Day 5 - birthday party and blankets (3rd Sept)

So busy day today, inset day so the kids aren't back at school ..... Amd someone remembered that when Steffi was 11 she had a water sports party so he wanted the same. 

Well 6 boys was definately a LOT harder than 5 girls and 2 boys ..... But they had fun paddle boarding and raft building and then playing on the WII at home afterwards. And finally a bit of phone number swapping and WOTSAPP messaging and video calls ..... The novelty will soon wear off !

I did manage to fit in a bit of diy and crafting.... Steffi is raising money for her Baden Powell Challenge and has been learning how to embroider names onto camp blankets. They've been sitting around all holiday and we finally did them today

We also managed to fix some shelves to the wall in steffis room ..... A few mishaps along the way .... The wall isn't straight, there's too many holes in the wall from other things (so we've  filled them and just need to sand them down and paint over them ! ). Am not convinced the shelves will be straight and even when we finally get them on the way but hopefully someone will be happy enough with them !

Day 4: Street party and chutney

We had a street party today, the weather was perfect, much better than last year when it chucked it down.

We had the pizza oven out and everyone was very impressed, the kids had great fun making their own pizza .... Wonder how many pizza ovens there will be on the street this time next year ?!?!?

We also managed to make a batch of apple chutney in the new slow cooker and cooked some apple crumble cake with apples from the tree.

Day 3 ..... Still going strong

Saturday ....... More painting ..... The garage door looks good, just needs a second coat ....

Downstairs toilet .... The kids decided that we should have splatter paint effect on the ceiling .... Looks pretty good, just needs another coat on the walls and then we can start putting everything back in .... New toilet roll holder, new towel holder and probably a new radiator :-)

Oh and a spot of furniture building to get the bedroom finished