My little actor!

I am a bit late posting this today ~ I had good intentions to do this a little earlier ~ but life just got in the way!

Tonight we travelled to the Theatre Royal in Winchester ~ to watch Daniel in a performance of Joseph and the amazing technicolour dreamcoat ~ which was put on by the Key Stage 2 children in his school. The children have been rehearsing since the start of the year and have been staying after school twice a week to practice ~ so they have really put their hearts into it.

Daniel had the part of an older child ~ which basically meant that he had a part narrating and was on stage quite alot of the time. He was so sweet and did a great job ~ it brought tears to my eyes ~ I was so proud of my little lad. Lauren had already seen a performance of it in school, but she was so excited about going to a theatre and seeing it done on stage ~ we had a really nice night.

We are getting everything ready for easter ~ we have an easter egg hunt planned in my friends garden and some easter crafts ~ there are busy days ahead of us.

Tomorrow is April 1st ~ April fools day (tee hee!!) ~ so I am trying to think of a little trick to play on the children.........(nothing mean of course) ~ when I was younger I played an April fool on my sister and told her that the wash powder was sherbert.......she ate it!!?? and was quite sick (when she had stopped foaming at the mouth!) ~ obviously I got told off and sent to my room (in my defence I was only about 8 at the time) ~ I didn't bother trying any more tricks after that .......well, that is if you don't count the time me and my sister put a fake dog poo on the hall carpet and sat back and watched my Mum go balistic (bahhahaha ~ we didn't even have a dog!!) ......

Finally ~ as well as it being April fools day tomorrow ~ it also means that there are only 5 more days until this comes out on DVD.....


Oh Edward.........only 5 more days ~ I cannot wait (tee hee!!).XXXX

Rainy days and Sundays

The last couple of days have been a bit of a rush ~ I can't believe that the weekend is almost over already ~ I don't even feel like I have had a break and the fact that the clocks went forward today didn't help ~ losing that hour is a real pain ha ha !!

It also means that the children did not want to go to bed at the usual time ~ as it was still very light outside and they decided that meant they could stay up!! Eventually they saw it my way (I think the threats of no treats this week helped matters slightly!!) ~ and went to bed....

Not alot to report from today ~ I treated myself to a new cardigan this morning while we were out shopping ~ I liked the colour and decided that I have lots of tops that I can wear it over ~ so I bought it! I don't usually wear bright pink ~ but decided that summer will come (oneday) and it is quite bright and cheery and I am in need of something bright in my wardrobe.

I haven't updated since Friday ~ so just a quick update on the walking ~ it went really well, the first 2 miles are behind me now ~ it wasn't as exhausting as I had expected and it felt good getting back out there in the fresh air again.........The only very slight problem was the fact that the lovely sunny weather that we had all day on Friday ended about 2 hours before the walk ~
Then the rain started ~ followed by the strong winds ~ followed by more rain and then a bit more....(you get the picture!) ~ SO ~ we had to have a slight change of route (avoiding the woods and the mud) and stuck to a route that has a path all the way round.
We were soaked when we got back ~ all the way through ~ but it was still worth it (???).

We are sticking to just 2 miles a week at the moment ~ so no walking until next Friday ~ then we will be increasing to Mondays and Fridays.

The picture below is especially for my good friend Dani who commented on my last post that she would love to see a picture of me with my new training shoes and my PJ's (which is how I was wearing them in prior to their first outing) ~ so here you go Dani .............

They are still lovely and clean and shiny and new ~ don't expect that to last too long though!

And finally ~ here are the pictures of my lovely little Lauren with her Dance trophies and certificates.

She has now decided that she wants a shelf up on the wall in her bedroom for all her awards and wants all the certificates framed and up on the wall ~ so looks like I will be quite busy this next week ~ I am not very good at putting up shelves ~ so that should be interesting!!

XXX

3 Distincions and 1 merit

All the dance results are in ~

The final results are.........

Ballet ~ Distinction 92 points
Tap ~ Distinction 90 points
Modern dance ~ Distinction 91 points
Hip Hop ~ Merit 88 points

Lauren is totally overjoyed and pleased that she has passed ~ and better still that she has passed with such high marks ~ all the exams are marked out of 100 points ~ so she has done very well ~ then again I am slightly biased ha ha !!!

Will update this post with some pictures later ~ when the little dancing Diva is back from school ~ she has taken the certificates and 2 of the awards with her to school ~ so will get more pictures later on.

I am pleased to report that we have sunshine here ~ in anticipation of the 2 miles that I have to walk tonight ~ I was not looking forward to it if it was raining ~ but so far the weather is looking promising. I have been wearing my trainers around the house ~ trying to wear them in before tonight ~ I must say ~ they looked very attractive with my PJ's last night ~ I am such a fashion trend setter (NOT!!).

Friday is here again ~ hurray for the weekend !! XXX

Why we love children....

A woman was trying hard to get the ketchup out of the jar. During her struggle the phone rang so she asked her 4-year-old daughter to answer the phone. 'Mommy can't come to the phone to talk to you right now. She's hitting the bottle.'

A little boy got lost at the YMCA and found himself in the women's locker room. When he was spotted, the room burst into shrieks, with ladies grabbing towels and running for cover. The little boy watched in amazement and then asked, 'What's the matter, haven't you ever seen a little boy before?'

A little girl was watching her parents dress for a party. When she saw her dad donning his tuxedo, she warned, 'Daddy, you shouldn't wear that suit.' 'And why not, darling?' 'You know that it always gives you a headache the next morning.'

A little girl had just finished her first week of school. 'I'm just wasting my time,' she said to her mother. 'I can't read, I can't write, and they won't let me talk!'

A little boy opened the big family Bible. He was fascinated as he fingered through the old pages. Suddenly, something fell out of the Bible. He picked up the object and looked at it. What he saw was an old leaf that had been pressed in between the pages.
'Mama, look what I found,' the boy called out.. 'What have you got there, dear?'
With astonishment in the young boy's voice, he answered, 'I think it's Adam's underwear!'

Hope these brightened up your Thursday ~ they certainly made me smile. XXX

80.5 and 88

Incase you are wondering what the heck the title of this post is all about ~ I will put you out of your misery ha ha!!!

80.5 is the total pounds that I have now lost ~ I lost 1 and a half pounds this week (that half is very important to me tee hee!!!) ~ which is 5 stone 10 and a half pounds!!! I am so glad that the weight is on the move again ~ after a few weeks of staying the same and then the odd pound here and there. I am also back on the power walking from Friday. I ordered myself some new trainers (my old ones fell to bits) ~ and some new jogging pants (my old ones fell down ha ha ) ~ and some new sports tops ~ so I am ready and waiting for Friday! I just hope that the weather holds out ~ as we are going back to the old route we did last year ~ which partly cuts through the woods and can get VERY muddy if it has been raining. The route is about 2 miles and we were just about doing it every week night ~ so that was 10 miles a week ~ we are going to start with just the Friday night at the moment and build up from there ~ which is what we did last time.
I will keep you updated as to how it goes (if I am not too exhausted!!).

Next ~ 88 is the points that Lauren scored in her Hip Hop exam ~ which means that she passed with Merit ~ which is what she wanted. She did get quite upset as her certificate and trophy were not on the table and she thought that she had failed (bless her ~ she got quite emotional) ~ but the principle of the school had put it in with the ballet results by mistake and had to go and get it sepeartely. She is over the moon ~ she had already said that she didn't think that she would get a distinction for this exam ~ as it is the class that she has been doing the shortest time ~ but she was hoping for a Merit and that is what she got.

I am not sure whether she will get her ballet results at the class tomorrow night or whether she will have to wait until saturday ~ but I will keep you updated ~ and I will post some pictures of the ballet and hip hop certificates and trophies too.

Well, I am off to watch the Apprentice which has started a new series tonight ~ I just love Sir Alan Sugar ~ and all the bitching and back stabbing in the board room (reminds me of my previous life ha ha !!).