My New BLOG!

I have been very busy over the last few weeks, helping Steve set up our website, which is nearly there, getting ready for my photo shoot last Tuesday, editing and burning photos onto discs!

 I have also decided to create a blog dedicated to just my photos!  I will put a post and a link on here every time I upload to that blog,  if anyone wishes to have a look!

So please go to my photo blog HELENA'S PHOTOS (very original I know, lol) to see more cuties like this 

Wedding location

We are going to take photos of a wedding on the 12th June, so we went to scope out the church!

Aimee placed this flower that she found on the ground on a gravestone, it looked good so I snapped it!

Daffodils and Tulips!

My spring flowers are blooming!!!

I decided to plant some dwarf daffodils in here and I am glad that I did!!! Can't wait to see what the lilies are going to look like!




Just look at the deep red of these tulips!

A walk in the park!

It wasn't a particually nice day, but we decided to go for a walk!!! I am glad we did got some amazing photos and beautiful colours!!!! Warning, photo heavy!!!!!



















Not pretty, but the traffic cone reminded me of the sorting hat in Harry Potter





When I see swallows flying again, it reminds me that summer is on it's way!!!! I HOPE!!!!

First day back and first tooth .......

Aimee started back to school last Thursday, going into year 1! She went on the bus by herself as Chloe has been "missed" off the bus list (I won't go into that now as I could go on forever) argggghhh!!!!

Anyways here is the obligatory photo of her first day back!



HAVE TO REMEMBER TO TAKE A PHOTO OF HER LAST DAY!!! I never remember! Bad scrapbooker!

Aimee's two front teeth have been loose since June! And she has been annoying me ever since, when are they going to fall out! Last night she was upstairs with Chloe and I heard a shout, I thought oh no, they are at it again! She came bounding downstairs, "Mummy my tooth fell out", she held up a bloody tooth, and showed me a bloody grin!!! I asked how it fell out and she said she was biting Chloe's jumper (don't ask) and it got caught and fell out!!!! The other tooth, is barely hanging in there, I wouldn't be surprised if she came home from school with no front teeth!! Great heading for a Christmas page "All I want for Christmas are my two front teeth", don't you think Tracey, ;)



Why does Aimee's hair always look so red in photos???? The first photo shows her hair in more of her natural colour!!!!

Thanks for looking
Helena
xxxx

My Cherry Blossoms ...

I took these photos two Sundays ago and only now have the time to edit and upload them! I love these trees and took photos around the same time last year and got some beautiful shots of the girls so I have tried again this year! Poor Chloe wasn't feeling her usual self, so didn't get too many of her! Aimee ... well Aimee is Aimee!!!!

If you don't want to watch the slide show, you can click VIEW ALL IMAGES and it will bring you to a page where you can see them all one by one, that is if you have loads of time to kill and are feeling brave .....

You might think that I make them pose all the time, well I don't. I get them to pose for some of the shots that I WANT and then let them do whatever and I just snap away ... bet you can't tell which ones I wanted them to pose for and which ones they done naturally!!!!!!


Ahem a little confession here .... the dress that Aimee is wearing my Aunt sent to her for Easter (along with loads of other pretty clothes), even though the dress label is the right size for her, it was a little tight, I asked her to wear it for Easter Sunday to go to Church, which she did!!! I WANTED her to wear it again for these photos, I pleaded with her and she did, Bless her, on the condition that she was allowed to take it off again straight away!!! Bad scrapping mum!!!!!

If you have seen my last post, you will have already seen one of my favourite shots of the day on a layout!


TFLxxx

Chocolate at 7:00 am in the morning, ick!!!!!

I would like to wish all my family, friends and all those lovely people who come and visit my blog

HAPPY EASTER!

Woken up at 7:00 am this morning, by a very eggcited little girl!!!

"Mummy look The Easter Bunny has left me a letter again this year, come on help me read it"!!!!!

The Easter Bunny has visited our little family since Chloe was young enough to believe and old enough to hunt. He always leaves a letter with some clues eg "I wonder if your Daddy's computer is on, oh no I have said too much"! This year I am very proud of Chloe, Aimee and I have been sleeping on the lounge sofas over the last few days as Aimee has a cough and it seems to be the only place where she seems to get any peace! I had a rough night with her and didn't get a chance to hide the eggs, but Chloe woke up early and got all the eggs hidden, and wrote the Easter Bunny letter! How cool was that!

Another proud mummy moment: At my school the kids were asked what does Easter mean??? We got eggs, chocolate, Easter bunny, etc were the answers. I was curious so I asked Aimee that evening when she came home "Jesus died on the cross on Good Friday and came back alive on Easter Sunday"!

And just a few photos of our morning!!!
Thanks to Tracey, Mark and Ruth, Aimee's Teachers for the eggs and thanks to Mum, Dad and Aunty Eily for the beautiful clothes that they sent from Ireland
and I better not forget the "Easter Bunny" for all the eggs and all the hard work this morning!
xxxx

And I got a Ferrero Rocher Giant egg mmmmmhhhh, did anyone watch Britain Got Talent last night, see the guy who said the world record for eating Ferrero Rocher's is 7 in one minute, I am going to try that later on tonight, will report back on how I do, lol!!!! The girls got me a Rolo and Maltesers egg!!! Oh and that is the beautiful Orchid that I got on Mother's day at the Farm, see HERE for farm photos,

Well have to get us ready to go to Church.
Happy Easter
TFL
Helena
xxxx

A little update, I took these photos before we went to Church

This is one of the pretty dresses my Aunt Eily sent for Aimee, unfortunately it is a horrible here today, so I put a long sleeved top and some leggings on Aimee. When I had her dressed and about to do her hair, I thought oooh plaits should go just right with this outfit, what do you think??? My aunt also sent some ribbons and Aimee wanted them in her hair, I thought "how cute is that", you don't see that very often anymore.

So angelic ........ yeah right, lol!!

And a very rare photo, a photo of Chloe actually smiling properly! Her braces are working so her teeth are improving and so is her self esteem!!! I have missed seeing this smile in photos

Again, thanks for looking
xxxx

Aimee at a friends party

This post is another memory keeper!!! I like this blogging as it is a whole lot better than keeping a written diary!

Aimee was invitied to a party this afternoon at a children's play area called Play Towers, it's filled with soft climbing, slides, tunnels and all sorts. Children love it, Aimee certainly did! A quick snap of Aimee during the birthday lunch.

I know I shouldn't but I can't help seeing the differences between Chloe and Aimee at the same age. We arrived at Play Towers a little early, and we couldn't see any of Aimee's friends. Aimee took off her coat and boots and said "here mum, I am going to have a look to see if I can find anyone". Sure enough she found a couple of class mates that were already playing. For the whole time she came to me once when she scrubbed her elbow on a slide, a quick kiss and she was off again. They this huge black slide, I have been down it and it is very fast and really high up, lots of climbing to get to it. Aimee went down this slide I don't know how many times!!! At this age Chloe would of clung to me until she had seen her friends and would of kept comming back to check that I was still there! Amazing the confidence differences between the two, I have always tried to get the girls to be more confident and out going, as I was very shy at Chloe's age. Chloe now isn't shy at all! I have two very confident girls on my hands now, God help me!!!!

Sparkler fun

Just a few photos of Aimee with some sparklers, not great photos as I have been messing around with the settings on my camera!