Tiger food

Went to see "The Tiger Who Came to Tea". Loved it! Even Tabby was on her feet and dancing.

This is the Tiger Food, which stayed on the stage after the show finished - much to the delight of the audience.

First heels

Yasmine could not be any happier with these shoes. Leah bought them for her as her very first pair of heels, and so far she has even worn them to bed.

Yasmine

I took this photo in Starbucks. She was blissfully unaware of me doing so.

5.30am

That's what time I had to get up today. Continuing professional development, indeed.

Coffee on the train was nice, though.

Farewell

End of an era today. One of the partners at our firm, who let me do work experience there when I was a slip of a 16 year old, retired (slightly reluctantly, it must be said - I suspect his wife is keener on the idea than he is!).

We all had a VERY nice meal to say farewell to him. This was my ice cream.

Siblings

He doing his "photo" smile, she gazing at him adoringly.

Home-made present

Another one. This one's for Leah. I'm really proud of it - it's a shopping bag, by the way.

Ding, dong, the bells

My friend Amy got married today. I've known Amy since we were both 12, and we've never lost touch. I was so happy to see her marrying her absolute soulmate this afternoon.

And weren't her flowers beautiful?

Pizza night

We did have friends round. We didn't eat all 4 ourselves...

Dress

I am inordinately pleased with my new wrap dress, so I made this month's self-portrait a longer-than-head shot. I'm not even sure why I like the dress so much apart from the fact that it's very comfortable and I think the print is pretty.

Amazing discovery!

This gorgeous substance is 2 pots for £1 at the local "pile it high, sell it cheap" frozen food shop. Of course I bought more than two pots.

A badge of my own

Courtesy of Leah. I have attached it to my suit jacket.

Sunday walking

Another beautiful day. We went to a big park nearby and the children raced round in the sunshine. I took this photo towards the end of the walk - the sun was going in and Tab and Zac were getting tired.

Inside, looking out

Today I took Tabitha and Zac to the little park down the road while Husband watched football (apparently it was an excellent result - Liverpool won four-nil). It was a lovely, bright, breezy day and just about all the children I know were at the park with their parents. I took this photo of Tabitha peeking out of the toddlers' playground and wondering if she'll brave the Big Kids' Bit.

Comic Relief

We had a girls' night in at my friend Denise's - she had made yummy chilli with nachos, and also this wonderful array of Comic Relief-inspired fairy cakes.

Cheekiness

I love Tab's little smile in this photo. She was asking me if she was allowed to shake a bottle of water "and make bubbles". I had to say yes.

Screensaver

Slow news week. Have updated my screensaver at work with this photo that Leah sent me of Dangermouse's cheery little face - only after I'd uploaded it did she point out that it's a photo of a badge which she was wearing on her left boob. Hilarity ensued. I changed the screensaver to one of the kids again...

Party party party

We had a tea party for my father in law. The children were very excited about Granddad's birthday - the cake decoration is their doing, as are the multiple bowls of crisps! Father in law was very pleased with his scarf, his other presents and his cake, and a nice day was had by all.

A wooden bottom

We went to Ikea, and for some reason the wooden pretend bottom in the "look how often and rigorously we test our chairs!" display made me laugh a lot, so I took a photo.

Dancing feet

Leah and I had tired feet after a lot of dancing. I took this photo of them as we waited for our chips in a kebab/pizza shop at the end of the night.

Finished

All done! Father-in-law's throatwarmer. It's basic, but I'm pleased with it - the moss stitch is all nice and even.

Finally!

The next two books. Can get stuck in once more.

Clickety click

It's my father-in-law's birthday this week and we are seeing him on Sunday for a birthday tea. Being as it's the year of the handmade present, I'm making him a throatwarmer/scarf thing. This is its beginnings today.

Bouncing Bith

I asked her to smile for the camera as she bounced about on the sofa, having just got dressed. She agreed to smile but she didn't fancy looking at the camera...