Sunday

This morning we went to the Christening of my friend Jo's children, Adrienne and Isaac. I have known them both since they were born and they are the niece and nephew of my best friend June ~ so it was a very special day!!!

We all got dressed in our Sunday best!!??

Here are some photos of us ~ dressed and ready to go!!
Here I am in my new trousers ~ which thankfully fitted perfectly!!

Here is my sweet little princess, who refused to wear a dress ~ but looked very sweet in her tunic and trousers!!

AND ~ here is my lovely boy, who looked so grown up in his shirt and tie and his new trousers ~ quite the young man!!! He tried to do his own tie, and although he did really well ~ he still needs a bit more practice!!

We had a wonderful time ~ even though the heavens opened just as we walked to the church. The service was really nice and at the end, the children all got to ring the bell ~ which was something really different.

We then went back to our friends house for a meal and a little celebration!

We came home a little bit earlier than planned as Lauren was invited (last minute) to a Halloween/birthday party ~ which she really wanted to attend, so it was home for a quick change and then onto that!!! She has had great fun dancing and playing games ~ and we are all shattered. The kids are just off to bed ~ and I am about to collapse into the bath and then it will be an early night for me too!!

Hope that you all had a fun weekend too XXXX

Scary spiders and growing up way too fast!!

This is the sight that met me in my kitchen earlier today...............................................this is what I saw in my kitchen sink!!



Anyone who knows me, or has read my blog for a while ~ knows that I have a real fear of spiders ~ they are not my favourite thing and so this totally freaked me for a moment ~ UNTIL I remembered that Dan and lauren had been eating halloween cakes and these were infact the spider rings that were on the top of the orange icing!!

Here I am modelling one of the spider rings ~ even this slightly freaked me out (ha ha ).
I am such a wimp tee hee!!


Today my sweet little Lauren went to a party for her friend Anna. They went to see High School Musical 3 and then went for food afterwards. She had such a fun time and has not stopped talking about it ~ she is now totally addicted to HSM 3, aswell as 1 and 2!!

Here are some pictures of my little girl before she was ready to go ~ she looked so grown up ~ and she was pretending to talk on one of my old mobile phones ~ she looked like quite a little lady. There are times when I look at her and I can't quite believe that my tiny little baby is now an almost 7 year old little lady!!

Please excuse the tongue sticking out ~ she was unfortunately in one of those moods!!

Dan and I had a great time ~ we went out and he managed to get some new football boots and a new boot bag ~ as he is in the school football team ~ he did have new boots not that long ago, but his feet will keep on growing. We went for something to eat and then for a walk on the beach (which was what Dan wanted!!). Then it was time to collect Lauren and head back home ~ so all in all a very nice day! I love having days when Dan and I can spend some time together, just me and him ~ it doesn't happen that often ~ and it is special when we do have these days.

I am off now to charge the camera, so that I can get some nice pictures at the christening tomorrow!! I have also got to remember to go and turn the clocks back an hour before we go to bed ~ or else that will totally confuse me in the morning......I don't want to be the only one standing at the church an hour too early tee hee!! XXX

Another week over

Yet again I am sitting here on a Friday night ~ the week over ~ kids asleep ~ peace at last!!
We have had a busy day today ~ the children were off school today ~ so we made some halloween invitations for the big party that we have planned for next Friday ~ they had great fun doing them.

Lauren is at a party tomorrow ~ she is going to see High School Musical 3 and then for something to eat ~ so Daniel and I can do some things together ~ Daniel was hoping that the new James Bond film would be out so we could see that ~ but it is not out until the end of the month ~ so we will have to find something else to do.

Laurens party plans are coming along well ~ I have had a change of plan regarding the party bags ~ I had planned to do cups filled with sweets ~ but as the cups were quite large ~ alot of sweets were needed ~ so I ordered some cello bags from a party website ~ which can then be filled with sweets (less than before ~ thus hopefully saving a few teeth ha ha !!) ~

Here's a trial run! (I have used trick or treat sweets for this photo ~ haven't decided what I will put in the real thing yet!!) ~ I think that these will be a better idea and Lauren likes them too. (She is going to help fill them ~ as there are about 25 to do!!!).

Sunday we are at the Christening ~ and we are all kitted out and ready for that ~I am looking forward to getting all dressed up and it should be a wonderful day ~ I just hope that the weather holds out for us.

Is someone trying to tell me something?

I was just over at Amandas blog ~ leaving her a comment on her blog post from yesterday!
I typed in my comment and then went down to the word verification box ~ it usually consists of a load of letters that make no sense.......BUT this time ~ as clear as day ~ the word spelt out

MENTAL

Do you think that someone is trying to tell me something? HA HA!! XXX

Jack Frost

This morning we woke to a frosty covering over the village that we live in ~ for the first time this Autumn!! Much as I loved the beautiful white wintery scene that Jack Frost had left for us I wasn't so keen on venturing out in the cold to defrost the car before the school run. Out I went ~ de icer spray in hand ~ all ready for my defrosting task!! Unfortunately the car was freezing back up as I was spraying the de icer on, so I gave up and scraped the damn thing instead!! We all got loaded into the car ready to go ~ but we had to wait for it to de mist and then I had to drive along with the window open ~ to stop us all steaming up again ha ha !!!

By lunchtime the weather was glorious ~ warm and sunny!! What a strange climate we are living in at the moment!!

I had my weigh in tonight and I lost ZERO pounds this week ~ not a thing!! I am a bit fed up with it this week ~ I am not going to give up ~ that is not an option!! I just cannot work out how you can eat virtually the same thing 2 weeks in a row and one week you lose 2 pounds and another you don't lose a thing!! HOW THE HELL DOES THAT WORK???????
Never mind ~ onwards I go ~ I knew that it would get harder and slow down ~ but it still is a pain in the bum when it actually happens (tee hee!!).

After I got weighed, I decided to pop and quickly try and get some trousers!! You will be glad to hear that it was a succesful mission!! I no longer have to go to the Christening looking like a clown!! I have a very nice pair of black trousers ~ and they fit great ~ I was so pleased that I could fit into a UK size 12 at last (not sure what size that would be in the US or Australia ~ for all my lucky bloggy friends that don't live in the UK !!!!) ~ I did try on the size 10 pair ~ and although I could get in them and actually get them done up ~ they were rather snug and I don't think that I would have been able to eat, breathe or sit down all day (tee hee) ~ so maybe a few more weeks and pounds lost before I try that size again!!

The children are starting to wind down a bit now ~ they are only at school tomorrow and then have Friday off ~ next week is half term and we have lots of Halloween fun activities planned ~ so they are excited about that! They both brought home their school Christmas dinner menus today ~ which sounded yummy ~ they have to choose what they would like and send it back in after the half term! I am trying not to look at the christmas counter ~ I think it was something like 64 days the last time I looked at it ~ I am sure that can't be right ha ha !!!

I have made a start now on the childrens christmas present shopping and they have both made a start on their santa christmas lists.~ ( I had to buy a few things ~ as I keep having this dream that I wake up and it is Christmas morning and there are no presents and I have forgotten to buy anything ha ha !!) Lauren basically would like every single item that was EVER made ~ linked in some way to High School Musical ~ pillows, quilt set, books, make up and there is even a perfume now!! So she should be quite easy to please. Daniel is a bit harder ~ he has a few things on his list, he would like a guitar and a bike and some computer games. The main thing that he would like is a PS3, which I cannot afford to get him ~ but I think that his dad may be buying him that!! (He has said he will, I just hope he follows up on it!!).

Well, I am off to watch Silent Witness ~ one of my most fav programmes ~ and later Desperate Housewives is on ~ I think it is the episode that I saw on Sunday ~ but who cares, I will watch it again!! (I know ~ I need to get out more ~ tee hee!!). Have nice evening XXX