First day at school...

So Monday was the first day of school for the girls.. well half day anyway, I never did understand why they did that... for thelast few weeks of nursery they're preparing them for full days at school, then they give them 6 weeks off and then make them come back to school for half days for a week, poor kids don't know whether they're coming or going do they?

Anyway, they started.. and in separate classes too!! I had mixed feelings about this, on the one hand I'm sad that they're being when they've always been together so far but I'm glad because I know they'll develop a better sense of individuality as opposed to always being 'Heather/Angelina's twin' or 'the girls' etc. We're noticing the benefits already, they miss each other and so they're playing nicer together at home... which is great for me..lol and when they do something in school they then come home and show the other one how to do it too... which will be great for their education. So there are definite plus points.

Jake likes his new teacher too which is a relief, I'll never forget the year he didnt like the teaching assistant and he had such a horrible time that year, thankfully she left halfway through the year and he picked up quickly after that..it was still a worrying time..

Another plus note is now I have 8 hours a day to do all kinds of things, I have ironing that needs doing, painting, cleaning, decluttering... not to mention going to the gym and coffee mornings etc and now I've been offered voluntary work at the school helping with the reading too... I'm busier now than I've ever been!!! LOL

I cant believe I have 3 kids at primary school...there are no more babies in the house!!!

I dunno whether to cry or throw a party.....think I'm gonna start with that pile of ironing that I havent had time to touch for the last 5 years.... whoever said having kids was easy?

Domestic goddess moment...

How's THAT for a Saturday morning before 11 am??

See that big gap on the plate?? Yeah.... that was Richard.

He enjoyed though... and he's a chef and its not easy to impress a chef with yer cooking.

I truly am a domestic goddess... move over Anthea Turner!! lol

Teeth, tantrums and tears.

Its been an eventful week.....first Jake lost a tooth and then a few days later lost another (kid is gonna bankrupt me if he carries on like this!) and then Rich tried to kill Heather... well actually his feet did and no, I'm not talking smell..lol she tripped up over his feet and went face first into the coffee table (which now has a dint in it), it was a bad one poor thing... a whole lot of blood, a screaming child and a panicking Daddy and yes... you guessed it, Angelina slept, peacefully oblivious throughout the whole thing lol.

Anyway poor Heather was so brave she only cried for a few minutes (it could have been the ice pop that bribed her into quietness as well as numbing her mouth, thus lessening her pain) but the blood!! That was scary.. and the bruising to her cheek.. and the tear in the gum.. I took some pics cos it was just so awful I had to share!!! LOL how morbidly disgusting... here have a look!!




poor baby. :(

So.. in other news.. Jake went back to school today which really pissed off Angelina cos she's desperate to start but she has to wait until Monday... this is completely killing her, I don't know why they cant start all the years on the same day but Angelina is NOT happy and she'll be even unhappier when I tell her she doesn't need to take her Peppa Pig lunchbox with her on Monday as the school in their infinite wisdom have decided to take things slowly and bring them into the school thing gradually... oh no.. she's gonna kick off for sure on that one. Her Peppa Pig lunchbox is the shiznit apparently... "even betterer than Heather's Charlie and Lola one and much much cooler than Jake's Ben 10 box" so there. lol

Pity poor me cos I'm the one thats going to have to break the news... I may not be back...lol

a Heatherism for the day...

Heather - "It's a ducktastroppy Mummy."

Mummy - "Whats one of those then Heather?"

Heather - "It means a big disaster Mummy!"

Mummy - "You mean like a 'catastrophe'?"

Heather - "Yeah like that... a ducktastroppy."

Tooth Fairy

Bubba lost his first tooth..bless him he's been waiting for ages. He's 8 in October, damn those teeth are strong.

Doesn't look too thrilled now it's finally out though does he??

hahahah..poor lil thing. x

Baby Season...

Just a quick note to wish my mate Vicki and her husband Scott and daughter Ella many many congratulations on the birth of their son (and brother for Ella!!) Harry Thomas who was born at 5am this morning and weighed 7lbs and 12 oz.


Harry is the first of 3 babies we're 'expecting' at the moment and he's a little early as he was due on the 31st but Mum and baby are doing well and Auntie Jen can't wait to visit!! I feel a spot of shopping coming on...lol

Next up is Catie who's son is due in late September and then Jessica who's baby girl is due in early October...

Ooohhh!!! I'm soooooooooooooo excited... I LOVE baby season and the best thing about it is that none of them are mine!!!! They can all be handed back when stinky!!! YAY!

Anyway, congrats to Vic and fam and good luck to everyone else!

Ring..ring.. why dont you give me a call??

Only don't bother... cos I wont answer.


see this ----->

that's my phone... see how shiny and pretty it is? Yeah yeah well we all know that mine's not that shiny and clean but thats not the point, look closely.. see how the handset is portable!! It's amazing...a modern miracle of sorts!! You carry the handset around the house whilst you're speaking to your friend and then when you're done you PUT IT BACK IN THE CRADLE!!!!!

As you can probably gather, this does not happen at my house... it's not a hard thing to do.. its only a few teeny steps to where the phone goes back to its lil space... I'm not asking for much am I?

The phone often doesn't make it back to where it belongs, this is fine as I always put it back at night before I go to bed.. I would do it more regularly than that but there is little point for as soon as I put it away someone has got it back out again to use and then chucked it on the table or sofa. This is fine too.. until I come to use it and the battery is flat... (thank God for Orange and mobiles with free talk time minutes otherwise Rich would never be able to phone his taxi for work!) yes... thats mildly infuriating and usually results in me slamming the phone back into phone socket/cradle thingy (what are they called?!?!?) and huffing n puffing for a while.

Now though we have a new dilemma... see said lovely shiny almost as clean as above picture phone is lost somewhere in the abyss also known as "the living room" and I cannot find it.

I know I had it before the weekend..but I do not remember seeing it since...

As infuriating as I am finding this the kids love it. Everytime the phone rings they sit and giggle as Mummy (or Daddy) tear the room apart to find the handset in the time it takes to ring before it clicks over to the answerphone.. yes they find it hilarious, I am beginning to tire of it...

I wonder where it is though... or when it will turn up.. I am beginning to suspect that the children are having so much fun with this that they've already found it and hidden it again somewhere else to continue the game... I'll bloody kill them if they have...lol

xx