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Showing posts with label kids. Show all posts
Showing posts with label kids. Show all posts

2.29.2012

Motherhood

Top:Next. Jeans: Dorothy Perkins. Boots: Next. Bracelet: gift

This morning I went into town with a friend and
we sat down to have a coffee.
My eye fell on a mum and her toddler.
The little girl was hanging onto mums coat and crying,
begging her mommy to pick her up.
Mom was too busy texting a message on her phone and I
overheard her say "Just leave me alone and walk, you've got two legs!"
I felt so sorry for the little one.
All she wanted was her mommy.

It got me thinking...a few years from now that little
girl will be all grown up and not want picking up or cuddles
anymore.
Mom might want one then.
I wonder how many more special moments she has missed.

It just made me want to go up to school and give my
two a great big hug.
Kids grow up so fast. We should cherish each and every moment
and hug, cuddle and pick them up for as long as they let us.

Forever I hope.



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Wishing you all a fantabulous Wednesday!
xxx

2.28.2012

The good, the bad and the ugly

How I feel blah today!
We've all got those days haven't we, where nothing feels
or looks right.
Today is DEFINITELY mine.

But let's just skip that for now and start with
the good.

Dylan had to dress up as a book character for book
week in school and he decided to go as "Where's Wally?".
I think he looked really good, even if I did have to draw the
glasses on myself (I thought they were included in the outfit, but
quite clearly they weren't).
Looking at the picture now he kind of reminds me of one
of those prisoners you see in old black and white movies, hahaha!
He did have a wicked time in school and really enjoyed being
"Wally" for the day.

Yesterday Dylan earned his yellow karate belt. How good is that!
I'm very proud of my little karate kid.
By the way, he's in his sisters room here...just in case you were wondering.


Emily had loads of fun blowing bubbles
the other day. Doesn't she look funky in her disco glasses?!
It was the first really warm day of the year.
First day we could go out without any coats on, so we took
full advantage!
Before blowing bubbles both her and Dylan had been
scooting up and down the road and transforming
our pavement into a chalk masterpiece.
Another good thing is these crisps I'm eating.
Yum yum, cheesy goodness. They are making a bit of a mess
but are SO worth it.

A seriously good thing is the way Simon recovered after his surgery!
He had 18 inches of his colon removed last Monday, and came back
home on Friday! So happy it all went well. He's still taking it all very easy
but I am just amazed at his recovery. He's pretty much looking like himself
again and has the same bed hair as in this photo which was taken over Christmas.

When walking to the postbox earlier I noticed tiny buds on the trees.
Soon they will look like this.
I LOVE it when the trees blossom, so beautiful.
Spring is such a pretty month.

Maybe one more good....I kind of really like the outfit I am wearing in
the photo above, especially the necklace

This photo also takes me straight to

the bad.

Yep,
photography skills are far from perfect here!
Even the posing in the top photo is awkward, I mean
come on, I was scratching my head!

Moving on.

Ha, talking about moving, we are thinking of moving house
so two weeks ago we found the perfect little family home with
a great kitchen, rooms big enough to fit all our stuff and a big garden
that will fit our trampoline. (the garden we have now doesn't fit
the trampoline. Well it does but then there is no room for ANYTHING
else).
It was all very exciting until we found out the house was
no longer available.
Too bad :(

the ugly.
My hair.
Not a lot to say about that, my mop just isn't 
co operating at all these days.
Next Monday I have a hairdressers appointment....finally!

Hmm, reading back on all this I realise there
is no reason for me to feel blah at all.
There is so much good going on.
I think I'll just smile for the rest of the day
and try not to care (about my drab hair).


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Have a happy Tuesday my friends!
xxx

2.22.2012

Pancakes anyone?!

Yesterday was Shrove Tuesday. Better know here in England
as pancake day.

So when the kiddies asked if we could have pancakes
for dinner I naturally obliged.
Who doesn't like a good pancake right.

I thought I would teach them how to
make pancakes and they were all up for that!
They did really well and they didn't spill nearly as
much flour on the floor as I thought they would which is
a good thing!

They had so much fun and were the cutest and best helpers
I ever had!
I did the baking part, but Emily kept a watchful eye...and made
sure she had the first pancake....and about 3 more after that, as did
Dylan leaving me with only ONE!!

They were, as my kids will tell you "Super delicious!"


We'll definitely be doing this again soon!


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Have a great Wednesday everyone!
xxx

2.21.2012

Crazy day


What a day yesterday!
Simon went in for his surgery and I
am happy to say it all went well. He should be
coming back home in a couple of days.
I was a nervous wreck all morning though.
The afternoon was crazy with running back and forth between
the hospital and picking the kids up from school.
I'm so lucky to have good friends that helped me
out all day and even had my kiddies for an
hour after school so I could go back and see Simon after
he'd woken up from his surgery.

Yesterday Emily also finally came home with class teddy Gemma.
I say finally because she's been waiting to get Gemma
ever since October.
You can imagine how happy my little girl was when she
walked out of the classroom, she had the BIGGEST smile on her face!
She played with her all evening.

One of the games she played with Gemma was tea party.
It was adorable.
I love how girls just know how to play tea parties,
I mean it's not like I have tea parties all the time, or ever!
 Maybe it's just something us girls are born with,
like playing moms and dads or looking
after our baby dollies.

After the tea party was finished she took Gemma fishing.


Can you see how amazed Gemma is by Emily's fishing skills here!

After the fishing adventure they read some books together,
can I just say my little girl is the BEST reader ever!
I'm amazed at how well she reads, bearing in mind she's only 5.
She can read most words in the books she brings back
from school and is forever spelling out words she
doesn't immediately recognise.
Very proud of my peanut!

In other news...
This morning I woke up to find a dead mouse in my
dining room!
Eva, our cat, had caught it.
When I let her in last night she went all crazy
next to our bookshelf.
She had obviously seen the mouse and was trying to get to it.
I thought she'd seen a big spider and since I'm terrified
of spiders I closed the door and went upstairs.
It was quite the surprise when I walked in this morning and saw
the dead mouse.
On an empty stomach, yay. Luckily there was no blood.
By the way, doesn't Eva look evil in that photo.

I keep telling the kids to be careful whenever they
take our hamster Biscuit out of his cage.

                                    We wouldn't want Eva to get her claws on this little
guy now would we!


I also have to tell you this BRILLIANT news...
I was featured here (please go and have a look!)


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Have a great Tuesday my lovelies!
xxx