Time flies when your having fun!

Well, the first week of the school holidays is over already and we sure have been busy! They spent Monday at the Seaside with my mum whilst I was working then Henry spent the next four mornings at our churches holiday club - Razzamatazz Robots when he had great fun. We have also been swimming, been to a friends party and had friends over to play.

Actually on Saturday I had five children here from 10am until 5pm and I still managed to clean the whole house, wash the towels and bedding and makes meringues and ice cream ready for friends coming over for lunch today!

This is Evie dressed up for her Hawaiian party on her last day at pre-school

And this is Henry and I last Sunday at Auntie Peggy's where we went for tea to celebrate Jonathan's mum's birthday

So the Summer Bingo has not been so popular! Henry was full of it last weekend, but when he realised that it might be hard work he was not so enthralled! We will try again this week.

So I hope your holidays are going well, fingers crossed for a little more nice weather!

New starts........

....but lot's of endings too! Henry is leaving year 2, this has been a fantastic year for Henry and he has grown in confidence as well as academically. He loves his teachers, especially Mrs Dalgleish,

but he is very excited to be going to Year 3. It is also a fantastic year for the school as Sebert Wood just got an 'outstanding' ofsted report and the children are having a fun day today to celebrate! He has also finished Beavers and will be starting cubs in September and has moved up a class in Swimming to Improver's 1. He seems so grown up now, I have to admit to doing a little reminiscing lately - well, look how cute he was!

Evie is finishing at pre-school and starting nursery - 5 afternoons a week, she is also very excited and looks so cute in the uniform! She has also had her very last session with Carolyn, our amazing childminder whom we have know since Henry started going to her age 2 and I can't believe that this is it! We will all miss her terribly. (photo of Evie and Carolyn to follow at a later date!)

She is also changing her swimming lessons from Sarah at the Leisure centre, who has been fantastic, to Karen at Culford - same afternoon as Henry which should make life a little easier!

Other news in the Lambert Household - Jonathan's mum is back in hospital with diverticulitis so more rushing backwards and forwards, this time to Stevenage, to visit her, so once again plans have not always gone as they should have.

I am working on finishing off the teachers gifts and making up the Summer Bingo for the children - not sure it's going to work - but worth a try!

Sorry

..........for the fact that I haven't updated in over a week, things are busy as ever.

Jonathan's Dad's funeral went to plan, just small with lot's of Whisky drinking afterwards, just as Reg would have liked. Unfortunately two days later Jonathan's mum suffered from a small heart attack and spent a few nights in hospital. Whilst there they also managed to asses her dementia and it seems she has Pick disease - shrinking of the frontal and temporal anterior lobes of the brain. This has been accelerated by the stress of the last few weeks. It seems the disease makes her quite controlling (she pretends to faint when things aren't going her way) and she sees Jonathan's brother Philip as her husband/father substitute, so plays up much more when he is around. There is no cure or medication and she will get progressively worse, it's almost like Jonathan and Philip have lost both parents.

On a happier note, Henry got his school report on Friday and Jonathan and I are pleased as punch with him, he has really come on in leaps and bounds in Year 2 and really enjoyed himself, at the moment he is really excited about going up to Year 3 - let's hope that continues!

Last Friday we packed the car to the rafters and headed off to Burnham Deepdale in gorgeous North Norfolk for a weekend camping with my parents, brother and sister-in-law and niece to celebrate my Dad's 65th birthday. Apart from the rain and wind whilst putting the tents up we had amazing weather and a great time.

We spent Saturday on Brancaster Beach - look at it - stunning!

And then Saturday night at The White Horse for dinner.

I managed one last layout before I packed all my scrapping stuff away again for a while....

Also to let you know that there has been an amendment, the 'Your Touch of Craft' Autumn/Winter workshop is now on Sunday 11th October 2009 - hope to see you there!

Sara xx

Scrapping Fever!

Well now I've started I just can't stop! Am loving my Mosh Posh Kit's and EVERYTHING at House of 3!

I have printed off and put together this fantastic 'countdown'. I decided not to make a birthday one, but just general and so we are now on countdown for our camping trip next weekend (10 days to go!) But it would make a great pre-birthday gift for someone.

And I love working with kits. What I especially like about Mosh Posh is how quickly the DT get the gallery up, as I love to see what they have done and get ideas - and quite often 'lift' their ideas............

The children and I had a busy weekend, Jonathan was back down in Margate on Saturday afternoon through to Sunday night, so we amused ourselves with Henry's School Summer Fayre, where Henry went into the stocks and got soaked!

Sunday we went to church, then town , then Mum's and then off to meet friends at The Cadogan Arms for a late Sunday lunch - perfect except for the fact that Jonathan wasn't there with us!

Hope you are all enjoying the sunshine

xx

Difficult times.

On Thursday 11th June, Jonathan's Dad, Reg, passed away very peacefully with his wife and two son's with him. It is a very sad time, but also a relief, as he was in a lot of pain. I cannot imagine how Jonathan is really feeling, as long as Reg has been ill and in his mid 80's, when your Dad actually dies it is so hard to imagine never being able to have a conversation with them again. He will be sorely missed, he was a wonderful character and both Jonathan and his brother Philip have inherited his fantastic sense of humour. Life hasn't been easy, as Jonathan only got home from Margate last night and I have found juggling everything here on my own under such un-predictable times pretty tough. It is such a relief to have Jonathan home.

Poor Henry has tonsillitis at the moment, so has been off school for the last couple of days, but I think he is ready to go back tomorrow!

The Sebert Wood School Fayre is this Saturday and so I have been baking Banana Loaf and Brownies ready for the cake stall, with Evies help of course!

I have been using my gorgeous May & June Mosh Posh Kits and using their gallery for inspiration:

I am also working on a House of 3 countdown project, I'll show you when it's finished!

Henry went to a friends cowboy party last Saturday - wish I'd got a photo of him all dressed up, but I did get one of the card I made....

How cute is that!

Talking of cute, look at these piccies of Evie from this morning dressed up as Stephanie from Lazytown!

Well, that's it from this week, will try and catch up again soon xx

What a week...

Well it's been a very busy and un-predictable week, with more to follow!
Saturday was great, I joined the district Beaver Scouts on a trip to Hunstanton. We started at the Sealife centre........

Couldn't resist getting one of Nemo and Dory!.....
Then onto the beach, we were so lucky with the weather and the boys had a blast!

But last Thursday Jonathans dad got taken into his local hospice and we made a mad dash on Sunday to see him as he was keen to see Henry and Evie, unfortunately, before we got there, the nurses had to sedate him and he has been in a coma ever since. The children both went and said hello to him and left him pictures, and perhaps he heard them and knew they were there - who can tell? So Jonathan has stayed down with his brother and mum and they have stayed by his bedside waiting for him to pass away, he is being stubborn and is keeping them waiting. But one good (and amazing) thing is that Jonathan and his brother have been communicating and are having a laugh together when things get a bit too heavy!

So I am here keeping things together, working lot's and trying to keep the children's routine going. I couldn't have done any of it without the amazing support of my parents, especially mum who even came with me on Sunday to help with the children (mainly Evie!) on the journey.

I even managed my first scrapbook page for a long time, one I have been wanting to do with my May Mosh Posh Kit..........

Sorry, the colours on the photograph are so bright - it's not quite that vivid in real life! I have also made new cushion covers for the garden and finished my Cloth kits skirt (with a little help from mum!) So I am keeping busy!

I am hoping to spend some of the weekend in the garden as the weeds are growing again after all the rain we have - but the garden is looking very green and lovely!

Have a good weekend xxx

7 week countdown

to the next school holidays, where has this year gone? My babies are growing up far too soon and in September Henry is going to be starting year 3 and Evie will be spending five afternoons a week in Nursery. But for now, it's nice to be back in the routine after the half term break.

We have been trying to spend as much time in the garden as the weather permits, and it's lovely to see everything coming into bloom.

Thanks to my friend Dawn, I have now found out about PICNIK, perfect for 'messing about' with my photos - if you haven't already tried it, give it a go!

Talking of Dawn we met up with Helen yesterday for a lovely lunch at The Cadogan Arms and had a good catch up.

I have also got on and crocheted another cushion for Evie'e bedroom, I am loving it and if you need some ideas check out Attic 24.

Lastly, quite an exciting update, the 'Your Touch of Craft Autumn Workshop' date has been confirmed, so get out your diaries and mark the 13th September down! I'll let you know more when we start booking, which will be very soon!