Even though i have been incredibly busy for the last month it has all be for good causes. Over the past year i have really tried to get involved with the local community for several reasons. Firstly i was becoming very happy with my own company. Since we closed our shop 18 months ago i had been working from home and was getting very used to being alone with the kids, and whilst i was happy with this as i could spend time crafting and doing what i wanted to do, i realizes that the littlest one Fred and then Alex when he came along needed to socialize with others and though i took him places like soft play and the like i knew that really i needed to get out more. So just as we were preparing to close the doors on our shop, we were asked to put up a poster advertising for volunteers for the Gala, which as you will know from my summer posts i went to and started helping. Well as the Chairperson Debbie decided she would like to step down and leave the committee and would need a replacement and i volunteered. It was actually a very scary decisions to make as i wondered if i could do the job and pull it all off. I have been incredibly lucky as all the other committee members have stayed on board and also we have some new ones. So for the last 2 months i have been meeting with various people from the council and the fair and had meetings so i have finally familiarized myself with all that i need to do and feel that i can do it and not only that but what we have planned will hopefully be bigger and better than it has been for years. As well as all that i organized Breakfast with Santa to fund raise for the Gala and that went really well. We are now well into planning our next event which is choosing the new Queen for next year,
Also i have been involved in helping the PTFA at school organised the the annual Christmas Fair. This year we have a new Chairperson who is fab and has given the event a long overdue overhaul and we made more money than we have before. I started attending meetings at the the Children Center, which is where i go to Playgroup with Fred and also chatter group at the library. They have meeting called Parents forum who meet to discuss ideas and give feedback from there groups. My friend coaxed me into going and its something which i think is really important to the community. Anyway we arranged a Christmas Market. I ran some craft workshops with the Guides making Rag Wreaths and quilted Christmas decorations
On top of all the meetings and volunteering for all kinds of jobs for these events, i have run a couple of Crochet lessons, attended Christmas plays, Christmas Markets and lights switch ons. Made what feels like hundreds of Elsa hats..... i even had to enlist Pauls help with stranding the hair for them! But i got there in the end .
A few piccies , in no perticular order, of what we got up to, to be honest i took lots of the starts of things but not the finished products, basically we were just having fun and enjoying the moments and lots of family time.
Baby Alex's Aran jumper that i finished in November.
A Crochet Poppy. I saw lots of people wearing them and i made this for my mum to wear.
Decorating the tree.
Family baking time we made Pizzas, buns and the christmas cake.
My Rag wreath i made to show the Guides what to do.
A sparkly Shrug i mage for a night out but didn't end up wearing.
The finished Christmas cake
A rare photo of me in the new dress hubby bought me for |Christmas
One lot of the 100 mince pies i made over Christmas
Making the kids advent calenders like a did last year.
Christmas day pudding Chocolate orange and cranberry bomb.
Well thats about all i have photo wise, we did so much more and you will notice i started this post before Christmas, but never got round to finishing it. We all had a wonderful Christmas with lots of time to relax as Paul had two weeks over it. Lots of nice food and drink and plenty of crochet for me.
Hope you all had a good Christmas and have a wonderful new year!
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