happy halloween

Happy halloween everyone ;o)

here is Evie wearing a top that I got for her and using the broomstick that James got for her, she didnt want to wear the one that I originally got for her (oh well).

Evie using her broomstick

Evie wouldnt wear the cape or the witches hat so monkey wore them instead

monkey was happy to oblige ;o)

happy birthday Eileen too ;o)

my little artist

Yesterday we came upstairs to change Evies nappy.

I saw that she had bought something upstairs with her and thought that it was a foam number from her bath clock.

...while I was getting some warm water to clean her up I saw that she was using the number to draw on the wall (she is always doing it) but then I saw that it wasnt a number she had in her hand but a red crayon.

very proud of her drawing

Evies drawing

she tells me that its pirates

We have told her that she musnt draw on the walls so hopefully this will be the only piece of artwork on the walls but were not counting on it ;o)

I didnt get what I was after

On Friday we went to Lakeside for the purpose of me buying a coat...

I didnt end up getting one as the coats that I liked were too expensive and I couldnt see a cheaper one that I did like in store.

I have seen one in Evans that I am going to buy when I get the (10% off voucher) that I signed up my e-mail address for comes through.

And when November comes there might even have some more voucher codes that I can use ;o)

When we walked in I saw there was a Christmas tree decoration shop open so we went in so that we could buy a decoration each for our tree

we bought a tree decoration each

Evie chose a dog, I chose a cupcake on a cake stand and we chose a red sweet for James ;o)

We also hired a kiddie car for Evie to ride in

Evie preferred to push her toy monkey instead ;o)

Evie wanted to push monkey in the kiddie car ;o)

Guess who...

Forgot to change the clocks.

We did ;o)

I didn't notice my smartphone when I switched it on nor the sky+ box!

We only realised when sainsburys wasn't open!

We are now sitting in mcdonalds waiting for the supermarket to open having a coffee and a kids milk.

Evies Christmas present sorted

Yesterday we popped into the supermarket for our mid week "top-up" shop

As we walked in we were greeted with the "managers specials" ;o)

One of them was a play kitchen and it was half price at £20 ;o)

So I have put it away for Christmas for her ;o)

Yesterday afternoon I glanced out of the kitchen window and saw a police car parked in our road...

...my first thought was that they were after me after I blogged about the security tag still on Evies outfit!

And as the car was still out there when James got home from work he said to me "nothing to do with us is it?"

blooming cheek ;o)

security tag

Yesterday I finally got around to sorting out Evies old clothes and washing her winter ones...

First I got Evie to help me bag up her summer things...

...and then I started cutting off the tags of the new things that I had bought her.

I got right down to the last thing and pulled off the tag, took  the dress off of the hanger and on the top underneath I saw the security tag!

back of outfit with security tag

front of outfit

As I couldnt find the receipt I phoned the store and they told me to tell the security guard (if one is on duty) if the alarm goes off when I walk in with it and they can remove the tag for me at customer services.

Im still trying to decide whether to into town today or tomorrow to take it back.

us mums still talk btw

Yesterday at the end of Tumble Tots they were handing out completion certificates for the children being moved upto the next class (the 3 to school age in our case), in the next class the Mums and Dads (and grandparents in some kids cases) get to sit and watch while the kids do it on their own ;o)

One of he children being moved up is 2 days younger than Evie (and her Mum is 3 weeks from her due date of baby #2 which I think is the main reason for her being moved up early).

So after they had handed out the certificates she asked me if Evie was moving up to (this was the same Mum who told me that her daughter was starting in the 2-3 class just after Christmas) and another Mum (whose child again has been moved up is a few days older than Evie), so I said that they hadnt mentioned anything to me about it!

So while I was putting Evies shoes and socks back on (they do it in bare feet so that they have a better grip of climbing up ladders etc) I was chatting to another Mum (her Sons birthday isnt until Jamuary) and he hasnt been moved up either yet.

So as we were walking out I casually mentioned to the person who runs it that kids with birthdays around the same time as Evie were being moved up but Evie hadnt and she said that it was because Evies birthday is right at the end of term but she will be moved up after Christmas.

I decided not to press the issue as I wasnt expecting Evie to be moved on up anyway.

I mentioned it to James and he thought that I should have said "but M is younger than Evie" as he doesnt believe that there should be any "favouritism".

I on the other hand would like to think that if it was the other way around that they would have done the same thing for me.