christmas and coconut ice....Nice!

Well I sure hope that you all had a lovely christmas. I had a very relaxing time with my family. Christmas day was spent at home with Harrison's grandparents, uncle and of course mummy and daddy.
He's too young to understand about santa, but he had fun playing with family and all of his new toys.
We ate a lot, drank not too much and enjoyed a relaxing time together, and that's what it's all about.
Normally we are all running around trying to guess what gifts everyone would like and it becomes so stressful, but this year we decided to just buy for the little fella.
This christmas he discovered trifle...seems he couldn't get enough of it, that along with the odd pringle and his advent chocolate!! Well it is christmas....if you can't be naughty then, when can you?!!

I made some more coconut ice, this time in the shape of hearts.............

I used a heart cutter to stamp out shapes before placing them in cello bags as christmas gifts.

It's late now, but I will blog about finding our new home and my gingerbread house tomorrow.
Early start tomorrow as we are signing paperwork for moving in the new year!!
See you soon. x

There's a chill in the air.......

Where does the time go? I last posted at the begining of November. I am officially a poor blogger..any such award out there?....if so it's mine :)

I moan when it's too hot, I moan when it's too cold. But I am happy with cold and sunny.
Time to envelope ourselves in warm snuggly clothes, sipping hot drinks and curling up on the sofa with the cold dark nights creeping behind the curtains......
  what more to do than bake in a kitchen heated by a warm glowing oven with sweet aromas filling the room.......

I purchased some little rubber letter stamps that are quite easy to use on fondant. I then sprinkled the imprinted letters with icing sugar....

This week was Harrison's christmas party at his playgroup.

I made cupcakes for the mum's...

and ickle cakes for the kiddies.....

I used a star nozzle to make my icing look like little christmas trees.....

and I used a ready to use chocolate icing powder from silver spoon for the little cakes....a little sweet for my liking, but I am sure it was ok with the little ones!

Harrison ready for his party food and cake.

 He doesn't look too amused being photographed!

I have been very busy with another project which is why I haven't been blogging much over the last few months.I have been making and designing special occasion head pieces which I will blog about soon.

I hope you are all wrapped up warm and cosy and getting organised for christmas...I am trying! But at a very slow pace!

will blog sooner, rather than later next time..........

Harrison is one!

Well, where does the time go!
My little baby turned one at the end of last month and I cannot believe the time has passed by so fast. One minute he is helpless in my arms and the next he is running around laughing and playing.
He's an active little lad which doesn't leave me much time for blogging these days.
I find that when I haven't blogged for a period of time,I cannot seem to get back into it..but today I decided that I would post his birthday pictures.

He loves Waybuloo, so I thought I should go with a waybuloo theme. I made the two male characters and two little nara bugs and kept with a blue and orange theme, with a little lime green thrown in for good measure....

We had a victoria sponge cake, chocolate cupcakes and cake pops.............ummmmmmm!

Our little ray of sunshine.........Harrison.

Harrison here...

HEllo, I'M hArrison.....

mUmMy's a little Busy at the moMent so I thought I'd dO a little post on heRe. wE haven't had internet acceSS for a while which drove mummy made mad and then we went Away foR a little break two to dOrset so i thought I would show you some pics.....

There wEre rainY days...buT it wouldn't be a cAravan holiDay without rain....

TheRe were sUnny days too...

We visiteD mOnkey world....

anD I took hOme mr aBbotts...I lOve him....

SooooooooooO many buckets.....

In the End is was just alL tOo much.........

You can't seE me........Look what I did to mUmmy's wool...

It was nice and soft to cUddle.....and sometimes the only thing to get me sleep in the car!

I don't want to go there again....I didn't like being in a tin box.

soon I'll bE going to sWeden so if anyoNe has anY tips about taking a littl'un like me away mUmmy would lOve to know.x

Harrison...

Everyone meet Harrison....

                                            He decided that mummy was not going to have 2 weeks maternity leave to chill out before motherhood....he arrived safely on Sunday 24th october ( 2 weeks early ) !!

Wearing his fishing hat ready to fish with daddy.

 Pout little lips that make me want to kiss him all the time.

Battle wounds.

Nothing prepares you for parenthood, the sleepless nights, the feeds, the nappy changing, the worrying....but it's all worth it.

When I do get a spare moment I seem to spend it admiring my little pumpkin, watching him smile from wind, it seems every day a new facial expression.

I have fallen in love!