Monday, 11 April 2016

Birthday Weekend

Thank  you so much for all your wonderful comments and your wishes for my Birthday, it certainly was a wonderful weekend, filled with love.  I was blessed with lots of phone calls, cards, gifts and best of all visitors.  Amie and her little family arrived on Friday, it was a great joy to spend some quality time with Honey and introduce her to her Great Grandparents.

 
She is one gorgeous baby, although I may be a little biased.
 

 
She is sporting a spectacular matinee jacket knitted by her Great Nanny using the same pattern that she used for me coming out of hospital.  Times haven't changed much then in 21 years...
 
We did the usual rounds of soft play, fish and chips, beach and ice cream parlour with Bertie introducing Honey to lots of firsts.  Bertie and I shared hot donuts and ice-cream and had a lovely walk around the Life Boat Station at Skegness.
 
A trip to Granny's always includes some sort of crafting, so we made wooden spoon puppets and did a show.
 

 
Yes, I do know its not Christmas, but Santa had come on his holidays to the seaside.  We also had fun with the cars and a measuring stick, imaginative play at its finest, although not a very flattering photo of me.
 
 
I had a lovely visit from Lucy and her little family on Sunday which was a great surprise.  She even bought a beautiful array of food with her for afternoon tea.  I was blessed with a robot that the girls had made.
 
 
It was nice to get a photo of four generations...
 
 
...and a rare photo of my youngest sister who hates having her photo taken.
 

 
Crafting is always on the agenda when I have little visitors, so little trinket boxes were duly embellished by Lily and Daisy.
 


 
All in all a wonderful weekend, with lots of amazing memories to treasure and reflect upon.  I am truly blessed with a loving family and for that I will always be grateful.  It has taken me the best part of the day to do the laundry and get the house back into some order but it really was worth it.  Another photo of Honey Rose just because...
 
 
Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend and once again thank you for your comments and best wishes, they are truly appreciated.
 
See you soon.

29 comments:

  1. Happy belated birthday to you!!! xoxo It looks like you had a wonderful day!!! Is it wrong of me to want to nibble on that newest grandbaby of yours?? Oh my goodness!! You are such a wonderful granny and your grandbabies are so very lucky to have you. Love those spoon characters!! xoxoxo

    ~ Wendy

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  2. Such a blessing to have a close family! I enjoyed seeing all your photos especially little Honey!

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  3. ive just been bemoaning my lack of grandaughters..lol..totally gorgeous

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  4. A belated Happy Birthday to you, it looks like you had a wonderful time. xx

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  5. It looks like you had a wonderful birthday weekend, you can't really ask for much more than spending special time with your family, can you.

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  6. Belated happy birthday wishes! I have to admit to a touch of envy, having no parents or grandchildren ...... but I do have a wonderful husband and son!!

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  7. Belated birthday wishes, looks like you had a fantastic time, x

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  8. You have a very beautiful family-x-

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  9. Honey Rose is lovely. And family is great specially still having more than one generation.. Photos are great wether perfect or not later the memories will bring smile, makes me mis my mom. All in all looks like a wonderful weekend. Happy Monday with love Janice

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  10. You are such a lovely granny... Happy Belated Birthday my friend.. Such a great celebration with family.. xo

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  11. A happy belated birthday to you x

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  12. Glad you had an enjoyable visit with your lovely family for your birthday, Lorraine! Hope it's your best year yet! Hugs!

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  13. I'm so glad you had a fine celebration, and I love that you were able to get a four generation photo! I have never made spoon puppets and thank you for sharing the idea :) xxxxx

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  14. You have such a happy wonderful family.. that is one cute baby and the older kids are adorable too! Lucky you! You're a wonderful gramma. ((hugs)), Teresa :-)

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  15. Nothing makes a birthday better than spending it with the ones we love! Just wonderful!

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  16. So glad that your birthday celebrations went so well. Those grands sure are cute.

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  17. What a lovely birth-day you had with family and your latest granddaughter! Sweet times. I'd think craft time with grandchildren would be fun. Not sure if that's on our agenda here as we always play adult card games and kids play in the living room. One of these times I'll come up with something for them to do. They usually draw or color which is interesting or play with toys. Happy week!

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  18. Happy Late Birthday! It looks like an absolutely amazing time with your family. I especially like the four generation photo. I have learned those times together should never be taken for granted and I can tell that you enjoy each and every moment you all have together. Such sweet grandchildren
    Blessings,
    Betsy

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  19. Thank you for sharing your beautiful weekend with us. The best birthday gift anyone can enjoy is time spent with family.

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  20. The best quality time ever !!!!
    Thanks for sharing those pictures !!!
    You can be proud !
    Hug
    Anna

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  21. A very belated happy birthday. Family gatherings are a blessing more so with a beautiful baby and lovely children.xx

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  22. Love the photo of four generations!! Lovely!
    Glad you had a nice birthday!
    xo
    Lynn

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  23. happy birthday and I love the photos of your family all together and the wee ones too. I bet you were overly happy if there ever was such a thing.

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  24. Happy Birthday and how fab to have so many lovely family memories to treasure :) Honey is just beautiful
    Jillxo

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  25. It looks like you had a lovely weekend . . . so many beautiful children. I love how creative their play is . . . hands on fun and no computers. When my granddaughters visit they want to make crafts with grandma, too . . . and the times doing that together are priceless. Happy birthday, sorry I'm late:)
    Connie

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  26. Your birthday weekend looks like it was full of the best gifts - sweet baby cuddles, play with grands, time with siblings and parents and children! Such lovely memories.

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  27. So good to have a family gathering for your birthday and also introducing Honey to the rest of the family. You are really blessed!

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  28. A truly lovely birthday weekend filled with beautiful family and a sweet little baby! What could be better?!!! Hugs xo Karen

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  29. I am so glad you had such a wonderful weekend to celebrate your birthday. You are so special to everyone in your family, that is why you were celebrated!
    Hugs,
    Meredith

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