The best way to wear a face mask

 While looking after the boys on Wednesday Elliot went in the bag I take with me and discovered a mask he played with it for a while and then I put it on his face because he was trying to work out what it was.

After a minute or so he took it off and played with it again next thing I knew he’d done this with it 🤣

Meet Spencer

 

So one major even this year was the arrival of my 4th grandson Spencer.

He’s a lucky 7 boy, born on the 7th, weighed 7lbs 7 oz, arrived in room 7 and had 7 letters in his name!

And this was 10 days ago

And just because I can one of his brother Elliot taken the same day

Hello

 Just because I can a recent pic of Elliot, he’s a very happy little boy but cheeky with it

98% happy dance

Apart from the birth info Elliot’s birth sampler is finished.

It could be a few days before that’s added as Mel is currently in hospital 😢 she has a bad infection in her right wrist and is going to theatre in the morning to have it cleaned out so has more important things on her mind than deciding what info she wants!

It’s not like I don’t have other projects to do in the mean time 😁

Baby Ark Sampler

Bothy threads

Fabric changed to a oops piece from Sparklies
Started March 12, finished March 30 has to be one of my fastest ever

Meet Elliot

This handsome young man arrived in the world at 21.14 on February 12.

He’s Mel and Dan’s first born and my 3rd Grandson

Happy Birthday Teejay

Teejay turns one today.

Happy Birthday little man

Pic taken yesterday on New Brighton beach

3 Sidney's all in a row

Last month at one of the beading groups I was handed a box and asked if I could finish off/ do from scratch a few projects by the same member that I did the Santa and Angel for last year. They had been sat in the box for 2 years waiting to be finished and she thought it was time they were.

This is Sidney from Oak Tree Crafts  out of the 3 I've done 2 from scratch and just finished off the other one, he was almost complete and just needed a little work on his hat and his mittens.

And one of them held up on his own so you can see him a little better.

I had the most fantastic surprise earlier this evening when Lucy and Teejay appeared on my doorstep.

It's my Birthday on Thursday and they came up to surprise me for it and they certainly did that I was speechless 

Dec 25

I'm slowly getting caught up on things I would of posted had I had internet, only a few to go :)

Teejay came to stay over Christmas :)

This was Christmas morning, his mum was stood behind me clicking her fingers to get him to look at the camera which is why he looks a little puzzled

Remember these? They started to hatch last May and the first one that did is now fully grown and doing well however the second one to hatch is still very small (would be classed as he runt) and was nicknamed Baby.

When Mel moved out and all her lizards went with her I said I'd take Baby once I'd saved up for the viv etc.

Christmas Eve arrived and so did Mel, Dan and her Dad with a viv for me.

Baby was a present off Mel and the Viv was off her Dad!

Still too small to sex so for now the name of Baby stays

A finish & Teejay

A couple of days ago I finished my ornament for August apart from adding a hanger for it.

Yesterday Lucy moved house so I went down with DBF to help her and of course I had to take pics :)

Look who's arrived

Teejay my second Grandson made his entrance into the world at 6.15am today weighting a healthy 8lbs 3oz.

Mum and Baby are doing well

Caleb

Caleb turned 4 yesterday and we went to see him today.

Lots of pics were taken and these are just a few of them

You all know Auntie Mel :) but you've never met my Dad

I love this pic of him, he has such a cheesy grin when he pose's for a pic

Snow pics

I wasn't planning on doing a post today but certain family members (aka Mel) have complained about the lack of one for a few days so........

We woke up to a covering of snow this morning and as this was Caleb's last day we took him outside for a little while

Any more complaints should be done in writing and presented along side a cuppa :)

Cheshire Steam Fair

This last weekend was the Cheshire Steam Fair and as it was the last full day we went, this is just a sample of the pics I took.

Caleb had his first ride on a Carousel (yes it's the Ashley Gallopers that I love so much)

He also got his first ride on a train

At the end of a steam fair/traction engine rally it's traditonal for all the engines to toot their horns, the noise although very loud is wonderful as is the smell of steam in the air

Mel got herself a new friend who so far is nameless, any suggestions?

Friday (pic heavy)

Yesterday started with my packing up the last UFORR to send home.

From this

To this

And because I'd spent all week working on the RR I forgot to take a pic of the Sunflowers on Monday morning so here they are a few days late.


When we went out yesterday morning to the food shop my girls bought me some Sunflowers

Yesterday afternoon was lovely out so Caleb had a play in his paddling pool for a little while and Auntie Mel helped to soak the back yard (and herself)

We're off to a Steam Fair soon, we would of been gone already but Caleb woke me up at 5.30 this morning and went back to bed at 8.30 and he's still there

Chester (pic heavy)

We headed into Chester to walk the walls and so that Mel could spend the day with her BF.

After lunch in the Cathedral grounds off we went.

Our starting point was the Eastgate Clock we had planned to walk clockwise around the walls but the section just after the clock has collapsed so is currently closed

Looking towards Morgan's Mount

The Water Tower




Caleb refused to go back in his buggy after posing for pics so he was helped along by Auntie Mel and yours truely (that's Mel's BF btw and not some random guy in the pic)

The Castle

We ended up at the River Dee which was the plan all along
At times the weir flows backwards when the conditions are right, one of these days I'll be there to see it (they do let you know when it's going to happen)

The suspension bridge over the river

We headed back to the city centre and the bus through the Roman Gardens

This Hypercoust is reconstructed from pieces found during a dig at the Bath Building

Find more info about the walls here