Handymanda's: Sewtember Day Twenty-Four

I did some much needed catching up today. I have a couple of friends who live about 20 minutes drive from here and we used to catch up all the time. But there has been SO MUCH going on for all of us that we haven't had a chance to see each other for ages. So today we did it and it was so great! I really miss seeing them and I wish things would calm down a little so it would happen again. I should have taken photos of our three girls running around and playing with each other. It's cool to see how they develop and change the way they interact with their friends. Today they would have little conversations of their own, not prompted or assisted by us. It actually made for some really good (uninterrupted) chatting between us too.

Talking about catching up, for those of you who I haven't seen in a while, here a some pics of the kidlets from the weekend. They are growing up so fast!

This is Alleyne entertaining the kidlets at Great Nana's on Saturday.

Here is my assistant looking so very grown up.

My sister also came with us which was exciting. We used to spend more than a few hours a week catching up and hanging out, but she has since moved about 40 minutes away from here and is completing her final year of university and so again it has been hard to fit in those times. Today we were able to chat for 2 car trips and it was fantastic. I miss seeing her too. It can get pretty lonely staying at home with a baby and a toddler. We can go almost a week without leaving the house sometimes. Mostly it's good though, just every now and then I realise I haven't had a real conversation with a friend and I feel a tad isolated.

Here is B-man learning to ~~drive~~ steer. Such a Daddy's boy!

How cheeky is that face?!

I was going to add a photo here of the sewing that I did today, it's the applique on the "C" emblem from the other day, but the photo is not really good enough to see the stitching, so it looks just the same as before. It's almost done and ready for me to assemble, so that's exciting. I know it's not a huge or detailed project, but finishing things is always exciting. Also the idea that finishing one means starting a new one. Yay! This one should be done by tomorrow and then I'm back on to those place-mats and all the other things on the Christmas gift list. I can't believe it's so close. I went to the shops yesterday and there was a whole aisle of Christmas decorations, gift bags and glitter everywhere(I'm so glad I don't work in retail anymore). I used to spend days trying to get all the glitter out of my hair and off my clothes. I don't envy the people who have to deal with it everyday.