Mr Snowman is coming along nicely!

I'm enjoying stitching this piece, I've added the backstitch now and his character has come to life! He's such a cutie and his robin friends are adorable! Look at his face, you can't help but fall in love!

 

Little Miss Robin!

 

........who is perched on her tree!

I only have the other tree and another robin to stitch now! :D

 

Morrison's trucks

This is a story I have been waiting to share for a very long time! When we go on the motorway I try and have a camera poised ready to take a photo but then of course when it happens there is no camera to hand and we miss the moment completely! I've been trying for so long that lately the camera actually only comes out when one goes past and reminds me! Or, of course when the camera is poised we don't see one!
Let me explain! In the car we play a game which Charlie made up. Around 3 Christmas's ago our neighbour bought Charlie a Morrison's truck with fish on the side. Since then we play 'Morrison's truck spotting!' As we drive along the motorway we spot the yellow cabs in the distance and then all guess what the picture is on the side! There are 4 in the fleet, fish as already said, bread, tomatoes and our favourite strawberries! It's a fun game and helps pass the time. It so fun that even when the children aren't in the car I still play along! (Once Karin was driving, who was not familiar with our game and when I got excited on seeing one, I made her jump, whoops!!) We also play the game if we see one locally as we have a Morrison's in Morecambe.
So, fast forward to today. Charlie and I were driving along the promenade to pick Courtney up from Nursery and saw a truck coming, we both guessed strawberries and it was! After picking her up I thought I'd try and surprise them by seeing if the truck was still at Morrisons, it was and better still it was about to leave! There was a new truck ready to go in (a plain white one, they're boring!) but I had a word with the driver who in turn went to speak to the strawberry truck driver. They both thought it was a great game and he brought his truck out for Charlie and Courtney to see! There was such excitement and the driver was really kind and talked to Charlie and Courtney for a few minutes.

We treated Charlie quite a while ago to a strawberry truck and when we got home he was inspired! He went upstairs and built a Morrison's where his trucks were delivering!

Happy 6th Birthday Charlie!

The very long anticipated day is finally here, Charlie's Birthday! His birthday was in half term this year so he was off. The unfortunate thing was it fell on a Wednesday so I was at work. :(  It did mean, however, that he spent most of the day with Nanna & Grandad. :D (I'm home for around 3:30)
Before we set off though we had a pressie opening session! I think he likes his Angry Birds cap!

and his London bus chocolate!

The castle was a surprise for him, he hadn't indicated anything to us and we thought he might really like it! He LOVES it!!

Mark was home from work early so we could have a family birthday treat, we went bowling! (which Courtney won!)

Then it was back home for Birthday cake! Happy 6th Birthday to our sweet handsome little man!

Elderflower

I saw an Elderflower bush on the car park today in Morecambe, it just reminded me of the Elderflower Champagne my Grandma used to make when I was little! Our bedroom at their house was above the old coal house where the champagne was kept and quite often we'd be woken in the night when one had 'popped!' To this day I really like the taste of Elderflower, these days though I have to make do with Elderflower cordial and lemonade, not quite the same as Grandma's champagne but good enough!

Football Party

When talking about Charlie's birthday party in the car last night he asked if he was 6 tomorrow. I said no, he was on Wednesday, his birthday, to which he asked 'Well as it's my party tomorrow can I be a little bit 6?' Lol!!
His birthday party was held at Salt Ayre and had a football theme! He invited friends from school and they had a great time playing football, they even had a penalty shoot out against Mark!

 

After all the fun we went through to the café area for lunch, after which it was Birthday cake time!!

 

 

 

 

School drawing

Today Charlie brought a drawing home that he'd done on the drawing table at school! Apparently PNE won the game 3-0! Just thought I'd share as I think it's really good!

My boys

After school Charlie settled down to have a play on his tab alongside Gizzy! Too cute!