volunteering again

We had a letter thorough from Evies school about wanting parent helpers for fairytail house building...

...they want helpers for all day or morning or afternoon so I have ticked all three :)

They have also asked for cardboard boxes so we picked up a load yesterday form Sainsburys so I will take them in later (otherwise Evie will have to carry the bag in across the playground).

We have parents book look this afternoon too :)

christmas sheep

Last week we got details through of Evies school Christmas production...

...they are doing Lights Camel Action! and Evie is a sheep :)

We are only allowed 2 tickets so grandparents cant come too, they are doing 2 shows one on the Tuesday and the other on the Wednesday but we are only allowed to go together to one show.  I will explain to Evie that she wont see us on one of the days.

Yesterday Evie did her letter to Santa and she is still asking for a chocolate lolly maker (it was the only thing that she asked for) and James has already told her that she isnt too young for it.  I was hoping that we could put off buying it for another couple of years :)

Work was ok again today apart from the kids deciding it would be fun to fill the drip trays in the water coolers! :)

Nothing else interesting has happened, hopefully I can blog more this week :)

a no issues Sunday

After last week I was expecting more issues at work...

...and luckily nothing got knocked into :)

Although I couldnt find the lights for the toilets (I had to call my boss to find out which set I needed to turn on for them) .

I dont turn them all on otherwise the kids will run all over the place.

doing her own thing

The theme for Children in Need is do your own thing...

Evie chose her outfit this morning :)

She has £1 in her bookbag :)

LOL she wouldnt wear the pudsey dress I bought for her! She said that she will wear it when James is at home.

books and misscommunication

Yesterday I was in town and I got a text message about the interview assesment centre that I was supposed to go to.

The text message said that I had apparently not turned up! I found the e-mail on my smartphone and texted her back saying that I had e-mailed her colleague on 3rd November.

When I went to pick Evie up from school I saw a table outside selling the leftover books from yesterdays booksale. 

I saw a couple of books which I thought that she might like this one and this one (although it is only the Rapunzel one and not Belle hat she has got).

And when I picked Evie up I asked her what book she chose and it was this one.

She has already told me that she isnt going to read them!

book sale

Evies school has a second hand book sale on, I have put 50p in her bag (last time I forgot to tell her it was in there and the teacher didnt notice it either!).

Last year Evie got a great book, I will have to see what she chooses this time :)

odd socks

At Evies school it is anti bullying week and the theme is all different all equal...

...the kids are being asked to come into school today wearing odd socks :)

the socks ore rarity and flutterby

The kids arent being asked to make a donation as on Friday it is Children in Need and the kids can go in in non uniform (or home clothes as Evie calls it) :)

first day on my own

Today was my first day at work setting up on my own...

...it went ok apart from not being able to get in!

...the were running around (like they normally do) and knocked over a reception desk thing and a shelf in it broke off.  I have left a note about it.

And Evie made me this trick or treat bag which I thought was a bracelet :)

didnt work and low battery

I popped into work yesterday with my ID card to test that it worked for Sunday and it didnt...

...the other new girl P's didnt work either!

I have a temporary pass that I can use so thats ok.

Way back in 2011 (pre Evie) I was sent a secure key from my bank, it is now saying low battery and I cannot see anyway of changing the battery in it.

I had a look at the website to see how you order a new one and they suggest having a digital secure key!

I dont like the idea of a digital one so I am going to pop into town today and ask if they can order me one/give me one from stock (if they have a stock of them)

my digital secure key

Or I may just have to download a banking app on my phone!

my first ever work ID card

On Sunday when I went into work my boss gave me a form for my work ID card...

...I had to go to a photo session (they are on for an hour a day) and then either pick up my card or they will send it to my workplace.

I picked mine up

I like how the light reflects off of my glasses :)

It is multi-functional and opens the doors and allows me to operate the photocopier, I dont know if it works yet though :)

bacon, sausage & butterfly treats

As last week the teachers had exam things to do, today was the first day of James having to take Evie to tap dancing on his own...

...mind you I did sort out all of the bits that she would need before I left :)

Work went well again today and I remembered most of what I had to do so that was good :) Next week I will be doing it on my own.

I met up with James and Evie once I had finished work and I had a bacon roll for my lunch :)

After we had finished Evie wanted to look in Paperchase at the Christmas Tree decorations, but I told her that they also sold them in John Lewis so we looked in there.

I got a cute sausage dog decoration and Evie got a butterfly one, James didnt want one.

As I am able to have the Sunday after Evies birthday off I spent today writing out the invitations for her birthday party :)

thanks but no thanks and leggings with a charm on

The other day I got a phone call about the insurance job offering me an invite to their assessment centre...

...it would involve an activity and an interview with an interview panel.

Yesterday I then got through an e-mail about it and the activity is a role play activity!

I chatted to James about it (as it involves him too) and we both agreed that my current job suits us better, and the interview process sounds quite stressful (so far I have only had what they call "informal chats") so I have respectfully declined their offer.

As the weather is getting colder and Evie is still a slow coach at getting dressed, I decided that Evie should wear trousers on PE days (Tuesdays and Fridays) yesterday just before bedtime (and this morning Evie was crying saying that she didnt want to wear trousers) so I asked her some questions (as she likes wears leggings...)

1 - do trousers have zips? yes
2 - do leggings have zips? no
3 - do trousers have buttons? yes
4 - do leggings have buttons? no
5 - do trousers have belt loops? yes
6 - do leggings have belt loops? no
7 - (holding up her school trousers) are these leggings or trousers?

we are now calling them leggings with a charm on and she is wearing them :)

a lovely lunch

I arrived at Evies school just before the time that we were told to get there...

...the reception area was heaving...

First the Parents from Mrs Q's class were told to go through and once they were all seated it was Evies class...

I looked down the line for Evie but I couldnt see her...

...then a couple of minutes later she joined the queue with the last of the stragglers.

We tehn went into the lunch hall and had to be ticked off the list.

We then queued up to get our lunch Evie got our trays, cutlery and cups for us (it was nice for her to look after me).

We then got our sausage casserole (Evie had one sausage and I had two), we both had mixed vegetables and I had rice and Evie had two potatoes, we both had iced sponge with sprinkles for our dessert :)

It was lovely eating lunch with her, although I think that I was a bit of a distraction as we were still in there up until one of the MDA's said that there was only five minutes left before the bell.

A couple of her friends came and said hello to me too which was lovely :)

It was the time for me to go and Evie was upset that I couldnt stay.