Let the blogging re commence !!

Well, I cannot believe that January has flown by without me adding something to my blog !
I seem to have got well and truly out of the blogging loop and sat here last night and decided that if I don't get back into it now....I probably never ever will ..... so here I am !!

My camera is currently on charge, I have found the lead that uploads to the computer and I have photos ready to share with you all!

There has not really been alot happening here! We had lots (and I mean LOTS) of snow last month, so much infact that we ended up being snowed in for 4 whole days....not good!
The first day was quite fun, the kids loved it, but by the fourth day of being stuck in the village in the middle of nowhere, no shops, nowhere to go etc etc... cabin fever started to creep in and we all got very fed up!!

Luckily it eventually went away and life went back to normal, although it is still cold here and today we have rain......roll on summer I say!!

Daniel and Lauren both enjoyed their birthdays, I find it hard sometimes to get my head around the fact that my babies are now 12 and 8, where does the time go??

Daniel is well and truly an "almost" teenager and he has a great social life, he is out quite alot these days and I hardly see him, he spends alot of time with a school friend doing homework and playing out on his scooter !!

Lauren continues with her dancing and is still doing really well. She has her next round of dance exams coming soon and is already practicing her dances! She auditioned recently with her dance school for the west end show that they put on in London in July and she has passed. Her rehearsals start in a few weeks, so she will be dancing her little heart out!

Today is pancake day, so thw children will be busy making pancakes after tea! Last year was very interesting and I am wondering how many will be stuck on the ceiling this year ha ha !

Hope all my blogging friends are well, I have missed you all so much and will be spending tonight on a marathon blog visiting session to catch up with you all!

Hopefully I will find my blogging mojo again and rekindle the love of blogging that I had before .... so, let the blogging re commence xxxxx

Getting ready for Christmas !

Well, things have been a little bit hectic around here recently and my good intentions to blog more often have slightly gone astray!!

We have been busy getting ready for christmas, decorating the tree and wrapping presents, I have some great pictures that I would love to share with you, but the lead for my camera has hidden itself somewhere, so for now they cannot be transferred to the computer!!

We are all packed and ready to head off to my Mums tomorrow for christmas, we are spending a week there before coming back here for New Year, which we are spending with friends this year!

The children are both starting to get very excited about christmas and Lauren keeps adding new items to her christmas wish list.......which is a bit late, as we have sent her special list off to santa a few weeks ago (pheww!!).

I hope to have the time to blog a bit more while I am at my Mums and should be able to upload some photos when I find the lead.

For now, I hope that you are all safe and well and that your christmas preparations are coming along ok !! xxx

OMG ~ where have 2 months gone??

I just cannot believe that it has been over 2 months since I posted on my poor neglected blog (I am so sorry blog, I do still love you!). I have really missed blogging, missed all my blogging friends and your blogs. I have such alot of catching up to do and will be over to visit you all this week/weekend, so expect me to be popping up to say hello very soon! I will not be leaving it so long and am hoping that my love of blogging will still be there and indeed stay!

We have been really busy and there have been alot of changes. Daniel has moved up to senior school and is getting on really well and seems to enjoy it. He has grown up all of a sudden and doesnt actually tell me that much about what goes on at school........getting ready for the teenage years I fear!!

Lauren moved to junior school and she is also doing really well, she is the opposite of her brother and tells me everything that she does at school......EVERYTHING!!!!!



Lots and lots of events have taken place, the most recent being Laurens 8th birthday. She had a joint cheer leading party with one of her school friends, which she loved and then on her actual birthday we had a celebration at home ~ more presents and yet another cake!!

Here is my little birthday princess, blowing out the candles on her cake (yes, she is in her pyjamas ha ha !!)

cake and eight candles, how can my baby be 8 already!??

Lauren has recently joined the brownies and was actually sworn in to the brownie pack on her birthday, another nice celebration.

Lauren and her friend Caitlin at their joint cheer leading party!

Shake those pom poms!

We also celebrated haloween and the children enjoyed trick or treating. I have never seen so many sweets and they are still getting through them now (the poor teeth!!)

Here are some scary spider cakes that I made with Lauren, they were very yummy!!

Lauren and Daniel carved the pumpkin that had pride of place in the kitchen window, very spooky!!

The annual haloween party was great fun as always and Lauren decided that she wanted to be a purple witch this year, that face make up took forever to get off and she still had a slight purple tint to her a few days later!!!

My big boy, looking so smart on his first day at senior school. If only he looked that smart every day!!

That is just a quick update of what we have been doing. Life is much the same as always, busy but happy!! We are getting ready for Christmas and the children are excited that we are going to be putting up the tree and christmas decorations over the next few weeks (photos to follow!!). We are also planning to go and visit santas grotto in the local shopping centre and I have a few nights out planned in the lead up to Christmas, so good times ahead!

Will be over to visit you all very soon and promise that my next post will be in a matter of days and not months!! XXXX

Neglected!!!!

Yes, I am still in the land of the living........here is a photo to prove I am really still alive!! I know, I know ~ I have soooo neglected my blog and I am very sorry!!! I am afraid that I have something to admit to you all............I have an addiction.......I am trying to get help for it.........but I am totally adicted to.............Facebook (LOL)!!!!!

So, what have we been up to here??

It has been a few weeks full of happy moments and a few sad ones too!

We said goodbye to one of the little girls that I look after ~ she is moving to Germany with her parents and we will miss her so much. We had a little picnic in the garden for her to say goodbye!

I received a wonderful card and another Willow Tree figure to add to my collcetion ~ it is just lovely!!

I also received a birthday card from my Blog friend Tania and a lovely little card.

Thank you so much Tania ~ it is gorgeous and I have worn it today ~ it looks great!!

We also celebrated Andys birthday on the 8th ~ he had a really great day and we went for a meal in the evening ~ which was really nice ~ we don't get much time together ~ just the 2 of us ~ so it was a special evening!!

Here is the cake that I had made for Andys birthday.......I wish that I could lie to you and tell you that I made it......but I didn't ha ha ~ my friend Joan made it for him ~ it was very very yummy!!

The children are making the most of their school holidays and thankfully the weather has been quite hot, so they have managed to get out in the fresh air and sunshine quite alot.

They are back at school during the first week of September ~ so before then I have to kit them both out with new school uniforms and shoes ~ Daniel needs a school blazer as he is moving up to senior school.

I am counting down the days until I am going away with Andy ~ the chidren are (hopefully) going away with their Dad and we have 4 days away together ~ just the 2 of us ~ believe me.....I really need the break!!!!

I have the day off tomorrow ~ no children to look after ~ apart from my own 2 ~ so I am going to have a day of.......cleaning!! I do not get the chance to have a really good clean ~ so it will be out with the polish and duster and this place will get a much needed summer clean (as I have totally missed spring ha ha !!).

Well, best be off ~ have a pile of ironing the size of a small mountain to get done (yuck!).

See you all again soon XXX

Holidays

Well, we are now 2 weeks into the summer holidays and things are going ok. Lauren has recovered from her sickness episode ~ which thankfully did not develop into anything more serious and Daniels eye is getting better ~ although he still has some bruising 2 week on.

The children have been enjoying their time off school and have been busy doing craft and drawing and playing out in the sunshine ~ which seems to have left us today though! The last few weeks have been a mixture of bright and sunny days, followed by rain, rain and rain!!

We went to see the new Harry Potter film at the weekend and then Andy and I took the children out for a meal ~ which they thought was great!

The film was fantastic and I totally enjoyed it and would go and watch it again and again (yes, I am a bit of a Harry Potter fan!).

It is all change here over the next few weeks with 2 of my childminding children moving on ~ but another 2 start in September, so that will keep me busy.

I have been spending my spare time trying to have a major clear out and tidy up ~ which I have actually been trying to do for the 4 years that I have lived here (ha ha ). When I split with my ex husband, we were given very little time to leave the Navy accomodation that we were living in, so when I moved in here I just brought everything with me (whether we really needed it or not!!!). Now, 4 years later ~ the place is in need of a big clear out ~ especially the childrens bedroom ~ which is full to bursting (they have sooooo much stuff ~ I have no idea how that even happened!!!!!).

I am usually so busy with work and my 2 children and just life in general, that I never have the time to really get everything done, but between the children moving on and the new ones starting, I have a few weeks break ~ which will be put to good use..........cleaning and tidying (ha ha ~ I wish I could just spend it sitting about eating chocolate and being lazy tee hee!!!!!).

It is Andys birthday at the weekend and I am taking him out for a meal and have some suprise presents for him (since he made my birthday soooo special this year!!).

We are also going away together for 4 days at the end of the month ~ as the children are (hopefully!) going away with their dad (camping??!!!).

All in all ~ life is good and I am very happy (although I suppose that I shouldn't say that out loud ha ha ~ don't want to jinx it!!).

Hope you are all ok in blog land ~ am off to visit you all now and say hello!! XXXX