A little party,,

So this weekend my momma turned 60! And oh my gawd she does not look it. Lets hope we got that gene hey bro and sis ;) I don't normally mention family things too much outside of Jamie, Molly and I because I respect everyone's privacy but this is too amusing not to share. So the three of us siblings had three jobs between us. I was to make the decorations, Rhiannon was to make the cake, and James was to arrive (he is a notorious train misser). So me being last minute me, was up 'til 1.30am making decorations the night before I had to drive 150miles so you could say I failed miserably on that front. Rhiannon couldn't take the cake on the train for fear of it breaking so her fiancé had to drive it to us after the party had began (thankyou Mark!) and James missed his intended train! Jamie enjoyed pointing out what horrendous children we are- love you really mum! Anywho it worked out quite well. Turned out I made more than enough decorations and didn't fall asleep on the motorway, Mark brought Rhiannon's INCREDIBLE cake with plenty of time before it had to be brought out to sing 'Penblwydd Hapus' and it's just as well James got the later train as it meant he could get a lift with Rhiannon and the kiddies from the train station in Machynlleth. Whoo for us! Oh and Happy 60th Birthday Mama :)

Making me smily, currently.

A few memories making me smile from yesterday..
1. This photo of Molly and I taken yesterday before we went to Pizza Hut to stuff ourselves. She's so cute!
2. Feeling extra motherly. After we had lunch we went to do our weekly shop, while Jamie was paying for it I picked Molly up out of the trolly to discover she was wet. Something that hasn't happened in ages! Well she had drank a full bottle at lunch so I grabbed a nappy out of the new pack we'd just bought and took her to the toilet. She sobbed and sobbed as I removed her wet clothes. I think this was the first time she had ever been aware of wetting herself and she did not like it. I put her (thankfully) dry jumper back on and held her tight, she soothed pretty quickly Molly doesn't carry it on as it were. To know I could make it all better made me feel amazing. SO much love.
3. Late nighting it. When we got home after a warm bath she napped and napped and I let her sleep 'til 8! Her bedtime is 7! Jamie was out so we had a girly snuggle downstairs for an hour with some milk and weetabix for supper. We listened to Ben Howard and danced around the (tidy!) living room and she finally went up at about 9. Having an hour just the two of us in the evening reminded me of the sporadic schedule we had when she was a newborn. We used to dance for hours back then because, well, she loved to hear me sing :) (hehe, if you've ever heard me sing you'll be sure to know she is my ONLY fan!). I spent the rest of the night feeling pretty good with a glass of Rosé and an episode of Poirot, it's a mommas life but I love it! And I'm kind of excited to get uni done and move on to the next chapter. Bigger house/lots of babies.
All in all friday was a pretty good day.. and I think Jamie should have all fridays off!

Finger Paint!

This week Molly and I made finger paint from this recipe.

It's pretty easy just add flour, sugar and water over a hob until smooth

allow it to cool and add the food dye!
I must admit I as too excited to let it go completely smooth.

I was dubious as to how good it was for Molly but she seemed to

enjoy eating and playing with it (mostly eating..)
Next time I'll add more food dye to get a stronger print :)

..once Molly tired of the paint she was in the cupboards!

The Party!

A little late, I have been very ill over the last week and previous to that my Macbook broke!!

It is however now fixed, so I can get on with taking account our life and times a little better :)

Molly's Birthday Party was wonderful.

I didn't get many snaps as I was so busy! And worst of all I didn't get a picture of Molly and her daddy!! OOPS.

My excuse is that he spent most of it in the kitchen hiding.

In fact I didn't get many family photo's at all so please forgive the collection. 

I've thrown in a couple from the decorating process and the invitations 

(most of which didn't get sent out!)

On another note my rainbow cake and Red Velvet cupcakes went down a treat- 

I can bake! Who knew!?

Molly coped so well, turns out she's quite the little party baby at one.

If the first party sets precedent for the rest, then we're in for a busy few years, next time I'm downsizing the guest list, or buying a bigger house!!

These last ones of my Nain are my favourite. I spied them in the background. Stupidly I didn't get a picture of her and Molly (She's Molly's Great Grandmother or Hén Nain) but I love how natural she is in these which is better than any posed picture. She tends not to smile in photographs, I don't know why because she is so beautiful. I don't know anyone who knows more about Literature and life than she. Molly, Jamie and I are lucky to have the family we do :)

A big thankyou to everyone who came and spoiled Molly, she had a great time.

Cheers to the next year!

Double dresses

I'm a pretty big fan of the cold. I grew up in North Wales and it was the windiest, coldest, wettest place on earth. Leicester cold is unbelievably mild to me, perfect layering weather, or so I thought. Lately it's been brutal. Each morning I've wanted to stay in bed, not even think about wearing anything other than my patchwork pyjama trousers and a thick cardie. Well, today was no exception except I had a ton of stuff to do, so I mann'd up and put Molly in her bouncer while I showered and by some miracle GOT DRESSED. My ingenious idea of wearing 'double dresses' kept me toastie all day :) I have the underneath TFNC dress in nude as well as mink, I bought them in the summer for £15 each! Half price, perfect excuse to get both.

I'm sorry for my face, I don't know why I'm apologizing for my face, it's my expressionless face! But I'm dealing with a pretty intense cough at the minute, I'm not sleeping although that came about before the cough, and my nose is like a tap, so I do look a bit drained and grumpy.

That awkward moment when I didn't focus my camera.

The peterpan collar dress- TFNC, the breton dress- UO, the jacket- H&M, the velvet shoes- Topshop, the crochet bow- Forever 21, Snood- ASOS, Knit handwarmers/mittens- My mother made me these, she owns a wool shop and can knit ANYTHING!

 

GOD I love her!
Sorry this isn't better quality, I didn't set it up for Jamie and he knows nothing about cameras! I'm lucky I got a tripod, he was getting rather bored of photographing me (he's only done it twice!!)