{"id":100103,"date":"2020-10-09T15:05:46","date_gmt":"2020-10-09T14:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/?p=100103"},"modified":"2020-10-09T15:07:40","modified_gmt":"2020-10-09T14:07:40","slug":"blake-and-phoebe-come-to-stay-plus-sneaky-peeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/presenters\/debbie-flint\/blake-and-phoebe-come-to-stay-plus-sneaky-peeks\/","title":{"rendered":"Blake and Phoebe come to stay, plus sneaky peeks"},"content":{"rendered":"

You may have noticed I\u2019ve been off this week, as I took some annual leave for my little granddaughter’s birthday weekend! Oh my goodness, what a lovely time we all had. Blake and Phoebe came for a sleepover, I had the most wonderful time with my gorgeous daughter, and the adorable little Phoebe celebrated her second birthday. Already two-years-old! Then cousin Blake joined us for one night (probably a good job it was only one, she screamed the house down when she woke up after a couple of hours of kip! But she was okay after I told her a story about Tinkerbell the fairy at the bottom of the garden!) We obviously had to be careful how many people were in the house at any one time. But with Mum living next door, it was easy to keep the numbers correct as people went to see her as well. We had a lovely walk (see the featured picture above.)<\/p>\n

Lauren and Nick made the most amazing cake too, a multi-coloured rainbow\/mermaid\/unicorn cake! Delicious! Even survived me dropping it on the floor, (yes, really!) Although, I caught it with my foot and turned it the right way up so it only got bashed on one edge and was slightly wonky thereafter! Still got completely demolished by everyone though over the course of three days.<\/p>\n\"\"\n

The girls loved the roominess of my lounge. \u00a0Phoebe kept running around the whole time! I got them two little rocking chairs, and they loved sitting in them. Plus the massive rug (Cozee Home<\/strong><\/a>, Vapour Blue colour!) made a wonderful play mat on which to do tea parties. We had a lovely day and by the time the sun was setting, Phoebe was getting very tired – as was Nick!! A great time was had by all.<\/p>\n\"\"\n

Snippets<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lolly\u2019s no fan<\/strong><\/p>\n\"\"\n

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…of my style of top! She was hot so took her jumper off, but her face says it all about the top I gave her to wear from my wardrobe. I love it, and it doesn\u2019t fit me. It fits her quite well, but she hated it and took it off as soon as she cooled down! Hopefully one day I\u2019ll be slim enough to wear it again ha ha. Check our little ginger mop top who is now up to her hips. Phoebe is actually quite small for her age apparently. She is two-years-old but still fitting into 18-month-old clothes, although she is so articulate and verbose, people are surprised to hear her with her whole sentences. She says things like “doing it myself”, and “we can do xxx OR we can do this,” or “one each, mummy”. Love her to bits.<\/p>\n

Dyson does it better<\/strong><\/p>\n\"\"\n

Goodness me, I only vacuumed round twice, and look, the V11<\/a> canister is completely full. The flat looks clean as well. Mind you, it was after the kids\u2019 party. So glad I bought myself a V11<\/a> . More from Dyson<\/strong> on soon but check out the range here<\/a>. This is the time to buy one, because if it\u2019s a present, you get until the end of January with our Christmas extended Money-Back Guarantee to try it!<\/p>\n

Dave\u2019s birthday<\/strong><\/p>\n\"\"\n

Another birthday for one of my brothers, (not pictured, he\u2019s not a social media fan!) But Mum’s partner David got in on the act with a birthday hat that we pinched from Phoebe’s party! I bought my brother one of her balloons to – it was pink! He didn\u2019t take it home with him, can\u2019t think why. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Watch –<\/strong> “Blitz – The Bombs That Changed Britain”
\nI have to say, considering how restricted some things feel right now, watching this pithy mini-series on iPlayer puts things into perspective. If you\u2019re fascinated by WW2 and the spirit of the Brits who lived through unspeakable terror and hardship, watch this and marvel as 200 bombs fell on one area (e.g. Bristol or Clydebank), and changed lives forever. But the Blitz spirit – and the need to earn a crust – kept people going. Certainly makes you feel a bit more appreciative of how easy most of our lives are now. At least five episodes, see it on catch up.<\/p>\n

Blooper<\/strong><\/p>\n

Not quite a blooper, but loving this funny gif of Craig!<\/p>\n

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Haha!! I\u2019m a gif – my work here is done \ud83d\ude02 xx https:\/\/t.co\/ajlwaOX9zA<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Craig Rowe (@Craigrowe_TV) October 5, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n