Hooray! Home again!

It is SO good to be home - it was great to see my grandma but it's equally lovely to walk back into my own home, although that wasn't without drama. I locked myself out when I left last week so I rang the real estate agent and told them my parents would come and pick up the keys so I would be able to get in when I got back after hours tonight. So dad went in this morning only to be told that they don't have the keys so in the end he called a locksmith and got them to re-key the door, got inside and saw the inspection report (which was performed while I was away!) so they obviously have the bloody keys! GGGGGRRRRR - I'm unimpressed with them about the inspection too but have emailed them and will see what happens next week.

The kids had a great time at my grandma's and there was much activity in the garden. It's one of my big guilt areas as their mum. I would love for them to have space to run and play like they did at the house but situations and circumstances change and we had to move here. I like it because it forces us to go out and do things but I do have the guilts about the lack of outdoor spaces for the kids. Anyway, they had a great time in nanna's garden climbing trees ( I adore this photo - he was off in his own little world and was having a great time there - the look on his face is pure happiness hence why I love it...

Then they had to hide from everyone and thought it was hilarious that no-one could see them from the house with such a good hiding spot...

And finally some hopscotch because Charlotte has finally mastered getting 2 feet off the ground at once (I was SO excited for her because it's something she's been frustrated by for a while now) and Izaak had a great time writing the numbers on the squares...

SUPER excited about tomorrow - the creative fibre day is on tomorrow and I'm looking forward to getting some more yarn. I've got a project in mind so hoping that I can find just the right thing for it. I'd love to get my hands on some more Waratah Fibres yarn that I used recently for my mums beanie, it's lovely to knit with and the colours are beautiful.

On the knitting front Helena is coming along nicely and although it is the right length according to the pattern I think it looks a bit unbalanced so I'm going to do another lace repeat and see what happens. This is the KAL for July over at Woolaholics and one of the other members is actually using the same yarn in the same colourway as me. I really like her buttons so fingers crossed I'll be able to find some to suit. She's also further along than me so I have been able to pick up some hints/tips from her which is the nice thing about KALs. This pic is a few days old and only has 2 repeats of the lace on it - she now has 6 on there...

Oh and I wanted to share these too.... Does anyone else remember The Wishing Chair ?- it was a set of books that were my favourite when I was little and my parents found the stories on tape which were played nightly for many, many years. I found the tapes recently and played them for Izaak who seems to adore the stories as much as I did/do. We were at Spotlight in Tamworth when he spotted this little chair which, according to him, is the perfect match for the wishing chair. We went home and had to draw Peter & Molly (the children who find/get/use the chair), Chinky the pixie and a few other bits and pieces. He spent about 2 hours getting it all set up the way he wanted and occupied himself with it for ages!

And finally 2 piccies of the little lady who seems to be having a massive developmental growth period lately and is really my little girl, not toddler, now adays. She is growing up far too quickly for my liking and has such a temper on her (no idea where she gets that from! lol!). It's been a rough ride for Charlotte and I but we're having many more good days than bad now and I'm feeling really positively that things are moving forward for all of us.