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Sunday, 16 February 2014

10th February - 16th February 2014 - One Picture Everyday for One Year

This week hasn't been a great week!
We have had poorly twins, I've had poorly parents and now I have a poorly husband!
I also had no oven until Friday, so no baking for me!
This week a lot my pictures have been food related and, as it was Valentines day, love related!
I have to admit that this week I have not stuck to the prompts everyday. This is mainly because I felt that a few of the prompts didn't go with what we were doing on that day or they just did not inspire me.
This is our week in pictures...

Monday 10th February 2014

 

I am...
I am (was) delighted with the new meal that I cooked on Monday. It will be a recipe that I will be sharing next week as I really do not want to forget how I made it and I think others would enjoy it too! I made Thai Style Sea Bass served with crunchy vegetables, sweet potato, broccoli and a cooling herb dip.

Tuesday 11th February 2014

Tuesdays prompt of the day was "mistake". Thankfully this is something that didn't suit our day.
But I did manage to bake hubby and early Valentines treat! I made him a Valentines Day Suet Pudding which I steamed. I have missed baking so much while my oven has not been working. This pudding not only cured my baking withdrawal but also gave hubby a pudding which I knew he'd love!

Wednesday 12th February 2014


Out and About
On Wednesday morning when we were out and about down the garden, before the rain started, I noticed signs that spring is on its way! I'm sure it won't be long until the daffodils are in bloom!
This picture really was the calm before the storm. It got so windy here and we weren't in the area where it was at its strongest. We did loose a couple of ridge tiles and normal tiles off the roof but nothing that can't be fixed.

Thursday 13th February 2014


Perfect
Thursday had been a night that we had been looking forward to for a few weeks now.
Originally the children were going to go and stay with my mum and dad and we were going to have our first child free night in over 2 years! But things changed when my parents heating stopped working and couldn't be fixed until after Thursday.
Our child free night went to a date night and my parents came to babysit for us. We got ready for a lovely romantic meal out. I actually got chance to get dolled up, which only happens on the odd occasion these days! We said good night to the children and set off. However as soon as we got sat down at the table we got a phone call from my dad telling us that my mum had collapsed and was ill. So we rushed back so that they could go home!
Our date night out was now a date night in!
Despite all the messing around we still had a lovely night together as that is what is important, being together!
My picture is us because we go perfectly together x

Friday 14th February 2014


Heart
Valentines day, like our romantic meal, certainly didn't go as planned!
We were woken up in the night by Taylor being sick. We were up with him from 2:45 and from then on he was sick every half hour bless him. Luckily hubby had taken the day off so he was able to help me with Isabella, who was ok except from waking up with conjunctivitis!
However I was wined and dined in the evening. Hubby cooked me a steak meal which was delicious and spoilt me with a big box of Hanley's chocolates and a bottle of Whitley Neill gin!
Also my oven got fixed!!! Yay!!!

Saturday 15th February 2014


Saturday was another day where the prompt didn't inspire me, but baking did!
Yes I can bake again now that my oven is fixed! So I made my first Fourgasse! I made a garlic and oregano one to go with our dinner.
Sickness update: Now little Isabella has started! So the bug has spoilt yet another planned evening. We had planned to have a family night with Joseph once the twins were in bed and let him have some quality mum and dad time. But no, we had a sicky little lady instead! So we have told Joseph that as it is half term we will be able to do it another night.

Sunday 16th February 2014


Today is another day where the prompt is not going to be happening! Today the prompt is create. Me create at the moment? Not going to happen!
The perfect picture for today is of my new best friend.
Coffee!
I need caffeine today. We had, yet another, awful night. This time it was my hubbys turn to be up and down all night with the sickness.
Am I really going to be able to avoid this bug?
I hope I can as if I get ill, I have to keep going and look after the kiddies.
The twins are still under the weather and Joseph has just gone up to bed with a tummy ache.
Please keep your fingers crossed for me, I think I'm going to need it!

Follow my year in pictures at Blipfoto

I'll be sharing my 365 Project with The Boy and Me
365

I'll also be sharing with Make Do and Push's The Week That Was Captured #TWTWC

Grab button for The Week That Was
I will be trying to follow the prompts during February from Fat Mum Slim's Photo A Day




 

Sunday, 9 February 2014

3rd February - 9th February 2014 - One Picture Everyday for One Year

This month I have started to follow some picture prompts.
I decided to do this to challenge myself but I also knew that I wanted to focus the prompts around the children, our family and of course food!
This is how we got on, here is our week in pictures...

Monday 3rd February 2014


Orange

I have been thinking about some new activities for the twins this prompt gave me an idea!
I am going to make up a colour box every week to help the twins learn and recognise colours.
This week it is orange.
I have found a box and have filled it with orange toys and crepe paper.
Next week I will do them same but with a different colour.
This box has been a hue success over the week and the twins have both been going for the box. Isabella has even been asking for the "orange box".

Tuesday 4th February 2014

 

Childhood

Being able to make a mess without worrying about tidying up!
I left the twins in the room while I put the washing to dry and came back to this mess!
It may be a mess but it looked like they had fun!
Notice how yesterday's orange crepe paper is now shredded up!

Wednesday 5th February 2014

 

Square
We got the twins these stacking boxes for Christmas. They love stacking them up, counting them, then knocking them down. I am amazed by how their counting has come on! They can both confidently count to 10 and I am sure that toys like this have helped to encourage them!

Thursday 6th February 2014



Something Beginning With C
Cuddle!
I love seeing these special moments that the twins have. When they are not arguing over a toy or falling out. The special moments when you can see how close they really are x 

Friday 7th February 2014



Utensils
Who knew that utensils could be so much fun!
I gave the twins a whisk and a pastry brush to play with.
I totally underestimated how much they would enjoy looking at them, feeling them and playing with them.

Saturday 8th February 2014




Water
It seems like all we've had recently is wind and rain.
When I took my Josephs swimming this morning he loved watching the ripples that the strong wind was making in the huge puddles!

Sunday 9th February 2014



Detail
My detail is detail on taste!
On Friday my worst nightmare happened. My oven has decided to not heat up! Thankfully we filled out the form for the extra years warranty as it is just over a year old. Hopefully when the engineer comes on Tuesday he can fix it. On Saturday I always bake a cake or a pudding so this week it had to be a non bake dessert. After the success of Burns Night I decided to make another Cranachan but using my own quantities! It was delicious!


Follow my year in pictures at Blipfoto

I'll be sharing my 365 Project with The Boy and Me

 365

I'll also be sharing with Make Do and Push's The Week That Was Captured #TWTWC

Grab button for The Week That Was
I will be following the prompts during February from Fat Mum Slim's Photo A Day

Sunday, 2 February 2014

27th January - 2nd February 2014 - One Picture Everyday For 1 Year

This week I have spent a lot of time catching up on jobs that didn't get done when I wasn't feeling well. So nothing exciting has happened. It has been me, the kids and the hubby at home!
Here is our week in pictures...

Monday 27th January 2014


I love how the twins wait for their daddy to come home. As soon as I tell them that daddy is home, they jump up onto their toy boxes and look out of the window and shout "Daddy, Daddy!" "There he is!" They bang on the window and shout until he comes up the the window to see them! This happens every evening and it fills my heart with love every time they do it!

Tuesday 28th January 2014


Our poor little lady fell over on Monday evening and bumped her head.
She was so brave but she had a huge bump and the bruising certainly started to come out on Tuesday bless her!
She was still happy and carried on thankfully x

Wednesday 29th January 2014



Isabella makes me giggle so much.
This was her on Wednesday evening at the dinner table.
She often does this with books I wonder if she'll be a little book worm like both her dad and I.

Thursday 30th January 2014
 
We got the twins an Aquadoodle for Christmas but were disappointed to find it only had one pen.
We have finally got round to ordering them an extra pen which arrived the other day.
So on Thursday we have had the Aquadoodle out and they love it!
I knew they would enjoy playing with it but they have enjoyed it more than I thought they would.
It really has kept them amused!
I have two little artists in the making!
Friday 31st January 2014
 

I have often wanted to capture the twins together like this.
I love how they share a drink with their straws, especially when they look at each other and giggle together. Even though they argue like mad sometimes, they are never far from each other and are really the best of friends!
Saturday 1st February 2014
 
This month I am taking part in Fat Mum Slims photo a day and following the daily prompts. I thought that this would be a fun way to challenge myself and how I would take pictures that relate to our week!
So we'll see how I get on!
Today is you/me.
So here it is.
Me :-)
Sunday 2nd February 2014

02/02 subject is Favourite:
My favourite pastime, apart from family time, is baking! This is something I feel passionate about!
I love creating new cakes and trying new flavours!
These are some surprise hidden centre cakes and a first time bake so we'll see how they come out!
Follow my year in pictures at Blipfoto
I'll be sharing my 365 Project with The Boy and Me
TheBoyandMe's 365 Linky

I'll also be sharing with Make Do and Push's The Week That Was Captured
I will be following the prompts during February from Fat Mum Slim's Photo A Day