North & South!

I've been away....visiting my youngest daughter 'up north'! A fun time was had by all.....and we were thoroughly entertained by our 3 youngest grandchildren.

The youngest of the 3 - Little Miss Ashley and I made cupcakes one day. She enjoyed mixing the ingredients - which, I do believe got a little mixed up - no fault of her own!!
We took far too long at each stage - what with the little photo shoots inbetween, tasting the mixture and visits to the smallest room in the house!
The recipe called for 2 teaspoons of mixture in each case and in the oven they all went.

As you might have noted....there are no photos of the final product! LOL. They all overflowed the paper cases and sunk in the middle. Huh! We should have gone to Tesco!

We had a little Christmas whilst we were there....party and presents, much to the delight of the children. Ethan is becoming reluctant to pose for the camera....I think he's been hanging out with his older cousin!
The Princess in her party dress - complete with a little sparkle dust on her face...

... and posing with her mama.

Eden has become a big fan of Michael Jackson, so for her pressies...I got items that she would really appreciate. First, an MJ t-shirt which went straight on her, a sequin hat and an MJ calendar ....I think she was pleased.

We were entertained another day with her mimicing her mother! In fact the whole family, which gave us cause to be more careful how we conduct ourselves in the future! LOL. Here, her dad and brother found her rather amusing.

I LOVE this photo of the 3 of them having a fun moment together.

Eden is quite happy to pose for her 'Papparazi' nanny, so we had a photo shoot. I have edited some of the photos in Roxiosuite and changed them to black and white...is that an MJ song coming?

Whilst there, Keeley showed me her project! It's a doll's house that she bought for Ashley for Christmas. There is still some to complete - like the hall and stairs but it was bare when she bought it. She has painted and decorated it and bought the furniture and little items she has found in the shops. For instance, the vases are actually light pulls that she has painted. She recovered the sofas in purple to match the walls.

She bought the house for about £50 in a sale but has spent about £250 more to furnish and decorate it!

...and there we must leave them....until next time anyway.

Have a Thuper Thursday and keep dry.

Toots for now.