A MOTHER HOLDS HER CHILDS HAND FOR JUST A WHILE ~ AND THEIR HEARTS FOREVERx

Sometimes.............

I feel that the world is moving on by too fast ~ that time is passing me by too quickly.

I sat and looked at my babies today ~ actually sat and took in their gorgeous faces ~ their cute little mouths and button noses! Only ~ my babies aren't babies anymore. Somewhere along the way ~ someone stole away my 2 tiny little dots and replaced them with an 11 year old and a 7 year old.

I feel like I have been stuck in time ~ standing still while everything else around me carried on ~ how can my children be so big ~ where did those sweet little baby hands and feet go?

I love my children so much ~ I always will ~ no matter how old they may be ~ but I just wish that I could pause time ~ stay here and now ~ just a bit longer ~ because when I looked at my precious babies today ~ the realisation hit me ~ that they are growing up ~ getting more independant and that these carefree days ~ full of fun and no worries ~ will not last forever..........

no matter how much I wish they could.

Familyxxx

We always were a close family ~ my Father was a soldier ~ so we tended to move around alot ~ sometimes every 6 months or so. This made the 4 of us close ~ my Mum, My dad, my Sister and me!

We were the constant in each others lives ~ when everything else changed, as it so often did ~ we stayed the same, were there for each other ~ we were family.
I have so many happy childhood memories ~ infact my childhood was so happy that I do not recall a single bad memory ~ I think that the worst thing that I can remember happening was my Grandmas dog (whiskey) having to be put to sleep.

I was always closest to my Dad ~ a real daddys girl ~ I obviously loved my Mum ~ but my Dad was my hero and I was his special girl ~ I could do no wrong ~ and where my sister was a rebel, got in trouble (and actually had a life ha ha !!) ~ I was the 'good girl' who followed the rules and never got into any trouble.

Then my Dad died ~ the devastation that we all felt ~ the remaining 3 ~ was totally soul destroying.

We pulled together ~ just us 3 ~ even though we lived miles apart ~ we were still family ~ still there for each other ~ still close.

Over the years that have slipped on by ~ all 15 of them ~ the balance has shifted and although my sister only lives an hour away from my Mum ~ they hardly see each other.

I feel like I am trapped in the middle of someone elses story ~ my Mum and sister hardly speak at the moment ~ I hate that it is like that ~ I don't know what to do ~ I love my Mum and I love my Sister ~ they both mean the whole world to me ~ I have tried to put it right ~ tried to sort it out ~ but I can only do so much ~ they have to do the rest between them.

I know that a life lived saying 'what if?' is a life wasted ~ I know that nothing can change the past ~ change what has been and gone ~ But I wish so much that my Dad was still here ~

It feels like the whole world shifted when my dad died ~ took on another course ~ and I hate that my once close and happy little family of 4 has ended up where we are today.

I hope so much that we 3 that remain ~ can somehow return to where we once were xxx

More Snow ~ More Ice ~ Still no school!!

Today has been a little bit mad ~ to say the least!
We woke this morning to freezing temperatures and snow ~ on top of ice ~ making conditions a bit hazardous! The school was closed ~ so the children had a great time ~ just playing outside, messing about and generally just having fun.

By the time we took the photos below ~ the snow was starting to melt and the temperature was a bit warmer!!

However ~ later this afternoon the snow came back and it was colder ~ and basically it has been snowing ever since ~ meaning that we now have quite a bit of snow again!

There is no school again tomorrow ~ not sure about Wednesday yet.

Our little village was quite a dangerous place today ~ my friends son managed to write his car off ~ not far from my friends house in the village ~ he hit ice while going round a bend, managed to avoid a parked car ~ hit a lampost and a kerb ~ mounted the kerb and hit a wall!!

Thankfully he was ok ~ but the car will not live to see another day!!

It seems that most of our part of the country has been affected ~ and we have been told that tomorrow we should only travel if it is essential! Hopefully by the end of the week we should be a bit warmer.

I am off to bed now ~ another early night ~ having my two children home today ~ aswell as the 3 I look after has been slightly tiring ha ha !! XXX

SNOW! and to top it all......NO SCHOOL!!!

Well, we have snow......on top of ice!! which has resulted in walking and driving and generally doing anything becoming almost impossible!

The photos above were taken an hour ago ~ it has snowed more since then and although it doesn't look alot ~ walking on it is hilarious! I went up to clear the snow off the car ~ and looked like I was the latest participant in Dancing on Ice (Todd carty eat your heart out!!!).....I nearly fell over ha ha ~ that would have been nice!!!

We have severe weather warnings for the whole of our area and it just said on the news that they are advising people not to drive unless it is essential!

The children have a day off today as the school is closed ~ apparently the decision has been made because more heavy snow is predicted throughout the day and they are worried that they may end up with children stranded at the school ~ so it is closed until further notice!!

Anyway ~ just a quick update ~ will no doubt be back later ~ with more pictures and tales of frozen body parts ha ha !!! XXXX

Here comes the snow

Just a quick post to let you know that we have snow!!
(Very exciting I know ha ha !!)
There have been some severe weather warnings over the last few days ~ but nothing has come of it ~
Today it has been snowing on and off all day, but none of it has really settled.
I have just looked outside and the cars are covered and it seems to be staying put this time!
I have no idea what we will wake up to in the morning ~ could be white over ~ could be all gone ~ who knows!!
I am not sure what will happen regarding the childrens school if we have bad snow ~ we have never really been in that situation before ~ in all the years that we have lived here!

I did think about venturing out and taking a picture so you could see........BUT ~ it is after 10.30pm, I am in my PJ's (not pretty ha ha !!) and it is FREEZING!!!!!!! SO ~ you will just have to use your imaginations tee hee!!
I am off to bed now ~ think I will be needing a few extra layers tonight ~ I hate being cold!
Take care and stay warm (or for those of you in Australia at the moment ~ stay cool haha !!) XXX