News & Updates from Carol Clarke · Page 2
Snow stopped Play! …. Or to be more accurate - it stopped everything outside! lol. The first real snow (as in not just a sprinkling!) arrived in the East Midlands last weekend.
Im a bit of a coward about driving in such conditions - sooo I Stayed at home and observed it from the warmth and comfort of our house! lol.
To be fair the snow wasnt as bad as in the 1970s when we really got deep snow … one year it was really deep and we built a huge snowman and almost a small igloo in the garden! lol
…. Was my Great Grandson, Noahs, second Christmas…. But the 1st Christmas he got to join in the fun with! Ohhh boyyyy did he love it! We all went to my daughters so he was on home ground (as his mum (my 2nd oldest granddaughter) and dad all live there.
He sooo loved it … and that was before he got to open his very, very large pile of presents!!
It was really magical seeing his eyes sparkle with all the fun he was having … it really made us all feel very Christmassy!
Lol
Granddaughter was competing again in another cross country race on Sunday last weekend. She had taken the gold medal at Berry Hill. On 5he Sunday she was competing at Welbeck Abbey in yet another cross country race!
This time it was a step up in terms of she was competing against much better competitors … but … she again did really well and got the silver medal!
… youngest granddaughter, Olivia, was competing again at the weekend. This time it was at Berry Hill in Mansfield. It was a cross country race with 2 laps around the park and through the woods.
I was able to see and cheer her on in 2 places by dashing up and down the (very muddy) steep path.
She led the race right from the start and there were no other competitors in sight! Unfortunately I missed her going through the finish line …. she was that fast she got there before I managed to get back up the slips, muddy path!
Lol
… been using up some of the odds and ends of paper and card we crafters ultimately have.
I can never bring myself to throw it away! … and if I do get rid of any … then it is always that one thing that I NEED at some point in the future!
Lol. Soooo I had a lovely time making some Festive Christmas danglies for my youngest grandchildren! Its a bit if a win/win …. as I loved making them & hopefully theyll like them too! Lol