Sid's Sixth Birthday (!!) 💗

Greetings lovely friends & readers

Sid's 6th birthday is one we will all remember for a very long time ... & for all the wrong kinds of reasons.

After I made the Pokemon Mew toys for Sid & Alec in * this post *, Sid requested a Gengar character to be made.  I managed to finish it just in time to wrap up for his 6th birthday.  These toys are a free download available from * this * amazing site! 

Sid's birthday gifts were all wrapped up ready & waiting for his party of which he was So excited about!   Unfortunately the very day before his birthday he became most unwell & ended up being admitted to hospital & having to undergo many tests & scans to determine why he had so much pain in his neck & body.

 

The photo above left is poor Sid on his 6th birthday - in alot of pain & not happy at all.  The following day the Dr's decided that the antibiotics they were giving him intravenously were not working & they needed to do surgery to drain the large cyst that was appearing inside his neck.  The photo above right is dear Sid, trying to manage a smile right after a very long surgery.  He was such a trooper - the Dr's said it was a large cyst to drain but they were confident they got it all cleaned & flushed out.

The following week passed by in a blur of travelling to the hospital each day to visit Sid, keep him entertained & also try to offer some support to his parents who were having a very difficult time of it all.  I did colouring in with him & read him stories - just whatever it took to pass the hours away & distract him from all the IV lines in him. 

 

Several days after surgery when he was showing some improvement we were allowed to go upstairs to the craft room!  This Granny thought that was just wonderful & Sid created the "tower" above right.  Look at all those dollies on the windowsill (left hand pic) - I badly wanted us to dress/decorate one but Sid was not interested. 

Finally - the day of Sid's Mum's birthday - he was allowed home again.  The day we thought would never come!!!  It was so good to see him happy to be back in his familiar surroundings again. 

Though I had grand plans for some Easter creations, this was all I managed this year.  The felt bunnies are a free pattern from * here *.  I made the chocolate & banana muffins to use up bananas that were turning brown & added some frosting to them with a small Lindor Egg in the top - these were a big hit  🐰

As my Grandsons mainly wanted Pokemon cards this Easter, I packaged up a bag of small treats for them each including the felt bunnies & some other fun bits & bobs.  

Does my Bum look big in this ??? 

I decided to make up a gift basket for my daughter in law's birthday. I knew I had a nice wooden crate in my cottage so I bought it inside & popped some tissue paper in the bottom while I sorted out my gifts to go in it.  No sooner had I gone to do this than a certain ginger furry being decided to try to fit her rather ample proportions in the crate!!!  

Finally I removed both cat & ginger hairs & made up my gift basket.

I also made Nicole a chocolate cake & decorated it with candles as I remembered Sid had not gotten to blow out any candles for his birthday.  I managed to rescue the last of my pom-pom dahlias to go with the cake.

And then this very morning I got to spend some time here with Sid while his parents caught up on some things. The first thing he wanted to do was "arts & crafts" so we had a wonderful morning making things at my table ..........

.......... until a certain black T-Rex decided to plonk himself down in the middle of all our craft supplies !!

Speaking of contrary cats ... I bought out the banana boxes a couple of weeks ago as it's turned chilly here now. I lined each one with an old flannelette sheet.  Blackie wasted no time in curling up in one & then I noticed Madam Pip had joined him, so I dragged out the 2nd box. 

                                           This was the scenario that followed ......... 

 

For two days they both slept in the back box & since then they've both been in the front box together.  I am not even going to try to figure them out !!!! 😐

Wishing you all a wonderful Easter break dear friends,  💕

Thank you so much for your ever-welcome visits here today,

With much love & friendship to you all,

Julie & the furry ones x0x0x