Rememberance Day

Wear your poppy with pride.

Me, not the jigsaw

My Cat Likes to Sleep in Boxes

mind the gap

S was thrilled this weekend to lose her first tooth and get a visit from the tooth fairy.
I think the fairy will be back quite soon as one of the other front teeth is very wobbly too.

G and I spent a very lovely few hours wandering around Salisbury town centre on Saturday. Lunch out and few Christmas presents later we wandered back to his mum's by taking the route next to the river.
Gorgeous autumnal colours greeted us as we went.

Sunday wasn't quite the day we planned.

The CBBC wildlife show Live and Dangerous was being filmed in town and as it's one of T's and G's favourites we thought we'd go and see what was going on. Unfortunately not a lot was the answer. We've been to a few events in the park organised in partnership with BBC and they've been really well done. This was event took up a tiny corner of the park and was woefully inadequate for the amount of people who turned up. Apparently people were queuing in the park at 9.15am and the event wasn't due to start until 10. Chatting to a lady in the queue for free activity packs she said she had spoken to some of the organisers who admitted that they were completely underprepared for how popular these events were going to be. They have had others and they have more to come. If you are going to one in the future get there early!

i spy

Actually I'm not the spy. That job title goes to T.
In Year 6 they hav been reading Strombreaker.
Possibly the most apt choice for T. He loves anything to do with spys and gadgets. He has enjoyed the book and watching the movie.
Here he is wearing his spy glasses (they have mirrors at the side so you can see behind you) posing for his MI6 ID card. Not sure how many spys smile on their cards, but they won't all have such a cute dimple.
Thank you Sue for that amazing present a few Christmas' back of the spy belt and gadget. It's probably one of his most played with things of all time and he wore it to school yesterday for their Stormbreaker dress down day.




Spending a couple of hours over 2 evenings G and I completed this lovely jigsaw of shopping days gone by. We know how to live it up!






Yesterday when I came home from work I had a parcel waiting for me. This contained a couple of purchases from LissyLou's shop poppyanddaisys

I am totally in love with my little fabric bird and hopefully S will love this little hair clip just as much.

Thirfty Thursday

No idea when I'll use these cocktail forks, maybe I'll have to start having cocktail parties! Just couldn't resist the colourful lushness of them.

(Nearly) Wordless Wednesday

Max, my sister's dog. Spoilt rotten, but who could resist such a handsome face?

half term

We had a good week off together and kept ourselves busy meeting up with family and friends, dodging the wet weather with some success.
Some of the things we did included feeding the ducks and swans


Swinging from poles

and swinging in big swings.

A trip to the country park

for the annual Halloween trail.

A spot of seasonal thrifty shopping.

Of course the excitement which was building up all week culminated on Sunday when the pumpkins were carved, the costumes were put on and the front of the house decorated with al things spooky.

I'm not sure how many trick or treat callers we had, but we did run out of sweets. I reckon we must have had nearly 60.

What with it being half term coupled with my normal lack of organisation I am way behind with reading blogs.

I'm really trying to make better use of my time so I can do the things that need to be done and still have time for the stuff I would like to do. I know I've whined about this in the past but it something I want to get to grips with. Fingers crossed.