Another jam packed week for us which started off with my cousin’s wedding in the depths of Wales. A fabulous wedding with an equal mix of Welsh and English in the ceremony (I enjoyed belting out a few Welsh hymns!). I learnt Welsh at school to GCSE level and was so much more exposed when I lived there as I had a mixture of Welsh/English speaking friends – but I’m pleased to say I still understand and could speak a lot more than I thought I could. After the ceremony we had tea and cake in the chapel hall and then on to the reception in the Newport Links Golf Course (Pembrokeshire). It was right on the beach and overlooked the bay…a perfectly romantic location. We live on the coast at the moment, a 2min drive and we overlook the Solent which gives a wonderful view of the Isle of Wight. I find watching the sea so relaxing and I could sit in silence and watch all day. Strange as I don’t enjoy being on or in the sea really…just watching it will suffice! One of the things I would love in the future would be to have a house overlooking the sea, so I could sit in peace and enjoy. And I do mean a proper sea view…not one you have to tip toe on the bed of your attic room to sea…
There was a lot of travelling last weekend, so in turn things got a bit muddled and hectic at home whilst trying to salvage some time to do some normal routine things. A brilliant help has been my little man spending some time with his adoptive family! Babysitters who knock down the door to spend time with my handsome, smiley little boy. It was a welcome 
break to have him looked after so I could go about some chores and appointments - you forget what it’s like to not have a little person following you around!
He had a fun time and was definitely spoilt rotten! He had a baby chino, chocolate cake, shopping trips, ice cream, time in the park, lunch by the pond…Here a few of the pictures I was sent to give you some insight!…
To say thank you to his “Aunty Ro Ro” for looking after him and for buying him that cute blue hoodie I thought I would go about making her something. I thought a small lavender bear would be the ticket…and would be a test of my drawing skills! Well I thought I’d do a smallish ted…but my efforts were put to waste as when I turned it inside out, it looked like a teddy bear that had done a few rounds in the boxing ring! So I went a bit bigger and that seemed a bit more manageable. So I drew my ted, cut out the pattern and sewed two pieces (wrong sides together) together leaving a turning hole. After turning the right way out, stuffing and filling with lavender and stitching up it started to look more bear like. And when I hand stitched the face she was a lot more appealing! Here is what she ended up with… I’m not sure if it’s a boy or girl bear…but seeing as she’s a bit fuller in the hip region I’m going with it being a lady bear!
We’ve had a surge of warmth this week…my cherry tree is about to explode with bright pink blossom, so I’ll make sure I’ll capture some on camera to share with you.
We’ve been having fun in the garden which has involved bubble lawn mowers, real lawn mowers, alfresco dining, picnics, planting, painting, sunbathing!, hanging out washing etc… Oh and we’ve been hunting down our new friend who mysteriously keeps slithering to new places around the garden…
Hope you are all well and enjoying the sunshine.
Love from me and my little man x
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