I love the swing..........




''Let's go on the swing, to swing swing swing and swing,
until the school bell rings,
then off we go to see my siblings''

....................................................Leah, May 2010

Look what I made .....





I'm so proud of myself. Here are my first two handmade crochet handbags for girls (even though one of my models is a boy ;). The blue one is for my daughter and the other one I am going to give it as a present. I'm sure that the girl will use it and hold lots of treasures inside it!! Have a good Wednesday :)

What's with the washing machine?? little missy likes to watch the machine and she gets pretty excited too!!!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

Mother's day without your mother isn't good and I have to admit that I don't like mother's day. 'I must be selfish' why shouldnt' I ? I have three beautiful children and I am blessed to be a mother, but still I can never be 100% happy on mother's day. My mother died on May 20th 1998, just a month before my wedding and the last time we took my mother out was on mother's day of that year. She was diagnosed with cancer a year before and fought for a year with unbearable pain, always thinking that it will be over. I will never forget her beautiful smile and the love she had for us.

This morning I was reading a blog and by chance went into another blog. This other blog had a beautiful post about mother's day. I read it twice and kept looking at the photos and then I decided to copy her. So here you are mum, 'HAPPY MOTHER's DAY' where ever you are.



My mother, my brother and myself. This is how I mostly remember my childhood days. My father worked abroad and when he was home he worked long hours. So my mother took us every where, we never missed a thing and we usually were the last ones to leave too!!



On the Ferry, crossing from Malta to Gozo. My dad, my brother , myself and mum.



My mum in her teenage years



Dressing up for a carnival party.



When she was a little girl. Love those curls mum!!





I Love You Mom!
Mom's smiles can brighten any moment,
Mom's hugs put joy in all our days,
Mom's love will stay with us forever
and touch our lives in precious ways...
The values you've taught,
the care you've given,
and the wonderful love you've shown,
have enriched my life
in more ways than I can count.
I Love you Mom!

What will happen to the clothes if they are left in the basket and not folded immediately ?

Well the little fairy who lives with us will crawl , grab the bag and she will very neatly fold them :).......just like magic!! not to mention that she will also leave a blob or two of her dribbling!!

funday....throphies... cake ...finished project and little one standing up :)

Spring and projects .........



Sundays are the days where we relax, play the guitar, have a swing or two or three and enjoy each other during breakfast hour. My eldest is learning how to play the guitar and the little one loves to hear her play. I caught a moment here with my eldest daughter teaching my son the guitar and the little one as their audience!!

Sunday...



we decided to go to the Medivial festival in Mdina......but a 'small' problem with parking lead us to buskett instead......



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and then of course a nice cup of hot chocolate plus cake down at the Valletta water front....



and everyone was happy :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY


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I cannot believe my little baby boy is 6 today :) !! We woke him up with kisses and hugs, gave him his cards, best wishes and present, now we are baking a cake for later . His wish for the day is to go ice-skating. Wish you all a nice day.

note..... in one of the photos you can see my son with a big tub of Sudo-Cream...... Instead of getting really angry with him on that day all I did was laugh and laugh and took pictures and then asked hubby to help me clean up the mess (and believe me there was a BIG mess!).

Hello, It seems like ages since I've last posted. I haven't been spending much time on the computer or indoors for that matter. So here are some of the photos I've downloaded. Here's a few of the many things my family and I have been up to. We had football tournaments, walks, picnics and also we went ice-skating!! Yes Ice-skating is now also found on our tiny warm island. However I will put up a post soon on where this is found :) I hope you all had a nice Easter xx

Last Thursday was open day at the gymnastics school my daughter and her friends go to once a week. So armed with my pink little camera , my baby sling and my two daughters I went to see what these girls are up to during their gymnastic hour. I was very pleased to see the progress of all the girls most of all of my daughter of course. Oh how good it is to be young and stretchable!!

A post valentine photo of some crafts and cookies. Then a lovely sunny sunday afternoon spent in the country side, enjoying the fresh air and watching the kids playing. Oh what a great way to end one's weekend.

play with me please?..... some days I wake up at 6am, some days earlier who knows?. All I know is that I want to play.

Books....... a friend of mine suggested these three books for a good read. I've checked them out online. Now all I have to do is, drive myself to the library (or book shop :) and acquire these books.

It's Carnival weekend here in Malta and for those of you interested in some History about Malta and it's Carnival, then click on the link at the right hand side of this page saying 'Birzebbuga Malta' and you can read all about Carnival in Malta and it's History.

With Carnival comes Valentines too this year so here we are in our little house making some decorations and enjoying dressing up. I've included also a small photo of Leah having her first nap in her new (well sort of :) baby bed.

Who needs toys ??

Carnival, Valentines, it's all happening this week and I am getting ready for both ;)

I like Juniper's post today (http://wwwcapersandolives.blogspot.com/). So I thought of wishing you all a happy Friday and hope you all enjoy your weekends.

It's official .... Leah is now a master of rolling over :), and there in the background my son with a sad face because his baby sister has completely destroyed a house he was building with his blocks !!

Update......... Well as some of my closest of friends now I have been busy house hunting for the past year or so!! Finding a house is fun but can also be a little stressful especially when you have to drag your children to yet ''another house!! oh no!!' 'I want to stay home mum'..... these were the continuous whinges I got from my children each time I tell them that we are going to see another house !! I had always wanted to own an old house, I simply love the way in which Maltese old house were built, they've got so much character. So after lots of viewings I think we got what we want. It is still to be converted so here are some pictures of how it is now .