Relying on my Wardrobe

Being busy with T and S's birthdays I knew that I wouldn't have much time to think about my daily activities last week so I went with the time saving option of using items in my wardrobe to reflect the occasion of the day.

Wednesday 21st Feb was King Harald of Norway's birthday so I went with the red, white and blue of the Norwegian flag.

Two polka dot items with a red brooch.

Fast forward to Sunday 25th Feb and we have the birthday of Elkie Brooks. Two songs of hers seem to have been played constantly when I was younger, those being Lilac Wine and Pearl's a Singer. 
I went with the pearl theme and wore this bracelet.

Monday 26th was another birthday event. This time the birthday of Levi Strauss. I wore my denim skirt as I don't own a pair of Levi's but I can share this Levi's t-shirt which was one of our birthday gifts to S this year.

Tuesday's strawberry craft can be seen here and then it was back to the clothing theme for Wednesday's floral design day.

Plans for today and tomorrow have been slightly scuppered by the snow and S being sick during the night.
I kept her off school, which ended up being closed from lunchtime onwards anyway, and I'm pleased to say she is definitely brighter this evening. 
We've already been informed there won't be any school tomorrow either.

Carrots

I've been baking again.

This time it was carrot and pineapple cake because today is carrot cake day.

I mean, it must qualify for one of your five a day seeing as it's got a fruit and a vegetable in it.

As you can see the topping was a bit runny but I didn't have time to salvage it as I was off to work shortly afterwards and it needed to be cut and put into a cake tin.

Tastes just fine.

 

On waking and looking out the window first thing I did wonder if one of the carrots I had bought was going to be needed for a snowman nose.

This is the first snowfall we have seen this winter.

This was how it looked at about 8am.

By 12pm it had all melted.

 

This morning

This morning it was just cold, then it was cold and rainy, then cold and sleety and this is what it has been like for the last half an hour.
Hot chocolate all round I reckon.

We got Snow

This was how the platform looked yesterday morning at the little local station where I catch the train to work. 
Both schools were closed and G stayed home with the children.
I managed 4 hours at work instead of my normal 7 before we were advised to leave. No quarrel from me about that!

Thankfully today a lot of the snow has thawed although I doubt we'll be venturing too far.

Wherever you are and whatever you are up to this weekend I hope you are warm and safe and snuggly.

snow scenes

It's melting slowly but surely. With rain forecast over night I expect that by tomorrow it'll look very different out there.

All these photos were all taken yesterday as today we haven't been outside, we've just had a very lazy day indoors.

One choice

There really was only one suitable choice of board game for us to play this afternoon.
A real family favourite.
Played whilst singing the number of spaces moved, direction of travel and anything else that takes our fancy, all to the tune of 'We're Walking In the Air'.
It makes us laugh anyway!

snow story

Tuesday was my first day back at work. I had to pop to the big supermarket in town on my way home and as I was leaving I noticed people entering the store had big fluffy snowflakes on their hats. It was proper snowing! I rang home to find out what they were all up to and they hadn't even realised it had started as all 3 were up in the attic playing on the playstation! By the time I got home T and S had been out for a play in it although S had gone in complaining it was too cold when a snowball hit her on the head! T was still out with a couple of friends. He eventually came in at 8.30 and by then we had a mini snowman on the path. Thank goodness I had bought a bag of carrots the day before.


Yesterday morning G was able to get to work without a hitch as the buses were running reasonable ok. From 7am I had the radio on and kept updating the schools closure list on the internet until at 8.45 it was confirmed T's school was closed. S's though was open. Both were happy, T that he was staying home and S that she could go to school.
So T and I took her in and then come home and had a snowball fight with a few of his friends. I left them to it after a while as my fingers were stinging with the cold and went in to drink tea and eat a hot cross bun as this seemed like a far more sensible option.

We took this photo of T's school after dropping S off, the playground looks so perfectly white.

S's school decided to close at mid-day so she only had a half day in the end.

Out in the back garden we made a mini snowman and had another snowball fight, back indoors we wrote a few more thank you notes and cheated and sent a few by email too.

Today the schools are closed again. G left early to make sure he got in to work ok and was there half an hour early so he can leave half an hour early tonight. I am very thankful that we have enjoyed the snow and everyone is safe but I'm also wishing I had the house to myself today! I know that sounds mean but I after the school break and Christmas and all the busyness I was looking forward to a bit of quiet time.

That'll have to wait for another day and instead we'll make sure we all do something we enjoy.

And if you're reading this Sue, I hope you had a wonderful birthday earlier this week.