Where on earth have I been????

Hello there everyone! For those of you who were thinking that I have fallen off the edge of the earth ~ or been abducted by aliens.......you are wrong (ha ha ) ~ I am still here ~ still in the land of the living and still plodding on as normal!!

Life has been amazingly busy ~ we are racing towards the end of the school term ~ with just over a week until the children break for the summer ~ alot of changes ahead ~ Daniel will be at senior school in September ~ Lauren will be moving up to the Juniors part of her school ~ it is all change and quite frankly quite unsettling really! BUT ~ we will all cope and I am sure that there are alot of fun times ahead for both my little stars!

So ~ as I have been officially the worlds very worst blogger ~ infact I just haven't blogged for at least a million years ~ and haven't visited you all in sooooo long ~ here is a quick update on what has been happening with the three of us.........

Firstly ~ thanks to all of you that left a comment on Laurens fairy post ~ her search for a fairy is continuing and if there are any developments I will let you know.
The dance show that Lauren is taking part in is this Sunday ~ we have to be at the venue for 10am and it looks like we will not be home much before 10pm ~ so that will be a very tiring and quite busy day. I will be doing the stage make up for the dancers as I did last year ~ it is basically like a conveyor belt ~ just doing make up for girl after girl after girl!!!
Lauren will be in 4 dances this year and she has been rehearsing like mad ~ she has now received her tutu ~ which is pale blue and totally gorgeous ~ she is just so made up with it and when I saw her little face I wanted to cry (I am such a softie!!). I have had some photos taken of her in the tutu that I need to get scanned into the computer and then I will let you all have a look! I know that I am slightly biased as her mother ~ but she looked beautiful.
Lauren had her swimming gala at school today and was proud to come first in both her races ~ she also did well in her fun sports day ~ with her team coming second overall.

Daniel is racing along towards the end of his primary education and is in the last weeks of his schooling at his current school ~ before he attends his new secondary school in September. He went on a visit there last week and was ok ~ a little daunted by the size and the amount of pupils that attend (his current school is very small) ~ but he will be ok. I cannot deny that I am quite nervous about the whole thing ~ it is a big step, a big move and I just hope and pray that he will be ok. Dan has now received his green belt in judo and has moved onto harder moves and throws ~ this resulted in him coming home with a very slight black eye last Sunday ~ he was quite proud of this fact and wanted to show it to everyone.
Daniel also did well in his swimming gala winning one race and coming second in another. His sports day was alot of fun ~ with him winning the sprint and coming second in the mini marathon ~ he was very good and should be rightly proud of himself (I am!!).
Daniel is quite happy this year ~ as he has been spared the pain of coming to the show all day with me and Lauren ~ this year he is going out with Andy for a 'BOYS' day ~ I think that they are going to go fishing and then go out after and do some other fun stuff ~ it gives them a chance to spend some time together and do boys stuff ha ha !!

As for me ~ I am happy ~ infact I would go as far as to say I am VERY VERY VERY happy!
Andy and I are getting on very well and things are just great. After all that happened in my marriage and all that I went through I promised myself that I would never let myself get involved with anyone ever again and I had given up hope of being with someone ~ and then when I least expected it ~ it happened (just as so many of you great blogging buddies told me it would!!!). We have had some great days out with the kids and have also had some 'date nights' where we have managed to spend time ~ just the two of us. Last night we went to a gorgeous little pub for a few drinks and a bite to eat. I got dressed up in a lovely new top that I got for my birthday and my tightest jeans (that I can just about still get into!!!!) ~ well, after a few drinks I was rather tipsy and somehow managed to let the wine glass completely slip out of my hand and smash on the table ~ there was wine all over me (and I mean ALL OVER!) and glass everywhere! Andy just rolled his eyes, asked me if I was ok and then headed off to get me a replacement drink (I so love that man ha ha ). Luckily there was no major damage done and my top had dried by the time we left the pub ~ saving me the embarassment of having to walk out with a huge stain down my front!!! A note to myself for next time ~ Take one of the childrens training cups with me ~ at least that way I will avoid any un expected spills!!

Our next date night is scheduled for next Wednesday ~ we are off to the cinema ~ where hopefully I will manage to keep hold of my popcorn and not throw it all over anyone!!

Well, I have lots of pictures to upload into the computer and will then do some photo posts so you can see Laurens show and her in her tutu and also Dans visit to swanage.

Off now to go visit some of you and say hello ~ hope you are all well and will see you all again soon XXXXXX