in other news….

this has made its first appearance of the season…

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they seemed to like it..but they looked a bit squashed this year 🙂

Isaac has found yet another 'potential' career that involves all things transportational..
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We discovered that Maisie is allergic to rabbits, bit of a bummer as the rabbits are actually hers but we had them in the other day and her face came up in a rash after holding them and her eczema has been pretty bad since. I think she would probably get used to them if she handled them a lot but for now its a case of bring out the anti histamine to bring out the rabbits…

Been to the Lakes twice recently, the weather has been incredible on both counts, which is pretty unusual for that part of the world!
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Ben got all the kids up a tree….the most eager to do it??

who'd you reckon?

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okay..so need sleep our little Matilda is being an early bird at the moment…so gotta shoot…

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Thanks..

for all your best wishes of more sleep…ill take them and match them.

Mind you, probably shouldnt be sitting here awake at this time, like i said…the laptop, the quiet, is something of a routine for me…all i can say is that it is made even easier by backlit keyboards, got to love apple….

So i had a sweet day. At church today there were three babies that have all be born within the past week and they were so beautiful, touched by that freshness of life, those tiny baby breaths and curled legs and arms. Scrummy. We had lunch with a lovely family of 7 who i have met through school, you know the sort of people that you think 'yes…this could be a good thing going'  Anyhow the kids hung out, the mums and dads chilled…it was a fine time.

This evening we popped popcorn on the hob, all the kids lined up on chairs watching and waiting for the first kernal to turn into white fluffy goodness. My kids have never seen that before and they were so excited. Then family movie time with popcorn and snacks and then to bed.

Pretty good way to spend a sunday…back to the school thang tomorrow 🙁

night night 

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tonight…

i am shattered…tiredness has sat behind my eyes all day and at times threatened to take me out….and here I am sat (not lying) in bed listening to the soft snoring coming from sweet Matilda and the gentle whirring of the laptop fan.

I think the laptop is my 'book' you know, people often say they have to read before they go to bed…well i usually nearly always stick the lappy on and have a mooch around the web or fiddle with some photos. The day wouldnt seem complete without it. 

It rained here today for most of the day…ugh…i can't stop myself from crashing a bit after a bit of a stretch of sun comes to an end, i love the predictability of shorts and t shirt weather. Its easy, low maintenance and comfortable. Today it got cold as well, coats and jumpers and close toed shoes…sigh…such is the british weather.

two happy footballers…Maisie was particularly intrigued by the junior girls football team on friday 🙂

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 night x
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I’ll have some extra time please….

from the extra time shop  :)

Galloping along through June. How in the heck did it get to be June? Isaac reliably and very seriously tells me that it is 'now the summer!"

Maisie has decided that if we get a dog we will call it Pete. Isaac wants to get a towing hitch!

Poppy quietly asked me on wednesday when Maisie was visiting school 'Its not september yet mummy?' I think she is going to miss her big sister.

Matilda is playing 'guess the sleep pattern' at night…im not liking it that much….

A friend of ours had a baby today, a girl….she was 8 days late. Welcome new baby girl 🙂

Im going to a scrap evening tomorrow *gasp*…not sure what im going to do, take the lappy or the glue dots….but will for sure be eating cake 🙂

Tried to get some shorts for the girls today, well Maisie in particular and went into a good few of the well known retailers and couldnt find any jersey shorts that werent in the 'hotpants' type style. Seriously? 3/4 year olds in hotpants??….er…..no

A few piccies from our walk to delamere forest this past weekend that ended up with us being in the middle of some sort of horse event?

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a 180…

yes,,i have and i did just the other night do a total 180. I met a little cavalier king charles last night at a friends house. Couldnt get over how cute he was…and suddenly there i was thinking 'should we get a dog..' I know!  i think Ben just about fell over when i mentioned it when i got back. I am not 'anti' dogs, Im not anti animal. But living in Liverpool can sadly give doggie owners a bit of a bad name. There is a massive problem with fouling the streets and since having kids that has nearly driven me to distraction, dog muck on shoes, on hands, YUK…. Also there is the culture here amongst some people to have those horrible 'fighting' breeds..i dont even know what they are,  but its a status symbol and something I dont really want to have anything to do with…

But…since meeting little Moby…i might, maybe, could, change my mind…..I think its something to do with as well, seeeing how the kids grieved for Josh and just love being around him. There is something pretty special about growing up with animals in the house to stroke and pet and hang out with. I grew up around assorted 'pets' we had guinea pigs (who i have to say usually died!), hamsters, rabbits ( i remember when my first rabbit died..just about broke my heart!), tortoises (one who went on a marathon walk!), chickens, assorted ponies, two lovely dogs…yeah you know i think it enhanced my childhood…..hmmmmm….

Ben said to me…"so exactly when are you thinking of getting this dog?' i replied 'oh im not..just floating the idea..'

He said ' i think you are going to need more balloons!"

Mum, you might want to take that shocked expression off your face…( this is a library pic, we havent been out and got one!)

🙂

Cavalier king charles spaniel at dog beach 22

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