Oscar got his Nursery School place... phew

I was beginning to get a little jittery about it. I had heard on the grapevine (at the party on Saturday) that other children of his school year had heard. The good bit was that they lived further away than us, so it almost guaranteed us a place. The bad bit, was that I got myself in a panic that we hadn't sent the letter (paranoia, naturally, nothing new there then!)

But the letter was in our letterbox by bedtime last night. He has got the place Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday morning. We just need to work out what to do with him for the rest of the week!

We are still holding out for the full time place at the other school, but this is a good step.

Like I said, PHEEEWWWWWWWWWW!

Nice BH Weekend

We haven't done a huge amount, but we've had fun doing it!

On Saturday, we went to a little party with a Bouncy Castle in the garden. Oscar, in particular, loved it, and so I think we have almost decided to hire one for his birthday in September.

We also had S and T for their usual fortnightly visit, so Span did a lovely BBQ. I ate too much, but hey ho!

On Sunday we went to Span's parents' for lunch and we took the children's new bikes. It was only after we'd bought them, that I realised that they had actually given us some money at Christmas for those bikes, so it was nice to show them what we had got. We took the children to the park round the corner from their house, despite the drizzle, and we found an unused tennis court which meant they could go round and round as much as they liked.

And today, we went to B&Q to look at everything (!) and then go to John Lewis to order our bedroom Wallpaper. It was very exciting to finally chose it. We just need to find a whitish tone that goes well with it, and they I will feel content.
We've had a lot of ideas about furniture and seeing them in the "flesh" has been helpful. I'm hoping we won't have too many arguments on the way to deciding.

I haven't done enough Physics revision, so I shall crack on with that once the children are in bed. My practical, not to metion the written paper, is looming, so I have a lot to do.

Pics to follow, when I get round to uploading them...

Done, but not dusted

THE BUILDERS HAVE LEFT THE BUILDING. Yay!

They finished up with their cleaning yesterday morning, and apart from coming in 3 weeks with a new door lock, they are done.

In a weird, sadistic, sort of a way, I think I will miss them. It nice to have someone to say "hello" to in the hallway, and have a brief chat with. But as my title suggests, I shall not miss the dust. I have heard from various sources that I shall be finding it for a looooooong time.

Pics to follow when the camera is charged... because that arrived just now. double YAY.

I've got to go and make an early lunch so I can head of for Physics at 12.45. I'm not totally sure, but I think something might me "up" Our tutor didn't turn up yesterday, and hadn't phoned in. That is not good practice in ANY job. Update on that to follow.

And finally, as promised, some pics of the children on their new bikes. They aren't ideal as the camera battery was about to die, and I only got a few before it went.

I told you they were rubbish!! he he

Lovely day at the Farm

We went to Farmer Ted's today. I've only ever been at Christmas when it is freeeeeezing, so it was nice to go when it was milder. That said, it was still a bit cold... where is summer?

The children didn't stop. We had soft play, then we went to see the animals and then had a quick play in an outdoor play area. Then we stopped for lunch.

After lunch we had another brew, and then played on the other climbing frames, big activity hall, sand pit (very large) go-karts and a model cow which you could "milk" and water came out. (hysterically funny) Then we went on the tractor ride (Oscar was asking about this ALL day)

Oscar was funny though. He was playing on the ride ons while Jas was on the swings. While he was in there, there was a pre-school group there too. Although, I looked round and everyone had gone. Oscar was no longer where he was supposed to be. Thank goodness I had a hunch. He was happily in the giant sand pit, with the group. He did the same thing a few minutes later, and followed them from the sand pit, and I found him amongst the group AGAIN, with the animals.

I am convinced that he just heard an adult tell him what to do, and he did it. He is probably so used to being part of a crowd of children, with childcare workers around that he just went without thinking. What a plum!

I'm really glad that he was happy socialising but I wish I could just have some kind of satnav on him. It was like he was attracted to groups of children, as I found him with the Llamas later on!

There is SO much to do there, even I would be happy going back soon, but maybe in June now, once my damned exams are done! And perhaps then we can enjoy even better weather

Jas loved puddles. She finally got to test out her welly boots (after jumping in with her shoes before any of us could stop her. I was locating Os at the time! Both of them behaved pretty well today and I am very proud of them. They ate their lunch, were nice to other children they met, and played independently and confidently. At one point, while I was finishing my lunch, I noticed my two were the only two at the very top of the soft play castle thing. Perhaps that was slightly foolhardy...

Ah well, I'm gushing now, but they are lovely. :)

Charger has been found

I thought that the fact that my mum hadn't mentioned that I'd left the charger behind, that it wasn't there. But it was.

Either mum told me, and I completely didn't listen (highly possible) or she hasn't actually told me (she says she has and again, highly possible!)

As it turns out, we left it behind the last time we stayed, I think they sent it back, and I promptly left it behind again! The words memory and sieve come to mind!!

I seem to be adding many more "Silly moments" tags at the moment. I hope it is just a coincidence!

Tea lady!

I've just made drinks for 10 people. Crazy.

2xwater for children
2x tea for Span and me
3xtea, 1xcoffee for builders
2xtea for gardeners.

I guess chosing to make a brew when the heavens opened just now was bound to stop work and have people wanting tea!

We've also had the cleaners in this morning. I feel very lazy. I feel like we have all these people all these things for us, and perhaps we should do more. Yet I am Chief Child Care Provider as well, so that must count for something! And I've done 2 loads of washing. One load done twice. My only guess is that the cleaners turned it on while wiping it. It had finished when I went to town earlier, but by the time I got back it was running again.

While we were out I decided to get Oscar's hair cut. I opted to have a bit more than usual cut off, ready for the summer (yeah, right... sunny skies R Us..) Its made it look a little straight and weird but I actually like it, and it makes him look so grown up. Pics to follow when we can locate our battery charger.... eep


As Lindy and Teddy will know I was suffering with a tummy ache on Friday. Didn't stop me drinking, mind you! But, unfortunately, the booze didn't numb my tum. For those of you keen on updates, it seems to have calmed down a lot after a horrible day yesterday. Docs can see me tomorrow morning (no Ivy then, again :( ) and I should get a few answers to my concerns then. Its nothing serious, I'm pretty certain of that,, but seems to come on without explanation and I want to know what I can do to stop it coming again (apart from give up my beloved beer, which I did nearly 2 years ago now) I am on new meds for my skin, so I wondered if I might be suffering a side effect from that. I had a day off the drug yesterday and started again today. Its an antibiotic so I don't want to mess around with it too much, otherwise I'd stay off it another day.



I have a nice busy week this week. Farmer Teds on Weds (all welcome, BTW) I'm hopefully meeting some forumites I know, but all are welcome, despite the shite weather predicted! Then, the plan is possibly to join B and L at the Bodyworks. But I need to confirm with Teddy if she minds putting the children to bed for us, as Span would like to come too. And then all my Physics, revision, Brownies, housework, that the cleaners don't do, and clear up after the builders who MIGHT BE DONE THIS WEEK. (She says without getting too excited this time!)

So, what was meant to be a small update has turned into a long ramble, as usual.

This post is dedicated to my fab sister who had her first Midwife final today. Bec, if your watching my love, I'm sure you nailed it. (())

Not too overhung

Which is fantastic. I am SO glad that I managed to avoid getting too ill! I downed 2 pints of water before I went to bed, so hopefully that helped.

The benefit of no hangover was that we have been to get the children some bikes. It was a lot easier than we thought to find them. We got them at Decathlon, and Jas's was under £20. Pics will obviously follow, but not yet. We had to put the bikes together, and despite my severe short patience I did it relatively quickly.

Jas had a Heeyuge tantrum in the shop because I took the football away to be paid for. Oh. My. God. She screamed ALL the way home. Needless to say, she is now asleep.

At one point, she was making a fuss, so I went through the exit doors and waited for her to come. Unfortunately, she didn't and the automatic doors shut. But, because she is so little she didn't set the sensors off to open the door again! So, she was crying one side of the door, and I was standing relatively helplessly on the other. I didn't want to leave in case she went into further meltdown!

Thankfully, Decathlon was busy, so someone soon came out and activated the doors! Failing that I would have got someone to go round to set them open. And Jas was so distraught anyway, she didn't panic. So, once the children wake, we'll take them for a little ride on their new toys. :)