Weeeeee

Picnic time

Making the most of the sunny weather with a picnic in the park (again!) with Aunty Nic

Smooth

I try to eat healthy most of the time but do enjoy wine and tasty food at weekends.

So to make up for this I thought I'd start making smoothies and juices.
So todays was cucumber, apple, water with a splash of lemon juice. It was actually ok and I felt better for it.

Thomas talk

Having our lowdown of the day during dinner I asked Thomas if he had a nice day. He said yes.

I said he hadn't asked about my day so he asked if I had a nice day today, I said yes but I missed you, Daddy and Lucas though. He said "well we didn't miss you"

It's lovely to feel appreciated and loved after a day at work and then rushing back to make them dinner, lol.

Kids eh!

Just reading

Thomas reading the paper he got at Goodwood (or pretending, I think I'd have missed something if he could actually read a paper like that)

Breakfast

After not eating bread all week I am having Treat for breakfast.
Bacon (healthy Living) and egg roll with brown sauce. Hmmm

Little dinners

Home made chicken Curry with couscous. Went down well

Sweet treat

Pick your own

We decided to take the children to the Pick your own just down the road from me.  I had never been before but other people have said how good it is.  The boys were really excited about picking strawberries.  So we set off and got the tractor to the top of the field which they also loved!  We started with the strawberries, we had to try a few out to check they were ok, although Lucas had evidence of eating the strawberries all down his top.  Oops.

Then we caught the tractor back down to the carrots and onions and finished the day off with an ice cream to cool down. Overall a great success and the food was really tasty. We will be going again soon.

Roundstone pick your own

Little dinners

Slow cooked Home made sausage casserole with couscous and carrots which we picked from the farm, tasty!

Little dinners

It took ages to find the letters to make their name, but it was worth it for the look on Thomas's face.
Tonights dinner, fishcake, mashed potato and spaghetti.

Al fresco dining

Making the most of the lovely weather

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Just making sure the washing is drying ok ;-)

No school today?

During breakfast I was giving Thomas a run down on what we were going to do for the day like I normally do. I said he was going to school, he said no i'm not the school is closed. I said is it? He said yes it's shut today Mummy so I don't need to go to school.

So cheeky for only 3 years old.

Although he confessed it was a lie after I said I'd call the teacher to ask why they hadn't told me it was closed. He said not really Mummy. It is open. Just a little joke.

Shopping

Only popped in for a couple of bits, oops

My own little Elton John

Hungry caterpillar

A caterpillar which Thomas made at a party he went to.

Thomas talk

He woke early today and Phil told him to get back to bed and stop being daft, to which he replied "like Daftvader?"

Anniversary time

This was a very rare night out for us, our 4 year anniversary.  The first year we had just had Thomas, the second year we were trying for a baby and last year we had just had Lucas so this year we managed to get some time for a meal out. I wonder what we will do next year? 

Lego time

Thomas got some lego for his birthday, to begin with we started doing it together but I think he is too little to do it so I started to do it myself. I promised Thomas it would be ready in the morning. Then when the kids were in bed I finished it.  I must admit I was proud of myself and felt a sense of achievement. I think this might be my new hobby :-)

Inquisitive Thomas

I was putting the washing out and Thomas said he needed to ask me a question. 

Great I thought, he is looking up to me and thinks I am a wise Mummy who will help him develop and to teach him things so I went to him and he asked me what pregnant meant. 

I told him it's when a woman has a baby in her tummy and then carried on putting the washing out. 

A few minutes later after having a think he asked how the baby gets out. To give myself some time I repeated the question slowly, Hmmmm how does a baby get out, you want to know how a baby gets out, I replied that a woman goes into hospital and then it comes out - I then hurried into the garden pretending to sort more washing.

Who's the Mummy?

Well it wasn't me when I picked Thomas up from preschool the other day.

As usual I went into his classroom expecting the usual greeting which I must admit is my favourite part of the day (well if I can be really honest my favourite part is when he is at preschool and I only have one child to look after but for the sake of this I will say that is my favourite part of the day, it is my second favourite part)

So normally he is looking longingly at the door for me and when he sees me his face lights up, if he has a picture or some kind of handmade phone box or rocket made from an old box (don't get me started on that!) he will hold it up to show me while looking proud then he will run to me and say he loves me and he missed me.  That is cute, people think he is cute then when we have left the school gates it is a different story but they aren't to know that so for that moment, I enjoy it and pretend that he is like that all the time. 

But this day was different, as I walked in he looked at me, pointed and said that's not my Mummy, didn't even smile.  Luckily the there were no new teachers, this could have caused a bit of a problem if there were. I said if I am not your Mummy who am I?  To which he replied (with all the teachers and other toddlers watching)  you are a big pair of boobies.  Cringe!

Making mistakes

Feels a fool after bring tricked!

I love the thought of morning cuddles with Lucas so when he woke up at six yesterday I looked at him and he looked so sweet and sleepy so it seemed like the right idea to bring him into our bed.  

I had visions of us lying there, snuggling, drifting in and out of sleep until about 8am (then hubby would bring me breakfast in bed but then I realised that would be too much, lol)

So just as we got in the room he was like a different boy.  It was like he suddenly got a burst of energy and was jumping on the bed, beeping noses, squealing, doing raspberries, playing peekaboo.  Really not the relaxing morning I had in mind. If I had known I would have left him cooing in his cot.  

The thing is I was more annoyed at myself for falling for this trick once again.  Maybe next time I will know better.  Or will I?.....

Brotherly love

2 pairs of brothers :-)

Attempt at photo

I thought it might be nice to have a photo with my youngest but as you can see it ended up with him trying to hit me, I gave up after that. At least I tried, lol.

Peekaboo

My gorgeous boys x

Feeding time

Thomas feeding his brother

Little dinners

Pudding for the lucky boys

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Home made chicken stew with potato.

Dinner for everyone tonight. Made in the slow cooker and has been cooking all day :-)

Easy lunch

A tasty lunch and on offer so same price as a sandwich. Just bung in the microwave x

Mexican

Not slimming world but very tasty! X

Pizza

Amazing pizza from Pizza Express. We went there for our 4 year anniversary. I had one with meatballs and roquito peppers on. Yum

Getting organised

Been very busy getting organised. As i'm doing slimming world (most of the time ;-) ) I like to make sure I've got things to snack on. So i've made quorn Bolognese and pasta, a few smaller portions and some for my lunch at work, broccoli and then a chilli ready for dinner tonight and carrots to go with the boys dinner tomorrow. x

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Home made Cottage pie with carrots

What does size matter?

Thomas was given a spider man top for his birthday and was asking if he could watch the spider man film. Phil said he was too little to watch it. He thought about it for a while and asked why it mattered what size he was. Too cute.

McDonalds

My healthy eating went well until twelve o clock when my sister took us to McDonalds. I'd decided to have a chicken wrap but ended up having a big Mac meal, large! Then polishing off Thomas's left overs too. Not good, but I did enjoy it.
Maybe tomorrow will be a better day :-)

Child dinners

Reminds me of when I was a girl. Chicken nuggets, mash and beans.

New start

Phil has been off work and we went away with the boys, this also meant wine every night and eating lots of scrummy, unhealthy food so today is a fresh start.

Back on the slimming world diet and alcohol only at weekends. Fingers crossed it won't take too long to get back to where I was.

Even though I've enjoyed eating and drinking what I like I do feel unhealthy and a bit wobbly in areas :-) so am looking forward to being good again.

Chilling cat

Mcfly

Had such a great time seeing mcfly. I was so happy my friend had a spare ticket so offered it to me. I really love them!

Bird house

Thomas was given this bird house by a very lovely person and really enjoyed painting it. He was so so proud and couldn't wait to show Daddy :-)

My boy

Posing after swimming so not looking gorgeous! (well not me anyway)

Holiday wine

Enjoying a glass of wine on holiday

Feast

So today is the last day Phil is off on holiday and is also the last day of eating naughty so we are making the most of it with an Indian. Yum.
Ideally we wanted a take away but I convinced Phil it was cheaper to do it ourselves. Although now I wish I hadn't!

Egg on your face

I was disappointed to hear that someone had thrown eggs at Simon Cowell during the live Britains got Talent final. 

I do like Simon Cowell but even if I didn't I think that is a horrible thing to do and it must have shocked him.

Clip of the woman throwing eggs

I hope that she doesn't get lots of publicity and interviews from doing that and as Amanda Holden said "The only person with egg on their face is the stupid cow who threw the eggs."  News

Messy play with friends

Painting with his friend Lucy. He enjoys it so much but I need to gear myself up for it with all the mess so he doesn't do it as often as he'd like.

Tomato, mozzarella and avocado

One of my favourite starters. Especially with some balsamic sauce over.
P.s this was for 4 people, not just me!

Peek aboo

Delicious breakfast

We didn't have much in but fancied a tasty breakfast so Phil made this delicious tart with parma ham, tomatoes and mozzarella. Yum

Hello

Sorry I have not blogged for a while.  I was poorly with a virus and then was rushing around organising the boys birthdays and then went on holiday. 

But I am back now and can't wait to share my stories with whoever would like to read them x x

Mr Maker

A great present for Thomas's birthday. Kept him amused and it was lovely to see him playing and making faces using his imagination.


I think I will ask for something similar for my birthday, I enjoyed it too :-)