Money that grows on trees...

What is it with my kids?

They started school at the beginning of this month and we've already been through 3 pairs of tights, scraped school shoes to buggery, lost a button off a coat, had a leak from a juice bottle that ruined 2 lunch boxes and got a hole in a cardigan.. and thats just Heather!!

and the other 2 are just as bad... take Jake for instance. in the spring he begged me for new trainers which he then wouldn't wear because they weren't as comfortable as the ones hanging off his feet. So I throw the old ones out and he has to wear the new ones...

At the weekend he comes in from playing out with his friends and his trainers remarkably resemble this



they were split so badly I could see his toes... so I asked what he'd been doing with them.. turns out he's been scraping them along the path as he walked.. think he wanted some new ones?

so we bought some new ones... to be honest they were falling off his feet so I didnt have much choice. I spent more than I would usually on a pair of 'playing out' trainers. They were £10. I usually head to one of the bargain places like Wyndsor or Priceless etc and pick up a pair for a fiver.. (i'm very careful about sizing and fit but not so much bothered for cost) but the buttmunch was desperate for some skater trainers and I caved.

Today I pick them up and notice they look a little scuffed across the top.. well I'll be buggered.. the little sod's only scraping them like the other ones.. no reason, just because he can...

So I told him he'd have to pay for them then if he wanted to treat them like that because I wouldnt be replacing them.. it went something like this...

me : - "Do I look like I've got money to burn young man???"

Jake: - "Yes."

Me:- "Well I haven't."

Jake:- "Oh fine then!"

little git got his money box, emptied it.. asked me how much was there (I said £5) and he said "I'll have to owe you a fiver then".

"Damn right you will boy... lets learn a lesson!!" say I and took his £5 and put a note on a piece of paper in his money box saying "I owe Mum £5".

Thats no pocket money for 5 weeks.. lets see how he likes that.


p.s. anyone know what this is??



yeah thats right... its a "tromefee" according to Heather and no matter how many times I tell her its more commonly known as a 'trophy' she refuses to believe me and just falls into fits of giggles saying "a 'trophy' ahahahahahaha!!! you're funny Mummy!!"

o_O

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!! pt 3!!

So the second of our three special babies still left to come this year has arrived.

Riley Colton Graham was born yesterday (24th September.. great day to be born) at 4.10pm (which is Wisconsin time not GMT cos he's from across the pond) and he's 7lbs and 19 inches long... he's a first child to Catie and Eric and has made my bezzie mate Donna a Grandma for the 2nd time (I'm not sure how she feels about this but I imagine he's cute so she'll go with it lol).

So welcome to the world Riley and congratulations to Cate and Eric and Donna and family, I cant wait to see some pics!!

xxx

Gone but never forgotten..

Happy Birthday Dad, miss you more each day.

xx

Vogue...

Strike a pose...

hahaha I LOVE it!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!

My babies are 5. yes count those years cos I said F-I-V-E!!!!!! can you believe it? I bloody can't...

It doesn't feel like 2 minutes since that battleaxe midwife was giving the paediatrician (who was up to his elbow in places you don't even want to think about) the death stare across the birthing table as I lay -most uncomfortably and very very undignified - legs akimbo in the stirrups as she calmly uttered the immortal words...

"There will be no caesarean sections on my watch 'Doctor'."

and the poor little trainee doctor in prime viewing position who went white as a sheet and had to sit down saying "I've never seen a twin birth before..." was firmly told to "Move.... now."

She was a formidable lady... she definitely had control of that room full of people... me, rich, my mum, the trainee, the doctor, the 2 special care doctors and their 2 nurses and an extra midwife.. and the midwife that was off shift who had been involved earlier on and wanted to know what we were getting... and any tom, dick or harry that walked down the hall and heard the whispers of "natural twin delivery in room 4.." honestly.. I was wondering if I'd signed up for the first ever twin birth without c section in Bradford!

So yes... 5 years ago. I gave birth to.. well..



these...

hard to believe that they're now this size...



but they are. So.. even though its not the official birthday until the 21st we had to have a party today and presents too cos being a cool mum I realise that getting your birthday presents half an hour before you have to go to school is shit... so we got them early which was much better!

So to my babies. Happy 5th Birthday.. you're growing up waaaaaaaaaaay too fast.

Mummy nub loo. xx

p.s. Have you seeeeeeeeeen how handsome my son looks in a shirt??? MY GOD my kids are gorgeous...lol

Lazytown came to Scarborough..

I decided the other day that I ought to transfer all the stuff from my mobile phone to the computer, I do this quite regularly now cos I always have my phone to hand and it records some of our families most precious moments and I've lost phones or broken them and lost the memories with them before so now I upload to the computer so it wont happen again.

Anyway..I've found lots of stuff on it this time that I'd forgotten about (so there'll be lots of blogging over the next few days) but this one here is a particular favourite..it still makes me giggle like crazy - you'll hear me in the back ground..lol
A few days before we left for our summer holiday the kids (yes that includes Richard) had been watching Lazytown, they were having their usual sporting fun and enjoying a game of baseball... Stephanie has to prepare by... well Angie does it perfectly.. and apparently thats what baseball is. Enjoy.

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?