Tate Liverpool

The Tate have a brilliant family day on the first saturday of the month, which is often quiet too! So, we played and drew in the family room...

Enjoyed the galleries...

Len and Fliss were fascinated by this sculpture...

And they loved the story and poem session!

Yarn along

Bits and pieces of crochet. A headscarf and 'dreadband' for my week and a half old baby dreadlocks. The start of a hat for Miri.

 Reading. Again bits and pieces. This week I raced through 'Choke' by Chuck Pahlanuick who wrote Fight Club, re-read two of the Southern Vampire Mysteries (my favourite vampire trash, Sookie is so much cooler than Bella) and started the Game of Thrones series.

Holidays!

Easter weekend on Sally, my Mum's boat.

 Quiet, outdoor loveliness.

The boat you can just see through the bridge is Sally. The Mama duck had sixteen ducklings, who we watched for a good hour!

We spent Saturday at Llangollen, enjoyed a trip on P's (Mum's partner) horse drawn boats and lunch at the really good bakery.

Sunday, Chirk castle (sadly no pics) doing the Easter trail and soaking in the beautiful gardens. A great first holiday of the year...many more to come!

Birthdaying!

As far as I am concerned, a perfect day. Beginning with coffee and truffles, cards and cuddles in bed.

A walk in the woods, with trees to play on. Followed by lunch in a favourite cafe.

Home, tea (in my new mug from my girls) and cake (from my Mum) in the garden. The whole day spent outside.

 A fire (look! Fire bowl from Chris!) for toasting marshmallows and keeping warm.

 Until everyone starts to fall asleep.

I am so blessed.

The Big Bang Science Fair!

Flinging sleeping children into a taxi, very very early in the morning to get there. Getting dressed on the train and going to sleep for the night on the way home. A loooong day out, but so much fun!

 We met up with a friend for lunch and the children all wanted to stay together. We saw Gastronauts and Bang Goes the Theory live, both of which were brilliant. Gastronauts managed to trigger my gag reflex, so I missed part of it until I felt better!

 Len and Fliss especially liked the car related section and the part about sports science. Len has been asking if we can go again next year, it was brilliant. I think next year we will go for two days as there just was too much to see for one day!

Yarn along

A real book this week. Real Fast Food by Nigel Slater. It is a curl up with a cuppa and do the meal plans for the week kind of book and Nigel writes food the way we like to eat it. Mostly fruit and veg, with some of the other stuff.

The knitting. Well, I am not entirely sure what I was thinking when I started this tunic for Miranda. I clearly was not being sensible or I would not have decided on fingering weight yarn and lace when I have a house full of small children. I am not going to tell you when I started this, but it is growing slowly. Happily it is top down, so I can make it longer than the pattern states!

Pattern here...Fiona's top

Three years old!

Newborn

At one

 Two

 Three!

 We decorated the living room with beautiful bunting and balloons, ate pancakes with ice cream for breakfast and spent the afternoon at soft play. For dinner, her favourite pasta, with cheese sauce and lots of broccoli.

 She is just the funniest little girl, always ready with a kiss for anyone who is sad. When she is cross, she growls and sits under the table, only to emerge giggling a few moments later. She doesn't wear clothes unless we are going out, when we paint, she says her paintings are 'splodges', she has very particular tastes in food and loves to cook. She is wonderful, it is impossible to be sad or grumpy when she comes to say 'you am like a neck huggle?' Happy birthday lovely Felicity!