Friday, October 29, 2010

So I am thinking about... Christmas and designing...

Really rather scary that... some would say me thinking is scary enough but to be thinking about Christmas when October hasn't even come to a close is positively down right freaky!

But thinking I have been... and as a result designing some... was starting to worry that our trip away had scared off any designing thoughts I may have had... thankfully it appears not to be...

So if you are like me and want to get a head start on your Christmas gift list then this might just help you out some...

We have a couple of voracious readers in our house... that always somehow manage to lose their bookmarks... this has got to be better than what has been seen peeking out of books round here lately...

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And just to make the deal a little sweeter... you can pick Make it your own up at www.twolittlepixels.com right now for 25% off!

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Tuesday, October 26, 2010

I've been scrapping ...



I have been scrapping... amongst the 101 other chores there are for a Mama to do each day... getting some of our French trip photos scrapped... and having a blast doing it too!

So for your viewing pleasure... but keep in mind that I am randomly picking photos out at the moment to scrap... so while they are in the order of travel there are many many more photos that will be fitting in between them...

(to see a list of credits click on the images)

Our first day in Paris...

at the Louvre

at Chateau le Montellier
at Parc du Oiseau (Bird Park), Villars des Dombes

Hope you enjoyed seeing the pages... there will without doubt be more to come!

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Friday, October 15, 2010

15-10-2010

Means that 8 years ago today... my baby girl Dannielle was born...
it really doesn't seem that long ago that she made her rather hurried entrance into the world and now I have an 8 year old!

An 8 year old with an abundance of wonderful friends who loved on her big time right from the beginning of the day too!

After some serious tidying up round here we had the most amazing afternoon filled with yummy eats... (all bought since I still feel like crud)... giggles... a few tears, from the birthday girl herself... when her Mama accidentally clonked her on the head with a lolly during the lolly scramble! Ooops I swear I didn't do it intentionally!

Then Nana and Bryan round for dinner with us... now in our house the birthday person gets to chose whatever they want to eat... tonight was a fish and chip night as a result... also equals one very happy little girl... photos tomorrow after I haul them off the camera...

Happy Birthday Miss D... Love you lots... Mummy, Daddy and Anya

Monday, October 11, 2010

It's gonna take a while...

to get some photos sorted out... we have about 3000 of them!

Have to say a huge thank you to Sue and Bryan for coming in to pick us up... and for the lovely dinner Sat night... sorry about nodding off on you...

Slowly slowly getting things sorted out... have done piles and piles of washing already... huge grocery shop... got to unpack all the suitcases yet... amongst a whole heap of other things...

Wednesday, October 06, 2010

It's our last full day...

in France today...

we spent yesterday at Disneyland Paris... lots of walking... lots of fun rides... Anya and Chris went on the little rollercoaster... little doesn't mean NOT scary though... D wasn't interested and I don't think she would have been tall enough anyway to go on it... we took the paddle boat instead... while the others rode the coaster... loved the Pirates of the Caribbean ride...

Today is all about Walt Disney Studios... after a cold shower that is... something went wrong apparently with the hot water heating system at the hotel here...

Monday, October 04, 2010

We are back in Paris...

early... we arrived in Dijon yesterday... we were meant to spend a couple of days there... we had heard so many good things about Dijon and the hotels etc there ... we did take a drive through the centre of the city but since it was early on Sunday morning needless to say nothing was open!

One day however was MORE than enough... the supposed apartment hotel was shall we say was unpleasant at best and at worst disgusting!!!!

Thankfully we were able to add another night to our reservation near Disneyland... so here we are in a clean hotel... with real beds and more than enough bedding for all of us...

We avoided the toll roads which would have been quicker... but I do have to say the back roads were far more interesting to travel on... though you do have to be aware of husbands spotting obscure cars and pulling off the side of the road suddenly... hitting nearly every single pot hole along the way... wouldn't have been an issue in a Citroen... sadly we have a Volvo...

Photos coming soon... need to download the next few hundred ... and no I am not kidding!

Friday, October 01, 2010

We had a visitor this afternoon

Tony (Chris' brother) was working in Beaune this week and on his way home popped in to say hi... Last time we saw Tony was at Sue and Bryans wedding so its been a little while...

So here's some photos for your viewing pleasure...

complete with the Chateau Cat...


and see we even got a family photo in there too... thanks to a strategically placed block of stone...


Tony's on his way to the airport now... hoping to make his way home tonight...