Ten on Tuesday.

1.Me and the OH are actually addicted to I'm a celebrity.We haven't missed a show yet (due to sky+ were not that sad).I'm sure after the final i will go into a sort of grieving period for a day.Love it.


2.I'm not sure who's boobs are bigger Jessica J's or Willie Carsons. Quoted from my OH last night.

3.While we're on the boob issue,how do the girls who are on IAC actually stand up?They are so so tiny and have the most humongous boobs! They look like they should be doubled over.Seriously girls.

4.On Friday i sent Mr 3 to school in his uniform.On non uniform day.The shame of it.Poor lad.Thank goodness he's only 3.Thankfully he didn't seem to notice too much.

5.Last weekend my OH's dad and step mum came to stay,Mr 3 was so excited.And so was i.My (step) mother in law is like my life coach.She's a pretty remarkable woman and i would like to be her when i grow up.Thankyou.Please.

6.My OH's family have this tradition where they watch a film called Bernard and the genie every Christmas.Unfortunately i missed the annual viewing on Saturday as i was in costa. Genuinely gutted..


7.On Friday when i went to pick up Mr 3 from school, his teacher presented me with a large gift bag.Inside it contained something very precious..A travelling crib.12 pieces.Complete with Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus. We had to unpack it,light a candle,sing a little song and think about the true meaning of Christmas.It was really cute.And i think necessary in this day and age.The song wasn't so cute as the enclosed cd wasn't actually enclosed so we sort of ad libbed and that was interesting.Then the next morning we packed it up and took it back to nursery to go to someone else's house for the next night. Here's a photo with an illuminous snowman too.

8.I have a full set of grandparents.A grandma and a grandad. Who i now live round the corner from. My grandma is a baker and a knitter and my grandad is a maker of fantastic bacon sandwiches and he tells the best stories,he knows everything..When i was younger I'd ring him with all sorts of random homework questions.I think the world of them. And they do me. I consider myself extremely lucky to have them.

9.I had a knitting lesson today off my grandma,so far its going well!


10.When Mr 3 was really sleepy last night i said to him "i really really love you" to which he replied "Good".

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This week baby i promise....

This week baby i promise not to shoo you away while i hoover.I'll indulge your love of the vacuum cleaner and every time i use it, I'll chase you with it like you love me too x





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Ten on Tuesday.

Ten on Tuesday.. 

1.My 3 year old is currently doing my head in.I mean i love him, of course i do.I adore him.But some days he actually drives me insane. Give me a naughty child over a whingey one any day.Please tell me I'm not alone! Anyway mustn't dwell on Mr 3's naughtiness any more as his grannie/grandma will read this and you know how granparents view their grandchildren.Butter wouldn't melt and all that..


2.Never let a 3 year old put a stock cube in your beef bourguignon.Ever.Ever ever.From my experience even tho you try and teach them to crumble it in,it literally ends up ALL over the kitchen.Mental note-even tho he's badgering you to do it,its easier to put up with a tantrum than be cleaning beef oxo cubes off the kitchen floor.


3.Power cut in Morrison's today. Everyone got ushered out.It was very exciting for us(Me,Mr 1 and Mr 3) and the rest of the pensioners there.All the lights went off and everything.Very exciting.


4.We got a new (to us) couch yesterday.Its well nice,very Laura Ashley.Bargain price of £60!Bit of bartering,delivered same day.Made up.


5.At the same place that we picked up our bargainous couch we got a nest of glass topped tables(not sure if that's the technical term.Lol) for £8.Yes £8.Ive been looking for a little nest of tables for a while and not seen any for less that £45.And that was at 'The Range'. Shocking, I know.So i cleaned the tables up,washed the glass,bobbed down to B&Q, chose a few wallpaper 'samples',chopped up the 'samples',stuck on top of tables,Added Glass to top of table and Bobs your uncle and Fannys your Aunt.They look Boss!


6.Because of the afor mentioned tables,I'm finding it hard not to get too carried away thinking i have an amazing creative side which Ive not discovered till now and just take baby steps in my new creative journey!

7.What is it about M&S that make your kids wanna make a HUGE scene.Now i hate to make a scene.Hate it.Especially when its a quiet place,with snotty people and a toddler.Hate it. Its making me cringe now thinking of it.I popped into our local store last week to pick up a Christmas food order booklet(we are having Christmas at ours this year(!) for 10..) and it was a total mare. The Quinny was playing up,The 3 year old was playing up,and The baby was playing up.Not good. I'm just a mum,I'm not trained in spooks style negotiation skills which are needed to prize Mr 3 from the toy section. It was a total nightmare.


8.Me and my OH are really into the west wing atm. Were on season 3 so far .Love it. However there is one thing that really worries me about it. Sometimes it gets really emotional.There's some big things going on in that west wing i can tell you.And i don't understand why at the end of an episode when someone has had a particularly bad day no one gives them a hug.No one. Not one person.Times when someone is in tears and they just need a hug. I'm not going to lie, it does distress me slightly. Its times like these that i realise i may have a little too much emotion going on..


9. We had plans tonight but they've just been cancelled.Huzzah! I'm not a fan of going out of an evening,once the kids are in bed and its dark outside,unless its something really exciting I'm rather reluctant to venture out.

10.My in laws are coming to stay this weekend and Mr 3 is beside himself with excitement,we all are tbh but him especially.We love them alot and they live 4 hours away so we cant wait to see them.Mr 3 keeps asking me questions about it such as ' how many sleeps till they get here?' and 'are they sleeping?' Bring on the weekend!

Silent Sunday

This week baby i promise....

This week baby i promise..


To let you get down from your high chair and finish the rest of your food that you threw down for this very purpose.
               Somehow your food seems to taste better on the floor..



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Two little boys...

These two little boys are cousins.My boy and my sister's boy.And believe it or not they were born 16 hours apart.Mine on the 28.12.2007 and My sister's on 29.12.2007.Now that was an interesting xmas..

                      They have such a special relationship.Almost like brothers.

 

Believe me its not all plain sailing..They fight like cat and dog.But i think that's where the Brother thing comes in.

When it comes too it i know they are thick as thieves. And come on,how absolutely gorgeous are they!?!

Ten on Tuesday.Or not..

Currently listening to my sister in law on the radio,she got a show 10-11 on a Tuesday eve on www.flyfm.co.uk. She's an absolute natural. Motown=Tuuunes.

So anyway...I know its Tuesday and i know i should have Ten for you but i don't. I do have one for you tho. Today i cuddled a 4 day old baby.He's an absolute beaut.His mum is one of my bestest friends and we used to live round the corner from them.

They are the sort of family who,when you leave their house you not only feel like a good person but a really really fantastically good person.They are that encouraging.Our other 2 boys are pretty much exactly the same age and are best friends(aawwww).Mr 3 will unashamedly tell anyone that Elijah is his bestest friend in the whole world.And even though we now live 62 miles apart he's no way interested in getting a new one.Bless!

Master Tipping number 2 weighed in at a impressive 10lb 15.Someone give that woman a medal! She's actually my hero x

All in all ive got alot to be thankful for..

This morning I'm trying to shake off the Monday blues by being thankful for what Ive got. We've had a lovely weekend which I'm all too ready to forget at the start of a new week.Please tell me I'm not the only person who does this!
      
Couldn't resist sharing these cute photos from this week..

  Mr 3 eating choccie before breakfast..

                                                        Birthday Mcdonalds..

         And i bet you can guess whats going on here!(sorry love.couldn't resist!)


So all in all Ive got alot to be thankful for..

1st Birthday..

Today is my baby's birthday. 365 days old. 52 weeks old. A whole year old.

A good friend once said to me that when a baby has his first birthday the parents deserve a medal.For surviving a whole year looking after a baby. Ive got to say i agree. What a year we've had.Serious roller coaster.

Ive got to say what a gorgeous little boy he is.Cute as can be.Smiles at everyone.Waves at everyone.Especially in supermarkets.His laugh is infectious.I love how he loves his big brother,follows him around constantly,Always trying to interact with him. Also i love his feisty side, stubborn already.If he doesn't like it he'll let you know.If you take a toy off him he'll smack you in the face(we're working on this one).I also love how he looks like his Dad.Same dimples.Same chin bum.Same gorgeousness.

We were trying for another baby for 10 months before he came along.I look back now and its perfect timing.While i was pregnant i bled twice.Scared the shit out of me both times.First time i was 7 weeks, Me and Mr 3 were feeding the ducks at Shibden. 60 miles from home but thankfully in my home town.OH was about 300 miles away at the other end of the country.Turned up at my Grandmas.Mortified.She looked after me,feeding me very sweet tea and gossiping like mad to try and keep my mind of it.Until my brother turned up and drove us home.Love him.went to hosp,had a scan and there was that precious heart beat.Beating like mad.Beautiful. 2nd time  at 10 weeks. I thought that was it.I didn't think we'd get a second chance.no way.Again off to the women's.I remember lying on the bed praying they'd be some sort of explanation.That they'd be a reason that I'd bled twice.There was.I had an Ectropion or cervical erosion. Its hard to explain but totally harmless. Relieved is not the word.Again baby was fine.

I don't exactly bloom in pregnancy.I wish i did but i don't.I puke.Alot.All the way through.And the birth is another story..
And then you were here.And the rest is history.I wanted to share some of my favourite pics of the little man on his birthday..

Ten on Tuesday.

Super quick Ten on Tuesday...

1.My OH hasn't taken a day off work (other than his 1 day a week) since Christmas.Fact. So we had a mini break! Obv with the kids so not so much of the break more of parenting in a different location. My dad has a caravan in the grounds of Castle Howard near York.Its absolutely Beaut.When i say caravan what i mean is mobile home type thing with lush kitchen and enormous decking/balcony type thing.Anyway it was so good to get away into the countryside.The air feels fresher doesn't it?

2.We've been having porridge for breakfast and Mr 3 insists of having hundreds and thousands with it.Call me a bad mum but it keeps him quiet and he finishes it all!

3.We bought some Sparklers the other day and thought it would be a bit of a treat for Mr 3 but he was petrified of them! Bless him.If you think about it we were asking him to hold something with fire on the end of it,wave it about and write his name with it(!??).Poor Lad.

4.Mr 3 calls Sparklers, sprinklers instead.

5.He also calls pumpkins,poinkins. Both too cute to correct.

6.I should know from experience that the times where Mr 3 is telling me something over and over and over that i need to listen to him.All mums will surely relate to your child going on and on and on and you just going- yeah,OK love,just a second,wont be a minute.Well i bought some beautiful Lillie's in York on Saturday and while travelling back home on Sat i didn't want to crush them in the boot  with the buggy etc so i sort of stood them up in between the kids car seats in the back.So 30 Min's into the journey Mr 3 was going on and on and on about something and it took me a little bit to get that he was saying "mummy,why wont these flowers open?"!!! he was trying to prize the flowers open with his little hands.Not ideal.

7.You would think i would learn from the above but no.This morning i may have been on facebook when he was saying something.What he actually was saying was "mummy,George is nibbling my toes"and he was.That will teach me.

8.We asked Mr 3 if he would like another brother or maybe a sister yesterday(i would like to take this opportunity to say i am not pregnant.NOT.No way Jose.i repeat not pregnant.Anyone who knows me knows i am sick as a dog for 9 whole months of pregnancy and I'm not willing to put my OH through all that again just yet, Maybe in a couple of years.Maybe).And he replied that he wanted a sister as he already had a brother,but he wanted a boy sister.Not a girl one.

9.Mr 3 said in the car the other day "mum!! Ive just seen some sheep!" I thought this was unusual on Keighley Road.Then  he went "oh no,it was just some couches"Lol.

10.Last week i was asked twice in 1 day when i was due.Within the space of 30 minutes.Mental note to self-never wear that dress again.