A little bit of everything!!

This weekend can basically be summed up in one word ~ WET!!
We have amused ourselves indoors mostly ~ the children have been playing on the Wii and reading books ~ I have been a mad cleaning woman ~ and have blitzed the kitchen and the bathroom ~ which are both sparkling and clean (for a few hours at least ~ until my 2 mad chidren mess them up again ha ha !!!!).

Lauren has been busy writing her birthday and christmas lists ~ which are made up of EVERYTHING HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL!!! She is eagerly awaiting the new HSM3 film, which is out here on 22nd October ~ and as part of her support she has been wearing her badges with pride!!

High School Musicals biggest fan (maybe!!!!)



We have also been doing a small amount of retail therapy this weekend ~ but I had a slight dilema!! I went out this morning to buy a clothes rail for my bedroom as I have too much stuff to hang up and NO storage space (I had lots before I had to give my nice bedroom to the children boo hoo!!) ...........anyway ~ we got slightly side tracked (and when I say WE I mean Lauren and I ~ as Dan was at his Judo classes!)

We managed to come home with 3 of these little fellas ~ which I thought would look nice on the fireplace at Christmas...............
I bought a pair of these (they are fleecy PJs ~ very sexy I know ha ha !!!!!!)
BUT ~ believe me people it has got very cold here and I went to bed last night wrapped up in about 4 layers ha ha !!!!!!!

The children needed new Christmas stockings this year ~ the ones they had were getting a bit old and had seen better days ~ Lauren wanted a 'high heel boot' this year ~ so we got Dan the male alternative!!!! I am sure that santa will find lots of goodies to put in here!!

I had to have this little fella for my front door ~ I had one with santa on last year ~ but couldn't resist this one!!I know ~ I know ~ it is only October and I should not be shopping for Christmas ~ let alone being all Christmassy on my blog ~ BUT as I write this it is only 80 days ~8 hours~3 mins and 39 seconds until Christmas ~ and that means I had better get my act together!! Those 80 days will be gone before me (and my visa card) know it !!!!

The funniest thing of all is that I came home without the clothes hanger that I went to buy in the first place ~ I totally blame Lauren ~ she made me buy all the other stuff (honest!!) ha ha !!


On a totally different note ~ my children now have one of these each......................................

They are chore charts ~ and have things written on them that the children have to do each day ~ such as cleaning their teeth, getting dressed, making their beds and keeping their room tidy ~ each time they complete the tasks they get a star!! Each star is worth 5 points ~ which is changed into 5 minutes on the Nintendo DS or the Wii or the computer. At the end of the week I total up the stars and write how much time the children have to play (not all at once ~ but in half hour blocks) ~ on their games etc!!!!

At the end of each month the total stars will be added up and depending on how many they get ~ the children can have a treat!!

So far it is working really well ~ hopefully it is teaching them some responsibility and teaching them that they have to work for things in life ~ treats don't come free ha ha !!!!! (I am such a mean mummy!!!).

Looking out of the window we still have the rain ~ it is almost dark (at 5pm) and I am thinking of putting the heating on!! We have a small amount of local flooding ~ nothing too bad ~ just a few roads and the local river is a bit high ~ it has been far worse than this in the past! I hope that the sunshine comes back again tomorrow ~ all this rain makes my hair frizz and we can't have that tee hee!!

Hope you have all had a nice weekend ~ XXXXXXXXXX