Little Gems

Gabe has been coming out with some real corkers lately, which I thought were worth preserving for posterity.
He has moved on from asking WHY about everything, and instead asks, 'mum, what would happen if...?
He woke up the other morning and greeted me with, 'what would happen if I had no eyes mummy?'
And in the cable cars at Matlock Bath on Monday, 'mummy, what would happen if the doors opened now and i fell all the way down there?' not really what I want to be imagining whilst dangling in a cable car 1000ft up!

He doesn't appear to be overly bothered by my attempts at chastising him. After I told him not to throw his toys ad that boys who throw toys don't have any toys, he turned it into a nursery rhyme, dancing round the living room singing ' boys who throw toys dont have any toys' to the 'tune' of Jack and Jill went up the hill!

The best one was probably yesterday, Gabe told me that if I am naughty he will take all my knitting to the charity shop! Hmmmn, I wonder where he has heard that?......

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getting better ?

Here is my finished second heart' I sewed it together last night and added the buttons, i'm really pleased with it. It's by no means perfect, but it's mine and I made it! Yay!

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Small Victories

- Managing to get Kitty down the stair at 6.30 am without waking up her big brother

- Having a lovely shower first thing whilst the boys sleep on.

- Realising, as you look out the window this am that its really quiet and peaceful and you love the morning rain.

- Surviving on very little sleep and choosing to smile, be happy and realise worse things happen,

- Star gazing through the velux with Gaz last night and finally seeing a shooting star.

- Being excited about going to Run To The Hills this weekend and showing the kids lots of camper vans and choosing what features we want.

- Having great friends who come round for a cuppa instead when you cancel a cinema trip due to non-sleeping baby.

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One of those gorgeous days

For some reason at the moment I feel a lot more in control of my own life and able to cope with both the kids.
I'm not sure whether this is because I am getting alot more sleep than in the past few months. Kitty is still pretty horrendous but for the last couple of weeks she has slept at least until 12 which means that I get my evening back. Having a crap nights sleep is one thing, but not getting to relax for a few hours when the kids are asleep and being up and down the stairs is pretty soul destroying.

It also helps when Gabe is well behaved. Im not asking for him to be seen but not heard, just not evil! He was fantastic today. Yes, he ran a bit too far from me sometimes round Trentham Gardens, and he was a bit flick happy in the sandpit, but he was generally brilliant!

Kitty's been her happy, chilled self today. She squealed when she saw the swings and smiled her little heart out all day. She is such a little angel.

I've felt so content and happy with my beautiful babies today. The sun has been shining and I have felt so lucky. Tired, but happy! X

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Plums for breakfast

After their normal shreddies, banana, honey on toast combo the kids have been eating plums from Nanny & Grandad's tree today. Love it!

Gabe's gone to pre-school and I carried him the whole way!when do boys get less lazy I wonder? Do they ever?! I must admit though, I loved it. It's not very often anymore that Gabe is the one that gets to be carried.

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Small Talk

So what are you upto at the moment?
I am so shit at answering this question at parties.
When I get home I can think of lots of exciting, fun things i've been upto lately (well ok maybe a couple!) but when asked at a party my mind just goes blank! I think its because I am and always have been really crap at talking about myself. I'm just not that sort of person. I think it's due to growing up with a loud, funny, centre of attention sister and being the quiet one, busily doing whatever she wants with no_one noticing.
Photo above it Gabe with his face painted as a 'black tiger' love it!

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I did it!

I got my nose pierced yesterday. I have had it exness before when I was 16. But I did it myself that time ;-)

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kidlets

I had vague plans of what we could do today, the kids and I . None of these surfaced, for various reasons,, and I ended up having a very productive housewifey day!
You see, I am a housewife, but I often neglect my duties. For instance,hubby rarely gets tea and his sandwiches made for work in the same day.
I'll cook something gorg for tea and the next day there's no bread for hubbys toast or for his sandwiches that day. That's just the kinda gal I am.
However, today I have hoovered upstairs (yes upstairs! I think this is generally a bi-annual event.)
I have took the car to the car wash (gabe loooves this!) and hoovereed it out.
I have also cooked from scratch Butternut Squash soup for the kids (including homemade chicken stock natch) and lasagne and veg for us.
God its been a good day.
Lets see what the night (and princess terror Kitty) brings....

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lifting your spirits

On a grey dreary 'summers' day in stoke I was sat at traffic lights when I saw these gorgeous flowers and it made me smile.
I love that someone has made the effort to brighten up a dreary patch of grass - thank you!

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Ooh

My Cath Kidston sewing case arrived today, it's yummy.
That is all...

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