Bridesmaids dress,mice and frogs...

Hi all i hope you are all well...



So its tues already and back to me. Wed i met up with my friend Nyssa,we took the kids to mac donalds for lunch.Im not really a fan of it but its ideal so the kids can play in the play area while we have a natter and a catch up.Thurs my mum popped in as she had the day off.She is getting married in october and brought my bridesmaids dress for me to try on..soon as i saw it i thought no no no no no..its going to make me look huge!! But once i tried it on it was actually rather slimming and i love it.I was rather surprised because my sister picked our dress and we have totally different ideas of fashion when it comes to dresses,and the dress would not have been given a 2nd look from me on the hanger,So its all good.She also brought Skye's dress which is soo beautiful and not to over the top so she can wear it again to a party.
Friday we met up with Nyssa again and had a wonder around waterlooville market.Saturday we went and stayed at Mr B's unill monday morning.We didnt do much,just watched lots of films with the kids and played on the wii..Its official i am brillant at bowling and thrashed them all HAHA!!

I got up this morning to find a dead mouse in my shoe....loveleeeyy!! My cat Smithy has a habbit of catching things and giving them to me as gifts..Last month i was sat watching telle one evening , he came in and dropped a frog at my feet lol. It took me 10mins to catch the thing jumping around the living room..Its a good job i dont get frecked out by that sort of thing..If is not mice and frogs its birds and catapillers lol.



So the topic of sleeping..I touched on this in my post last week regarding routines..Skye never grew out of the night feeds and still now wont go to sleep without a bottle of milk.Sometimes she wakes a couple of hours later and wont go back off without a bottle of squash,and come 3/4 in the morning she gets into bed with me.One habbit i promised myself i would never let Jaydon get into(and didnt) only to then let my 2nd child do it..which im really not happy about but she kicks off so much in the night if i stop it.It doesnt seem fair to keep Jaydon and Mr awake for hours while she screams and crys.
When Jaydon was 1 he would still wake in the night and my mother in law recommended surrounding him with his soft toys at night,which was a great help.He used to have a rabbit that when you pulled the cord it played John lennons imagine..If ever he woke putting that on was the only thing that would settle him.We tried the same with Skye but she wasnt having any of it.

Thats it from me for the week..have a good one everyone xx

Me Again :)

It's me again today, because Liz has swapped days this week - so I've only got a couple of days to talk about.

Saturday, we popped down to Gunwharf to have a nosey around the sales. I love Baby Gap, so when the sales are on, I can't help but go in there to check out the stuff! They always do such bright colours :) We all went for lunch at Pizza Express after, and Freyja had a bambinoccino - a cappuccino without the coffee. She loved it and it gave her a lovely milky moustache. We stayed there for a while, and then we were planning to have a BBQ that evening, but I got called into work. I was supposed to start next weekend, but they needed cover, so in I went. I work at the Deco (bar) in Southsea now - it's a few extra £££s for working 2 or 3 shifts a week. Ideal really, and it gives me pennies to spend on luxuries like clothes! I've worked there before (a couple of years ago) so it was pretty easy to get back into it. The boss said I rocked, and it was weird - it felt like I'd only been away for a week, nothing's changed!

On Sunday, James went airsofting with the manager of the Deco, so Freyja and I stayed in. I was planning to go back to Gunwharf but didn't get round to it. We went for a walk, and came back with some BBQ goodies, and some of our friends came over in the evening for food and chats.

Today, I'm actually going back to Gunwharf (I have the car, so requires less effort). James is helping his mate move house, so Freyja and I are at a loose end really. I never really know what to do with Bank Holidays.

This week is the start of a new topic, and it's me starting it. Eek! We were talking about routines last week, so I thought the topic of "Sleep" would be a good one to follow on to. I know some of you ladies mentioned your babies sleeping through the night quite early on, and some still get up in the night to feed etc. But was it/is it a problem getting them to sleep? Do they settle themselves? Do you use any "methods"?

With Freyja, she was really good when she was young - I thought I was super lucky, because she settled herself easily and slept for hours on end even from an early age. Then she started teething, and it went downhill for a while. She would wake up at least a couple of times, and I would sleepwalk to her room to feed her. It was hard work, because I wasn't used to it. The other problem with Freyja was that she couldn't settle herself. When she was born, we had a moses basket, and then we moved her to one of them Amby Nature Nest hammocks. It was fab, but it got us into bad practice, rocking her to sleep every night. So when it came to her settling herself in her own cot, she couldn't do it. In the end, we had to resort to crying it out. She cried and cried and cried, but it worked (eventually). The first night we left her, she cried for almost an hour. Over the next few nights, it gradually got better. As she took less time to settle herself, she also started sleeping through the night, and now, she's fab. She'll sometimes wake in the night, have a whinge, but settle herself, so I never need to get up to her. And she sometimes takes longer to drift off at bedtime - particularly if there's friends over, because she doesn't like missing the attention! But the most she cries, and that's very rare, is about 5 minutes. It was horrible listening to her cry herself to sleep - I'm sure other mummies who have done it can agree. I know a couple of times, I ended up crying as well. It was horrible, but I knew it would be worth it, and it was.

Have a lovely week ladies :) xxx

Watch out!

Well this week has been nice-ish, half busy half not. Monday I took the boys out in the car on my own for the first time and we met up with their dad, at the park on his lunch hour, after shopping. Then it started to rain so we carried on with our journey to Lidl and then went home!
Tuesday I kept myself busy all morning cleaning and tidying because a member of my family was coming and when she phoned I went to pick her up. What was hilarious but also really annoying, is she's not used to being in cars and was worried about me driving! Every corner I turned into, she screamed and put her hands to her face because there was a padestrian ON THE PAVEMENT waiting to cross! Her comments were "I'd much rather get a taxi than have you put you and your kids in danger driving around these busy roads" ... my reply was "if you get in a taxi around here, you are pleading for your death, they are the most horrendous drivers around"... lol. It was lovely to see her though! Wednesday I had plans to go to the meetup and then to go to another event that was planned as a meetup, but my car became offroad Tues night so I couldn't drive it, we went to the early meetup and then headed home. Then my wonderful partner, managed to get the part I needed by going all the way to bishops waltham at 9pm, he broke down on the way back, so didn't get home until 11, then was amazing by fixing the car so I could drive it Thursday. We didn't go to bed until 1am!
Thursday I went to the meetup and my good friend Lucy came with her daughter and my good friend Nicola with her little girl. Lucy didn't get there until 11am, bless her, she was exhausted, you would think she had walked the whole way! lol. Anyway so we all went for lunch next door, then Lucy and I crammed us all into my car, it was very funny, we needed a cuppa tea, just getting 3 kids and 2 pushchairs into it! It wouldn't have been so bad if hers was a stroller, lol, but it was as big as my double folded up! We got in and headed to town, first thing we done was pumped her pushchair tyres up and went for a cuppa. We then shopped and came back to mine for a cuppa (we love our cuppas!) Then I dropped her off and we went to pick up some clothes for the boys, a lady was lovely and gave them for free!
Friday was boring day at home. Yesterday we went to a carboot and got 2 big bags of boys clothes for a fiver, bargain :) we came home for lunch and got the boys for a nap, then I headed to town on my own kiddy free for the first time ever! lol. So not an exciting week! lol.

Routines, my eldest I was very strict with from newborn he was fed every 4 hours and he didn't fuss about it and fell straight into routine, by 8 weeks he was sleeping the night, perfect baby really until he gained a mind of his own, lol, I still keep him routine to this day or try to as much as possible depending what we are doing, sleep is definitely important because he becomes the terror tofdler, lol. My youngest was different, when he was born they didn't suck all the mucus from his chest out, like they did with my eldest, so he didn't eat properly for a week, didn't cry, scream, just slept, so we attempted to feed him and he kept bringing it all up with some of the mucus. So we attempted to get him into a routine but it was very difficult when he didn't actually feel hungry. Everything else was routined though, nap times, bed times, food times, wake up times, although he didn't sleep the night until 8 months and even now we have the odd weeks where he unsettles, but we leave him to settle himself, at the moment we're getting horrible horrible screams from him, unfortunately attention screams, so we dealing with that now! lol.

Anyway enough of me rambling, got to get breakfast sorted! :) x x x

Hoping for a Nice Bank Holiday Weekend...

I've been going a bit mad this week. The weather has been awful, and it's times like this that I really miss having a car.

Last weekend involved 2 1st birthday parties, which were both lovely. One of our friends came round in the evening, and we played Guitar Hero. He and James then continued to get a bit drunk, and the only thing I have to prove how drunk they got, is a photograph of the TV screen whilst they were watching the Mighty Boosh...

Freyja and I have done pretty much nothing all week. We were planning to join the babycentre mummies on Wednesday at the park, but the weather failed. So we haven't done anything of interest really. The highlight of our week was my friend coming over on Friday afternoon with her daughter, so it was nice for Freyja to have a little buddy for a bit.

On friday night, I went to the cinema with my mate, to watch Salt. I wasn't holding out much help for it, but that's probably because I didn't really know much about the film. It ended up being a very enjoyable watch, and we pigged out on ice cream which is always a bonus! We're hoping this weekend is nice - we have a few bits to do in the garden, and it'd be nice to take Freyja somewhere as a family - espeically as it's Bank Holiday weekend :)

The subject this week was routines. I had heard a lot about Gina Ford and her "Contented Baby" and being the clueless mum-to-be I was, I went and bought the book. For me, it just wouldn't work. I read through the book and found it to border on the ridiculous. I know it works for some people, but it'd never work for me. So I got Freyja into my own little routine quite early on, but didn't let the routine rule us. She gets up at roughly 7am. She has breakfast straight away. At some point, depending on what we're doing that day, she'll have a nap. She'll have lunch wherever we are. She'll have her dinner at about 6ish, sometimes later. She'll follow that with a bath and milk. She'll be in bed at the latest of 8. This routine seems to fit us both. I don't stick to it religiously, because we do thinsg most days, and I won't let a routine dictate when we do things. She's only ever woken twice in the night when she was mega-young, had a 20minute feed and was asleep again. she has slept through the night since she was a few months old, eats everything she tries, and is stupidly happy, so I think whatever I'm doing works for her.

I have utmost respect for mums who stick with the Gina Ford philosphy. I really do. But personally, I don't like her methods. The problem I have with GF is although she has muchos experience when it comes to children and working with families, she doesn't have any children of her own. I'd like to see her stick with her strict regimen that she puts in her books, if she'd had children and used the methods on them. I think personally, it's pretty impossible to be that routined, but fair play to mums who have used it and it's worked. But, like others have said this week, everybody's different :)

I'll be doing a post on Monday next week, as Liz has asked to swap. So it'll be me starting off the new subject. Not sure what it is yet as it's not my subject, but I'll find out before Monday I'm sure :)

Hope you have a lovely week ladies xxx

i'm such a divvy chops.....

Hello ladies, hope you're all well and not looking like drowned rats like i am.... damn weather!!!! grrrr......
Well, it's been a funny week really. My darling Et went off to his dad's on Friday (after spending the whole afternoon in Krazy Kaves with his cousins) and boy have i missed him!!! although, it has been quite nice in some respects, but i cant wait to have him home on friday :) xx
So yes, friday we went to KK, and then friday night it was my friends hen night. I was having a fab time, and then we left Havant to go to Gunwharf and i, being the dozy moo i am, fell between the gap between the train and the platform.... yes- the PLEASE MIND THE GAP bit :( ...... highly amusing but i now have adn VERY bruised foot, and i was in soooooo much pain i had to leave early :(
Saturday Josh and Harry went home and Ben and i were supposed to be going to a wedding reception in Farnborough, but because i could barely walk we gave it a miss :( (its much better now tho)
Sunday we went up to kent; Ben's bro, sis in law and niece live there so we stayed with them till tuesday. We went out for an amazing all you can eat chinese, nad Eryn obviously saw it was a challenge, and ate LOADS lol,. Monday we went to Howlets zoo (where they film 'Roar') and it was great!!! the gorillas were AMAZING!!!!!! But we both felt incredibly guilty for not having the boys with us.
Tuesday we travelled home (with a screaming Eryn in the back)and my bro who lives in London was staying with my dad for a couple of days so we went to visit him, and it was the first time Ben met my dad.... its was, interesting, but a lovely afternoon and evening and my dad treated us to dinner at the Harvester which was very yummy :)
Wednesday i went to see an old friend of mine and Eryn was an angel which was lovely. Sometimes Eryn turns into the devil, or just gets really clingy when were with people she doesnt really know, but she was her happy cheeky self today :)
Ben's got the day off again today so were going to view the rest of the pictures we had taken at the photographers.... we viewed them saturday and i spent, well, a fortune.... but there was only one pic of Eryn on her own, so the photographer took some of her again then, im picking the ones i want tomo.... but this time iv set a budget!! lol. Then my mummy is coming over and we're going to take her to lunch. She's had last week and this week off work and has spent it decorating- so not overly exciting... but unfortunately, my step-dads bank card was cloned and £498 was spent from their joint account!!!! so she's not had the best 'holiday' so i thought i'd treat her....i dont know how people who do that sort of thing can sleep at night! bastards..... but they have got it back through the fraud team at the bank already- it only took at couple of days.
Routines, hmmmm well, Ethan didn't have one when he was a baby, he was fed on demand and hardly slept at all so i resorted to keeping him up with me in the evening and we were up at 5 every morning for the first 3 years.... (i hated it when the clocks went back!! lol) but in terms of breakie/lunch/dinner and snacks he had a strict routine. As he got older i forced a bedtime routine upon him, which didnt go down too well and he only started sleeping through when he was 4, YES 4!!!! As Liz said, i think that with your first baby it's very easy to fit in around them. It's a completely different story now though as Ethan LOVES routine and can get quite narky if something changes :S
Eryn has been completely different though, and put herself into a feeding and sleeping routine very early on (about 6wks old). When she first started going to bed at about 8, i didnt know what to do with myself! lol, Although she's only been sleeping through for a couple of months (which is bliss!!) I've not been strict about her eating times but that was mainly because when i was breastfeeding she could just top up on milk when she wanted. And she tells me when she's hungry now (which is most of the time!)
The reason i chose this subject is because i've heard a few people (pregnant and new mums) say that their babies must have this/that routine and some seem to live by the 'Little contented baby' books or equilvalent..... i read them when i was carrying Et, but i soon learnt not all babies fit in 'that box' lol.....
Anyways, enough from me.... take care girls :) xx

busy busy busy!

Wednesday again... cant believe how quick the times flying!! And i'm on time this week!!!

we've had a busy few days, very unusual for us as we haven't seemed to do an awful lot these last few weeks!
Thursday and Friday last week we stayed in and caught up with house work and washing which is always so much fun!!!! on Saturday we went to the isle of wight for the day! it was such a nice day! my dad saw a deal on travel zoo for £5 adult returns so it only cost us £12.50 to get over and back for all 4 of us! bargain! they loved going on the boat which only took about 10 minutes!! when we got there the weather was horrible, soooo windy and rainy i thought we were in for a horrible day!! my brolly broke straight away which was quite funny! we went straight into the bowling alley to dry off! was Finley's first bowling experience and overall he wasn't that impressed (didn't understand that he had to wait his turn lol) then when our game had finished the weather was better, we then went to seaview wildlife encounter which was so much fun!! it was the best place I've taken the kids to see animals alot better than staunton and marwell!! they had birds everywhere just flying around and they could go in and stroke the wallaby's! they loved it!! definitely recommend that place for anyone going over there!! we walked back to ryde along the beach and then went into their little fair which was rubbish!!
Sunday i made the mistake of sorting through Finley's old clothes! now i have loads of baby clothes that we need to get rid of but no one we no has baby boys!! not a good idea!!! so Monday i spent the day cleaning cause i did nothing on Sunday, our friend Wendy and my sister Kate came round in the afternoon and then Taylor was back to karate in the evening which he absolutly loves! hes a completely different child when he goes there, hes so into it and listens to everything they say, he'll be my little sports star when hes older! yesterday we went to the farmhouse with Liz 'manicmonday' and our friend Charlene!! was meant to be more of us but that's another story!!!
we had such a lovely day! the kids were brilliant so we just sat ate drunk and had a good gossip! love days like that! my sister looked after Finley for me, was nice having a day with just me and Taylor not that i saw him much as he was following Brett round like his biggest fan hahaha!!
Today we are only going round my mums Liz's husband kindly done Taylor a copy of summerslam so we'll probably have that on the whole day!!

As for the topic this week my kids routine has gone to pot cause of these holidays! no bed until 10 getting up at gone 8 everyday (which isn't like them at all!!) normally they're both in bed around half 6 -7 depending on Taylor's activities, Taylor never had a routine which looking back was stupid cause he still doesn't get on well with routine now, he rarely goes to bed on time without a major fuss and still comes into our bed most nights! he never ever slept through the night!! when Finley was born he was such a good baby slept all night from 6 weeks old but then got a chest infection at 5 months and from then he hasn't slept much through the night either! hes good at going to bed and getting up very early but sleeping through the night isn't what Finley likes to do haha!! I'm used to it now though so it doesn't bother me!! routine definitely works better, you need time in the evening to relax and not have any noise around u!! something I'm slowly starting to forget with these late bed times!! from next week i am going to get them back into it so Taylor's ready for school or all 3 of us will struggle!!!!


right i better stop typing and get dressed or we'll end up doing nothing all day!! :-) cya!! x

If the sun comes back i will give up chocolate...

Hellloo everyone..How rubbish has this weather been!! I think its safe to say the summer is over :( and i think am actually greiving lol.


Congratulations to Lilly for passing her test :)


Thursday my friend looked after Skye for a few hours so we could take Jaydon to the cinema to see Toystory 3D.I manged to get Mr B to take thrus and fri off work,which was great as its almost impossible to get him to take time off work.The film was good but i wasnt to impressed with the 3D,(I dont think they made it as 3D as they could have).
Friday we popped to waterlooville to get a few bits then took the children for lunch at the farmhouse and so they could play in the play area after.I dont think ive mentioned but im a very clumsy person lol,and just as we were getting settled at our table i lent across the table to take skyes coat off and managed to knock Mr Bs full pint of lager all over him..oops!! He wasnt to impressed and wouldnt move from his seat untill his wet jeans had dried off.10 mins later i almost did the same with my drink..you cant take me anywhere haha!! After that my sister came over to cut and colour my hair,i love that she is a hairdresser it saves me a fortune..
Saturday was brillient,we dropped the kids to my mums in the morning as we were off to london and had a table booked for a meal at Jamie Olivers restaurant.Once we got there we checked in to the hotel which was 5* and lush,we had a stroll around covent garden,had some lunch while we waited for a couple Mr B works with to join us.I had never met them before but they sounded lovely and were.We all had a great time, and the meal was amazing.After several bottles of wine between the 4 of us we ended up in stringfellows..which was entertaining to say the least lol..
We got back to pick the children up about midday sunday.my mum and her partner had taken them up the spinnaker tower,I was abit worried how Skye would be as she hasnt been up there before and i was unsure how she would deal with being up so high,but she loved it and refused to get off the glass floor when it was time to leave lol.Sunday afternoon Jaydon played out with his friends while Skye and i caught up on saturdays xfactor.
Yesterday we didnt get upto much,i had to unpack, wash all our stuff from the weekend and catch up on the lack of housework that hadnt been done over the last 4 days.


So our topic this week is routines, well Jaydon was a very content baby untill bedtime that was,He rarely slept though the night untill we put him into a big bed when he was 2. Sleeping from 7.30pm-7am.Skye was worse at bedtime and still is,even now she still wakes once in the night and the only thing that settles her is a bottle of milk or juice.She never wanted a dummy or blanket as a comfort so i think her bottle has been that comfort.Which i think is partly my fault because as she never grew out of the night feeds(even aged 1&2) i would just give in to the screams and crys for the bottle, just so she wouldnt keep Jaydon awake at night when he had school next day and same for Mr B with work.
I do think its best for children to be in a routine(bit difficult sometimes for little babys) but by the time mine were 6 months they had a routine for times of breakfast/lunch/dinner, naptime,bathtime bed etc.I find having a routine helps me feel more organised too..Altho i must admit our routine tends to go out the window this time of year with summer hols/half terms etc.

Thats it from me for the day.Have it good rest of week all xxxx

Most Boring Summer Break In History!

Hey girls its Monday! Lucie seems to have particularly grown this last week, shes actually starting to lose her newborness after 4 months!! She's so cute and cuddly and she's been such a good girl too :) On Tuesday the kids and I went to visit fellow 7yummy Lauren - both our boys are mega into wrestling and WWE so we'd been meaning for a while to get them together and they had a blast! It was nice to catch up too as we'd not seen each other properly for ages other than the more-regular-than-is-probably-normal run-in at Asda (Laurens second home I swear lol). Lucie still doesnt like 'strange' places so she wasnt very happy at first but soon settled after her bottle and even had a nice roll around on the floor! We were also joined by Alix, another old Netmums chum and her two kids. Later that day I met up with Elly and we took the kids to Krazy Kaves. It was the busiest day we've had in a while I think, I'm not used to that much activity! We also watched some of WWE Summerslam that night at home :).

The rest of the week we didnt really get up to alot. I finally had my hair cut on Wednesday, only an inch or so off to tidy the ends up a bit but it looks and feels so much better! Wednesday actually seemed like a really long day althought I'm not sure why. I think every day in the summer holidays is a long one though, cant beleive the kids will be back at school in two weeks. They are actually looking forward to it, I cant say I blame them this has probably been the most boring summer break in history!! I still need to buy all new uniform and I need to do that this week really as we are going to Butlins next week for a last little holiday before they go back. I did buy their shoes and plimsolls on Saturday so thats one thing out of the way (the most time consuming thing too!). I also bought Brett some John Cena trainers and Courtney some new boots so I just spent a small fortune on kids shoes this weekend! None for me though - boo hoo :( Hopefully I can get the rest of their uniform and a few holiday bits for us all later in the week.

Noele has came up with this weeks theme and its all about routines (or lack of them!!)- did you force a rountine upon them, or let them find their own.... what worked what didnt etc.... I personally never really had a routine with Brett, I think with your first child its easy to just work around them. I fed him on demand (about every hour at least, he was a very hungry baby!) and he slept when he wanted to. He was sleeping through the night from about five weeks old but he was a generally difficult baby! Courtney was a completely different story altogether. She was very content, slept alot and fell into her own routine pretty much right away. At the time I was sure this was just because I was more relaxed than I had been with Brett and knew what I was doing a bit more but now I realise she was just a great baby because Lucie has been the complete opposite! Even now she has no real routine and she rarely sleeps through the night. I would say, though, that since we've switched to bottle feeding she does seem to have her feeds at more regular times during the day so I'll know when she is due a feed roundabout and they are more spaced whereas I was breastfeeding pretty much around the clock. I think the thing with routines is, although its great to have some rhyme or reason the your day not just for you but for your baby, you also need to keep it flexible as babies are unpredictable and although some fall into routines quickly, some never stick to the same rota from one day to the next and if your baby is unwell or just in a bad mood your routine is very likely to go flying right out of the window! I already have a restrictive baby I dont need a restrictive routine as well!

So thats concludes Monday. Liz D spoke about baby names in her first post so as its her theme next week maybe that could be our topic? I'll let her decide anyway!

Have a great week all xxx Liz P xxx

PS Another massive congrats to Lilli for passing her driving test with flying colours!!!

An overall happy week!

Well thinking about it I have 2 weeks worth to update, lol, but I really can't remember everything that I've done. I Also can't remember what last weeks topic was and am racking my brain to think about this weeks topic, which I think is Holidays.
I'm not quite at the school holiday stage yet, but I am dreading it already, because I'm stuck with what to do with them both in these soggy school holidays, so I dread when they are older. Also when they are in school I will be finishing my degree to become a primary teacher, so will have time off with them on the holidays, etc, so when people say they look forward to having them at home for 6 weeks, I could understand, but if I'm in school seeing them throughout the day and having them all evening and weekends, then all holidays too, it'll be the same as being a stay at home mum, just harder work because I'm teaching lots of other children all day.

Well anyway, I started rambling there, so now to ramble some more as to what I've been up to. The past 2 weeks has been "intensive" driving practising in rush hours, in the evenings, repeating manoeuvres until I was so fed up of doing the same thing, but it all paid off. I passed my theory on 12th Aug, so I then came home and booked the next available appointment for my driving test. I managed to get one but constantly checked the website for earlier appointments with cancellations and other test centres. To my shock one came up for 20th Aug in Lee on Solent, I booked it up and then stress hit me. We went out every day after Mr got home from work, came home for dinner and got the boys in bed, so started cleaning the car and learning q's and a's they ask. Anyway it got to Friday and I was rather nervous, so I kept myself busy, I didn't stop for a second. Then sat in the test centre my nerves disappeared, my confidence came out and the examiner was really nice, we chatted all through the test even through the manoeuvres!! I think he liked the fact that I could concentrate and drive safely while talking (which they like to test you on) anyway, I came out the test centre with a pass certificate with only 3 minors!! 3 minors....I am still in shock how I managed it, on my first test too! My man deserves a MASSIVE MASSIVE Thank you for putting all the hard work in and teaching me, nagging me,etc. They say partners teaching you to drive will damage the relationship, it made ours stronger because of teamwork!

Anyway enough is enough I have a baby on my lap attempting to play with the touch screen. I think he's hinting I've said enough and trying to hit the submit button, lol... I can't believe he'll be 1 years old next Wednesday!!

What a week.
Look forward to next week x x Bye x x

Mr. Bazinga is Home!

This weeks topic was about children's holidays, and with my only daughter being 16 months old, I can't really say much about what I do with my time during the hols - it's the same as any other day for me! Although I do find that when it comes to kids hols, I have been avoiding the regular hangouts (i.e. the busy parks and soft plays) - mainly because of the busy-ness (i'm not used to it!) and also because Freyja is insane and runs everywhere and anywhere she can, so when there's bigger kids around, she gets knocked over a lot because she doesn't watch where she's going!

So, because I can't talk about what I do during the school hols, I'll go down the route that some other ladies have, and talk about actual holidays. We are really lucky in a way - James' parents live over in the South of France, and we have at least one trip a year out there to see them. Since Freyja came along, that hasn't changed. She had a passport at 5 days old, and was on a plane over to France at 3 months old. We've been over about 3 times with her now, and she's amazing really, considering her age. It's nice to have the opportunity to get her used to flying at a young age - i'm hoping it bodes well for when she's older! Although she is getting to an age of restlessness, and because she hasn't got her own seat yet, it can be hard. Especially when she doesn't understand how to un-pop her ears. It was easy before she was one, because my boobs did the trick, but since stopping breast-feeding, it's been a bit difficult. Our next holiday is in May next year - that time, we're venturing to Turkey with my mum - here's hoping she'll be able to manage a 4 hour flight - she's only been on an hour and a bit ones so far (Freyja that is, not my mum...)

So, after that rant, what's been happening with my week... Since my last post was actually made on Monday because of my hectic weekend, there's not much to talk about really. Tuesday and Wednesday involved mostly nothing - I caught up on a lot of housework and washing, and TV of course :) We picked our hamster up from the Vet's too - He's back safe and sound, after a bout of wet-tail. "Mr. Bazinga" is a healthy little pickle now, and Freyja loves looking at him and watching him run around :) Thursday, a friend and I took the babies to the aquarium on the seafront - I didn't realise how much of a walk it was - it was a 6 mile round-trip! Needless to say, for someone who doesn't exercise much, my feet are hurting, but I feel better for it. Maybe my baby belly will tone up after all! James went bowling Thursday evening, so I had a night in on my own, watched telly and read a bit. On Friday, my friend came over in the morning - it's her daughter's 1st birthday on Saturday, so she crammed me in for a cuppa before running off to make preparations for it. The rest of the day was fairly slow-going. I "attempted" to make an oven-baked chocolate cheesecake - the one's I've made before, which have all been successful, so this one was a bit of a new venture, and involved a bain-marie. Not a very wise idea, when I don't have a watertight cake tin. Needless to say, the cheesecake came out a bit more gloopy than it was supposed to, because the water got into it. Still tastes good though! On Friday evening, a couple of friends and I went for dinner at the Harvester, followed by a quick drink in the Deco - I have gotten myself a job there, starting from the 3rd September. I worked there a couple of years ago, so it'll be nice to go back for a couple of shifts a week - and the extra pennies will go down nicely!

This weekend is full of birthday parties. First, there's my good friend's little girl's 1st birthday today, at her house, where they are having a teddy bears picnic, and another little girl's 1st birthday on Sunday, at Canoe Lake. Hope the weather gets better for them!

Hope you all have a good week :) xxx

Baby names...were people ever rude about your choices?

Ive just remember its Friday which means as the new Miss Friday its my turn to post ! I am a blog virgin so tell me if I do anything wrong although writing about my boys and what we've done seems simple enough.

Soooo..... Im Liz, Im a married SAHM to two very lively boys, Ollie whose 4 and Eli who is 16 months, im also due another boy in exactly 3 weeks but were keeping the name under wraps until he's born because of people being rude, well not so much rude but saying things like "don't call him that we had a pet called that" or "i knew a nasty little boy called that" etc. etc....

Thats what this post is about really, has anybody ever been rude when you've told them your child's name? or what you were planning on calling your child?

We were on a bus once and an old lady asked what my youngest sons name was, when i said Elijah she replied "well that's just weird" I was gob-smacked to be honest, and just replied with "and your just rude!" Nobody has ever said anything about Ollie's name (Oliver) but then that's alot more heard of than Eli.

With this baby we told people the options we had, and we got nothing but Rudeness from some people, when he is born if anybody is rude about his name I think I will just tell them where to go he he!

So no, I don't mind if you've had a cat/dog/rabbit/lizard etc. with the same name. I don't mind if you know a terror with the same name I don't know them and that's what counts, just because they are vile doesn't mean my child will be! And finally no I really don't care if you like the name or not! Its my child and i will call him what I like!

Oh dear Ive really gone off on one there lol, Im not normally so moody i promise i just think some people shouldn't be so rude especially about a choice that is hard enough to make without peoples judgements!

Hope your all having a nice day

xxxx

ooops my first post and i'm late!!!

hello ! I'll introduce myself, I'm Lauren! 24 with 2 very loud boys Taylor soon to be 6 and Finley soon to be 2!! We live in Fratton with my boyfriend/their dad Phil! So I'm the new 'Miss Wednesday' !!!! even though my first post is today (Thursday) !! I am always late and I forget to do things a lot!! Not a good first impression!! So sorry for the delay lol!

I do have a bit of an excuse!! i was planning on staying in yesterday and catching up on washing/housework (boring) but as i was getting ready i noticed Finley had these huge sore lumps on each side of his tongue, so i called the docs and made an appointment so from then on i rushed and completely forgot about my post!!!
His tongue was nothing serious thank god! I am one of the biggest worries anyone will meet!!! i constantly worry about things with the kids which drives me mad but i cant help it, stupidly i googled what these things on his tongue could be, with all sorts of things coming back!
When we got to the docs he ate some skips so they obviously weren't causing him any pain, he got checked over and theres not underlying infection so its more than likely his very sharp teeth causing the ulcers!! poor sod!!

after that we went to my mums as she lives in Cosham where our docs are so was easier than going home and she is off sick with bells palsy (so her face looks very odd as Taylor kept telling her!!) poor thing so we went and kept her company, we had a nice day in the end!

The topic i meant kids holidays, as in summer hols/half terms! first thing that came to my head with it being the summer holidays!!!!
I love having Taylor home!! its so nice doing things with both of them rather than him being in school all day! although everywhere is stupidly busy which gets on my nerves!!!!
A lot of the people from school and some friends dread their children starting the holidays, which i never understand.... just wondered what everyone did with their kids when they have so long off and if you all like them being home or you have a diff opinion!!!

I don't want to babble on to much seen as though its not even my day!!

See you all next Wednesday when i will actually be on time!!!!

Lauren xxx

Is it Friday yet???

hi ladies, hope u r all having a fab week

Thursday last week we went to intech for Josh's 8th birthday and it was great- altho while we were there Ethan had a 'moment' apparently when i tell him off for not listening (which is admittedly about 10 times a day- because he just doesnt listen!!!!!) he says it makes him feel like im saying he's useless..... where does a 6 yr old get this stuff from????? seriously, my boy is a tad over-sensitive!!!! and before u ask, there is nothing wrong with his hearing, he is just plain ignorant (gets it from his father) ;)
On Friday we went to a play day at cumberland school- it was absolutely rubbish for kids of my two's age, so we didnt stay long, then Joshua and Harry came down for the weekend.
On Saturday i'd arranged for us to have some photos done where i had some taken when i was pregnant, the idea being we could get some really lovely ones of all the kids together, as well as some individually..... well, we managed two of eryn on her own- because she was being a right cling on, and the boys were running round like mad men so she was a bit scared. Apparently there are millions of the boys, both together and seperately, and a few of the 6 of us together. So not quite what i was after, but we're going to view them this Saturday, and the photograher said he'd get a few of Eryn on her own then because the boys wont be with us.... Vision Photos in New Road, i highly recommend them :D
In the afternoon Ben was once again playing cricket (i was not amused) so me and the four kids went to krazy kaves with my cousin and her girls, followed by dinner at maccy d's. Ben got back at 8 and the two youngest were in bed, and Et and Josh were about to go up too. i then got invited out for the night and decided yeah, what the hell, i could do with a night out and went to get ready...... EVERYTHING i own looked hideous (ben is a feeder and has made me put on half a stone- and altho i probably needed to anyway, on saturday i wasnt feeling my best), and i through a complete strop and decided not to go and went to bed in a foul mood.
Sunday i decided Ben could take the kids out to the D-Day museum and that i wasnt going! so i went to my mums for a moan and a cuppa for a couple of hours- it was bliss- and i felt much better after that :D
Monday we just went to the Adventure Playground, shopping and then my friend and her little one (who is 7months younger than Eryn but weighes only a pound less than her!) came over for a chinwag :) and Tuesday Ethan went swimming with my Dad again.... and, my Dad now knows Ethan's name!!!!!!! it's only taken him 6 and half years!!!!! My Dad isn't exactly the regular sort of Grandad, he has 9 grandchildren and only remembers the name of one of them..... and well, he's a bit useless..... He refuses to acknowledge that my daughter is called Eryn, because 'it's not a real name'..... apparently, so he calls her Iris, which is her middle name (but only when he remembers that!) Anyway, Ethan thoroughly enjoyed himself splashing about in the pool.
Wednesday was a bit hit and miss really, we went to the Museum for their 'out to lunch' thing and Ethan made himself a robot..... i very quickly remembered why i no longer do arty crafty things with him, because we both end up stressing out :S

This morning were off to town to find myself a dress to wear to my mates Hen night on Friday- it's the theme of 'a little dress' but it's not allowed to be black..... following my hissy fit on saturday i have to say i'm dreading shopping, but it needs doing..... :'( ...... just weighed myself and i've put on 6lbs in two weeks!!!! ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! diet starts today!!!! :'(

Ethan is off to his Dad's for a week starting tomorrow.... a whole WEEK!!!! He's never been away for a whole week before!!!! I have to admit, i cant wait! Does that sound nasty??????????? Well, yeah i suppose it does, but i could really do with a break!! Ethan goes to his dad's once a fortnight for the weekend, but that's it. He won't have him inbetween if i ask him to, and the way i see it is he has four weeks holiday a year, and only spends a week of it with his son, so i shouldn't feel guilty about looking forward to some 'time off'...... hmmmm, i do sound horrible!! :( oh well...... the problem is i know i'll miss him by day two! lol..... last year he went for 6 days and i'd just had the baby, but i missed him like mad and couldnt wait for him to be home lol.

Ben and i are off to Kent for a couple of days on Sunday. His brother and his family live there so were going to stay with them. Looking forward to that, bit of change of scenery etc. But other than that it looks like it will be a quiet week :S

Hmmmmm, holidays with the kids.... well, i've only been on two hols with kids. The first being when i was pregnant with Eryn> I saved up all the tokens from the Sun, and Ethan, my cousin, her girls and i went down to Camber Sands for a long weekend.... it was lovely, but i was 8months pregnant and knackered all the time, and then i got tonsilitus and it kinda ruined it for me!! lol..... and the other was a similar sort of thing, but when Eryn was 10wks old, and i went to Devon.... again, it was nice, but the weather was crap and i was once again knackered from all the night feeds..... lol
I was once told by a friend who has a couple of foreign holidays every year that once you have kids (she has 3) holidays are just the same as being at home, just not as convienent..... :S I'd love to go somewhere, anywhere, but, well, it's just so costly, and Ethan can be, well, Ethan..... he doesnt cope with change particularly well, and i know damn well that he'd create a fuss if, God forbid, we wanted to do something that wasn't 'for him' so I think i'm going to put it off for another couple of years. My mum wants us to go away somewhere (Crete, Malta etc) next year, and however tempted i am to book it, i dont think she could handle being with me and the kids for a week. I'm sure i'm making mountains out of molehills, but it's an expensive way of finding out.... i dont know.... it would be nice i suppose.... AND i'm absolutley petrified of flying. And i get sea sick.... lol

I assume that being Thursday's lady the topic of the week will be down to me.... I'll have a think and let the lovely Liz know by Monday..... have fun everyone xxx

Thank god for my cats :)

Hi all,i hope you are well? A big hello and welcome to our new miss Wednesday and Friday!!

This week has totally flown by for me,which im a tad surprised about because on wednesday i had to ground Jaydon for drawing in red felt tip pen on my living room wall...Little sod!! At 7 he should know better but claims skye begged him to do it.I had everthing from begging,pleas,bribes and lots of "im so sorry,it will never happen again" All in the hope that i would let him go out and play with his friends..I almost caved but stayed strong and stuck to my word... Thursday was a boring one in doors.
Friday we meet up with my friend Nyssa and her boys in waterlooville,did a bit of shopping and went to Maccie D's.
Friday night was horrid,i fell asleep on the sofa but woke up with Skye wimpering at 11pm sorted her out then came back down to turn tv lights off etc before going to bed myself.Then i noticed 'IT' by IT i mean a massive and i mean (the size of the palm of my hand massive) Black spider on the wall in my hall....Now im not scared of many things but i cant even look at a toy spider without having a panic attack,Stupid i know but spiders being on the planet seriously effect my life.As it was late when i noticed it there wasnt much i could do, there was no way i could get close enough to kill it and no one i felt would aprecate a call from me that late to get rid of it.So my plan was to pack a bag for me and the kids, then leave the spider go to bed and attempt to sleep.If it was still in the same place in the morning it would be a better time to call for help,but if it wasnt then i was going to grab the kids and move out untill that dam thing had been found and removed.I didnt sleep for more then an hour and even had nightmares about the dam thing.So come the morning i sent Jaydon down stairs to see if it was still there,he said it wasnt but that there was a black thing on the floor,i crept down to see and there IT was dead and screwed up on the floor Feww...Thank god for my cats,it must have came down during the night and one of the cats got it.Altho i do still panic that may have been a 2nd spider and the other one is still on the loose..thats how much they freak me out!!
Saturday we didnt do much,just chilled at mr B's.Sunday my dad had the kids for a bit so we went for a beer down southsea,which was nice to chill out just us.



So kids holidays, well we dont get to go away that offen,Mr B;s job is rather demanding, but last october i took Jaydon with me,mum and stepdad to Egypt.He spent most of the 5 hour flight asking..are we there yet.But once we got there he was pretty good,spent most of the time in the pool and was ready to go to bed for the night come 5pm..he was a nightmare to wake up for the evening where he wore his selfout so much during the day.We are hoping to go to spain or somewhere next yr for a week, it cant really be somewhere to far away as Skye wont be able to handle a long fight without being able to run around,She would just scream the whole time.

My sister has always been hardwork,even now at 16 you have to know how to handle her lol, When she was 3 went on a family holiday to tenirife.She pulled that plane apart bit by bit,including the plastic seal and rubber lining of the plane window.Im sure the people in the seats behind us were scared to death of her pulling the window out and them being sucked out lol.All we could hear from them was sighs,huff,puffs and oh no not the window.Needless to say it was my mums worst hoilday bless her!!


Well i think ive rambled on enough for today.Have a good week all xx

Rabbit Rabbit Rabbit

Hey its Monday, yet again!! God these weeks are flying by at lightning speed, the kids will be back at school before I know it! Seeing as I last posted on Friday that leaves me the weekend to talk about and I'm afraid to say it wasnt awfully exciting! I was supposed to be having my nephew Danny who's four stay over at mine Friday night. My sister dropped him off around four and then the disaster that was Friday night began... Oh and it was the 13th!!!!

First, my electric had gone, not so bad seeing as I had emergency credit on the key, but when I went to do the kids some tea I realised it must have been off for a while as everything in my freezer had totally defrosted so I had to throw it all out. Having no other food in the house seeing as I'm not there very often I had nothing to feed the kids but that was probably just as well considering what happened next. Courtney and Brett came running downstairs to inform me that Danny had been sick and as I emerged from the kitchen I was met with Danny throwing up some more on the stairs (he'd started on Bretts bed and left me a nice little trail). I had been warming a bottle for Lucie but I had no choice to put her in her cot while I cleaned up the mess. I stripped Bretts bed, stripped Danny and cleaned him off, sat him on the sofa with a bowl (later this was proved unnecessary as he was just sick on the floor instead) scrubbed and disinfected the carpets, the stairs and the banister, just in time for my mum to arrive to pick Danny up (I'd called Viv as soon as it happened). Tired, stressed and downright peed off (not to mention grossed out!)I text Stewart, told him I was having an awful night and couldnt cope and didnt want to stay in the house and he agreed to come and pick us up to go back to his after he finished work. Phew, what a releif!! We grabbed the kids a McDonalds on the way home, I had a nice bath and although I'm sure he wasnt ever so pleased we invaded his Friday evening, I felt much better!! I was so worried I or one of the kids or even worse, Lucie would get ill too but so far we are all fine so fingers crossed we stay that way! I did feel a bit unusual yesterday but I think that was down to tiredness as Lucie hasnt been sleeping well this last week.

Saturday was a better day. I only had about three hours sleep Friday night as Lucie wouldnt settle but I didnt feel too bad. Brett was going to his best buddy Jacks for a sleepover and I'd arranged to meet Elly at Pirate Petes so once Jacks mum had collected Brett I and the girlies jumped in a taxi and off we went. We had lunch in Wimpy then the kids had a lovely long play. Courtney was hilarious, I dont know if it was because Brett wasnt there but she was just such a motormouth bless her, rabbit rabbit rabbit!! We were sat eating luch and she said to Elly "I love your nail polish"! Then she came out of the play area with her top rolled up "like a bra". Little madam! Lucie slept really well Saturday night although it took a while to get her settled.

Yesterday (Sunday) was a good day too. Stew picked Brett up then came and collected us girls and we went to Walmart to get a few things then we went bowling. The last time we went was about two years ago although we've had plenty of practice on the Wii! We all had a really good time, Brett won by miles and I came last :( Lol. Today we havent done much but I did have a dreamy stawberry tart for lunch, I cant even begin to describe how delicious it was!!!

So the Yummymummies are welcoming a new Miss Wednesday and Friday this week and they take the forms of the lovely Lauren Ward and Liz Darbyshire so I'm sure they will be welcome additions and have many fun tales to share!! Lauren has picked childrens holidays as our topic this week. I'm not sure if that means school breaks or actual getaways though...probably should have asked that! Well I'll assume she means getaways anyway so maybe we could all share our ideal holiday to take the little people on or one that we particularly enjoyed as a child?

Up until this year Stew and I had only taken the kids to Devon and Butlins, both of which were great little holidays. We visited Devon when Brett was just a baby so that one was more for us I suppose but we went to Paignton Zoo, Kents Cavern, The Golden Hind, it really was a lovely holiday. Then every year after that we went to Butlins in Bognor which was lovely, we are going two weeks from today in fact :) It will actually be our second holiday with Lucie as we went to Disneyland Paris when she was just six weeks old! That was just amazing, I didnt want to leave Paris, it was so depressing coming home to crummy old England! It really is a beautiful city, we went to the Eiffel Tower, The Louvre, did lots of shopping and of course spent four days in the Disney parks. We are planning to go to Florida when Lucie is older, maybe in about six years or so, that gives us plenty of time to save up! Next year we are thinking of going abroad again, maybe to Spain.

Well thats all from me (thank God, I hear you thinking!) Have a great week xxx

Hectic Weekend = Delayed Post

I'm officially rubbish this week... My post which was meant for Saturday has only just been written. I've amended the post date so that it appears as if it was on the right day to avoid confusion with other days :) You see, we have been away for a long weekend, having gone to Bloodstock Festival (a heavy metal festival in Derbyshire) and we have just returned to sunny old Portsmouth.

My intention was to write a partial post before the festival began, and post it when I was there using my phone. But in all honesty, that didn't happen. My phone is the epitome of useless when it comes to using the Internet, particularly so when you're stuck in the middle of a wet field with no signal and your Dr.Martens stuck in what seemed to be endless mud.

So, I hope you all forgive me for the delay. Better late than never I hope :)

A few bits and pieces have happened since my last post. Last Sunday, a couple of housemates from 2005 came down from London to see us. It was lovely to catch up after so long - they are both doing loads with their lives - one has been gallivanting round Australia for the past 6 months and the other is engaged and moving to Canada(!) - so needless to say, it was fab to catch up. We went to the Tenth Hole (which was rammed) and ate lots of yummy cake. I can't stop at that place. The chocolate torte is to die for. Freyja helped Paul to finish off his Aero cheesecake - by the time he could get to it, there was very little left, and a very mucky Freyja...

James' cousin came to visit on Monday. She works in Dubai at the moment, so when she has a few weeks off, she tries to cram in everyone - we were lucky enough to see her after a trip to Milan - we went for lunch on Tuesday afternoon, because James was off work, so we popped to the Titchfield Mill before saying goodbye to her. Not quite sure when we'll catch up with her again, but it was a lovely, albeit brief, visit.

Wednesday was the beginning of the weekend for us. As we were going off to Bloodstock, I had roped my mum into having Freyja for the duration. She was nervous as hell, as it's the first time we have left Freyja with anyone for more than one night, so we went up to Stoke on the Wednesday to give it a bit of a practice run, before shooting off to Derbyshire the next day. It all went swimmingly, and we popped down to my old pub hang-out for a bit of acoustic open mic goodness.

Thursday was the day that we had to say goodbye to Freyja. It was awful, but we knew she was in safe hands and she would be living the life of Riley when we were camping in what seemed like a really big bog. I know that she went out for lunch twice at a couple of country pubs, and went to see the monkeys at a local monkey world type place. She had a lovely time, and now mum feels a lot more confident about having her again. We had a fantastic time at the festival, but it was so wonderful to see Freyja again this morning. I wasn't sure how she'd react to me, seeing as she hadn't seen me for 4 days, but I walked into her room this morning, and she was so excited that she threw herself around her cot laughing her head off, then gave me a 20 minute long hug. I cried. Lots. I didn't realise quite how much I would miss her until I saw her again. It's amazing how much she has changed in such a small amount of time - she has noticeably longer hair, and 4 teeth have come through!

So here I am, back in Portsmouth, with a mountain of festival gear to wash and stow away for the next one. I'm hoping for good weather over the next few days to be able to get out and catch up with people. Although my first mission is to upload photos to Facebook and have a nice cup of tea.

Apologies again for the late post - next weeks will be on time! I promise!

Hope all you ladies have a fabulous week xx

Its Liday!!

Hey ladies, Liz today. So just when I thought I had all my weekdays filled, Naomi goes MIA and Katie quits. If it wasnt for my need to fit everyone that wanted to do this in the first instance it would have just been 5yummymummies but when I suggested it I had so much interest that I made it seven so I wouldnt feel bad for there not being room and now I cant change the name so I have to rerecruit... again! Oh well!!

As I've already shared my body woes this week I shall proceed to ramble on about the rest of my week. Well its been about as exciting as is usual... not very... so it wont be so much a ramble as just a fleeting hello. I have spent the last two days doing absoloutely nothing, not even getting dressed :o. Tuesday I had to take Lucie for her last set of baby jabs, she had to have three this time for some reason, two in one leg, one in the other, poor bug! The kids were with me seeing as they are off school and I think Brett was a bit distressed by it all bless him. Still we did go to Krazy Kaves after, which was heaving! But at least we got to have some lunch and the kids had a runaround.

I was warned by the nurse that Lucie would be grouchy for the rest of the day but I gave her some Calpol and she was fine. She even slept from 10 til 6 that night, but we havent had as much luck the rest of the week, the moo!

My mum said the other day that back in Victorian times they used to give Opium to babies to make them sleep lol, poor things!! Thats my random fact of the day!

Well I dont have alot else to say for myself, so Hannah we look forward to hearing from you tomorrow and I'll be back Monday :)

Have a great weekend xxx

what a painful week....

well, i finally decided enough was enough and stopped breastfeeding Eryn..... I'm so pleased, what with her starting nursery soon i had to do something.... but at the same time I'm quite sad about it too... i feel kinda guilty because i know she wasn't ready to stop- but i am. She's had me for 12and a half months, and its got to the point where i no longer enjoy it. It's been sooooo painful though!!! I ended up putting plasters over my nipples, and every time she's been going for them i just show her the plasters and say 'all gone'. She cries but has started pointing at my top and saying 'gone' so i think she's getting it :S


The weekend was quiet-ish... et was with his dad and Ben's boys didn't come and stay Friday, so it was just me and Eryn Friday, it was too quiet!! then Saturday i went to Ben's in Southampton, and decided if he was gonna make me watch scum play football, id get pissed... needless to say i had an afternoon nap with eryn to sleep it off! then we went out in the evening to his local social club- its called 'the shed' sort of gives you an idea of the classy sort of place it is! :S lol, but they had an Elvis impersonator so i had a fab time :D don't think Ben would agree, but i was drinking so didn't care! lol...
Monday was lovely, went to Baffins pond for the morning (we actually walked and Et didn't moan!!! not even once!!!) and both the kids had a lovely time, Eryn shouting 'Duck' every 10 seconds and et playing in the park- and minus the painful and swollen boobs it was a lovely day.
Tuesday Ethan went swimming with my dad again, it's going really well and his confidence in the water is really growing :D also, he's actually getting on with my dad for the first time ever! which is obviously fantastic too.
On Wednesday Ben had a day off and I took the kids up to his mum's house and the boys came over too, so it was nice and hetic..... Then i decided it was time i got something for Eryn added to my tattoo, so i spent an hour being inked..... I love it :D
And today it's Josh's birthday, so we're off to INTECH for the day :)

post baby bodies.... hmmmm, im probably the worst person to ask about that..... i put on 4stone when i carried et.... and i had the most horrific stretch marks- my belly looked like it was covered in flames- they were sooooo sore.... and it took me nearly two years to lose the weight. it was horrible... i have had MAJOR issues with my weight since i was 11 anyway, and quite frankly i felt awful with myself for two yrs.... with Eryn i put on 3 stone, but was back to my pre-pregnancy weight within 7 months :D obviously i still have the terrible stretch marks and some of them are still quite red, and i have no tummy button, but I'm ok-ish with my weight. I weigh a few pounds less now than when i fell with Eryn, but that fluctuates regularly!! lol.
the only left over thing i hate from the pregnancy with Eryn is my c-section scar, but if i hadn't have had the section, she'd have died, so it's a blessing really- and with the state of my stomach it doesn't really make muck difference- altho, a year on and i still have a hole at one end!!!!! yuk......

Right that's all from me this week, hope you're all well xx

My very own road map..

Hi all, I hope you are all well and have had a good weekend and start to your week so far??



So as Liz posted yesterday my chosen topic for the week is post baby weight and body confidence.After many chats with my own yummymummy friends over the years body confidence has always been a huge topic.So i want to know your views/hints/tips and advice.

After having Jaydon my body became its very own AA Road map(dam stretch marks) i HATE them.But more then that i hate my now very flabby baby belly..i had 2 rather large babys(both close to the 9lb border)I was told by my health visitor it was very unlikly i would loose that baby belly as my tummy muscles were ripped to shreads :(
I lost weight the wrong way a year ago, i started taking slimming pills which i brought home form a hoilday in Egypt.I lost weight in all the wrong place,My boobs and waist shrunk but still leaving my baby belly looking even bigger.Soon as i stopped them i gained more weight then what i had lost.At the moment i am currenty 7lb heavier then my average weight.I put my'fat' jeans on this morning,i normally need a belt with them so i was rather upset when i realised i didnt need the belt anymore. Altho on the plus side of this sudden weight gain my boobs have got a bit bigger :)



So anyway my week so far,i brought a new cat home on thurs, i have 2 already and would have 10 if i could but i knew a 3rd was as far as i could go.. well long story short he is 5 yrs old and did a runner when i went to asda saturday( i left my kitchen window open) The poor little mite is out there, proberly trying to find his way home(southampton) and i feel so bad.Ive tried everthing, asking the neighbours,leaflets etc
We went to the heroes to watch the football sunday,whilst on the way home Jaydon challenged his dad to a race..they are both very competitive and mr B being an ex runner took Jaydon up on the challenge...but is now suffering a torn hamstring...silly Mr still thinks he is 18 not 32..BLESS!!
I had to have words with a grumpy neighbour yesterday.We live in a cul-di-sac,Jaydon and the other kids in the street like to playout.Jaydon came in crying because a grumpy old man threated to get them with his hose and give them what for if he caught them.They were only playing football in the road.So in my very firm but polite voice i told him not to talk to my son like that and if he has any problems then i live at number 21 and to talk to me and not speck to or threaten my son.
How rubbish is this weather..im starting to beleive that maybe our summer has gone,we had planned to go for a picnic in the park with a friend and her children today but the rain said no so we had a carpet picnic at her house instead.



I now have both my arms back, new mobile arrived friday :) and friend is back from hols so i am now a happy bunny again.
Well must fly,unfortunately the dinner isnt going to cook itsself.Enjoy your week xx

Dutch courage, Dutch smourage!

Well Monday is here again, surprising how fast a week goes when you do so little! It's a little later in the day than I usually get round to posting but I wholeheartedly admit to it being entirely my own fault for thinking the consumption of about 3 bottles of wine last night would have no consequences! How wrong I was, I havent drunk that much in so long I didnt even think about the morning after. I went with my mum, sister Viv and sister in-law Corrina to Quizzaoke (quiz and karaoke lol) at the Heroes pub and I only went a bit overboard as I really wanted to sing and needed a bit of Dutch courage. Well my Dutch courage ended up down the toilet as soon as I got home, along with the chilli kebab I had on the way back! But I did sing three songs (two on my own then one with Viv and Corrina as my backing singers!) and I was pretty darn awesome if I do say so myself!!

Becky has chosen post-baby bodies as our conversation piece this week and I must say I havent been happy at all with my post-Lucie wobbly bits. I lost tons of weight after having my other two and went from being around 12st before I was pregnant with Brett to being 8st at my lightest after having Courtney so naturally I assumed the weight (I had started to pile on again before I got pregnant) would fall off after having Lucie. It didnt. At first I was frustrated and annoyed, not just that I hadnt lost any weight but because I felt like I'd never appreciated the size I was before and of course you never know what you've got until its gone. Sounds pathetic but I'd get so upset looking at old pictures of myself and rooting through my wardrobe trying to find something that would fit me. But once I accepted that I'd never be a size 8-10 again I decided to stop torturing myself, get rid of all the clothes that are never going to fit me again and just try to look in the mirror and think actually I dont look too bad. I'm a size 14 now but I dont really feel it or think I look it. I'm never going to be totally happy with how I look, I especially hate my big flabby arms and stretchmarks but I suppose I could look much worse. And I have managed to create three beautiful children so it cant be all bad! So Becky also asked if we had any tips for regaining body confidence after you've had a baby and I'd just say its all about accepting the fact that your body has changed because lets face it, the best personal trainer or plastic surgeon (if anyone can actually afford it)in the world isnt going to repair a baby-streched tummy or get those pelvic floor mucsles as taught as they were before you pushed your little lump(s) into the world! As much as I would love to be a skinny minnie again I also love treating the kids and myself to an ice cream after school or the odd Mcdonalds or meal out with my hubby when just over a year ago I was concsious of everything I ate and it wasnt until I was pregnant with Lucie that I finally stopped letting food rule my life. But yes I've definitely felt happier and better about myself since I've accepted that this is what I look like and thats that! And I've had an excuse to buy new clothes :)

I havent been up to much else the last week, Stew and I along with a few friends were supposed to be having an adults only trip to Thorpe Park at the weekend but none of our friends ended up having any money so we went out for a meal in Nandos Saturday night instead then went up to Crawley shopping centre on Sunday and spent vast amounts of money! Was nice to have a child free weekend, Lucie stayed with my mum and the older two went to the in-laws and they took them swimming and to Pirate Petes so that was good for them too. Poor guys get so bored being stuck at home. Ive decided to re-start my driving lessons soon, will be nice to have that much more freedom to get out and about so watch this space!

Have a great week xxx

Feels like summer is over already!

Hello Everyone!
Is it me or is summer over already? I've been really cold lately and I've been going to bed in trousers! It doesn't feel right, lol. For the mums with older children it seems they can be a little more easier to entertain, during the school holidays, now I'm struggling to even think what to do with my toddlers, even struggling for ideas for the netmums meetups as I was going to be doing picnics, buggywalks, etc but the weather has been rubbish. Come back summer! I'm not a fan of the winter, cold rainy days, the windy ones are worse because I tend to get nowhere or get blown away.

Anyway misconception week, Liz used me as an example. At first I used to worry about what people what would think, especially where I used to live, but I moved here and had my boys and because I didn't know many people, I just got on with it without thinking until I started to take my eldest to groups, when he was 9 months and I was 5 months pregnant. Well the looks I got were not the kindest and most people left me sat in the corner, I tended to do what I alwayys do though and jump in on conversations so they had no choice but to get to know me before they judged me. Fortunately I look younger than I am, but it's unfortuante because you get constant looks and remarks, ID'd all the time, lol. Like I've said before the people who judge by first impression (as in looking at you, not speaking to you) if they don't like what they see, it's their loss and many have probably lost many potential friends. Even now my eldest is 2 and youngest is 1 this month, people make remarks like, you've got your hands full, I always tend to think they are meaning I'm too young to cope. I've got loads of examples and lots to say on this matter but I'm not going to ramble on! lol.

Moving on, it's been another quick but slow week, I feel like I'm wasting time doing nothing. Monday was normal, Tuesday my freind popped round after swimming with her 3 month old baby boy, I had a lovely cuddle with him, I couldn't believe how big he'd got, lol. Then Wednesday was boring again, lol and Thursday I met up with another friend who has 2 boys, 4 and 19 months, with another little girl on the way due 2 weeks tomorrow. We had a lovely mad time at FuzzyEd's, My eldest certainly enjoyed the company after what probably seemed like years of boredom, lol. Then we had the trouble of taking the dog to the vets again. The rest of the week has pretty much been driving around getting to test standard test. All in all general week, nothing exciting, lol.

Speak soon, see you next week x x

"Actually, I'm 26!"

We're coming to the end of the misconceptions week, and as I was saying to Liz on Monday, my age is a common misconception too. I get a number of odd looks from (usually older) ladies who think I'm a young mum. I'm just waiting for the one who says something snide about it, and I can turn round and say "actually, I'm 26..." I'm the first to admit that I look young, and I'll be thanking my genes for it when I'm 50. Everyone thinks I look about 20. I think I may be ageing backwards... I swear I used to look older when I was actually 20, than I do now.

So, what have I been doing this week... James' grandparents came to stay on the Saturday, and it was lovely to have them. We went to the Toby Carvery, and they were amazed at how much Freyja eats. She has hollow legs - I'm sure of it. Where else would a bowl full of carvery, a mountain of yorkshire pud and an ice cream go? We were hoping to go to Baffins Pond on the Sunday, but I wasn't feeling to fab, so I just rested up. Friends popped over in the evening, and we had pizza and watched Paranormal Activity. I love that film. Monday/Tuesday consisted of very little really - I did a lot of housework, and Freyja played in the garden, but not much else happened. A friend came over yesterday afternoon to steal some of James' T shirts, which she's converting into girly shirts for me :) And we watched What Happened in Vegas last night.

Freyja has been a moody stroppy demon this week (more than usual because she's teething). Nothing I've done has made it any better for her (or me). Maybe a bit of a change will do her good, so we went for a walk with my mummy friend Stacey and ate cake in the Tenth Hole on Wednesday. I love the Tenth Hole. I could spend hours in there choosing which cake(s) I'd like to devour. And I wonder why I still have a bit of a baby belly...

A friend who I knew from high school back in Stoke-on-Trent, who now lives near Bognor Regis, came to visit with her children on Thursday. It was lovely seeing them and catching up - I'd not seen her for 10 years! We never really spoke much in school, but have been speaking more lately - especially since Freyja came along, because she has a daughter the same age. Her children are wonderfully fab. It was a great morning, consisting of lots of tea, lots of toys being out, and lots of nattering. My ideal morning :)

On Friday, we went for a walk into North End to my friend's house for a brew. That was nice, until being stuck in the rain coming back (for the SECOND time this week). Freyja was being miserable because she was stuck under the rain cover and couldn't see out of it very well, so I stopped at a shop for a milky bar. That evening, I went for a milkshake with a couple of friends, at the American Diner place on Elm Grove in Southsea, then picked up a few DVDs to watch. We watched Shutter Island last night (enjoyed it very much) and we have "Edge of Darkness" and "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" left to watch.

We haven't got much planned for today - got a mountain of washing to get through, so I'm hoping it stays dry outside so that I can hang it all out. We're going for a walk to Baffins Pond as well if the weather holds off. And watching the 2 remaining DVDs we have before I have to take them back tomorrow. Hope they're good :)

Hope all you ladies have a lovely weekend :) xx

so, young or old mum...... well, i no longer think of myself as a 'young mum' i was 25 when i had Eryn, and i feel, at 25, i was neither young or old..... now, at 26 im feeling (and looking :( )older. But, when i had Ethan, i was definately a 'young mum', but i really wouldn't change it for the world..... in my honest opinion, i dont think i'd have the energy at say, 35, to have a baby, not compared to at 20 like with Ethan. My mum was 23 when she had me, and had my brother at 35- and i can see a massive difference in what the patience and energy she had when i was young, compared to what she has now with him (he's 14 now) I have a mental cut off point to have another baby, which is 30.... again, purely just for me (and what other people do is entirely up to them!!) because i dont want to hit 50 and have a teenager (in my 'life plan' in retiring at 55!) and not only that i think, well, i dont want a MASSIVE age gap between my last and my first. If i'm 30 when i have my next and final baby, Ethan will be 10. I hated the massive gap between me and my half sisters/brothers, and i ended up being the resisdent babysitter for both my brother and my eldest nephew! (who is 5yrs younger than me) and i dont want that for Ethan...... so, i have 3 and 3/4yrs to have another one, before i'm officailly too old in my mind!! lol......
As for the misconceptions, as i mentioned the other day i hate it, but the misconception that upsets me the most is that im stupid!!!! Admittedly, i've always had a theory that i do sometimes implement, let people think you're a fool and they won't expect anything from you, but i hate being patronised, talked down to or belittled just because i am a single mum/ or when i 'only' worked part time/ or because i had a child before the age when you're no longer a 'young mum'. When i was at the jobcentre a few months ago someone was trying to explain the basics of this and that to me, but in a really patronising and belittling way (like 'you're a single mum and not fit for s%#t) and i just kept saying 'i know, i know' and in the end i asked him a complicated question about benefits, just to put him on the spot, and he couldn't answer it. I then told him the answer and he looked astonished.... I then explained that i'd done his job for 6 years and perhaps he shouldn't assume and tar everyone with the same brush in future.... Another time, when i worked at a funeral directors, the marketing manager and i were having a conversation about the best way to advertise certain products. Me being me rabbitted on for ages about the pros and cons blah-de-blah-de-blah. Once I'd finished he had the cheek to say to me 'Blimey Noele, you're actually quite bright'...... hmmmmm yeah thanks for that! lol

Anyway, our week.... Well, friday night was camping! we all had a fantastic time, and Eryn ended up 'swimming' in the pool fully clothed! not bad for a child that screamed when i took her near the pool last time :) saturday i took Ethan, Eryn and Harry to Krazy Kaves which as fab- again, Eryn joined in and thoroughly enjoyed herself.... it's really nice now because she can actually enjoy the things we're doing, rather than just looking like a tag along! lol. Sunday we went out for lunch, Chiquito's in port solent- kids meals were a right bargain- £4.95 for meal, drink and a pudding!! cant go wrong :D. Monday we met up with my old friend from school and her two boys- it's lovely 'cause her eldest is 6months older than Et, and her youngest is 3 months younger than Eryn, so they all play together really nicely :)
Tuesday Et was swimming again with my dad, he did really well again- im soooo proud- he starts his proper lessons in sept so he'll be swimming lie a fish soon enough :) On wednesday we went to the free fun day at Leigh Park Gardens, but to be honest, i didnt think much of it- and the weather ws terrible so that didnt help! But i met another old friend, whom i met at a baby group when i had Ethan, so that was lovely to catch up- we haven't seen her this year! I really am useless at keeping in contact with people!!! :( ..... incidently, when i went to that baby group, i was the youngest there by 9 yrs!! and one of the other first time mums was 20yrs older than me.... lol
And today i spent the morning trying to find a dress to wear to 3 weddings- they're all with different sets of people so no one will see me in the same outfit twice ;) it was a nightmare, but i got there in the end..... and i gave blood! i havent dont it for over 3yrs, but was always a reguar donor before, and i feel much better for doing it again.... it's something i feel quite passionate about actually! it's the one thing that almost everyone can do to help someone else, andi feel if you can do it, you should... even if it's just once..... 1 pint of blood can save up to 3 peoples lives.... and if you needed it you'd expect it to be there.... an hour of your time, that's all it takes..... motivational speech over ;)
oh, and we went to see the dinosaur on the seafront..... hmmmm, yeah, it's a model of a dinosaur..... personally i much prefer 'Emily' the iguanadon at the butterfly house...... oh my, i've writtten loads!!! hope you're all having a fab week, love to everyone xx

Sorry its late

Sorry im late, i was so tired last night i totally forgot.

I hope you guys are all ok, i have had quite a busy week end.
Thursday i didnt do alot as Bradley was a little grumpy still !!
Friday dan had the day off but we didnt do alot, just a little house cleaning.
Saturday we were thinking of going camping but changed our minds, Has any one been camping with an under one? then in the evening we brought bradley his first pet. Charlie the budgie lol hes a very crazy bird, but Bradley likes watching him.
Sunday we had our M.O.T and we PASSED woop woop, after that we went to the zoo near winchester which was nice bradley liked looking at the animals when he wasnt asleep lol that evening we took bradley to see the emergencey doctor as he had a little rash on the sat night but it had covered his body by sunday, but the said there was nothing they could do as it was a viral infection and the rash was just his body showing us hes fighting it, but he seems ok now. to start with we thought he might be allergic to the bird.
monday we went to the science place in winchester, had another good day playing around lol then dan took me for a meal in the harvester, where bradley just wanted to eat al our food lol the we wnt off to asda.
tuesday i got bradley weighed hes now 17lb 6, he nearly put on a lb in a week
then the past few day i have done nothing, im so tired bradley seems to want to get up at 5 and play :(



As for the young mum. i am a young mum being only 18. I dont know why people judge you for being a young mum i dont think it really matter as long as you are a good mum what does the age have to do with it. Having Bradley young hasnt affected my life, i didnt know what i wanted to do before i had him, i have only now decided what i want to do caree wise. But like others have said at what age do you stop being a young mum? i think its more of a problem if your an older mum. Not having as much time, or being able to do as much, if that makes sence.

any way thats me for the week, i might have some exciting news coming in the next few weeks to come..... x x x x

Jumped up twit!!!

Hi all,

I hope you are all well and have had a good start to the week so far?
So as Liz said yesterday our topic this week is misconceptions -good and bad!!
I find the biggest misconception people have of me is that i must be a baby making bum because im a young mum who doest work.About a yr ago i went to a party with a friend,i didnt know many people there but got chatting to a jumped up twit(perhaps my own misconception lol) who asked me what i did for a living..my responce oh i dont work at the moment ive 2 small children.The look on his face after i said that was unbeleivable :( he quickly made his excuses and walked away.
Now i know there are millions of working mums out there and credit to them,but i dont think the mums who dont work should be sterotyped as a bumm or babymaking machine or worse.

We offen refer to ourselves and by others as 'young mums' but at 26 im wonder at what age you stop being a young mum lol.,Dont get me wrong im not wishing the years away at all,and am proud to be a young mum(i had my son at 19) so maybe i will be a young mum for many yrs to come :) Plus i still get asked ID to buy cigs,and alcohol.Which flatters me when i have ID on me.Not so much when i forget it tho and get turned away..that can be a bit embarrasing,more so when i have my 7yr old with me..not old enough to buy alcohol but old enough to give birth at 11 lol.

So anyway back to my week, its been pretty boring so far, i broke my mobile on friday and am still waiting for a new one to turn up..i feel like ive lost an arm or something.Plus ive only really one close friend who is home during the hols and she is on holiday this week,there goes my other arm haha!!
I decided last week i was putting all the kids toys up in there bedrooms( they were taking over the whole house) but they seem to be creeping back down stairs and taking over the whole living room,which is rather annoying as its the smallest room in the house..grrr!!

Its my turn to pick next weeks topic,which im not sure of yet so i will post what that will be by the end of the week.
Must fly now,ive still a mountin of housework and washing to do..oh the joy is to much to contain lol.
Hope you all have a great rest of week xxx

You cant judge a book...

Hey, its Monday, Liz here after Noele stole my day last week! We've had some great posts this last week and anyone who's been reading them must be really starting to get a feel for what our lives are like so well done ladies for providing the fab reading material :) Before I start telling you about my week I want to introduce a weekly theme to include in our posts, we will each take a turn in thinking one up and the idea is to kind bring us all together as a group a bit more and just get to know each others thoughts and feelings on stuff. So as we are all just getting to know each other as well as our audience (if we even have one lol) getting to know us, this week I want to talk about first impressions and misconceptions. It doesnt necesarily have to be about one of us, just any misconception you might have had of anyone, good or bad, or even common misconceptions people have had of you.

So I wanted to talk about age as it seems it doesnt matter how old you are are you're always thought of as 'too old' or 'too young' to have a baby or children of pretty much any age in alot of peoples eyes! The subject has come up breifly a couple of Netmums meetups, Elly mentioned a while ago that people often think shes alot younger than she is and had gotten funny looks for having a baby in the past, Lilli said that when she used to take her eldest to baby group people would look at her differently because not only was she quite young with a small baby but she was also pregnant with number two and I myself used to feel very judged alot of the time when I had Brett at just 18. In fact when I ran into some ladies who used to attend the same baby group I took Bretty to who were still in touch they claimed we had't become friends because, and I quote, "your baby was alot older than ours".... ridiculous!! Anyway, I want to just go back to Lilli, Ive said before to her that it can be so easy for someone that doesnt know her to judge her but I bet they'd be swallowing their words if they knew everything she's been through and what a genuinely nice person she is and thats the same for everyone, you really cant judge a person until you know their story. Sorry for kind of using you as a guinea pig in this Lilli lol :P I also get told I look too young to have a 7 year old but to be honest I feel like I am sometimes too lol.

Anyway onto my week! The kids are off school now of course but we havent really done alot! Not only am I still struggling to be ready before about 2pm most days thanks to Lucie but the weather has also been rather abysmal... anyone else think summers over for this year?!! We had planned last Wednesday to meet my Mum, sister and sis-in-law at Canoe Lake. I had the kids swimming costumes all ready so they could play in the 'tiddles' (little fountains that squirt out of the ground)but then my mum called saying it was chilly down there and the smaller kids were getting fed up so we didnt go in the end. We did go to Pirate Petes with Elly and Jacob last Monday though and had lunch in Wimpy which was nice. The kids had a great time and they all get on really well despite all being very different ages.

I have now moved Lucie from her moses basket to her cot which she went into straight away with no fuss :). She is still waking during the night though which is a pain. I'm combined feeding her now too, she has two or three bottles a day alternated with breastfeeds but still wants feeding every two hours at least. I need to talk with my health visitor when I see her next week as I'm thinking about weaning but dont think it will make much difference. Its like I've just had to change my opinions and beleifs on just about everything (parenting related) since I've had her, I still dont really have a clue what I'm doing half the time and I feel like a first time mum all over again! Some days I feel really disappointed with myself and feel like I'm doing a terrible job. She seems more happy than she was a few weeks ago though and I manage to get a bit more done. Her happy gurgles and coos shes doing more and more these days make it all worthwhile.

Well its taken me about two hours to get this all down what with bottle and change breaks and chatting on Facebook and my brain actually hurts now so I will be back next week, Becki, look forward to hearing from you tomorrow (and it'll be your turn to think of a theme next week!).

Have a fab week xxx

A slow but fast, lovely but boring-ish week! lol

Hello Everyone!

It's been an all over the place week this week for me. I've not been sure if I'm coming or going! lol. I pretty much started the week out as a normal slow week with nothing to do, normal shopping and browsing and entertaining the boys, headaches and everything, then my eldests birthday just flew by with the rest of the week, I'm asking myself, how is it Sunday already? lol.

Anyway he had a nice little birthday, nothing too spectacular, just a few presents (from the grandparents) and he'll get his day out from us in the next two weeks as a joint day out for my youngests birthday. Friday was unusual, a friend of mine looked after the boys while I went to have the coil fitted, ouch! Yes it hurt but only for a few seconds each time, it's the cramps afterwards that get you and need to walk old lady pace! lol. So my wonderful man came home from work to help look after the boys after lunch, so I could rest a little bit as I was strugling to bend down, lol. All is ok now though, wouldn't even know it's there!

Saturday morning, we had the wonderful Mark and Kirsty Robbins round to take our family pictures, I've seen some prrofs and they are lovely, just wish I didn't wear the red top! lol. Then we went out for more preactice driving. All my wonderful man's spare time is going on either taking me out driving or wokring on the car to get it perfect for the test.
Worst thing that happened to me yesterday was I found a massive fear of wasps! We were sat eating lunch in the car, gave the boys their Jam sandwiches and a wasp was hovering around my youngeset, (this is all my mans fault, as he is scared of wasps and bees), he got out the car and ran to other side to rescue the youngest but the wasp didn't want to know about moving, so I got out and started moving the jam sandwiches out of the car and away from the boys, then it came for me, so I was flapping around this car park looking rather funny. I accidentally hit the wasp (the worst thing I could do) and then it meant run! lol, everywhere I ran to and stopped it followed me and was buzzing around me, so my man drove the car up the road a bit and I ran after it and had to jump in as quick as poss, and now I have the biggest fear of wasps and I will never wear a bright red top again in the summer! lol. I swear everytime I drove after that I saw them everywhere, they came to haunt me! lol.

Anyway we then went driving again all day today with breaks of going to the in laws for a cuppa and a few shops, then I was doing practice test routes. The boys like mummy driving and when we go out now in the pushchair, my eldest always says mummy car and if we go past it he will scream! so it's a hint, hurry up and get on the road, lol.

Anyway enough rambling from me, not sure what else to say and I think I went drifting! lol. Hope you are all okies. Bye xxxx