Saturday ~ Again!!!!

Yet another week has flown on by and it is Saturday yet again. We had to be out of the house quite early this moning as Lauren had a dance rehearsal for the show that she is in next weekend!! ~ I stayed and watched a bit of the dancing and they are all so sweet ~ they are dancing to a version of the song ~Sesame Street and they all looked soooo cute. Lauren has a full dress rehearsal on Friday and then another one on Saturday ~ aswell as 2 shows and then another 2 on Sunday ~ so she is going to be really tired next weekend ~ I am just glad that there is no school the next morning ~ so at least she can have a lie in. I will be back stage on the Saturday (before I watch the show) and also on the sunday ~ so I will try and get some nice photos of Lauren then. She is very excited that she gets to have her hair and her make up done and she also gets her costume on Friday ~ so we will have a better idea of what she is wearing (at the moment it has not been fully decided!!).

After dancing ~ we had to go and do a bit of food shopping ~ as some little pixie had visited our house and eaten all the food (infact 2 little pixies did it ~ ha ha !!!) ~ I think that it must be the same little pixie that keeps visiting my bank account and taking all my money (tee hee!!!).
I decided that I need a quiet(ish) weekend, as things have been so busy lately and I just need to relax a bit. I told the children that we would not be doing anything special this weekend and they were not too bothered. I went to visit a friend and while we chatted and caught up on all the latest gossip ~ the children went and played in the park for a while ~ they totally loved being out in the fresh air running about and just having a fun time (the park is right behind where my friend lives ~ so I could see them out of the window!!) .

They both jumped in the shower when we got home ~ as they were both a bit on the grubby side and once we'd had dinner and tidied up ~ we all snuggled up under the blanket on the sofa and watched The Golden Compass on DVD ~ which the children really enjoyed. They are both in bed snoring (all that fresh air tired them out!!), and I will not be far behind. There is no Judo for Daniel in the morning ~ so for the first time in forever ~ I can have a lie in and I don't even have to set the alarm (this is totally unheard of!!!). Lauren has a birthday party at an activity centre at 2pm, but until then we don't have to be anywhere ~

Just before I go, I would like to introduce our new puppies, which we bought today!! Before you get too excited ~ they are not real (sorry to disappoint you!!).
The one on the left of the picture is Daniels and it is called Rocky and the one on the right is Laurens, which is called maggie (named after our very own Dani's little poochie ~ Maggie!!).

So far they have been quite well behaved, and don't seem to cause much trouble ~ so I think I will let them stay!!

Well, best say bye bye for now ~ I am off to my nice big snuggly bed, where I intend to stay for as long as I can ~ and the children may even be kind and let me lie in ~ until ~ ooh I don't know ~ at least 9.30am if I am really lucky!!!! XXXX