I Spy for No 2 Grandson

Hi everyone,

Something different today.  When our first grandson was born, our daughter-in-law‘s mother wanted to make his baby quilt.  I had just resumed working again.  My comment was, he will obtain many quilts over the years, we don’t need to fight over the first.  

However I did want to make a quilt for him so I made an I Spy quilt that he could use at our place. In those days our second bedroom had our son’s queen size bed in it. So now we also use that I Spy quilt on our bed. 

That bedroom has change and currently holds two single beds. So this one is a single bed quilt.

I started this one a year or two earlier. Grandson No 2 was a little younger and he loved Thomas The Tank, Paw Patrol, Cars, only to name a few. In two or three years his taste has changed.  So I don’t think this quilt is revered has much as previous quilts are.  He has one made with dinosaurs all over it, at home, oh well I cant get it right every time. 

I am confined to the house at moment.  I love his quilt and using it daily.  It has a polar fleece back so very warm on a cold day.

I hope you like something different today.

Blessings

Let It Ride

Hi everyone,

Who likes riding a horse.  When I was a young girl living in a country town north of Adelaide I spent some time riding horse.  It is such a freeing exercise. I loved it.

 

As our two children grew up they also like to ride.  Quite often during busy times at school they would ask to be taking out to their preferred stable.  I love that they also found the same sense of freedom while riding on the back of a horse.

Well during a previous school holidays our family went to Port Ferry for a week. Our son suggested a ride.   Our daughter jumped at the chance to go with.  Our daughter-in-law and son-in-law were left with the kids and off they went.  They didn’t ask me though.  I’m not sure it would have been a good idea if I went, but that did not stop me wishing that they had asked me.

A couple of days later our son surprised his two older boys with a horse ride.  The amount of joy that I felt when I heard this was fantastic.  A trip down memory lane. A time to share my story on a hose again.  So special. 

When our daughter-in-law suggested that I ride along and she come later with my husband, well that was a no brainer.  I tagged along. Beloew is a picture of our so, two grandsons and myself carrying on family tradition of the love of riding.

Hence these last two photos. The stamp below is called Let It Ride. I’m really sorry to tell you that this stamp set retired when the Annual Catalogue was released. 
Our 9 year old received one of these cards for his recent birthday. 

I used Stampin Blends when colouring the horses.   I also used retired Designer Series Paper. Sometimes it is really good to use an old favourite or get a stamp set out that hasn't been used but applicable for a persons birthday that is coming up.

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 Blessings

Gingerbread House 2019

Hi everyone, 

Our family tradition of making a Gingerbread House for Christmas happened again early December.  This is the 34th Gingerbread House creation.  As our children grew they were very interested.  There have been years were we adopted s9me young children for the event. Now our children are having children pf their own, they are more interested in showing their children how to decorated the Gingerbread House. 

Yes, it is a sugar overdose event.  Fortunately it is all about the creation and having fun together. The kids tend to pull the lollies off after it has been smashed, and the adults pick at the gingerbread. Mr T has hold of the meat tenderizer in the following photo.  This is the only time that the meat tenderizer gets used. All the young kids participated in the smashing of the Gingerbread House on Christmas Day but I don’t have anymore photos. 

I hope you enjoyed another rendition of our yearly Gingerbread House Tradition. 

Blessings 

Gingerbread House 2018

Hi everyone,

 

Another Christmas therefore another Gingerbread House.   This is one of our family traditions. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

33 years ago I attended a Christmas Class at the local Contact Centre.  With other class members I received a number of different recipes.  I have made some the recipes from that class for many years.  However, it is only the last couple of years that I have not made the biscuit recipe.  Our daughter usually makes that recipe now but having a 9 month old baby changed things this year.  The Gingerbread House decorating is still happening.  This year the older boys were more methodical than precious years. The two 9 month olds just looked on in preparation for next years work.

Do you know, I have had only one disaster in 33 years.  One year I tried a different recipe which was the disaster.  So now I used the same recipe and same pattern.  Over the years we have adopted some little kids as our kids have grown.  It has always been about the time spent together decorating the gingerbread house rather than what it looks like.  We have a 7, 5 year old and two 9 month old grandchildren.  Whilst our adult kids are a bit over it, it is lovely seeing the next generation enjoy this tradition.

 

I hope you enjoy the photos. 

 

Merry Christmas everyone.  Please be safe on the roads during this season.

 

Many blessings for this season.