Walking in the woods

My children had an extra day off school yesterday because the teachers were having an in-service training day. It was a lovely day so we decided to head off to a local woodland walkway for a little bit of an adventure. We went out well prepared with our wellies and our walking boots and took lots of yummy things for snacking on along the way.

We walked and explored and found lots of 'boy sticks' and plenty of streams for a certain small boy to dip his little feet into. What is it about boys and water? They just can't help themselves!


And we sat down here and had our little picnic. We all had a lovely time and went home tired and very happy. Sometimes I think that the best days out are the ones that are not planned.

Quilty Loveliness

I recently entered a giveaway on a lovely blog called Comfort Stitching that I just happened to stumble upon. The prize was unbelievably generous and I nearly didn't bother entering it because there had been so many comments left already and I really didn't think that there would be much of a chance of winning something that was very much sought after. Imagine how surprised and delighted I was when I received an e mail from Aneela telling me that I had won her beautiful lap quilt!


It is absolutely beautiful and she must of put so much work and time into making it. The centre square has been hand embroidered with a lovely flower design, and the colours used in the patchwork all work really well together.


I am sure my pictures don't really show you how lovely the quilt is ~ I have tried to take them from as many different angles as possible ~ and for those of you that know how long it has taken me to get more than one photo in a post, I hope you notice that there is a bit of progress happening now! Please also excuse the burnt and faded grass, it's Scottish and it is not used to all this gorgeous hot weather that we have been having :O)

Blue and Speckled

I have just finished making this little Blue Speckled Chicken and I just love him. He was very quick and easy to knit and even the sewing up part wasn't too bad (and I usually hate that part!). I love the way the yarn makes him look all speckled and my favourite part is his dingily dangily legs with his little knotty knees.


I can't believe that I have just managed to put in two photograph's in the same post! It has only taken me about six months to work out how to do it, and I probably will forget how I did it when I try to do it again!

I hope that everyone had a lovely weekend and made the most of the fantastic weather that we have been having - even up here in Scotland! Let's hope that it continues and we have a lovely hot and sunny summer :O)

Beside the Seaside............

I was lucky enough to have spent my childhood growing up beside the seaside in the gorgeous seaside town of North Berwick on the East coast of Scotland. The beaches are wonderful and we spent lots of happy days down on the beach when we were children. Although I don't live there now, it is only a short drive away and we spend most weekends down in North Berwick visiting my Mum. It is lovely to be able to take my own children to play on the same beaches as I played on, and like most children, they like nothing better than building sandcastles and paddling in the sea.

The reason that I am rambling on about the seaside is that I have just signed up for my very first swap! How scary is that!! Rachel is organising a Seaside Swap and although I am little apprehensive about it I am also very excited too and am looking forward to the challenge of making and finding seaside themed things :O)

Little Baby Mittens

I don't seem to have had much time to do very many crafty things recently, but I have just finished knitting these cute little baby mittens as a present for a friend's new baby. The cute little Duck in the photo is the motif on the blue baby blanket that is also going in the parcel, I couldn't resist it when I saw it in the shop!

Where did that holiday go?

One minute we were all getting very excited about it and doing all the getting ready for holiday things - and then what seemed like a couple of minutes later we were back! Why do holidays always go by so quickly?

We had an absolutely fantastic time, although Disneyland was a lot busier than last year. Our school holidays seemed to be the same as all of the rest of Europe and the place was packed and the queues were much longer - which meant that there was more time for the darling children to argue and kick each other whilst they were waiting!!

We did the all the magical rides in Fantasy Land such as Peter Pan's Flight, It's a Small World, Alice's Curious Labyrinth, Snow White and Pinocchio. Our favourite ride by far was the brilliant Pirate's of the Caribbean, I think we must of gone on that about 7 times and each time we were lucky enough to be at the front of the boat! All that was missing was good old Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow!!

I would love to be able to show you lots of pictures, but no matter how hard I try I can't get more than one picture to appear on my blog at a time. I would like to be able to have a picture then some text and then another picture..... or to do one of those lovely photo collages that I keep seeing on other blogs. I must be missing something really simple so if anyone can enlighten me and let me have some very easy step by step instructions then perhaps I can have another go.

Disneyland Paris

Just in case you haven't noticed my Disneyland Countdown, we are flying off to Disneyland in Paris this weekend for a fun filled week of Disney delights.

I think that I have already mentioned this before, but we went last year and unfortunately a certain small boy managed to get chickenpox half way through our stay, and as you can imagine he wasn’t feeling his usual bouncy, happy self! Despite this we did have a good time, but felt we just HAD to go back and do it all again.

We have been getting into the Disney mood by watching some of the Disney DVD’s that match our favourite Disneyland rides - Toy Story, Pirates of the Caribbean and Peter Pan to name but a few.

This year we have also decided that we will spend a day in Paris doing all the touristy sightseeing things - such as going to the top of the Eiffel Tower, taking a trip on the river Seine and visiting Notre Dame. It seems a bit silly to go all the way to Paris and miss out on all of that!

I will be back shortly with some Disney stories and lots of pictures – that is if I can get more than one photo to appear on my blog at once – but that’s another story for another day!

I hope everyone has a very Happy Easter :O)