Back to basics.....

Today is day 1 of making sure I try to write the blog everyday!!  I want our journey without boundaries to be documented and I think I am letting it slip a bit.........

The boys are enjoying some free play this morning using Lego, Modelling foam and various cars.

Later on we are going to make some ladybirds for counting and possibly some 'red nose cupcakes'.

I have finally finished the washing from our holiday - hooray!!

This morning I have been trying to decide on food and party bag ideas for J's birthday party next weekend. After various inputs I think I shall go down the route of party picnic boxes for food (thank you Gaba :-)) opefully less mess to tidy up and little buckets with sweeties and bubbles in for 'party bags'. I hate crappy party bags full of toot that normally finds its way into the bin within hours of being back from a party!

I have found an excellent website littlepartybugs.co.uk that I can get everything from so thats what I shall be doing later!

Update on this afternoon goes along the lines of H sleeping from 1030am until 1pm, by which time we had to go out and get some kindling for the fire as it was freezing, and then we popped into see Gaba and Pops, where Angry Birds, the Duplo game and the Lego game were played before coming back for our shopping delivery.

Playing in bedrooms building tracks and watching Octonauts before dinner and a bath and bed.
Also seeing Daddy before bedtime was fun for them and him, as he thinks the last time he saw H awake was Tues night ???? It happens.

Holidays.....

We are back from our lovely holiday in Lanzarote, where we left hot, hot sunshine for snow....yes snow again.

Sharing knowledge.....still learning 

J and I made a volcano filled with real lava rock! It even erupted much to J's delight!! (basically so he could throw stones!)

A and daddy started to build a channel for the sea to run into 

Soon we were all helping, and we even made a loop on the end to let the sea flow back 

aaaahhhhhh!!!

Just a few pics as I didn't take that many, but others did so i shall upload them as i can :-)

One of the best bits of the hols was the boys gaining their confidence back in swimming on their own again. A was easily swimming the length of the pool and J wasn't too far behind eventually. Swimming is definitely on the agenda now we are back.

Boys were poorly when we were away and i don't think they are quite over it yet still. After a trip to Fishers farm today, where Gaba joined the 'fishers club', he fell asleep in the car and threw up when we got home. A was sick the night we got back and H is still coughing!! Boo to illness in small people!

A has been doing his Reading Eggs again with gusto, its amazing how much he has learnt and the words he now recognises  At Fishers earlier he sounded out and read the word 'Stop' by himself, both boys can read road signs and J is always telling me to watch out for animals  bends, skiddy roads! A is good at recognising the sped limits and then reading the speedo on the car to see if we are ok!

'Bad Piggies' and 'Angry Birds' are featuring heavily in our lives at the moment. Although a source of frustration for A, he is very good at them and working out the best ways of completing them.

Brave Young Knight...

Well yesterday saw Gaba and Pops arrive back home safely, the boys were sooo excited to see them and show them everything from Lego to Hexbugs to bedrooms etc!!
Is funny though because it suddenly felt like they had never been away, which was lovely :-)

Today dawned with an offer from friends to meet up with at Fishers Farm, which we did and we have been there ALL day, I am shattered as are the boys!

Lots of soft play done we headed outside for pony rides, not something the boys have ever been interested in, but the girls were so we went to watch. 'J' decided he would have a go, but after putting on the riding hat he said it was itchy and he would watch instead.

 'A' was adamant that he would have a go when he was older, until the last minute when he donned the hat and off he went!! He loved it and its on his list for next time. He was so good that they thought he had done it before - telling the pony (i think he was called Trigger) to giddy-up and then to whoa. I am so proud of him for being a brave knight and even more for the fact that he really did enjoy it.

An epic party weekend to come, I'm tired just thinking about it!!!