Christmas tree faries

Who needs a christmas tree when my two little christmas faries make a set of lights look so magical

Let it snow ,let it snow,let it snow

At the weekend we had a big snow fall,it was rather scarey at the time as I was driving home from the city at the time and I could not even make out the road the snow had fallen so fast.
When I arrived home I found a very red faced happy little boy throwing snowballs and my whole body relaxed at the sight of my 2 boys playing in the stuff that had just had me gripping my steering wheel so tight my hands had set in one position.

I love snow,but not when I have to drive in it!!!
We had the whole weekend with snow and then by monday morning it had all vanished like it had never been here at all.

Lurking in the graveyard

I am doing a photography course at the moment and we are set projects every week.
This week was night photography and as I was driving back home the other night I saw the churchyard all lit up looking very pretty and as you need either a tripod a VERY steady hand or somewhere to place the camera with a slow shutter speed it meant that I had to dodge down by the side of the church gates and the only shot that was in view was this spooky grave stone

Suddenly this figure appeared making me jump out of my skin but I actually made him jump more than me,I guess i did look a bit odd crouching down besides the grave stones!!!!

Booo!!!!

We had a great Halloween.I just love this time of year when the nights get all chilly and there is a magic feeling in the air.

We could not face the millions of knocking spooks at our door this year so we decided to go to a theme halloween event and although I was a little unsure how my middle monster would be,he was either going to be mage scared or just unphased by it,you never can tell with Daniel.

The terror trail as it was called was lit by pumpkins and along the way we encountered spooks and gouls who jumped out of the forest trees and Daniel laughed his little socks off all the way round

Build a bear

Happy birthday Lucy 1 year old

I have been getting around

I am so pleased to have been chosen to be the face on billboards and shop fronts all over the city!!!!
Haha in my dreams I have just been having a bit of fun on this web site www.photofunia.com
Have a try and see if you good good in lights

Daniel is 4

Opening his presents at 6 am

Everything spiderman

Super bowling boy

I cant believe where the last 4 years have gone and my baby boy is 4 years old.
Daniel is sweet,caring,sensitive,fun,happy,loving,strong headed,clever,handsome,just completely wonderful and he is loved so very much

Happy birthday my best boy I love you sweet groovy little man

Police,camrea ,action

The sun shone on at the police gala day at the weekend and we saw so many big trucks and cars and bikes.
Daniel was quite a little monkey as he can be when there are fair rides and just as last year spent most of the day with a grumpy face as he wanted this or that ride.
I had visions of him loving all the big trucks and being happy to just watch and wonder,Haha not a chance,ahh well there is always next year!!!


Too many cars to choose from

Lucy and Daniel looking not too impressed with their plastic duck on a stick




A rather strange looking villan in beedle boppers

The said villan being arrested

There were some rather fancy cars and bikes on display much to my big and little boys delight


Daniel you will need to grow longer legs to reach those peddles

Megan you are growing up too fast

Well the day finally arrived and with shiny new shoes and a blazer to grow in to Megan has now started her new college.

She is loving her new school and has even gone to bed at a kind of decent hour ready for school on a saturday!!!!
Yes SATURDAY!!! she now has to go to school on saturday too and she tells me for now she is looking forward to it,I do hope that this feeling goes on and that her school days are a lot happier than mine when I was her age.

I am the proudest mum ever!!!!

Constable country

My version of the famous painting

We visited John constable country at the weekend and stood on the exact spot that the famous painter stood at while he was inspired to paint the is picture.

I do understand why he felt the urge as it was a beautiful place only mildly spoilt by time but mostly untouched

fireworks and a sleepy baby

we went to watch the fireworks at the beach and as they didnt let them off till 10pm we had 2 very tired children on our hands.
Daniel kept going but nothing was going to wake Lucy,ahhh she is just like her daddy and would sleep through anything

Not many of these left

Nights sitting outside with a glass of wine!!!!
Last night we sat outside with our champagne truffle pate and a glass of wine,sitting there on the decking feeling a warm glow from the candle I wrapped a blanket round my shoulders and thought that these nights are very limited now and we will be sitting inside at night soon with only the pretend flame of fire from the fake flame firplace in our lounge.
Summer where did you go!!!! did you ever really arrive!

Vending machines for running shoes

Yes its true,when was the last time you were out in the high street and thought,hmmmm I really could do with a new pair of running shoes and the shops are shut?
Well here goes the vending machines hold 24 pairs of shoes in 6 sizes and so now there is no excuse.

I found no such machine as I went on my second run since having Lucy but I did manage to run for a little longer than last time and with the buzz of energy I had when I came home I went like a whirlwind through the house changing beds and tidying round so all in all a good workout for me,now I just need to see some results,this baby belly has to go

Big chef

Couldnt leave my big chef out and had to put up this picture,wonder if he will turn out to be a michelin star chef one day and we will be banding this picture about just to show his early love of cooking food.
The only thing we need to do now is convince Daniel to actually eat,he really only eats enough to keep a fly alive right,but thats a whole new story!!!!!!!

Little chef

Couldnt resist putting this picture up.
Daniel and I do quite a bit of cooking together he really loves it so I brought him this chef hat to wear but thought Lucy looks quite a cute little cook too

A lot of hot air

It was such a wonderful night and I know that we dont have many more of these nights to come this summer so when Andrew came home from work we headed off to the park.
It was such a still night and we were counting the hot air balloons going over,how I would love to go up in a hot air balloon.

Lucy got her first swing ride,she has been way to small before but she really loved it so much.
We stopped by the Hill House Hotel on the way home and had some tea,it was a great way to end the week

Mini Olymipcs

The children held there own little olympics and as you can see Daniel is coming up a good 2nd place,the only thing you dont know here is that he had already been lapped about 10 times!!!!Daniels bike used to belong to Andrews sisters boy who is now 13 so as you can see the bike is rather old and although Daniel didnt seem to mind his very slow bike I think the least we can do is get him some cool wheels with go faster stripes on.Mmmm maybe I can feel a birthday present idea coming on

Riding off in to the sunset

Daniel met Taegan when he was a few weeks old and they have been like a little married couple ever since,she will boss him around and he will do as he is told.
On November 1st Taegan will be flying off to Australia and Daniel will miss her so much.

Goodbye to our friends

Two of my friends are about to emigrate all the way to Australia and today we all met at the park.
Daniel has known these friends from since he was born and it made me feel so sad for both of us that we will both saying goodbye to 2 lots of friends.
I am happy for them also that they are living out their dreams and one friend is moving to Sydney and the other to Adelaide so I am sure to get great holidays in Ozz now

Nursery rhymes

Lucy's room was mind full of our baby being either boy or girl as we chose not to find out before our children were born.I think at some point it will become a princess palace of pink and fluffiness but for now she enjoys being in her room and the main thing is whatever colour it is she sleeps like a little sleeping beauty