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