will I or wont I

Tomorrow we find out which school Evie gets into...

...apparently the information is available from midnight tonight!

The question is am I going to be one of those parents who logs an at 12.01 tomorrow morning as I just have to know or can I wait until I get up tomorrow morning :)

I think I know that I will wait until tomorrow morning as I like having my sleep too much :)

happy birthday James

I forgot to wish James happy birthday...

...so happy birthday James :)

photographer Evie

On Tuesday we were watching tv and Evie picked up her camera and turned it on and said "say cheese" and she has been taking photos :)

We have tried to explain to her about keeping the camera still and what she sees in the screen at the back is what she gets on the photo.

She sees it as a game at the moment which is really good :)

She doesnt like it though when we try to look at the photos either...

...but I did manage to get all 165 photos off :)

a photo of mummy

mummy & daddy

her very first selfie

her camera has a "me & you" feature on it as well which I had a play with :)

Evie Evie and mummy the ballerinas :)

all the fun of the (steam) fair

When I was having my hair done last week I saw a sign for Carters Steam Fair and that they would be in Chelmsford this weekend, as James had always wanted to see it I texted him ;)

So this morning after going to tap dancing and our post skinny latte/kids hot chocolate after we went to have a look at the fair ;o)

Evie and James ended up going on the swing boat ride

having a swinging time

I wanted to go on a ride with her as well but Evie decided to do "hook a fish" instead :)

Evieplaying (everyones a winner) hook a fish

she caught one

Evie then decided that she wanted to play in the playground

at the top of the slide

and at the bottom

gruffalos child moneybox

The other day whilst in Hobbycraft I found some "paint your own" things that were half price ;o)

so I bought Evie the Gruffalos Child moneybox.

Yesterday I got it out for Evie to do ;o)

it started so well

more layers of colour

this is what brown, orange, yellow, black and white looks like mixed together :)

sorting out

Now that the weather is getting nicer, it is time to sort out Evies next load of clothes :)

I shall bag up (and give away) Evies old 3-4 age stuff and wash her 4-5 stuff.

And then I can see what else we need to buy.

I got Evie some more pjs today (so she should definitely have enough of those) :)

Evies jewllerybox sale

Yesterday at the secondhand market in town James bought Evie a jewellery box for 50p.

So after giving it a wipe over with a babywipe we put her jewellery in it.

Now every couple of minutes I have to try and buy something from her shop but whatever I chose I can't wear because it's too "quiet" :)