not meatloaf again!

Tuesday, 12 January 2016

A breadstick fix nearer to home

We had to go into town today.

While I was complaining in the high street w h Smith last thursday the lady I was moaning to said that she had seen marmite breadstick bites on sale in the train station stores.

So we went home via the train station and I bought all the bags I could get my sweaty little hands on ;o).

Sunday, 10 January 2016

easy voice recorder

A while ago I downloaded easy voice recorder to record Evie chattering away.

A couple of weeks ago I was recording Evie singing and my phone rang (luckily it was only James) and it taped the conversation as well as her singing.

I was doing more options on there and saw that I could save a recording as my ringtone so yesterday I recorded Evie singing and then I did more options on "set as ringtone" and saw that I could do an alarm clock one (which doesnt work as I havent bought the pro version of my alarm clock) and as a notification tone as well...

recording selected

and up close

saved as a ringtone

...so I got Evie to say "you have a message" but she actually says "have you got a message" ;o)

The only problem is now that I have to double check if its Evie or my phone ;o)

Thursday, 7 January 2016

hoping to go on a marmite breadstick hunt

Following my unexpected find on Tuesday, yesterday when we did a mid week shop I scoured the crackers aisle for marmite breadsticks, but I couldnt see them.

So hopefully today we will pop into town and I can check out w h smith to see if the one in town stocks them too (otherwise I will see if I can order them).

I will also check out the supermarket in town too.

Evie tried my marmite breadsticks on Tuesday, first of all I thought that she liked them because she took the bag off of me then she handed them back saying that she didnt like them!

Tuesday, 5 January 2016

Mum will be gutted

I was at broomfield hospital this morning picking up evies new pair of glasses.

After getting ourselves a drink (a skinny latte and a kids hot chocolate) I decided to look in the on site w h Smith.

I'm really glad that we did because I saw that they have marmite breadsticks...

...yes they're back, so I asked the lady cashier if they would have them in the high street branch too and she said that they should as they order from the same supplier.

I have promised Evie that she can try them too, she will probably like them as she likes twiglets...

...so another thing to possibly share with her.

And the reason that my mum will be gutted is because she returned back to Holland last night.

racing and walking

Yesterday morning after breakfast we went upstairs to get dressed.

Evie went to the toilet first while I sorted out her clothes, and while I was going to go to the toilet I asked her to get dressed.

I went in a few minutes later and found her lying on the bed!

After it took nearly 2 hours the other day I thought that I would try the racing technique again, so I said to her "lets race to see who can get dressed first"

She then got up and took her glasses off and kept on telling me that she was going to win ;o)

She ran in to show me that she had taken off her top shouting "Im winning mummy" so I sent her back into her room...

...then she ran in to show me that she had taken off her bottoms, then her vest, the she had her long sleeved top on, she needed me to help her with her tumble tots t-shirt, and she also needed a bit of help with her trousers too.

And yay she won ;o)

And as I hadnt gotten out her socks I did them for her after.

I asked her if she wanted to walk to Tumble Tots or go in the buggy, she said that she wanted to go in the buggy...

...so I asked her again just before we were leaving and she said that she wanted to walk, so I then asked if I should bring the buggy with me just in case she got tired and she said "no" so I left it at home.

We left home 15 minutes earlier than we do normally (in case she dawdled) I think it only took as an extra 5 minutes all told so that was good.

She then did tumble tots...

...as she normally has a packet of crisps on the way home I decided to let her eat them before we left t come home as walking and eating might have been a bit of a struggle.

She was about halfway through her bag when she said that she wanted to go home now so I told her that we could leave after she had finished

So we went to the toilet and set off home...

..no sooner had we walked out Evie said that she was too tired to walk!

So I told her that it wasnt that far to go and the sooner we got home the sooner she could have some lunch ;o)

I kept on talking to her telling her how close landmarks were (such as the archway we walk through and the footbridge we walk over) ;o)

We eventually got home (only 10 minutes later than normal) and I expected her to want a nap after lunch but she kept on going until bedtime ;o)

Monday, 4 January 2016

something else to share

First it was monster munch, Evie still wont let me eat them without wanting to share them ;o)

On New Years Day we were in town and Evie wanted to go out for walk...

...so James took her out ;o)

A while later I saw them come back and saw that Evie had a box in her hand and when she saw me she hid it behind her back.

She then told me that she had a present for me and it was creamy eggs ;o)

Yes they had bought me a 5 box of cadburys creme eggs ;o)

As Evie could tell that they were chocolates I told her that she could have one later.

So after her dinner I asked her what she wanted for dessert and she said a "creamy egg" so I gave her one and she loved it ;o)

So I now have a great excuse for buying them but I do have to share them ;o)