a good christmas

On Christmas Eve after we put Evie to bed I took her presents downstairs to put next to the Christmas tree ;o)

On Christmas morning Evie woke up at 7ish and when we came downstairs I told Evie that she would have to see if Santa had been...

...I wemt into the kitchen to do some toast and I heard a little voice shout "hes been" ;o)

She was very good and waited for us to tell her that she could open her presents and wanted to play with every present so opening them took a long time ;o)

Her favourite present has to be her toy cash register and she calls me "customer" and I call her "check out girl" ;o)

merry christmas

Merry Christmas ;o)

I couldnt get Evie to wear the santa hat so her toy monkey is wearing it instead ;o)

Just what i need

Tonsillitis for christmas :o(

a new wordle

Since having Evie I have been contemplating doing a new wordle.

In my previous one trains and work seemed to be my main focus but now it is pretty much about Evie ;o)

a new wordle

she was a winner

On Friday we had Evies first school christmas party ;o)

Armed with the fruit that we had bought I asked the lady manning the door (to ensure that there were no escapees) if they needed any help and she said that they would ;o)

So after taking off Evies coat and hanging up her bag I handed in the bag of fruit and just played with Evie ;o)

The first thing that they did was a puppet show (featuring Santa, an elf, rudolph, incy wincy spider and some dinosaurs ;o))

It was really good fun and then Evie made a Santa puppet ;o)

ho ho ho

Then it was food time (all us Mums were handing around plates of food and drinks of water or milk)

And then it was musical statues and surprisingly enough Evie was one of four winners ;o)

a musical statue prize

And then the kiddies went in groups of four to see Santa and Evie got this ;o)

Evies first Christmas party

Evie has a christmas party today at pre-school ;o)

There was a list on the door of food that they wanted parents to bring , so I opted to be one of the two Mums buying fruit....

I have bought a punnet of strawberries, green grapes, a packet of basics blueberries (as that was all they had left in Sainsburys) and four ripe bananas ;o)

moving up and birthday day

About half an hour before we were supposed to go to Tumble Tots on Monday Evies glasses broke!

So we went to Tumble Tots and Evie was still able to do the class ok which was good.

Anyway she has now been moved up to the next class, er class will now be at 11.30 am and I can sit and watch ;o)

On Tuesday it was Evies 3rd birthday (I cannot believe where the time has gone ;o)).

We (or rather I) that we would go to Lakeside to see Santa and for her present we would do Build a Bear ;o)

So after having ourselves a drink each (James had a latte, I had a sticky pudding latte and Evie had a kids milk) and Evie had a couple of chocolate mini muffins we went to see Santa ;o)

Evie took monkey in with her and she even sat him down on one of the 2 stools in front of the big guy ;o)

Santa asked Evie what monkey wanted for Christmas and she said "bananas" ;o)  And then he asked Evie what she wanted and she said a "big present" ;o) As her present (which she opened while I was getting some pictures done) she got a Zingzillas Art Tube ;o)

We then went to the Build a Bear workshop...

...Evie chose a monkey as the toy itself, and we even got a monkey sound for it too I then queued up to get it stuffed while James helped Evie to pick out an outfit...

...I got to put a heart in the bear (I chose a gingham one) and I did the foot pedal while the lady moved the monkey around to stuff him ;o)

Evie chose a happy birthday cupcake and surgical scrubs, wellington boots and glasses (to be like her) ;o)

monkey with his boots, scrubs and glasses

all dressed up

He even got a birth certificate too ;o)

We then had lunch in Giraffe ;o)

bauble flections

Yesterday we went into town and we let Evie look at her reflection in the baubles ;o)

there we are

look how close I am

sorry love, you might have a problem!

On Friday we finally were due to have our new oven fitted.

I got a text that morning saying that the delivery/installation would be between  1 pm and 4.59 pm which was handy as I tend to get home somewhere between 12.30 and 12.50 depending on how quickly I can get Evie out.

After getting Evie off to pre-school (with her first day of not crying ;o)) I got home and started clearing the worktops around where the new oven will be and gave them a good clean too.

After an hour I had finished cleaning the kitchen and sat down with a well earned cup of tea ;o)

At 11..25 (10 minutes before I was doe to leave to pick Evie up) I got a phone call saying that they were 5 minutes away from delivering/installing the oven!

So I told them that I was about to leave to pick my daughter up from pre-school and they would have to come back after 1 pm.

They said ok and when I looked out of the kitchen window I saw a massive lorry turning around and driving out of our road!

So I went to pick Evie up and she fell asleep on our way home.  So knowing that the oven would be delivered soonish I woke her up when we got home and gave Evie her lunch and ate mine at the same time (so I could do the washing up quicker).

At 2 pm I got another phone call saying that they would be here in 15 minutes so I quickly made sure that the kitchen wasnt too messy.

As Evie was still asleep I kept an eye on the time and opened the front door when I saw the lorry pull up so the doorbell wouldnt wake her up.

The bloke fitting the oven walked into the kitchen and said "thats an old oven" and I said that we have had it since we moved in in 1995!

He then removed the oven while the other bloke got the new oven off of the lorry.

After he removed the oven he went to the new oven and said to me "sorry love, you might have a problem" he said that I might not have the right electrics!

To be honest I never even realised that there were different types of electrics!

He got out the instruction manual and looked it it and said that it was ok *phew* it was hard enough getting an oven to fit our space as it was!

He then fitted the new oven and it is now working.

Things are either burned or very crispy at the moment where the oven is working so well ;o)

I have some chocolate chip cookie dough which I will make cookies with with Evie tomorrow probably ;o)

christmas outfit & nativity

This December has seen the return of Eves Christmas outfits ;o)

Evie the snowlady

Yesterday was Evies nativity it was really sweet watching it ;o)

Because the kiddies are still young (ranging from 2 to 4 year olds) there wasnt any dialogue from the kiddies only a cd playing the songs they had to learn (with a couple of the kiddies (not Evie) doing some singing along).

One of the ladys who work there was doing the narration ;o)

We did take photos but we were asked not to put them on any social media, as we werent able to bring her outfit home (we cant even have a picture in her outfit) as she was at pre school on the day itself.

nativity tomorrow

Tomorrow is Evies nativity at pre-school ;o)

She is going to be an angel ;o)

We have a song sheet of songs to learn and another sheet telling us what tunes they are to be sung to!

the tunes that the songs are to be sung to

the words that we have to learn

I am not confident that Evie will know the words but I have been singing them to her whenever I can ;o)

a bad tasting currys

Today our oven was supposed to be delivered and installed...

...I got a text message this morning to say that it would be done between 14.25 and 18.25 and then just before 9am I had a voicemail saying (the phone signal must have dropped out just as they were calling my mobile phone) to say that the oven couldnt be installed today!

It could still be delivered but as we havent got the room I had to get them to not deliver today.

So I called them and have rebooked now for Friday afternoon!

When I complained that I had gotten up early especially as they could have been here as early as 7am the person apologised saying that there were people off sick!

I will have to make sure that when I pick Evie up from pre school that I am super efficient and dont dilly dally ;o)

loved it loved it loved it

Yesterday we took Evie to see Peter Pan for her first ever pantomime ;o)

Before we even left the house I  was getting Evie to practice booing for when Captain Hook came on stage and to shout "hes behind you" ;o)

She was smiling right from the moment she sat on her booster seat (I managed to get one of the last few booster seats ;o)).

Evie waiting for the show to start

Evie thinking that she has to look behind her

enjoying herself

look how much room I have

James even got Evie a tub of ice cream to eat in the interval she only had a quarter of it and I ended up finishing it (I really should have realised that Evie wouldnt eat it all before getting my own one ;o)).

all is right again

Yesterday Evie was eating her lunch after we came back from pre-school (she was well enough to go in the end) incidentally Evie was happier about going yesterday when I told her that monkey was going too.

They told me that she still got a bit upset but it seems that she was a bit better yesterday so we will take monkey with her tomorrow too ;o)

Anyway as I was saying Evie was eating her lunch and I saw the postman at the door so I went to look to see what was there - thanks Eileen for the cards ;o) and in there was something from Sky so I opened the envelope and in there was our new sky viewing card so I checked that it was working by putting on Peppa Pig for Evie and so all was well again ;o)

hoping that she is feeling well enough

Poor Evie has been snotty and doing horrible sneezes.

I am hoping that she is well enough today to go to pre-school as we will be picking up her costume for her nativity play next Wednesday, and I need to find out the tunes for the songs she has to learn too.

They sent home a song sheet but didnt bother saying what the tunes were, I have guessed one that is "row row row your boat" and another one is away in a manger

Its all good fun as they say ;o)

watching live

As the forced download didnt work yesterday I have had to watch things live on tv ;o)

So I ended up watching Im a Celebrity live, it was a pain not being able to fast forward through the adverts!

Our new viewing card is supposed to get here in three to five working days so fingers crossed it will get here sooner rather than later.

viewing card problem

I cant watch anything that we have recorded on sky!

It said that there was a problem with the viewing card and when I took it out there was a huge burn on it...

I have been on the phone to sky and they have talked me through a system download...

and we have a phone line problem so had to call them and get them to call me back.

not a good day and Evie isnt well either!