What a fab weekend

Had both the boys home on Friday because Zac had some viral throat infection,so the four of us went to Techniquest, the kids science museum in Cardiff, he also went to an American style diner for lunch, then visited the Millenium Centre and the Senedd- where I had my scissors and Swiss army knife confiscated until we left,oooops. Then yesterday we went to 2 friends wedding, Shima and Anthony thank you for an amazing day and night, it was such a fab mix of British and Iranian, so fab spending so much time with friends and family, and I managed to get. My groove on, much to the surprise of some of the youth

Oh fun

I now have 2 little boys at home Reu because he is currently only on school part time And Zac because he is coming down with what might be some viral infection, we have to go back to the GPs tomorrow for her to have another look

Well school went pretty well, we stayed until lunchtime and had lunch. Reu did some reading,some maths and researched the Queen's Diamond Jubilee online, He also went out to play where he got bumped on the back with a football, only Reu can go to school just for the morning and have to have a first aid form filled in. Zac has gone to bed feeling unwell, with a sore throat so who knows I might have both of them home tomorrow Reu wants to make a start on our project on the Olympics tomorrow, we going to compare and contrast this years London Olympics with those past.

Off to school

Well myself and Reuben are off to school this morning, for his first morning back since his stroke 8 weeks ago today, it will be strange but also nice to have some sort of routine again,I have more blankets to post pictures of again.

missing houseparty :(

im sad to be missing houseparty-we hadnt booked to go this year as i found it quite hard last year on my own with the boys-and also wasnt sure if Reuben would sit through all the sermons now he isnt in Sunday school-then of course Reuben had his stroke and we didnt know how long we would be in hospital for-then by the time we came out the date to book had been and gone

nevermind we will definitely go next year-was lovlely this afternoon going down to church to prepare the veg for lunch on Sunday with Mum and Luned-will be lovely heairng how it went-and cant wait to get the cds and listen to them

I love my family and my Mount family xxxxxx

and here is my craft area

my craft area

my wool storage

home improvements

yesterday i painted a nest of 2 tables with some pearlesent acrylic paint-they look fab-will post a pic soon
also got Paul to put up 4 fabric covered letters in the living room- one for each of our initials-again I will put a pic up later

Baby Payne's blanket

this blanket was made for my other friend also called Helen-who's baby is due today-i'm currently making another blanket for her little girl Megan who is 3

raining on a bank holiday

surprise surprise it is raining on a bank holiday monday in wales
i dont know why i am surprised it always rains in wales
but it is the holidays and i wanted to go out and do something with my boys


i cant complain too much we have had a fab easter weekend-lots of fab family times and amazing services at Mount-including my husband and nana coming <3

busy boy

Reuben has been a busy boy so far this Easter time
we had a Good Friday service yest morning-and he really enjoyed it-walking in so proud with his bible
then yesterday afternoon we went to Mumbles for a coffee etc
today we went to Rheola market and then back to Mumbles again-the fresh air has done wonders for him
he is soooo excited that his dad is coming to church with us tomorrow morning

blanket made for a friend ages ago

this blanket was made for a friend's son about 2 yrs ago-but still havent managed to get it to her -ooops

some recent blankets

here are some of the blankets I have made recently

 the blue one is for my friend Tami's baby Adam

 this one is for my friend Hannah's baby Lydia

and this one for my friend Helen's baby Bluebell who was born yesterday

the ball is rolling

I phoned the education dept this morning to get the ball rolling about when Reu starts his visits back to school-as he will need ramps etc to get in and out of the classroom-and they are emailing school for a referral

also got occupational therapy coming out tomorrow to assess the house and see if we need anythign to help with Reu's care needs now he is home-as far as I can tell it would only be handles for the bath possibly

start of our first week at home

morning
well today sees the start of our first full week at home-and also the start of the Easter holidays-after having been in hosp for a month with Reuben, it will be lovely spending 2 and half weeks with Zac and Reuben together. We have already got swimming with some church friends planned for Thursday-and my brother is visiting this weekend-and also an outing for the boys is planned for sometime next week with someone else from church.
Paul has the day off today -not sure what the plan for today is yet-as Paul Reuben and I are currently sat in bed watching breakfast news and Zac is still in bed-but I do know that I need to buy some stitch markers to help keep me sane with the vast quantity of blankets I have just purchased wool for.

sorry for the long hiatus

since my last post i have been crocheting all the time

but also gone through a tough time the last month

my 7 yr old son has had a brain stem stroke resulting in some paralysis in his left side-he is now walking but still has a weakness in the leg and arm-he was released from hospital on friday-and the recovery has been lightening fast-he only had the stroke 5 weeks ago tomorrow

my faith in God has been greatly tested during this time but also strengthened due to the love and support shown by all those from not just my own church but from other churches in Swansea-Reuben@s own faith is mind blowing-he has a true child like faith-which would put that of an adult to shame