Where did the time go?

Wow! its been the longest time since i last posted at Christmas,but what a year! So far its been amazing and time has flown! Apart from being so busy all the time, tech has been another reason its been hard to post, i used to upload pictures to save to my computer and then it was easy to select what i wanted for a post, now its all google drive and its took me ages to work that all out, well i kept trying failing and putting it off, but had some time to play and look at it and think i have it all figured out now!

So i thought i rather than post about everything we have been up to,i would share some snip its and pictures from the first half of the year. Its mainly as i see this blog as a bit of a picture diary for the kids for in the future, so they can remember some of the days out and holidays we have had and i also like looking back over it sometimes, its amazing what you forget! and saying that i will try to remember where and when these pictures were taken! haha

This was a nice New Years walk at Stanah,i know that, it was lovely and we bumped into to so many people we know and kept stopping to chat!

Fred started beavers after Christmas, he had been really looking forward to it, as Molly is always talking about the brownies. In June he went on his first camp at Waddicar, and i was really worried as Fred is so laid back, i thought will he be able to do everything for himself as he dosn't at home! Alex will just get dressed and Fred will just wander round waiting to be helped! But he showed me he could if he wants to and told me all about everything he did and it seemed he managed really well.

This was his first night at Beavers

This is a blanket that i started at Christmas for Molly and have nearly finished! Not had much time for crafting at all this year so far

Next one must have been me and the older two leafleting...we have done a lot of that!

This was in February, when we went to the prom for a little walk and ended up walking all the way to Fleetwood and having a Roast dinner at the North Euston Hotel!

It was such a hot day and the new prom is fantastic. I have to admit that after the walk then a big dinner we had to get a taxi back to the car in Cleveleys.

  

First birthday of the year was Alex, who turned 5 already! yet i still call him alibaba!

Funny just looking at the flowers in the picture and realised they were from my bithday 10 days before, i forget about my birthday!

Alex got a new bike as his main present, hes so sporty, he has just started football lessons and my word he is good! and i know nothing of football at all, but he is so quick and agile,defiantly doesn't take after me! 

He loves..loves his star wars,just like his dad!

This was my attempt at a storm trooper cake

Rock star day at school, how grown up does Molly look!

Firepit in the garden is now a regular thing!

It just reminds me of camping, which i love.

First camp of the year, Haven Lakelands

This is such a great photo of the  kids (tooka few of this pose), when i get round to it i will get it on canvas

Ewan turned 13!

Election time!

Ewans first job as a paperboy

Fred turned 7

More camping and a trip to Gullivers Word. It was the first time the boys had been old enough to go on the rides

Gala season, Fred's first trophy all on his own.

Summer fun days

Molly turned 10!

We also had our longest camping trip, 7 nights at Haven.

We have had one of the busiest years ever, hard work and fun. Hopefully I can start doing a bit more crafting and a bit more blogging and just taking a bit of time out every now and then.

Bye for now x

Christmas 2018

Christmas is officially over, its the 12th day and this morning i have taken down the tree and all the decorations, cleaned and tidied up. I did keep one set of lights out, that my mum gave me to put round the mirror, just to brighten the place up.

This Christmas has definitely been the most laid back and relaxed Christmas i have ever had and to be honest it needed to be, after another busy year we were both completely burn't out. So PJ days, long lie ins and just not going out have been the order of the days.

Before Christmas i got together with some friends for a really fun pajama party,we drank has a laugh and played party games.

Just before Christmas i went to a conference in London with a colleague, and as we went down the night before got to the Leicester Square Christmas Market again like last year.

I just love the lights hanging from the trees.

Molly started quilting a Snowman Stocking, we haven't finished it yet, but it was nice to think that it was a quilting lesson at school when i was her age that started me crafting, but of course Molly has had a head start and already makings some wonderful things. She has been learning to crochet and i have promised to make more time for me to teach her.

Paul and i had our yearly outing!!!

We went to the Johnny Cash Roadshow, it was fab.

On the Friday before Christmas it was Pauls work day/night out and the kids last day at school so we had our own little party night, complete with retro party games. Musical chairs, statues and bumps. Even Ewan decided to join us!

I folled it with a nice drink,looking at the tree and listening to music, it was very cosy.

Molly and me to a trip to the Opera House to watch the Wizard of Oz and before that we had dinner out and a trip to Build a Bear to choose her own, which was part of her Present.

Christmas even and they were all quite chilled out in there new pajamas.

We watched some telly and did a small bit of prep from the next day.

Christmas day arrived!

The house was chaos...but good chaos.

Fred woke up at 2am..3am..4am..you get the drift!  we got up at 6.30am in the end

This is really the best bit for me, while the little ones still believe (and possibly Molly)

My Parents came round for Christmas dinner and we had our usual slow cooked lamb then Sticky toffee pudding for afters.

We all had a good sleep after a long busy day xx

Christmas & New Year 2017

So the Christmas Eve that very nearly went pear shaped...started when we dropped into the supermarket to pick up  couple of last minute bits, only for me to get to the till and realize i had lost Pauls bankcard ..i assume the day before when i had been out shopping, i assume i had left it in a card reader so we swiftly called and cancelled the card, paid and left the supermarket.

Ok well it happens.

Next we headed to the Opera House to see Peter Pan the Musical which i had booked about 6 months earlier, received the tickets and pinned them to the notice board.

What i hadn't noticed however was the fact they were for Boxing Day and not Christmas EVE!!!!!

Paul took the boys to the loo and the show was about to start so i opened the tickets and realised and just kept looking ath them is total disbelief! Paul thought i was joking when i told him.

I have no idea how i had managed that, but i went to the ticket office on the off chance and the lovely lady working her last shift before maternity leave changed them for us as luckily there were some empty seats..just about as the place was packed.

Molly & Ewan really enjoyed the show but the small too were not that impressed to be honest which was a shame as i had thought they would really like it.

We left the show and headed back to the car park, only to discover we had lost the card so could not pay or get out of the car park, at this point tensions were a bit high, but on arriving at the exit and pressing the button and explaining we didn't have the card, the attendant raised the barrier and wished us merry Christmas!!! (last time that happened a few years ago we had to pay a £15 Charge!)

They say that things come in threes, but we were very lucky that day, it could have ended as a disaster.

We saw the funny side when we go home,messing around in our party hats lol!

Without all the rushing around i usually do, i had chance just to relax and enjoy watching the kids excitement, i have some wonderful videos of the kids singing Christmas carols.

This year on Christmas Morning the kids woke at about 7am and the usual chaos ensued 

My Parents came for dinner, and we had Lamb, but this was the only picture i took, the started smoked Salmon Terrine

On Boxing day we went to my parents and had a buffet, i was a little bit drunk! (oops)

New Years Eve,i decided to make some new tradisions as we never really "do" new year

We did a balloon pop! I put an activity in each balloon and every hour from 5pm we popped a balloon.

First off was a mini buffett

Then some games, first we had to put tights with a orange in the end and knock down plastic cup, then moving Smarties about with a straw and using a balloon to blow cups off the side. We really did have a laugh!

We made a time capsual to open next New Years Eve

It all went far to quickly and before I knew it we were all back to work and school x

Christmas Eve

It's finally Christmas eve! I am far to excited and sat downstairs while everyone else is still fast asleep. I am writing a last minute shopping list and planning everything I have to do today. There isn't much left to do the main thing will be to stop the boys making a mess and undoing all the work we have done so far! I am not planning on running round all day like I have in other years, because I have realised Christmas eve is acctually better than Christmas day in lots of ways, its the kids excitement that's the best bit. So after a quick shop and last minute tidy up and a bit of prep for tomorrow I am going to make some pulled pork and some other snacks and we can all play some games. I do fancy a walk out to a local close which has completely gone to town on Christmas decorations, this evening. I think now though a bit of diamond painting, another cup of tea and some smoked salmon on toast for my breakfast sounds like a good idea!

So from all of us Happy Christmas!