This weekend was one of the best I’ve had for a long time. Saturday we had friends round in the afternoon for a BBQ. Thankfully the sun kept shining and we spent the whole afternoon laughing, eating and playing :) It was bliss! Then in the evening after I’d put 3 exhausted girls to bed, we had a fire in the garden. The hubby and I sat around, drinking cider and chatting. As we live next door to a pub, we got to listen to the band they had playing too – and I did some late night hula-hooping! I had taken a load of photos, but somehow when I went to upload them the next morning, they’d vanished off my camera :/
Sunday we were all still tired, and it was raining really heavy. So, we had one of those lovely lazy Sunday’s. I made some playdoh for the little ones in the morning, which kept them occupied for a while. In the afternoon we watched a movie (Alpha & Omega) and had (what the girls call) a ‘picky-dinner’ – basically I put finger foods out on the table, they help themselves to a plate full of food and we sit on the floor to eat – indoor picnic style :)
I managed to do a bit more work on the patchwork blanket I am making out of old baby clothes. It only needs a bit more work and then I can finish it off!
I managed to sneak in some painting time over the weekend too, and finished this one off:
Then yesterday I made a start on a new one – this was is the first layer of paint on the canvas, mapping out the feature. I don’t tend to sketch an outline first. I’m excited to see how she will turn out!
I’ll be back in a bit with this month’s sponsor giveaway :)
Sounds like the perfect weekend! I’m really looking forward to our next big cookout that we are planning, with family, friends & hopefully some of the cool neighbors.
That painting you finished is amazing! I love your style! I wish that I could paint, but it tends to just be blobs of paint when it’s all said & done. Can’t wait to see how the new one turns out!
apockylypse
June 14, 2011 at 14:09Sounds like the perfect weekend! I’m really looking forward to our next big cookout that we are planning, with family, friends & hopefully some of the cool neighbors.
That painting you finished is amazing! I love your style! I wish that I could paint, but it tends to just be blobs of paint when it’s all said & done. Can’t wait to see how the new one turns out!
mama marchand
June 14, 2011 at 18:28I LOVE the “picky dinner.” I am so doing that when N is old enough. :)
LOVE your artwork!!!! It’s beautiful!
Mannarhea
June 16, 2011 at 07:49i love the blanket! what i great idea!