Last Week

You must be wondering how I did in my driving test last Friday
and I'm very sad to say I have no happy news to share with you here.
I'm terribly disappointed but I have to keep going, learn from my
mistakes and try again soon. In the meantime I'm trying to make the
 most of these warm summer days with my girls. We've been out and
 about enjoying the lovely weather and we've also been making our own
 fun at home. These are some of our many happy things last week:

Tuesday morning at Weston Park.

Weston Park and Weston Park Museum

Learning, playing, exploring at the children's museum.

Fun at the city farm.

The best chicken coop/house we've ever seen.

Sunday lunch at Nanny and GrandDad's.

The girls helped pick these black and white currants from GrandDad's allotment.

Yummy pasta dish with freshly picked courgettes, also from GrandDad's allotment.

The girls playing in their wendy house.

I hope you've all had a lovely weekend and you're enjoying the
summer holidays. I'm hoping to be back soon with a crafty post.
Till then take care and have a great week. Back soon!

Long Weekend

Hello!

Belated Happy Easter!
I hope you've all enjoyed the weekend and had a wonderful
 time with your friends and family. My husband was off work
for four days from Good Friday and we started off our long
weekend with a picnic in Castleton in Derbyshire. This
is one of our favourite picnic spots in the world.

We came here for the first time a couple of years ago and
we loved it. It is such a beautiful place. It is near the centre
 of Castleton but probably because of the stony path and
because it's a bit secluded it is less busy compared to other
 parts of the village and so it's nice and quiet which we like.
It was a beautiful, enjoyable morning, a great day to be outdoors.
I went to church in the afternoon feeling tired but very happy.

These are cupcakes Markie and I made during the week.
Because it was for Easter we added the mini eggs on top which
was great fun to do. And they were delicious, very chocolatey
as expected, which we love. I think we'll be making these again
very soon.

I had to rush a bit to finish these pocket dolls I was making for the girls.
I finished them very late on Saturday evening and I think they really
 believed me when I told them the next day the Easter Bunny came
round and helped me with their dolls.

They certainly believed he came round to our house and
left these paper eggs filled with chocolates.

And he also left chocolate eggs for them to find in
Nanny and GrandDad's garden. It was fun!

And he brought other treats too.

Even Mummy got a little nest full of yummy eggs!
We're certainly looking forward to the Easter Bunny
coming again next Spring.

 I hope next year I'll have time to make Easter decorations,
 and maybe an Easter tree. I'll definitely try to finish
 whatever presents I'll be making for the girls days--
and not hours--before Easter Sunday!

Thanks for stopping by. Have a great week!