather entered into a bizarre but wonderful house swap with my mother.  With approximately one weeks notice an miss F less than three months old we packed up and moved 8 doors down the hill.  I have never seen Brian look as tired as he did that week.   But it was worth it we now have a  garden which the girls and i make great use (I am currently digging up the awn to make way for vegetables having been persuaded that i should not keep chickens just yet).  And a bit more space inside which makes every daily activity so much easier, there is now space for 2 adults in the bathroom at bath time hooray.   Will try and take more photos now things have calmed down as not feeling very wordy at present.  

Finnished!!!!

whey hey, I started this jumper for a boy who is now about 9 years old!  not knitting all that time, mainly it has sat at the bottom of a bag forgotten awaiting the last arm being sewn up.  But now it is all finished.  And in time for Florence to wear it.

We took the girls to see the English National Ballet today.  They were performing Angelina Ballerina who is a very much loved character in our house full of girls.   It was wonderful, they loved it so much  and were completely captivated for the whole thing.  watch a clip of it here.  Just a pity that florence managed to provide an explosion that not only soaked through her clothes but mine as well in a big soggy yellow mess that i didn't discover until the lights went up at the  end.

Looking forward to easter tomorrow the girls made amazing hot cross buns today  which made a lovely post ballet treat.  hopefully the snow sill stay and we can do a spot of seasonalEaster sledging.

Just because they are beautiful

Some important updates

Florence Renee Ann Noble (FRAN)

Life in the fun bus has completely changed since last post.  Things are now even more crazy!  we are please to announce there is now another traveler on this crazy ride she comes in the for of our lovely Florence.  Born 6th January and now 2 months old she is learning to deal with the rest of the family in her own special way.  Its not a great photo of her as most of them are stuck on our old computer but there will be more.  And she is beautiful.  The sisters did not take to her immediately however i feel hopeful that they are getting more used to her and things do seem slightly improved.  Ruby at least now thinks she is the mummy to her even if Coralie still thinks of her as arch enemy.

Knitting, is taking over my like a bit (in a good way).  Our little knit club has moved to an exclusive location in a chocolate shop on Eccelsall road can you imagine once a week i get to go out without any children (thank you brian) to sip chocolate and knit with lovely people.  amazing, you can expect further updated on various projects as i develop my skills.

The moon, our new favorite place to play.  Will post photos of that soon.

BOO

I am back

Blogging absence has been due to a lengthy gloomy period.  Anyway will now attempt to say pah to all that and continue.

(the picture is me in my latest knitted creation a present for my brother harry please someone dont tell him we are back before his birthday or it will give the game away.  It also becomes a hat so he dosent have to be scary all the time).