Just a few pics...

Hi all. I just wanted to share a couple of pics. We were building a new pc desk for our Jacks room the other night and...believe it or not... this is about the only time we get any peace! First of all, Jack has no interest in building stuff at all - so he just stays well out the way, usually on his xbox and secondly, Wee Steven is always in total awe at the tools that come out...

This one is when he puts his hand on it and says...I'm just touching it!



This one is when he has had 'the nod' from me to say ...ok, a wee shot!

And, finally, this one when he is totally engrossed in his 'work'!

He loves anything to do with tools...especially the moments when he gets to use the real ones, lol. That tool box you can see behind him was one of the presents Santa brought him. Yes, it's a real one - the exact one he asked for, lol.

Ok, I am off because he is too quiet and I think he may have the screwdriver set again

Hugs
Suzanne

Football Birthday Cakes

Back again. Two posts in one day - don't know what's wrong!! I wanted to show the birthday cakes that I made for my brother and his girlfriend. It will be my brothers 30th on Monday and Sarah's birthday on Friday but they will both be away because tomorrow they are off to Mexico for a week - lucky so and so's lol. So, we had their cakes tonight.

Now, I should really explain why one of the cakes has 'HUNKY' on it...When Jack was younger, he couldn't get the hang of saying 'Uncle Stephen'...It always came out 'Hunky Stevie'...and it stuck...we all call him 'Hunky' now, lol.

Now, I am off to get a good nights sleep before heading off to the SECC tomorrow for the Craft Fair. Thanks for taking the time to stop by

Hugs
Suzanne

Spooky

I thought I would share a pic of Wee Steven in his Halloween costume. He didn't want to go to nursery on Tuesday because they had some Halloween decorations up and he said he was scared. However, this morning when I asked him if he wanted to wear his fancy dress costume to nursery...he was delighted! We didn't think we would be able to do anything on Sunday because of him being scared but it seems like we will be having a wee party after all now.

What do you think? I think he's very spooky. He didn't like looking in the mirror - got quite a fright, lol!

Thanks for looking. I will be back later with my Crafty Catz DT

Hugs
Suzanne

Stevens Birthday (a very long post)

Hello everyone. I thought that since I don't have a card to show, I would show some pics of Stevens fourth birthday yesterday. You will have to excuse the angle on some of them - I don't know what Kim was doing, lol.

We have had a fantastic weekend. On Saturday, it was off to East Links Adventure Fortress. Lovely weather and lots of fab stuff for the kids. A huge fort thing with massive slide, climbing, rop ladders; soft play; ball firing zone; go karts; pedal bike things to go round the farm; trampolines; toy tractors; a park and of course, the animals too. A brilliant day...the only down side was that Steven was a bit under the weather...but he still enjoyed himself.

Then, yesterday, the day started off with presents at home then Granny's. After, we met my friends, Lizzie and Robert adn their wee girl, Sophie at MacDonalds. Then it was off for a trip to our local fire station. Steven loves fire engines and Fireman Sam and was very excited about this. The fire officers were so nice and friendly - excellent with the kids. They brought the engine out and put the hose on. Then, they let them sit in, turned on lights and sirens and let Jack dress as a Fireman. They showed them all the different tools and then Stevens favourite of all - the firemans pole. Unfortunately, due to Health and Safety, They couldn't go down it but... Debbie did to show the kids. The kids loved it and I will have to make a card and hand it in with a small gift to say thank you because the officers were so nice. It was all a bit much for Steven and Sophie but the rest of us loved it.

Next, it was home for visitors and cake and lots of toy building and playing.

We then spent the rest of the evening building the meccano set my dad got Steven - 2 1/2 hours...Only for him to take it apart again today, lol.






Have had a great weekend and am really looking forward to Jack's birthday in a fortnight

Hugs
Suzanne

One Large Egg and One Smaller Egg

Good afternoon everyone. I don't have a card to show today as I went off on a jaunt on Sunday and when I got home on yesterday, I was absolutely shattered. My friends and I had sat up very late on Sunday evening chatting and then when we did go to bed, Kim started to feel sick and, being the drama queen that she is, lol...she needed me to rub her back for her - at 2.30, 4.30 and 6am - then it was up, washed and dressed at 8am!!! Needless to say, there was no actual sickness adn she made a dramatic recovery when everyone jumped into the swimming pool yesterday morning, lol.

I have made a card but it's for my Gran for her birthday and also covers my DT card for 3D Cards on Thursday so I will keep it till then. So, I thought I would leave you with a couple of pics from our jaunt. We were only in the caravan park half an hour when Steven fell and crashed into the concrete creating HUGE egg no1 and then 5 minutes later Egg no2 - thankfully much smaller than the first.

Egg #1:

Egg #2:

Didn't stop him being Spiderman though, lol:

My Big Boy:

My friends daughter, Sophie:

My Big Girl:

We had a lovely time though, despite the eggs, and can't wait for the next time.

Sadly, the fun must end and I am off to a friends funeral today so , I will leave you with my pics and hope to have a card tomorrow.

Thanks for looking
Hugs
Suzanne

Cupcakes

Hello everyone. Hope you are all well. I don't know what is going on with this weather - one minute it's lovely sunshine and the next it's pouring down - what a joke ehh.
Anyway, I've not got anything crafty today because my mojo seems to have gone walkabout - funny, it seems that everyone is feeling the same way at the moment...either not making stuff or not liking what they do manage to make!

So, for as bit of a change, I thought I'd stick a few pics up of non crafty stuff...

This is one I managed to catch of Kim when we were out at the park for a picnic a couple of weeks ago - stuffing har face, lol

This is the lovely box of chocs I got from my friend, Lizzie, for my birthday...it was at the start of the month but I only see her now and again. Although I love the chocs...I REALLY love the box, lol.

Now, for the last pics, I got a lovely cake stand a few weeks ago at Dunhelm Mill and never got round to using it yet...I thought it was going to be another one of those things that sit about doing nothing and then I saw these fab mugs at Dobbies Garden World and I just had to buy them, lol.
So, I have been making some wee cupcakes to go with the stand and my new mugs...

No laughing at the icing on the cupcakes...it's the first time I've used a piping bag...and Wee Steven done a couple too, lol.
Thanks fortaking the time to look...If you see my mojo on your travels send him home please - I miss him
Hugs
Suzanne x

Basket of Challenges and Chocolates

Hello everyone. Just a quick post to show the wee basket I made the other day. Jacqui has done a fantastic tutorial for a gorgeous wee easter basket on the Whiff of Joy Tutorial Blog and as soon as I saw it, I just had to have a go. Since it's Mothers Day, I thought I'd fill it with some chocolate truffles as a wee extra for my mum but...no I didn't eat them...I just took the pics before I filled it, lol.

I am quite pleased with the result. And, the tutorial was really clear and simple, yet very effective, to make.

I can enter this in the following challenges:

1. Crafty Cardmakers - Feminine Celebrations
2. Cupcake Craft - Flower Power
3. Cute Card Thursday - Celebrations
4. Paper Play - Seeing Double
5. Stamping for the Weekend - Monochromatic
6. Secret Crafter - Anything Goes


Thanks for taking the time to look and if you have stopped by then please leave me a comment so I can return the visit.

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