happy halloween

Happy halloween everyone ;o)

here is Evie wearing a top that I got for her and using the broomstick that James got for her, she didnt want to wear the one that I originally got for her (oh well).

Evie using her broomstick

Evie wouldnt wear the cape or the witches hat so monkey wore them instead

monkey was happy to oblige ;o)

happy birthday Eileen too ;o)

my little artist

Yesterday we came upstairs to change Evies nappy.

I saw that she had bought something upstairs with her and thought that it was a foam number from her bath clock.

...while I was getting some warm water to clean her up I saw that she was using the number to draw on the wall (she is always doing it) but then I saw that it wasnt a number she had in her hand but a red crayon.

very proud of her drawing

Evies drawing

she tells me that its pirates

We have told her that she musnt draw on the walls so hopefully this will be the only piece of artwork on the walls but were not counting on it ;o)

I didnt get what I was after

On Friday we went to Lakeside for the purpose of me buying a coat...

I didnt end up getting one as the coats that I liked were too expensive and I couldnt see a cheaper one that I did like in store.

I have seen one in Evans that I am going to buy when I get the (10% off voucher) that I signed up my e-mail address for comes through.

And when November comes there might even have some more voucher codes that I can use ;o)

When we walked in I saw there was a Christmas tree decoration shop open so we went in so that we could buy a decoration each for our tree

we bought a tree decoration each

Evie chose a dog, I chose a cupcake on a cake stand and we chose a red sweet for James ;o)

We also hired a kiddie car for Evie to ride in

Evie preferred to push her toy monkey instead ;o)

Evie wanted to push monkey in the kiddie car ;o)

Guess who...

Forgot to change the clocks.

We did ;o)

I didn't notice my smartphone when I switched it on nor the sky+ box!

We only realised when sainsburys wasn't open!

We are now sitting in mcdonalds waiting for the supermarket to open having a coffee and a kids milk.

Evies Christmas present sorted

Yesterday we popped into the supermarket for our mid week "top-up" shop

As we walked in we were greeted with the "managers specials" ;o)

One of them was a play kitchen and it was half price at £20 ;o)

So I have put it away for Christmas for her ;o)

Yesterday afternoon I glanced out of the kitchen window and saw a police car parked in our road...

...my first thought was that they were after me after I blogged about the security tag still on Evies outfit!

And as the car was still out there when James got home from work he said to me "nothing to do with us is it?"

blooming cheek ;o)

security tag

Yesterday I finally got around to sorting out Evies old clothes and washing her winter ones...

First I got Evie to help me bag up her summer things...

...and then I started cutting off the tags of the new things that I had bought her.

I got right down to the last thing and pulled off the tag, took  the dress off of the hanger and on the top underneath I saw the security tag!

back of outfit with security tag

front of outfit

As I couldnt find the receipt I phoned the store and they told me to tell the security guard (if one is on duty) if the alarm goes off when I walk in with it and they can remove the tag for me at customer services.

Im still trying to decide whether to into town today or tomorrow to take it back.

us mums still talk btw

Yesterday at the end of Tumble Tots they were handing out completion certificates for the children being moved upto the next class (the 3 to school age in our case), in the next class the Mums and Dads (and grandparents in some kids cases) get to sit and watch while the kids do it on their own ;o)

One of he children being moved up is 2 days younger than Evie (and her Mum is 3 weeks from her due date of baby #2 which I think is the main reason for her being moved up early).

So after they had handed out the certificates she asked me if Evie was moving up to (this was the same Mum who told me that her daughter was starting in the 2-3 class just after Christmas) and another Mum (whose child again has been moved up is a few days older than Evie), so I said that they hadnt mentioned anything to me about it!

So while I was putting Evies shoes and socks back on (they do it in bare feet so that they have a better grip of climbing up ladders etc) I was chatting to another Mum (her Sons birthday isnt until Jamuary) and he hasnt been moved up either yet.

So as we were walking out I casually mentioned to the person who runs it that kids with birthdays around the same time as Evie were being moved up but Evie hadnt and she said that it was because Evies birthday is right at the end of term but she will be moved up after Christmas.

I decided not to press the issue as I wasnt expecting Evie to be moved on up anyway.

I mentioned it to James and he thought that I should have said "but M is younger than Evie" as he doesnt believe that there should be any "favouritism".

I on the other hand would like to think that if it was the other way around that they would have done the same thing for me.

tree lights cards

As Evie is more aware of things now I thought that we had better buy a proper christmas tree (as opposed to the arty farty one we had before she was even born).

our old arty farty tree

So today whole doing our food shop I bought a four foot tree and 80 white lights.

I will have to buy some chocolate decorations for the tree too ;o)

James popped into the Cancer Research charity shop and while we were standing outside I saw a box of 30 school christmas cards I thought that they will be good for her to give to her new friends when she starts pre-school in a few weeks time ;o)  And as she isnt going to know 30 people we can always use up the other ones ;o)

This years is fine

On Monday at Tumble Tots we picked up the finished dvds of this years Christmas Adventure ;o)

After what had happened with the Christmas 2013 dvd (I ended up having to take in the damaged dvd as he couldnt find the master copy and I am still waiting to hear if he can reburn it for me) we played them this morning and they all played properly ;o)

Evie enjoyed seeing herself on the dvd ;o)

playing in puddles

Yesterday at Tumble Tots when they chat to the kids before they start they were asking "did mummy let you jump in the puddles?" this gave me the idea to let her play in the puddles once it had stopped raining that afternoon...

...so after Evies nap I put on her raincoat and wellington boots and I let Evie play in the puddles in our cul de sac ;o)

Our neighbours were waving at us too ;o)

She had a great time ;o)

jumping in puddles

and even started to cry when we came in because it started to rain again!

Because I am still feeling lousy with my cold I renewed Evies books online as they were due to go back on Thursday (and I decided to do it while I remembered) ;o)

a sugarfree vanilla pumpkin spice hot chocolate latte please not

This morning as a post food shop treat we went into town and had a coffee...

I had a pumpkin spice latte, James had a sugar free vanilla latte and Evie had a hot chocolate with whipped cream ;o)

After we had finished and were going to leave James poured the dregs of mine (together with my cold germs as an added "extra"), and Evies hot chocolate all into his cup.

I just asked James what his drink tasted like and he said that it wasnt very nice and he had wished that he hadnt done it!

cardboard hands

The other day Evie was watching Me Too! 

I saw that Granny Murray had some cardboard tubes (paper towel size I think) with cut out hand shapes taped to them...

So it gave me an idea...

first I waited until I had two toilet roll cardboard tubes ;o)

...I drew around Evies hands onto a cereal box and then cut them out

and then I made 2 slits onto each tube and then inserted the cut out hands and then taped them ;o)

I tried to get Evie to pose for me but she wasnt too willing...

instead she wanted me to take this photo ;o)

extra albums

I was just looking at Amazon and then signed into Amazon Music and not only did I see the music that I had downloaded but I also saw on there albums that I had bought as presents for friends ;o)  as they had the autorip feature on them.

So I downloaded those too ;o)

bigger was better

Last night when I changed Evies nappy before she went to bed I put her in a bigger nappy...

...and luckily this morning there were no leaks which meant that I didnt have to do yet another load of laundry ;o)

croaks and leaks

The croaks is because I now have a cold and have a  very croaky voice.

And leaks because Evies nappy was soaked through again this morning!

I shall put her in a bigger nappy tonight.

leaky nappy

I had just got out of the shower and Evie had come in (to help me to get out) and I noticed that her pajamas were soaked through where her nappy had leaked.

So I looked in her bed and there was a big wet patch, so I pulled off the sheet and the mattress protector and they are all in the wash at the moment.

Surprisingly enough the mattress protector can be tumble dried ;o)

tighter sizes

I have been on the lookout for a new coat...

Last year I was still wearing the coat that I bought just before my maternity leave started.

I was walking past Debenhams last week and saw this coat and even with 20% off it is more that I would want to spend...

...so I went in to have a look to see if there were any other coats that I liked...

I tried on the coat that I saw in the window and the UK size 16 fitted and then I tried on the UK size 18 and it was a better fit but I didnt buy the coat.

So I was looking on Next and saw this coat so I went in the shop and I couldnt see the coat in there so I asked an assistant and he said that he would order one in for me and it would be in the next day after 3pm and asked for my mobile number so they could let me know when my order was in.

I picked up me coat today and tried it on when I got home and it is tight!  Now I know that I couldnt have put that much weight on in a few days!

So I shall take it back on Tuesday ( I cant do tomorrow as we have Tumble Tots).

51 x 26

No, were not talking sums, but the length and width of our garden in fairy steps ;o).

For the uninitiated fairy steps are where you do steps with the heel of the front foot touching the toes of the back foot (I was showing Evie how to do these yesterday).

really fast

Yesterday me & Evie went to the big library for their Rhyme Time, I decided to not go to Springfield Library for their French session as it coincides with Evies afternoon nap.

One of the songs that has always been a feature has been head shoulders knees and toes and after they always say to sing it "fast" ;o)

Yesterday when I was changing Evies nappy she was singing it and then said to sing it really fast which is what we did ;o)

one of the dvds wouldnt play

After me & Evie came back from Tumble Tots with the sample dvd in our hands...

...so after we had our lunch and changed Evies nappy I decided to watch the dvd and it was really good watching Evie ;o)

So I decided to watch the older dvds of her too starting with the Christmas 2012 (I had to hold her up with my hand under her top) one, she was entranced with the bubbles even then ;o)

Then there was the zoo one and that was really funny watching Evie catch the bubbles ;o)

Then came Christmas 2013 I put the dvd in the player and it said to eject the dvd as it isnt able to play back! So I tried it again and it said the same message, so I tried it another couple of times and then tried the next dvd.

The next dvd which was a safari adventure and it was really fun watching that one too...

...so I tried watching the other one again and it still wouldnt work!

So I e-mailed the guy and he said that he will check at the weekend to see if he still has the master copy as he may have deleted it by now (he only keeps copies for 6 months due to data protection privacy!), if not he will collect the damaged disc and try to repair it for me.

I shall make sure that I play the dvds as soon as I get them next time.