Where did the week go??

I am sorry for my absence from the land of blogging ~ I blinked on Tuesday (which was when I last posted) ~ and now here we are on Friday ~ where on earth did the week go???????????

I wish that I could tell you that I have had a week full of excitement and was unable to blog because I was sunning myself on some far away island.........unfortunately the truth is a little less exotic!! I have basically just been so busy with every day life that the days have passed in a bit of a blur. I have been working on setting up a childminding website ~ I have paid someone to make it for me and it should be completed very soon ~ I have supplied all that I needed to have it set up, so now it is just a case of sitting back and waiting. When it is all up and running ~ I will let you all have the website details and you can come over and visit (and sign my guest book!!!).
I have also been advertising my childminding services ~ as I have a vacancy to fill and I have also been busy getting paperwork, accounts etc all up to date!! The joys of being self employed!!A busy week (again) all in all!!

On Wednesday morning ~ Lauren was very excited because she had seen Zac Efron from HSM on the Early morning TV ~ so she was dancing about and decided to dance about on her cabin bed ~ while she was getting (or should that be dancing) down ~ she totally missed the ladder and fell down the bed ~ all I heard was 'bang bang bang ~ then a louder bang as she hit the floor ~ then a loud scream followed by uncontrollable crying!!!!' ~ I ran into the bedroom to find her on the floor holding her leg (and still screaming!!). She managed to get up with a bit of help and was unable to put her weight on her leg fully ~ so, as this all happened about 10 minutes before going on the school run ~ I decided that she should stay off school for the day ~ which she did, her leg is alot better now ~ although she is sporting some very large bruises down the front of her leg!! Never mind ~ maybe my asking her not to pretend she is in HSM and dancing and singing into a hairbrush while trying ro get off the cabin bed ~ will actually sink in now!!!!!!!!

While she was off school we went to my friends house (who is also a childminder) and the children decorated gingerbread men!!


Here is the little girl I look after ~ all ready to get decorating!!

Lauren got to do one too ~ due to her 'leg injury' ha ha !!!!!
Smarties make good eyes and a nose!!
The finished gingerbread men (or ladies........or should that just be people????)

While the children were decorating the gingerbread men ~ my friend June asked the little boy that she cares for ~ what he was doing with the icing pen ~ he was looking at the gingerbread man intently and trying to draw something with the icing pen ~ when she asked again what he was doing ~ the little boy replied "I am giving him a willy" ~ needless to say ~ we were both in fits of laughter ~ but in this instance ~ it was definitly 'a ginger bread MAN' ~ and if you look in the photo above ~ the green line is the 'willy' in question!! Don't you just love children, they come out with the best things ~ I love working with children ~ they are so spontaneous and no two days are ever the same!! My work is never boring, that's for sure!!

Wednesday was also weigh in day ~ progress has slowed a bit ~ but this week I said goodbye to another pound ~ bringing the total loss so far to 4 stone and 3 pounds (59 pounds!!) ~ so I suppose I should be happy at that!! I have started to exercise again after being a bit slack for the last few weeks, so hopefully that will give it a bit of a kick start again!!

Well, that is my week in a quick summary!! Hope you have all had a great week ~ I have managed to come and visit most of my regular bloggy friends ~ but will try and catch up on all my favourite blogs later tonight!! Wishing you all a relaxing evening and a great weekend XXXX