Project Life w/c 7 May

As I said on Friday I have also completed up to the 13 May Project Life pages.  This was the week Thomas was born so there are lots of extra inserts this week.  

Oh and the hair had gone a little too blonde, so I've gone back to brown.  Why doesn't my hairdresser understand subtle blonde highlights?

TFL x

Finally Some Sun

This week has been amazing!  Finally the sun is shining and the rain clouds have gone.  What better way to cool down than a water fight:

Long may the sun shine down on us!

Liam And Freya Meet Their Baby Cousin

We had taken a trip down to Wales on Thursday evening to say hello to our new little bundle but sadly Liam and Freya due their age were unable to go on the ward.  This meant another 2 hour drive to South Wales on Saturday where lots of cuddles were had and oddles of ooohs and ahhhhs were heard.

Cuddles with Aunty Candace

Cuddles with Grandad

Cuddles with Daddy

Super cute cuddles with Mommy

And finally a little photo that would give anybody the impression Thomas was supposed to be a girl:

10!

Today my little boy turns 10, double digits, a whole decade.

How did that happen?

It doesn't seem like yesterday he was so small and helpless.  Lying in an incubator after he came too soon.  

Lying there so helpless and so very ill, so very yellow.

Ever the big proud Brother, protecting and caring for his little Sister:

And here he is now holding his little cousin, ever the proud caring young man he has remained.

Holding his little cousin who looks the spit of him.  That same little nose, same bottom lip and those same big blue eyes.

Happy Birthday Liam xxx

Family Fun

I just can't believe how cold the weather has gone now the schools have broken up for the Easter holidays.  On Thursday the weather forecast was dry but the expected temperature was still a little on the chilly side, certainly much more cold than the previous week when the sun shone down brightly.  as the weather for the rest of the holidays was just the same we plucked up the courage to go on a family day out.  We packed the sandwiches and drinks and off we set for Shropshire.

Just off the road between Telford and Whitchurch is a lovely family run farm that we have visited a few times but our last visit was 4 1/2 years ago.  Here is some of the fun we had.

We feed the goats and sheep:

We saw these:

  

Had a stroke of these:

Went pony riding:

Played on the zip wire:

Went duck racing:

Bottle feed baby goats:

Watched the steeplechase:

The winner with her rosette:

We then finished off the day with seeing these two little lambs being born:

I'm off the Bromsgrove crop today and hope to be back soon to show you some LO's, including those I made at the retreat 2 weeks ago.

Santa Safari

Last week we went on a Santa Safari at the West Midlands Safari Park.  Considering it is less than 10 miles from where we live this is only the second time Liam and Freya have been and neither can remember going before.  Kids under 4 are free and the last time we went was the weekend before Liam's 4th Birthday which meant Freya was 2 1/2.  They were both really excited and loved our Santa Safari family day out.  Here are a few photos of our day:

We travelled on Santa's sleigh to get to his grotto:

New this winter are the penguins:

Then we got back in the car and went 'on safari':

Obviously there are some animals that you can't hand feed, such as this gorgeous white tiger:

Some animals just popped their heads in the car much to Liam and Freya's delight:

It was too wet under foot for the giraffes to come out but you could see them outside their huts:

Even though they were not in the park I did managed to smuggle one of them home:

Then we saw the sealion show:

Off home we went via a lovely pub for our evening meal as I didn't want to spoil the fun and cook.