A lovely day

Ana arrived around eight this morning to have her grandma day

I found some wooden animals and stick puppets

she had fun colouring them in

she made a puppet for each member of her family and grandma had to write who it was on the back

we also watch kids YouTube with lots of dancing Ana danced grandma watched lol

later when it was time to pick her up the rest of the family came over

we had takeaway for dinner and I had lots of cuddles

She really is the most perfect baby she hardly cries and snuggles in to sleep

i thought my newborn cuddles were over, but the universe had other ideas

I’m so happy this little one really wanted to be here

First cuddles

First cuddles

you forget just how little they are

grandpa and grandma are so very blessed

She’s here

Georgia Elizabeth has arrived

born 22/8/25

at 1.03 am

mum and bubs are well.

cant wait for cuddles We will give the little family time to rest and get into a routine

get ready for baby spam lol

Grandparents day

the girls had grandparents and special person day

last year it was one day and both sets of grandparents were there, we were allocated one child each so no granddaughter missed out

this year it was over two days

yesterday both grandmas attended it was melodys day we all helped colour in a book mark while chatting about school

unfortunately the other grandmother was unable to attend so it was just Brianna’s mummy and me today

here she is colouring in a picture of a book she had to decorate and add a title

she decided it was going to be all rainbows and hearts

we asked what she wanted to call it. she said family hub because rainbows and hearts mean love and that’s family

both her mummy and I were very emotional at that She really is the sweetest child

melodys bookmark was laminated and she was able to bring it home today

I think we did a great job. Family working together to make something beautiful and useful

Melody loves reading so the book mark will get lots of use

grandma is home now I’ve been out three days in a row and all that driving has inflamed my sciatica

i do have to do a small shop tomorrow but the supermarket is just one street over

i need to stay close to home

we are waiting on the news that the new baby is on her way. grandma has been trained on how to pick Ana up from daycare and they have been given all my information and a copy of my drivers license so they can ID me

I’m also listening for a midnight phone call

official due date is the 28th but as we all know babies arrive when they want

look out for the introductory post of our new granddaughter

We are getting very excited

For the grandchildren

ana loves being able to get here craft supplies on her own it’s kinda hard getting it from the cupboard so I decided she needed a box to keep it all in

I say all, but, there is a good supply of craft paraphernalia and as little children do is always pull out a brand new square of coloured paper to use

I’ve put in all the things that she has already use and will top up as needed

when my children were small we went camping quite regularly

when it was raining, or they said they were bored, I would pull out the craft box this kept them entertained for hours

meanwhile the supermarket, woollies, had another set of something useless to collect I don’t shop at woollies there are two coles stores nearer to me so I didn’t even start to collect them

when comes have their version of collectables I give them all to my Christmas fairy

she collects them all and sort them into groups she has three grandchildren living near her so had to hand three sets I only need one the two older girls share, thankfully

not having added to “ the stash “ I didn’t expect to receive a finished set

beautiful Diane asked if I would like one and made me a set she even bought the book to put them all in

the Girls will be thrilled

for those wondering what the rock paint we’re here is the box

you can see the they work on practically anything

they are now living in the craft box, along with the craft mat.

I’m sure Ana will be very excited to be able to just grab it and go

Crafting

grandma bought some rock painting pens

we had so much fun as you can see i took precaustions and put a wipe down table cloth down

ana got quite a bit of paint in her hands

we had already washed them once

all the finished rocks. I had to paint some too

i did three Ana painted the rest

once dry i put them in an empty ice cream container so she could take them home

im sure her parents were delighted 

We will see how we go 

The work begins

this morning is do laundry,

deep clean kitchen ( including oven )

and how to bring this collection into a patchwork

obviously i need more blocks

thats easy the hard part is getting them all to fit nicely

that takes mathermatics

and its not of my strong points

so

im sitting waiting fo washing machine to call me ill hang that up and put on the next load 

then I’ll put an audio book and start

if you hear ranting and cussing that will

me!