Busy Birthday Weeks

Just wrapping up (ha ha) on the craziest two weeks. Why does everyone share January as their birthday month? It would only be fair if February was Mum's Holiday. But it isn't, so here's a quick run down of why I am tired.

WHAT I ACHIEVED

WHAT WE WORE

plus some adorable but sadly undocumented costumes, including Merida (plus ginger wig) Baby Knight etc If I can raid my husbands camera I will see if he captured the Merida one because she even had a bow and arrow, it was brilliant.

WHAT WE DID

Did I mention, eat?

Hope you all are looking forward to a happy week ahead....... My plans are to be as unproductive as possible!

Lx

Little Baking Bags

Just thought that I would show you some of the things that I have been working on recently. 

A few weeks back we were invited to a double birthday celebration, so as I am on a never-ending quest to find good birthday presents that don't cost me sqillions of pounds, I tried a different present idea. After making some little personalised drawstring bags, I purchased some child sized spoons and rolling pins from the hardware store, and a lovely cookie cutter each to co-ordinate with the bag. I hope they liked them! Strikes me that you could do this for any hobby - drawing - crafts - cooking - petcare and buy a few inexpensive fun items to put in a similar useful bag. These had a felt initial stitched on by machine but if you aren't very confident with machining around curves you could hand stitch these on easily. 

One is Fun

Don' t take a photo, I'm eating

It is such a truism to say 'they grow up so quickly', but I am finding it completely mind blowing that my smallest baby is now one years old! He enjoyed his family tea party, complete with delicious home made cake. What he didn't know was that it was a Christmas cake I made, then we did not eat, so I added his name onto it and Bob's your uncle! Instant Birthday. As he loves fruit cake it did not seem unfair. We could have given him a wrapped rock and he would have had a good time, as long as he got to fool about with balloons.