Pottery Paining

 Mid January Lisa had kindly booked a family day out doing some pottery painting. Unfortunately no Joshua and Tina as they were working on the Saturday and I initially declined thinking only Holly would be interested. As it turned out Brandon was also keen to go and took Maia with him as well. So thank you kindly to Lisa and David for taking Brandon, Maia and Holly out for the day. As you can see below they had a fab time doing the pottery painting and are looking forward to receiving their masterpieces back once they have been baked.

Brandon, Maia and Holly ready to start their pottery painting.

Maia painting teddy bears on her mug and Brandon doing a Sleep Token themed mug.

Thank you so much to Lisa and David for organising and taking the kids for the day.

Brandon even getting down in to the insides of his mug.

Holly choosing a cup rather than a mug and doing owls on hers. Nanny would be proud!

 

Really surprised Brandon wanted to do this, but he said he had a great time.

Maia and Holly's finished mugs ready for baking.

Brandon even did some lyrics or something on the back.

Holly's owls and the colours used are amazing. Very spring like.

And even the bottoms were painted to date the craftwork.

Xmas Leftovers & New Years 2026

As I said on Brandon's birthday post - really poor frequency of blog updates since Xmas 2025. Anyway here are a few leftovers that I forgot to post early Jan. Just a couple of pics showing my annual Jamie Oliver turkey and leak pie which always goes down a treat between Xmas and New Year - especially with the white gravy. Then there was my festive cheesecake which was equally delicious.

New Year was just the usual with all 5 of us at home enjoying some games, drinkies, snacks and then watching the London fireworks on the TV. Both Tina and Josh were working the next day so nobody stayed up mega late. As usual the final game of the night was the Game Of Life which has become a bit of a tradition for us on New Years Eve. Although over the years the debates during the game have got more interesting. This year for example it focused around how outdated the game was by only allowing you to have blue male characters and pink female characters in your cars. Nothing to cater for the other 37+ genders that you might want to chose for your in game kids!!!

2025 Jamie Oliver Turkey and Leak Pie.

Xmas cheesecake using some chocolate mint sticks as separator's.

Like usual New Year was spent as a 5 playing games with some snacks and drinks.