hiya, thanks for all your cards, texts and best wishes yesterday, really appreciate it.
I had a really nice day yesterday. me and Poppy dop headed off into liverpool for the morning and ended up staying there for HOURS…no seriously, got the very expensive car parking ticket to prove it….a few of the cool things that happened yesterday…

1. I turned 35…which is cool..see lower post.

2. I got a very cool present from Ben…we are going to see Billy Joel in concert at the MEN in July. OMGoodness I cannot wait to hear him sing Piano Man. In all honesty it is something I have wanted to do for years and am really looking forward to it. YAY!!!!

3. I met the dad of some twins I looked after years ago in NICU, they are now 4 and just about to start school. He works in Starbucks and recognised me and came over to say hi, showed photos of his boys. It just made me think …..’that is why I love my job’ Got very smiley feeling inside.

4. I realised that I am really really, no really enjoying this maternity leave with my lovely handful of kidlets. So as much in previous point i said i love my job, not in a great hurry to get back there….lol

5.Got the funkiest little book bag from borders.

Not really sure of its usefulness for me. The smallest bag I tend to carry is about 6 times its size but its cute and its my birthday so what the hey…..

6. Lastly, Poppy got some really lovely attention in town today from different people and she was such a poppet, smiles abound from that kid and I am just thankful, once again, for the sunny little thing she is.

Well thats about it for tonight. its still light out and ive finished my blog..must be a miracle…

look at this….. she is already playing with trains…tsk tsk

and a little bit of love between a mama and her babe

Yes today is my birthday and im turning 35…there i said it, wasnt too painful… :0)

Actually you know what I am cool with being 35, and im not just saying that, I am really. I was thinking the other day when i was listening to that song by sandi thom (i wish i was a punk rocker..). a lyric in it that says ‘I was born too late, into a world that doesnt care’
That actually I wouldnt have rather been born at another time, I wouldnt rather be older or younger that I am now. Its all good. I like where I am in my life now, actually that sounds a bit limp. I LOVE IT.

I am having a blast enjoying my three very unexpected (well two of them) babies and being married to a very funky fella who makes me smile inside and reminds me continually that there are still some people who strive for integrity. Yep, some of the lines appearing and the odd gray hair here and there might not be the most amazing thing about hitting mid thirty but when compared to what i have got, its not even worth a thought….

so here is a little list that I picked off another blog and thought it was pretty cool thing to do for your birthday. so here we are.

I AM……Sarah, a wifey, a mummy of three, proud to be a neonatal nurse, a member of Frontline church, a friend, a daughter, a sister, a scrapbooker, a wanna be writer and a lover of life

I WANT…..a holiday, a garden, more space, some scrapbook storage, adobe photoshop, a Chrysler Voyager Grande ( bit of a pipe dream methinks!!)…actually although i could no doubt come up with a long old list I dont have a great load of wants really…but there’s always some space for scrapbook stuff, right hebe? ;0)

I HAVE….the most awesome family, a wonderful husband, three superb, gorgeous kids. A wonderful little house in Liverpool that we squeeze into, a fantastic and supportive church who help me grow in my walk with God, even though sometimes its a stumble, some big dreams ahead of us….

I WISH….there where more hours in the day(who doesn’t?), that teacher’s didnt work so hard for so little and ditto that for nurses, for an end to the need for things like the NSPCC, for a more disciplined life in certain areas, for community to return and for my children to be safe.

I HATE…..DOG POO ( or at least when it is left on the street, which is A LOT round here!!)…aggghhh just don’t get me started…..i can’t bear the mindless, selfish people that let the dogs foul in places where kids are playing and don’t do anything about it………. there I have said my bit.

I MISS…..my Mum and Dad, a truly amazing family that I love loads that live down south on a very steep hill at number 30, you know who you are, holidays, going to shops and taking my time to browse and sleep.

I HEAR….my kids talking, learning to talk, gurgling, shouting, crying, laughing and playing. Itunes playing on the computer, a bit of radio 2, well I am now 35 you know. Ben talking to himself, does it all the time ‘just thinking out loud’ he says.

I WONDER….what it will be like to see Jesus, if we will go to Canada, what my kids will be like as adults or even school kids for that matter, how to get Isaac to eat anything with a sauce.

I REGRET….nothing I havent already been forgiven for.

I AM NOT…scared of standing in the gap for my family and striving to fulfil my purpose.

I DANCE…..with my fabulous kids, usually to boogie beebies.

I SING….a lot of nursery rhymes, in worship, to the radio, when I’m scrapbooking, in the gym, whatever, wherever there is a bit of music.

I CRY……out of frustration, tiredness and feelings of inadequacy and also cried my eyes out watching The Passion. I also feel like crying at the thought of going to Ikea with all three of my children….

I AM NOT ALWAYS……..in the right frame of mind, patient when I need to be.

I MAKE WITH MY HANDS……meals for my family, scrapbook pages, fairy cakes

I WRITE……here in my blog, in my journal, on notepads, bits of paper, emails, letters, somewhere, anywhere I can write.

I CONFUSE…myself…LOL…with my over analysing

I NEED…..to pray, to be with my family, those near and far, hang out with my buddies, some alone time now and again, cuddles from my babies.

I SHOULD…..eat more fish….yeah, right NEVER going to happen, sorry ben :0)

I START……working on blog posts and scrapbook pages far too late in the evening and end up not getting enough sleep, reading books in bed only to fall asleep, watching TV only to realise that an hour has gone by.

I FINISH……content, really, in this bit of my life. There are things that I would love to improve and change about myself overall, like i said, its all good, the ups and downs all shape me into a better person. So I am happy to be 35 and looking foward to whats ahead…bring it on….

Well i cant end a post without a few things to upload, a picture, a layout and an mp3 that ben did for my birthday with the kids, we did it yesterday for them, ben is at work today and mornings and evenings are so hectic, they are all on here, even Poppy but my fav is Maisie’s opera stylie…check it out…

and a picture of one of my most favourite days in the last 35 years….

We have had a picnic (or nicnic) as Maisie calls them for the last two days. Loving the eating outside options for this great weather we are having. Mind you sleeping last night in a room that was about 26degrees was a bit uncomfortable BUT I will not descend into that trait of the brits to moan about the weather, it has been just fine.
Having a bit of battle with Maisie about wearing a hat. We had a kind of in and out of the buggy period when we where out for a walk on friday and she seemed to get the message, out of the buggy with hat on = having fun with big brother. Taking hat off and running away from mummy = being put back in buggy and no fun to be had. Isaac has also decided that this year he will wear a hat and we went to a shop on friday and he chose a hat which had the England colours on it so he was quite appropriately dressed for yesterday.

Poppy gets no choice at all, she gets a hat and thats it. The colour of her skin the poor little thing will be wearing a hat in any kind of sun for the rest of her life. Suddenly feeling a bit of understanding for my mum chasing me around with hats and suncream etc. :0)

Anyway we did a pre-birthday birthday today with our kiddies for Mummy’s birthday. They got to blow the candles out on the caterpillar cake that Daddy had got from M&S, one time each and sing happy birthday. Got to love the fact that my birthday turns into a big treat for them…:0)
Funny thing, i gave Poppy a rice cake in church this morning and she sucked away at it quite successfully and then cried when i tried to take it away….i think she is tyring to tell me something….

well, the big day tomorrow. Im going to the shops and treat myself and Poppy to a Starbucks.

some picnic park pictures. big love, im out.

my wonderful fella took some of my layouts to work and scanned them onto file…here is one of them, i think scanning is much better than photos..i must resolve to get my hands on one. This layout should have a question mark at the end and also when scanning one of the buttons dropped down..oops…

You know yesterday i was talking about Isaac being an elephant. Well on sunday we went to the beach at New brighton. It was a really nice weather day, not quite as hot as it has been today but nevertheless. Off we went to the beach. Isaac absolutely loves water, always has. Maisie, who liked the sea last year in France but seems to have had a re-think this year. ditto that for the sand as well.

Isaac had a bit of paddle in the water but then discovered some tracks that ran nearly from the water edge all the way across the sand. So of course, they became the traaaaiiinnnnn traaaaacckkks and he walked up and down pretending to be a train and boy was he into it. we followed him to the back of the beach and then back down to the water. Does that kid ever love trains, people have told me that it will just be a phase…im not so sure, its been a long phase……..

ben was the only one brave enough to go into the water with Isaac, he kept telling me that the water was warm..yeah..right, im with maisie on this one.

so some photos of the beach, my particular favourite. Ben wearing the fetching pink backpack….he he, you have got to be a big man to wear a pink backpac with a little white dog on it.