This little family of mine...

 

  Yes, that is you I'm referring to! you are beautiful! AND I MEAN THAT.   Yesterday I co-hosted the GFC blog hop and I am so grateful to welcome loads of new followers (if you haven't already added yourself to the hop scroll down and go do that now, there is still time). So, I figured today would be perfect to introduce my little family to all you lovely people.   Well here I am

I'm Daisy, I was born in Belgium but am now living in England. How did I get to live here? Because of him  

 That's my husband Simon. We met in France while we were both in the navy. Him being in the Royal Navy, me in the Belgian navy.  

 Yes, I really was in the navy....I also used to wear shorts!   So there I was in France, having some drinks with a few friends in a cafe, when all of a sudden this guy picked up my (silver) jacket and ran out. Of course I ran straight after him shouting like a crazy lady. Turned out that was my husband to be.... You see the cafe had these lovely menu's that were printed on sails of a ship and he wanted one as a souvenir. My jacket seemed like the perfect disguise to smuggle one out according to him. The rest is history. Yes, I ended up marrying a jacket stealing, menu stealing Englishman!   So a few years went by and the cutest little baby boy was born. Meet Dylan.

He's the most amazing little boy. He's so full of energy and has got the kindest heart ever. He loves his bike, Lego, maths, his Wii and even though he's eight now he still loves his teddy Rex. When he was two he became a big brother to Emily

She is a little madam and has a very strong personality. No one will ever need to tell her who is is or what she needs to do (which does make parenting challenging sometimes for me) She's very clever, artistic, loves books all things girly and sweet.   Together we make up this family

Gosh, how much have we changed in just one year!!!!   Want to know 25 random facts about me? You can read them all here   So now that you know me a bit better I really hope you will stick around! Thanks so much to each and every one of you. Let's become great friends OK.

25 random facts about me

posing...not my strongest point.

1. When I was a child I wanted to be a farmer when I grew up. I remember drawing a picture of myself in school (we had to draw our future self), I was on a farm surrounded by cows, horses, ducks and I was feeding the chickens. My teacher made a comment saying "good luck!". All my friends had drawn pictures of them being teachers, singers, actresses, policemen, spacemen and firemen and then there was me, the farmer!

2. I can't decide what I like better, the ocean or the mountains. Deciding where to go on holiday is never an easy choice for me.

3. When I was 17 did a summer job in a nappy/sanitary towels factory. This was in the days before sanitary towels came individually wrapped and my task was to put the disposal bags in each pack. VERY interesting and important job! hahaha!

4. I met Simon in France, he stole my jacket (that's a whole other story I will one day tell you all)

5. I wish my boobies were a bit smaller, or should I say A LOT smaller.

6. I've got a cat called Eva and a hamster called Biscuit. When the kiddies are bigger we are planning on getting a doggie, not a big one though...I'm not looking forward to poopie scooping and I've seen what big dogs can do. That's all I'm saying on that!

7. I HAVE a mobile phone, but NEVER use it. To tell you the truth I don't even know where it is right now.

8. I REALLY  want to go to New York.

9. I LOVE decorating the house. I get really excited whenever we go into a shop with lots of decorational items. Always on the lookout for pretties. Wish the husband could get as excited as me over them.

10. I wish I was good a gardening but I hate bugs and I'm not too keen on digging in dirt. I still want a lovely garden though!

11. I took driving lessons when I was 18 and drove into a house....still haven't got my license now, shocking I know.
12. I was in the Belgian navy for 4 years. I was a radar and sonar operator and really enjoyed my job.

13. I have travelled to Norway, Ireland, France, Portugal, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Sardinia, Corsica, former Yugoslavia, Greece, Turkey, Egypt, Gibraltar, Lithuania, Holland, Belgium, UK, Luxembourg, Bahrain, Oman, Yemen and Saudi Arabia.

14. I was born and raised in Belgium, but am currently living in England.

15. I've lived in Gibraltar for 2,5 years and Emily was born there. Lovely place to live, I still miss the warm climate.

On the top of the Gibraltar rock...with a monkey...and 6 months pregnant

16. My one grandfather was British and my other one French. Both grandmothers are Belgian, so really I am a mixture of 3 nationalities.

17. Chocolate keeps calling me, especially when I decide to try and lose some weight!

18. I love horse riding. I took lessons when I was younger and want to take it up again. I know the kids would love it as well.

19. I can play the saxophone, haven't played it in years though so actually I might not be able to play it anymore!!!

20. I'm terrified of spiders. I used to phone my best friend whenever I had one in the house and she then came over to remove the horrible creature! My dad told me to hoover them up but then they still go past my hand when they go up the tube so NO WAY I'm doing that!!!
Luckily I have a good husband on hand, he's my spider catcher now.

21. I LOVE baking. Cakes cookies, cupcakes, muffins, you name it. My neighbours love it as we always invite them round. I should have my own bakery shop! I also love making  birthday cakes, It's always a challenge but so worth it.

Cake I made for Mr's birthday.

22. I would love to have a job on the West End or Broadway and sing in Cats, Les Miserables, Hairspray,.... Sadly I can't sing, have two left feet and NO rhythm.

23. I recently took up Zumba. Absolutely loving it, but again two left feet and no rhythm.
24. I always remember my dreams. Sometimes even two or three different ones. I can vividly recall them in the morning.

25. I felt really awkward when this photo was taken. I need lessons in posing. Please lovely ladies, tell me your posing secrets!

So there you go.
That's me.
I hope you managed to stay with me throughout the whole thing and know me a bit better now.

Lot's of cuddles
xxx

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