1. i had some more macro shots to share..but i managed to delete them all when i was only meaning to delete one…ooops…darn *select all* 

2. Jemimah has reached that 'you know..im bored looking at the back of this seat' stage…i resorted to carrying her to school and back this afternoon in the baby carrier….facing outwards..she stayed awake all the way there and back.

3. Is it half term yet?

4. We had some friends of ours for lunch on sunday and Matilda got down from the table and disappeared for a while..we hadn't really noticed and then suddenly she appeared covered in sudocrem and we discovered just why it had been so quiet. She is for sure one of those 'if you can't hear them anymore..you need to run to see what they are getting up to' type of kids.

5. I think Isaac may be heading for a career as a presenter…or maybe a psychologist..this past couple of evenings he has said to Ben at tea time…'How was your day Daddy….why don't you tell me all about it?'

6. I have had two occasions over the past week or two when complete strangers have just been downright kind to me. One in the supermarket queue when J was gearing up for a screaming fit as her seat wasn't too comfortable..the cashier offered to pack my groceries and then a lady in the queue behind me offered to hold Jemimah so i could get on with the packing……

and today in a coffee shop…which was really really busy….wondering where to sit and getting hot under the collar again because J was screaming for lunch, a family with grown up kids finished up their coffees and offered me their table….and helped me again by holding the baby…..

its quite sad really that it is actually not the norm to be treated so…more often than not…the only input you get from strangers is the hot feeling of being stared at. 

7. On the subject of shopping, Matilda is NOT a fan of shopping..there is probably not a toddler who is really but she has a habit of exclaiming in a loud voice 'OUTSIDE MUMMY!" whenever we head into a shop and 'COME ON' anytime that i hover around to browse something. She also shouts 'ELLO at anyone walking past but then won't make eye contact if they return the greeting. 

8. Can anyone actually afford to fill up their entire fuel tank at the moment? diesel at £1.30 a litre, which i think for my american friends works out at about $4.00 a gallon!

9. Ben and I are trying to get 'into' west wing. We dont watch much TV really and someone recommended it so we ordered a disc on our love film account….seems good..biggest problem is actually….just..staying…awake….

10. Got some snow boots for the kids from Aldi….which is an altogether bizarre shop to carry that sort of thing…but they were pretty good value…the girls are wearing them all the time at the moment. Who needs snow for snowboots?

from my iphone.

So now that i have told you a whole bunch of useless and not so interesting facts…im off to bed…

teamjames

at taking some droplet pictures, i was watching a tutorial and it looks very complicated. far past the time i had to set this up…which was …um…none.

As long as it took for Jemimah to work out that she wasnt getting any attention…

teamjames

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1. Do you have any pets? – no, but would like to
2. What was the last book you read? – half way through 'run like a mother'
3. Do you like to cook? – yes..but had to learn it otherwise my kids would have a lifetime of fish fingers ahead of them…
4. What's your favorite food? – ooooh….mostly the bad stuff
5. Do you have brothers and sisters? – big bro
6. Which sport do you like? – i like to watch sport..not really so great at competing nowadays..did a lot of equestrian sport as a kid
7. Do you live alone? – er….heck…no 
8. Do you live in a house or an apartment? – house
9. Have you ever lived in another country? – yes…briefly….Canada
10. Have you ever met a famous person? – i met julie waters when she was catching a ferry to France with her daughter..she was very nice
11. How do you spend your free time? – whats that?
12. Tell me about a favorite event of your adulthood. – my wedding and the birth of my kids
13. Tell me about a favorite event of your childhood. – getting a puppy
14. What are your hobbies? – photography, blogging and sitting still.…
15. What countries have you visited? – lots of europe, america, canada and still lots more to do
16. Which country are you from? – UK (with a fair half share of the blarney!)
17. What do you do on Sundays? – church, nice lunch and chill with a walk or chatting with good friends
18. What do you do? What's your job? – Okay so im employed by a hospital as a NICU nurse but im first and foremost a wife and mummy
19. What is your motto in life? – 'you cannot control the wind but you can direct your sails'
20. What kind of food do you like? – the kind that tastes good
21. What kind of people do you like? – people who dont take themselves too seriously and are honest about who they are and what they want….also people who don't sweat the small stuff and people who can raise so many children and stay on right side of sanity
22. Which languages do you speak? – english only really..tiny bit of french…(regretfully)
23. What are you best at? – im not sure im the best to answer that..
24. Who do you respect the most? – people who have overcome
25. Who has had the most influence in your life? – some very important friends
26. Would you like to be famous? – nope
27. What do you think you will be doing five years from now? – five years from now ill have a 13, 11, 10, 7 and 5 year old, happy days 🙂
28. Are you a 'morning' or 'night' person? – i have learnt to be a bit of both but probably best in the morning
29. When do you feel best? In the morning, afternoon, or evening? – morning..afternoons are the grave yard shift
30. How many times did you move as a child? – 2 i think?
31. What kind of woman/man would you like to marry? that would be the kind that i married 9 years ago
32. What cartoon character best describes you? – Marge Simpson
33. If you could live anywhere in the world for a year, where would it be? – NZ, AUS, USA, CANADA…not that fussy..just want to go…
34. If you knew could you try anything and not fail, what dream would you attempt? – i would write a book
35. What super-power would you most like to have, and why? – the power to change an outcome…
36. Would you live with someone without marrying them? – i didnt
37. Would you rather take pictures or be in pictures? – obviously i take pictures but it would be nice to be in some occasionaly
38. Are you a beach, country or city person? – where is the mountains option? I like a bit of all of it depends if i had kids with me or not!
39. Where do you spend most of your money? – regrettably it is the the e-v-i-l supermarkets

I sent these to a new friend from America, its always fun to see people's answers. You can of course have a go too. It harder than you think

🙂

teamjames

ben and i have both been commenting on how much our house seems like this at the moment….

sadly we don't get the bit when the tide goes out and you actually see the clear floor…

oh..how the line 'get some space in your life' resonates with me…

and there are quite a few times when that has nothing to do with the clutter!

 ;)

teamjames 

1. We are making pens contraband in our house…yep i know that sounds extreme but Matilda believes, i think, that all surfaces, faces, people, walls and toys do in fact come together under the giant banner of 'doodle pad' and nothing is safe. Yes she has even drawn on her sister…with a bic biro!

2. On the subject of sisters (the baby one) who had her immunisations on Tuesday and in the process of transfer to measuring mat type thing to the change mat managed to evacuate bladder all over me..and im not talking little tiny wee either. The health visitor laughed at me and said 'oh well i guess you are used to that though….'   'er….no….its not that often that my kids pee on me…you know i try to avoid it if possible….'

3. I have been searching for weeks for one of a set of little baby bootie things, they are amongst one of my favourite bits of baby wear, im not a great fan of baby socks..or anything really that doesnt stay put on a baby and most socks don't. Anyway i had this cute pair of booties and i lost one of them a while back…i had a bit of a search for it and finally summised that i must have left it somewhere…few weeks ago i was looking for something in Maisie's bed and i came across it acting as sleeping bag for some little weeny tiny doggies. Im fighting a loosing battle here…..

4. We are in the s-l-o-w process of cleaning up our hard drive. Its is currently doing the equivalent of a bowing table under a couple of ton of paper.

5. Does it feel about a month or two since new year to anyone else? 

6. Going round the block on scooters…..

7. The girls have started gymnastics at the local training centre..which is not your average training centre really as it has some very successful members. The dedication that the gymnastics people seem to have sort of scares me a bit. Its very beginner ish at the moment but i cant help but have this sneaking feeling that if they get good i might just have to sign my spare and not spare hours away to the cause…not sure im ready for that…and also some of those little kids doing the splits and laying their entire bodies on the floor at the same time scares me even more! 

8. the kids made their own pack lunches the other evening…which is pretty incredible. Isaac started it with the idea which i think was driven by the fact that he had spied a twix which he fancied in his lunch and so had the brainwave of making his own lunch to assure that he got it! 

9. Matilda started to call me 'sarah' just before christmas. I know there are some people who would just about have a fit but she is just copying what she hears others say and…um..it is my name…

10. Have you seen this kids programme . We really really like it and thats pretty rare. check it out if you have pre-schoolers or early learners in foundation stage..although my 8 and 6 year old love it to.

And so..yes i know its not thursday..i did start this on thursday and i was considering waiting till next tuesday to post it but…..

pah….

late afternoon on the mersey…just because…

teamjames