Two more cakes... Miguel's birthday cakes. The first one to celebrate at home, the second to celebrate at the mother and child group. Yummy cakes! We ate a lot but could not finish them so we gave some to my aunts and friends too.

Falling asleep.... while still on foot!

How about a day out in your friends' farm? That really tired out little Miguel! He could not wait until we finished eating and fell asleep while he was on foot :)

Happy Birthday Raquel!

Raquel's cake was a success! I made it... yes I did! It took a lot of hard work but it was all worth it! Her school friends were really amazed to see the cake and the party organiser hardly wanted to cut it up... what a pity she said!

A ballet lesson... really enjoyed watching the little ballerinas!

This was a little update on my blog... I haven't updated it for a while. A lot of things happened and I am always so busy. Now with the good weather I can't stay inside ... I just keep finding excuses to go out with the children and enjoy the warm weather with them.

San Anton Gardens

These lovely gardens are in Balzan, Malta. This is the president's palace garden. This gift from Japan is really lovely and makes a beautiful monument in this garden. It is worth a visit. The President's Kitchen Garden is also lovely. Children can see the vegetables grown there and a few farm animals. It was a lovely outing and we enjoyed it. This was a lovely family outing two months ago.

On Saturday we have been to the beach for the first time I guess this year. The children longed to swim but the waters were invaded with jellyfish and it was not warm enough to let two coughing children swim. We had a lot of fun on the sand and got our first sunburn unfortunately.

I would like to write more often in this blog but I am so busy going out with the kids that I hardly have time to come here. My husband also spends a lot of time on the computer as he is still studying. I hope I will have time to upload this week's photos. I am going to try to do some house work now as tomorrow a priest will be coming to bless our house, as is the tradition in Malta. After Easter all priests go out with Holy water to bless as many houses as they can. It is a difficult task as the population grows and the number of priests gets smaller. Some are even too old to visit apartments without elevators... but most of the Maltese catholic people wait eagerly for the priest to bless their home and they clean and get the house to look at its best for the occasion. Well, I do look forward for it but I don't make a fuss about the cleaning bit :) I just can't watch my children get upset inside on a bright sunny day! We all go out and try at least not to leave a mess.

Hope you all had a nice Easter!

Funky eyelash yarn toilet roll cover! Suits all styles!

I just finished knitting this gorgeous dress for the doll! It looks gorgeous... almost makes me want to keep it for myself. It would be lovely in my aunt's summer house! It's on sale right now but if it does not sell I'll be happy to keep this one. It's original as I made up the pattern from my fantasy. The hat and the scarf make it so chic!

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Carnival costumes and celebrations in Malta

Here are my little ones all dressed up for carnival festivities! The little one is dressed as a spider, a very naughty one and has to be held by princess Snow White to be captured in a photo!

I want the camera please! 

A walk by the beach on such a lovely winter day! It looked like Spring was around  on Friday. We're back to winter today :(

Our Visit to Gozo. The Light House!

A walk to the light house... what a fantastic view of Gozo! This island, just a few minutes away from the main island is full of natural beauty. It is fun to visit and we try to go as often as we can. This time we went to the light house to take a few photos. Miguel was sleeping so I took Raquel to the top of the hill to see the light house. We enjoyed taking photos of each other. She took some photos of me, wearing the red scarf and hat I knitted. She wore the aran hat and the pink scarf which my mum had knitted when she was two. We treasure this scar. She has a matching hat which I found this week at last. I really looked everywhere for the matching hat but only found it when I finally decided to pull the drawer out. And we found the white scarf too! The carpenter must have left too much space behind the drawers that we could not notice the scarf and hat were hiding there. Next time I know where to look for them :)

A long long time ago I could even knit some dolls and pay attention to their details! I am putting this old photo in my blog because these are two of my favourite dolls. It took me a whole week of knitting after coming home from work. If I try to do one now it will take me months... so I gave up on dolls and try to concentrate on my little treasures... my children!

Will try to upload the carnival photos soon!

Trying to sell online! Toilet roll cover and doll :)

Another doll's dress finished, hat ready, details in place... looks gorgeous! Will sell this one too on a site. It is hard to find time to read about etsy shops but it interests me a lot. Will not have much time to write and post next week. I am planning to do some spring cleaning and to organise my son's second birthday party. Will have to remember to buy candles, balloons and whatever I can remember for the party. The worst of all is that this week it is carnival week so we will go out almost every day!

Well, I have to find time to keep little one occupied... right now he looks pretty sleepy... must I clean, knit more items to sell, hang the clothes, do the beds? Where do I start from while he sleeps... the most difficult task to perform while he is awake is washing the floor so that is the best thing to do while he is tired. He must be tired after walking along all the Birzebbuga coast! We left the buggy at home today and jogged, walked or ran all the way!!
Good day to all my readers and Happy Carnival to all the children around the world who will be celebrating this weekend! Enjoy it!

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