lists and tests

Next week at Tumble Tots the man who makes the dvds is in again ;o)

As each dvd takes five minutes to film and there can be anything upto 24 children in our class, I was wondering how they would do it?

Well at the end of yesterdays session they said that the dvd man would be in next week and as each dvd takes what it takes, and they will do a list of who wants to do the dvds and that not everyone will be able to get it done...

...so after Evie got her sticker I ran with lightening speed (making sure that I didnt send any toddlers flying) to the desk and Evie is number two on the list ;o)

As it is we always get there early so hopefully the bloke will be able to do us before our session even starts ;o)

Yesterday afternoon I had to go for my pre operation blood tests, and an ecg (because I had open heart surgery) at least they are making sure that I will be ok which is good ;o)  I had to also have mrsa swabs done as well.

no recipe cards

On Friday I picked up my new glasses ;o)

My glasses may not have come with recipe cards but they did come in a flashy case ;o)

the unassembled case (outside)

the unassembled case (inside)

the assembled case (inside)

the assembled case (outside)

Hestons logo

and it has been "signed" by Heston

Here I am wearing my everyday glasses

and here I am wearing my reading glasses I am reading Eds Egg ;o)

I did actually use my reading glasses today and the very first thing I read about was the CIA having a twitter account in the Independent ;o)

On Friday when me & Evie got home from getting my glasses I saw a leaflet on the doormat about the Tour de France coming to Essex

she chose a Thomas one

Me & James have been talking about getting a bed for Evie...

After (virtually) trawling around the different bed websites and we have chosen this one ;o) and its not too "little girly" either so it wont embarrass her when she is eight or nine if she has friends around ;o)

We decided against getting a toddler bed as we would then have to buy a bigger one in a few years time!

We have also ordered this mattress too.

I wanted to order this duvet set (as its online only) and they havent got any in stock yet!

Knowing that we would be ordering a bed for Evie in the next few days we showed her the bedding while we were in Sainsburys and Evie chose a Thomas the Tank Engine bedding set ;o)  I was hoping that she would go for something girly...

...but as long as she wants to sleep in the bed thats the main thing ;o)

university challenge it aint

I was just doing the washing up and walked in to Evie watching Buzz & Tell ;o)

Its a toddler version of University Challenge ;o)

no more shutting the door

I normally shut the door in the lounge when I have the oven on (so that Evie doesnt go near the oven if its on)...

...Evie is now finally tall enough to reach the door handle and kept on opening the door.

We tell her not to touch the oven door but like all toddlers/children she does it anyway!

going through the pre school mine field

Yesterday at Tumble Tots (when they were getting ready for Evies session to start) was asking if Evie was at Nursery yet?

I said no and that I as going to start looking in September (after our holiday and no I havent got anything sorted out for that yet either), she then said that we should start looking soon as we might not be able to get her in anywhere!

Here in England (not sure how it works in Scotland, Northern Ireland or Wales) you get 15 hours free childcare per week after the age of three until they start school just before they are five.

So I am now going to have to read through ofsted reports just to make sure that we are sending Evie to somewhere half decent!

I fully expect them to say that she will have to start early to "secure" her place which was why I really wanted to wait until nearer the time.

squeezy yoghurts

Just recently (in the last couple of weeks) Evie has been enjoying squashums - she will now quite happily sit watching telly eating one ;o)

So while we were doing our food shop this morning I bought Evie these fromage frais in pouches and I also saw these, as well as the strawberry flavour I got the peach & apricot one and the tropical ones too ;o)

It will be interesting to see how she gets on with them.

I always look at the toys too and saw a sizzle sizzle cooking set, Evie enjoys watching I can cook, so she can cook along with Katy now ;o)  And as it is she loves stirring anyway ;o)

She always wants to join in when the children wash their hands (we squirt some hand sanitizer on her hands) ;o)