i am going to just have to mention the weather!!!

I have been trying very hard not to moan, talk too much about our weather but today it has put me a bit to the test…and not entirely on its own…a bit of a catalogue of events saw me yearning for a very cold, chilly…even, windy day.

these events were:

1. Isaac’s last day at nursery for the summer today and he could go to the party as a pirate. Isaac is not a particular fan of fancy dress. But he had said he wanted to go as a pirate so i borrowed a costume. Should have guessed there would be problems when he was standing in the bedroom minutes after me putting the pirate shorts on him..saying…’maisie wear pirate shorts?’ and taking them off. So, i managed to convince him to keep them on and then went through the same spiel with the waistcoat, hat, eye patch etc etc. so by half nine this morning I was at the point of ‘Go naked to the party for all i care’ stage. Hmph

2. Maisie has just discovered the land of independence and is trying to get into the car and her car seat by herself, slight problem…. she just aint tall enough….so i help her and then listen to the wails and screams of her insulted heart and take some very DEEP breaths.

3. Got to nursery and discovered that the buggy has a puncture. WOOHOO. So now i have to try and re plan by ever so fast shopping trip while isaac is in nursery and figure best thing to do is Poppy in baby carrier thinggy and Maisie in the single buggy.

4. So on nearly the hottest day of the year. I am charging around the shops with my 7 month old strapped to my chest, getting us both very hot and bothered and my 22 month old sitting in a single buggy crying because she cant have ‘yot yot, yah, yah’ (yoghurt raisins)

oh and thank you to the nice man who chased me round the car park to tell me that i had got Maisie out of the car and walked off leaving the back door wide open. DOH!

So we had a cranky day today. I think Isaac enjoyed being a pirate. But boy, has he got to be begging me next time he wants to do fancy dress.

Just hanging onto that last nerve……

little biddy layout i did. See i do love him really….

🙂

who i have the honour and privilege to share a bit of time with, totally ROCK.

oh yes they do.

We set off in various vehicles, in what initially seemed like very ‘various’ directions but then all came together again on the wiggly squiggly roads of Wales.

and yes….we had some sizable amounts of fun. Spirits visibly rose in the elegant surroundings of hendre house and the Welsh hills. The sun shone, food was eaten, drink was flowing and we just had a whole bunch of lovely moments.

*sigh* these times, these little snippets of being the playful characters that we often, as women, forget, help to centre the soul and I love it.

So as Davina says on Big Brother (not that i watch it….*cough, cough*) these are you’re best bits…..

The gorgeous model that came with us…..

i think the one photo that sums up a LARGE percentage of the weekend…..

yes…..the gradient of that hill really WAS that steep!!!

the place, we sat.

some paddling took place….

just beautiful…..

and it makes me smile…..

so does this……

3 amazing, funny, wonderful, happy bits of the future sat right there on my sofa in my kitchen. That does my heart SO much good I think it might pop.

Have a good weekend y’all. I am off for a night away with the very groovy and wonderful women in my cell and so will check back sunday evening and ladies….i am bringing the camera…….

nearly 7 months for Poppy to work out that she has to shout loud in our house to get some attention.

Over the past 2 days she has developed this habit of yelling(not crying) yelling and then going all smiles when a face appears to talk to her. This afternoon I have been saying to her ‘Poppy stop shouting’ and even that gets a big grin. I guess she figures any attention is good attention….oh dear……..

So typepad was down yesterday, hence the silence. So what to do with myself I wondered when i couldnt trip down typepad lane last night…well here is some of what i got up to…..

another bit of news in our house is that our little maisie now sports a ‘proper’ pony. As in all her hair into a little tuft on top of her head. works wonders for keeping her fringe out of her eyes and also stopping her itching her neck. Im thinking i need to work on my portfolio of hair designs…at present, very very limited…..

have a good thursday. i’ll be back.

ps…and so will our powerbook…very soon…yippeee

…my name is Sarah and i live a lie……

i tell my son on a regular basis how much fun playing with trains is and really…i don’t have a whole heck of a lot of time for the ‘number one engine’

I don’t know quite what it is i don’t like about him. It isnt because its a train, train’s are okay. `its just something about Thomas and all his stiff up tight ‘you’re a really useful engine’ friends…..

But okay, i will admit, i kind of have a soft spot for Toby…the sort of garden shed with wheels one…i mean who wouldn’t?……

So today we realised we had left a thomas train at the childminders. I tried very unsuccessfully to convince him that there were other thomas trains to play with but he would’t have it…

So we all got into the car and went to retrieve him. I asked Isaac what was so different about this Thomas he said to be quite incredulously …..“its chuffty chuff Thomas”

Of course. 🙂

A few layouts peeps. Thought you might wanna look see….two very random layouts. first one is on white card so the edges got lost on the scan but you get the idea. Second one is Poppy, the title is 2 much fun..but yes it does look like heart 2 much fun, as so helpfully pointed out by my husband, Had meant to just have a few random letters by the 2 as i just love that 7 gypsies tape….but hey it was very late……..

🙂 Cyas