tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76222467968246341382024-03-12T18:04:38.908-07:00The Belgian, the Brit and the BabyThe Belgian (that's him), the Brit (that's me) and the Baby (pretty self explanatory!) A place to share my crafty endeavors, family pics, foodie forays and fun days out. The Belgian loves football & Belgium, the Brit loves baked goods and baths, the Baby generally loves chewing shoes and charming everyone.Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07036541230341632126noreply@blogger.comBlogger609125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7622246796824634138.post-54569775445237765922020-04-06T11:32:00.000-07:002020-04-06T13:41:46.795-07:00Surviving our first two weeks in lockdown...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I thought that these unpredented times of global pandemic needed documenting. The whole situation seemed to escalate very quickly and I think it hit us most when we tried to go on a usual Saturday afternoon jaunt to Costco, to stock up on a big bag of rice and rather optimistically loo rolls, and it was like an end of days film. Queues all the way back to the meat section, fights over queue pushing and agressive disagreements over the rights to the last bag of rice. It was insane.<br>
A week later schools were 'shut' for the forseeable and we were adjusting to teaching online and home schooling our kids. Once the kids school shut we headed straight to Leeds train station to pick up Aunty Mara who wanted (under some pressure from us!) to lockdown with us - rather than being stuck in her poky flat in London - the epicentre of Covid-19 in England!<br>
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So we'll start with Mia the Maker - this is her new lockdown name. If there is a craft project on pinterest than Mia has done it this fortnight. Luckily our craft cupboard was overflowing, and much neglected prior to lockdown, so her options were plenty. Now all our rubbish is getting recycled - elephants made from empty milk cartons, handbags from empty pop bottles, Easter eggs from pizza boxes and everywhere is covered in a liberal dose of glitter and washi tape! Her bedroom is overflowing with junk modelling and pictures washi taped to the wall! In fact she's had tantrums when we won't let her make anything as we are too tired - we tried to appease her by showing her old episodes of Art Attack on youtube - but of course she just came away with a list as long as her arm of new craft projects she wanted to complete! Ellis is a bit concerned about her newfound obsession and accused her of, 'destroying the house with her crafts!'<br>
Of course we're glad they've got each other but that dynamic is wearing thin as is the job of mediating their squabbles! She's very similar to me - chatty and outgoing, loves an audience - so I think she is missing her friends the most out of everyone. She loves to be out and about and is finding confinement tough - but I know she's also enjoying her time with family being creative and making everything! She's also Aunty Mara's official shadow and has been loving baking with her, giving her makeovers and crafting with her.<br>
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Ellis had also been enjoying creating things - like a Captain Underpants magazine, 'Victorian sponge' like he's made at school before and one day when Mia was poorly, with a high temperature, he made her an under the sea display in the window. Ever the considerate older brother!<br>
I think he's secretly quite enjoying not having to go to school. He's had a few chats with his friends on facetime - this has mostly consisted of them changing their football tops five times during the chat and showing each other their karate and boxing moves! He's also been pretty good at following our home school schedule (I know there's been a lot of animsity towards these on social media but he's definitely someone who responds well to a schedule and it helps to plan our day out) - with the exception of anything involving writing - which has been the theme throughout his schooling. He's especially enjoyed competing against his classmates in mathletics.<br>
He's especially enjoyed the arrival of Disney Plus (very well timed Disney I must say!) and the promise of an episode of Ducktails have got him through many an afternoon of homeschooling! He always claims he hates going for walks but then the minute he gets out in nature he's running like the wind and loving life. I've always maintained that young children are like dogs and they need regular walks in the fresh air to get the wiggles out. We've found our local sports centre carpark has been a good location for early morning scooting and bike riding.<br>
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Everyone should have an Aunty Mara in their lives - especially during a lockdown. I am well aware we are in a very privileged position of having three adults to two children ratio and I really feel for families who are outnumbered by several children, or who are lone parenting and lacking adult company or who are locked down in a small, confined spaces or flas with no garden or balcony. I am so very grateful we moved prior to lockdown as the extra space of the playroom and dining room has been invaluable to us.<br>
Anyways back to Aunty Mara...she bakes, cooks and entertains the kids all day long - she's far more patient than both of us put together and the kids adore her. She's turned into a baking fiend - producing daily treats - my lips say thanks, but my hips not so much! Luckily leggings and pj pants are the new normal and are very forgiving for all those extra pounds! If there is a bakery in London offering an insta live cook-a-long she's there with our precious few eggs and flour baking up a storm. So far there's been delicious and chewy chocolate chip cookies, fudgy brownies, scones, Victoria sponge sandwiches, apple crumble and banana bread. She's also enjoying doing quizzes - guess the emojis of London underground stations, guess the London landmark from the photo and our favourite of the week - Nineties Boybands Quiz! We've also been reliving our childhoods watching Honey I Shrunk the Kid and Sister Act. Arne is officially outnumbered...<br>
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I've been enjoying wearing minimal make-up, not having to wash my hair as frequently and wearing lounge wear every day. Basically being Waynetta the slob! I do miss my me time and this lockdown helps you to realise how much we take for granted our little freedoms - like nipping to the shops, meeting a friend for brunch in a cafe or letting the kids burn off energy in the soft play. I know who would have thought it - I'm missing tacky Wacky! I am doing too much online 'window' shopping and am hoping to get some house projects sorted whilst we have the time.<br>
My daily walks are giving me life and we're enjoying exploring more of the local area - my favourite location for a walk is the forest. We've got the tiktok app and are enjoying watching lots of the funny dance challenges and even taking part ourselves. One of our low points was a whole afternoon spent dressing everyone up as members of the Spice Girls ready to do a tiktok only for Sporty Spice to have an epic meltdown about the fact they had to perform a backflip in the music video for Wannabe and how it was, 'totally unfair as no-one else had to do hard stuff!' He also wasn't happy when we tried to put him in a tie top! I'll let you guess which member of the family it was...?<br>
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Last, but by no means least, The Belgian. He's been glued to his I-Pad replying to parents and setting virtual tasks for his classes to ignore. Just in case I wanted him to complete DIY projects he downloaded his favourite stalling platform - Football Manager. The very reason he failed two years in high school and almost failed his uni dissertation! What was I thinking allowing this? I didn't. I just saw it come up on our online banking! The dining room wall that I wanted to be painted Banana Split yellow (thanks Dulux) remained white for the whole two weeks- until about an hour ago as he didn't want to be outed on the blog! Haha nothing like the threat of public shaming to get a man painting!<br>
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He's also given himself the role of Lockdown Quizmaster and is running weekly quizzes on zoom for all our friends as a way to keep everyone is touch. He takes these quizzes very seriously and they have multiple rounds - he dresses up and there was even a Bingo grid fashioned from a pizza box in this weeks quiz. Everyone has enjoyed staying connected this way and a bit of 'friendly' competition.<br>
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I must admit it feels strange to be heading into the Easter holidays in lockdown. No visits to the local farm for lambing season and eggs hunts and face painting fun, no ridiculously hard Easter egg hunts at Rara and Granny's house, no visits from our Belgian family, no days out and picnics with friends and no cinema trips. We are having to more creative and use the resources that we've got.<br>
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I am sure, even with the underlying anxiety and horror show of the news as a backdrop, we will look back at this time fondly even though sometimes it can feel intense and frustrating and confining. Enforced family time. A chance for me to realise we don't always have to go out to have a good time. A chance to save money. To take stock. To snack incessantly. Binge watch Disney Plus. Remember what matters most is family and friends.<br>
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Stay safe everyone! I know many of you are facing uncertain times - finantial hardship, loss and heartache. I'm also aware we haven't reached our peak yet and I have so much admiration for all the key workers and NHS staff fighting this deadly virus. Those Thursday night claps also give us life and are such an emotional reminder that we're all in this together!<br>
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Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07036541230341632126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7622246796824634138.post-13965804946493456512020-03-28T04:07:00.000-07:002020-03-28T13:10:28.161-07:00Mia turns four!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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A week after we moved we hosted your Princess Party at the house. You'd planned it all meticulously - pass the parcel, musical bumps, pin the crown on the princess and then when we got desperate wink murder (which was quite amusing when none of the kids could wink!) You got some lovely presents from all of your friends including a muscial box with a ballerina, wooden food, sticker books and a barbie car! </b></span></span></span></div>
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Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07036541230341632126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7622246796824634138.post-81845076575725791872020-03-28T03:46:00.002-07:002020-03-28T03:46:49.108-07:00Ellis turns six!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Nothing like quarantine to get jobs done...So Ellis you turned six (last July!) much like the day you arrived and mummy and daddy's wedding day (four years prior to this date) it was a sweltering heat wave. So we asked you what you wanted to do to celebrate the day and you chose Pizza Express and the indoor funfair in Harrogate. Pizza Express is a family favourite and you enjoyed dough balls and crudites to start with, chicken pizza for the main course and a lolly for dessert. They sung to you and you enjoyed completing the puzzle booklet.<br />
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Afterwards we had two hours in the indoor funfair. You're quite the dare devil and went on all the rollercoaster, the chair ride, the big inflatable slide and lastly the ghost train. This was quite funny as you both insisted on going on the ghost train, but I wasn't sure if it would be too scary for Mia and couldn't see how you were finding it as you were in the dark tunnel. I was feeling a bit anxious and as the doors burst open you were grinning from ear to ear , whereas Mia was screaming and crying. You did have a supportive arm around her as you're always the protective big brother.<br />
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We decided on a bowling party this year at Shipley Bowling Alley. You and the boys were very competative as you each took your turn and were always staring at the score board! You enjoyed the time in the arcades afterwards and the food. I made you Pokemon cupcakes and you had a big Pikachu balloon for the photo op. It was a fun afternoon with all your friends - in fact it was the day of two parties as you went to Pheobe's Frozen party in the moning! Mummy found this type of party a lot less stressful than the ones she organises normally!<br />
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Your favourite things to do...you love riding round on your fancy new bike from Oma - we have a cycle path near to our house with McDonalds at the end so on a nice evening we scoot, cycle and run over and get an ice-cream. You love to read especially David Walliams books and the Beano. You are still a telly addict and love cartoons particularly Pokemon at the moment, hence why this is your party theme this year. You love a family outing to the cinema and we have seen Angry Birds 2, Toy Story 4, Small Foot and Incredibles 2. You've started going to karate every week and love your teacher Andy - you have progressed to your orange stripe belt and we're always really proud of you at your gradings. You love to build tricky Lego sets and often gets lots from all of your relatives for birthdays and Christmas. You've also got into chess at Hopscotch and the guy who runs it says you can even beat him - and he's not letting you win!<br />
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School... you've been very lucky to have a fantastic teacher this year - Mrs Nolan. She's deputy head and has passed on a love for nature to you as she's fascinated by owls and birds and even has an owl live feed on her computer. You're always telling me fantastic facts about owls and birds when we're out and about. We were so proud as you were chosen for The Headteacher's Award from your class. You smiled your coy smile as you stood next to Mrs Lowry and listened to the speech all about how wonderfully you shone, how much progress you'd made and how you'd really improved the size of your handwriting! We then had cake in the sweaty staff room with all the other winners.<br />
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Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07036541230341632126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7622246796824634138.post-25737908267567287402018-12-21T12:45:00.003-08:002018-12-21T12:45:42.701-08:00Mia turns three!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>Eats</b>: All the snacks and not much else. You've gone through a really fussy stage and mainly eat pasta, sausages or wraps and then lots of fruit and snacks. You could graze all day long. Your favourite treats are ice-cream, jelly tots, Haribo, cheese strings and cookies. You're obsessed with packed lunches and love going for a picnic too.<br />
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<b>Personality:</b> You're very mischievous and cheeky and love to mess around with everyone. You like to wind up your big brother and recently you've been bickering with each other more . You're very enthusiastic and its so cute to see you get so excited about everything - especially your pink party! We've been planning it since July and you're always running through your guest list in the car. Your very bright and have a very good memory.<br />
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<b>Playing:</b> You love a good run around at the park or soft play and especially being pushed n the swings and going down the slide. You love to play with all the dollies and accessories - particularly bags which you stuff full of all the things and carry round everywhere with you. At Clare's you like pushing two single buggies together like its a double pram. You love playing in Clare's toy kitchen and making her 'wunch.' You're quite crafty and love making cards with mummy and baking. You love dancing along to music and often know the words to popular songs on the radio.<br />
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<b>Funny memories:</b> So many - you always brighten up our days with your funny little actions and personality. On your birthday we went to Five Guys and you just stood up in your chair and were grooving along with the music - not caring who was watching!<br />
You also had your first run in with the law! We went to Bicester shopping outlet and you and Ellis joined Rara in a posh shop and he clearly wasn't being very vigilant. Next minute Mia came running out holding a box, followed closely by a young security guard asking you to 'stop' and trying to stop you without actually touching or restraining you. Next minute daddy joined the race! I couldn't stop laughing! It is everyone's favourite story! So cheeky! You also love your accessories and it was a £200 belt inside the box!<br />
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<b>Favourite places: </b>On your birthday I asked where you wanted to go and you said, 'supermarket.' You do love shopping and running errands with mummy and hate being left out of anything - hence why you come to karate with us every week, You love going to Bramble Bakehouse for cake and Goose for a play and cake and Temple Donut...do we see a pattern emerging here? We often go to the playbarn with your buddy Carmen on my days off. You're a real daddy's girl and love family days out on Saturdays. </div>
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Well, Ellis, it's been a fantastic year with so many achievements and adjustments that you've taken in your stride.<br />
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Favourite things to do... You're still a fan of trampoline parks and we recently discovered Jumperooz and you enjoyed it. You are obsessed with water parks and love the indoor one in Bruges (especially the rapids as they go really fast and the one in Furtuerventura - especially since they were very lax on the rules and let you go on all the big water slides!) You're really proud of learning to ride your bike without stabilisers and you whizz round Yeadon Tarn and Ilkley Park and love, love, love the skate ramps even though they make me extremely anxious! You love a cinema and cafe date as well - daddy sometimes takes you to see a Saturday morning show and mummy takes you to Morrisons cafe after school and you love cakes and treats as you chat to me about your day.<br />
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To celebrate any special occasion you always want a fancy meal at...Hotdonalds! You've progressed from fish fingers and chicken nuggets to cheese burgers and chocolate milkshakes. We asked you recently your favourite place in Yeadon and you said Morrisons as it's so big and has kinder eggs! We like to trawl the charity shops looking for new puzzles and DVDs - you can do 100 piece puzzles now and your favourite is your Scooby Doo one and you love your Minions, Sing and Scooby Doo DVDs.<br />
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Friends... Your friendship circle has really changed now you've started school. You have a good group of friends from your class: Lucas, Holly, James, Dougie, Thomas, Leo and Max. You're also friends with Owen and Oliver in blue class. You've enjoyed going on play dates and checking out everyone's toys! You and Mia generally get along really well too and she has definitely missed you now you're at school.<br />
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Your first year in school has been a success. You've loved your teacher Mrs Sharp as she is really fun and enthusiastic and has a little girl Olivia your age. She loves dressing up and the Disney film Moana - so you gave her the poster we got free in the cinema! You've enjoyed the routine and joining in with star moments and show and tell.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Five weeks into the summer holidays with lots of long road trips and I was feeling a bit broken. Constant whining, squabbling, mess and refusal to follow instructions and I was done. So I decided to reinstate REWARD CHARTS - can you tell I'm a teacher?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">If they got the majority of ticks they got a smiley face for that day and if they got enough smiley faces they got a treat at the end of the week. On the whole it worked and Ellis was definitely more willing to write (he has a holiday scrapbook project which has been lingering all holidays) and the change in Mia's attitude to teeth brushing was remarkable. Although Mia did earn her reward quicker than Ellis as he had a few 'grumpy' days. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Of course his favourite thing of all was the index showing all the different robots you could collect. He's already begging for another one so it could turn out to be an expensive 'freebie' for us! They are available to buy from <a href="https://www.smythstoys.com/uk/en-gb/toys/construction-and-cars/robots/ready-2-robot/c/ready-2-robot">Smyths</a> and there are even some mystery ones - which Ellis is keen to get his hands on.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">He has sat for hours building them and they accompany him in the car (not recommended with all the small parts), to soft play, to the farm and his karate teacher even got to hear about all the inner workings of his robots and which ones he hoped to get next time</span><span style="font-size: large;">! </span><br />
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Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07036541230341632126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7622246796824634138.post-65926220001184157872017-12-02T14:21:00.002-08:002017-12-02T14:21:25.959-08:00Mia turns two!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<strong>Eats:</strong> Literally everything. Mia is never not asking for a snack or trying to eat something off someone else’s plate. Loves crisps, sweets, sausages, pasta and fruit. She's been obsessed with easy peelers since the festive season begun.<br />
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<strong>Loves:</strong> Snacks (did I already mention that?) Anything that her big brother has and she loves that she has free run of his toys whilst he's at school - currently his Hot Wheels and his Buzz Lightyear. She loves stealing Ellis' toys and putting them down the back of the sofa - often the crucial piece of the Lego set he's building. Walking everywhere and pushing her push chair round - sometimes with lazy big brother in it! Loves playing with her dolly's and pushing them round in their pushchair, putting their dummy in and feeding them milk from their bottle. Her friend Finn, 'Babel' in nursery,<br />
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<strong>Says:</strong> 'Bye bye', 'night night'. 'babies', 'Ellis', 'daddy', 'mummy', 'snack', 'netflicks', 'chips', 'juice', 'sweets', 'let me see', 'here it is', 'hiya'. She makes herself known through other ways!<br />
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<b>Personality: </b>Really cheerful, cheeky and mischievous. A real people person who loves to make eye contact and give big smiles to everyone she meets. She is determined, sassy and loves charging round everywhere. She is a great mix of tomboy and girly girl - always wearing mummy's shoes and carrying bags around like diva but also loves jumping in muddy puddles and wrestling with daddy and Ellis. Although she's not saying as much as some two year old she 'chats' all the time and seems to understand everything we say. She's often trying to encourage big brother into his school uniform and shoes for the school run. </div>
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<b>Playing</b>: She loves colouring or at least getting all of the felt tips out and throwing them on the floor! She likes transporting toys from one container to another and loves 'helping' to unpack the groceries or washing machine! Enjoys joining in tig and hide and seek with the older kids and charging round the corridors after church. Also a wonderer, like big brother, with a habit of running off in public places.</div>
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<b>Funny memories: </b>We were in Boots recently and I was trying foundations on the back of my hand and when I looked over she was copying me exactly and had all these patches of orange all over the back of her hand! When she poses and say 'cheese' whenever I have my phone out - in fact she's often blabbering away on the remote control thinking she's chatting on her mobile. </div>
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<b>Favourite places</b>: We're all big fans of Oxygen trampoline park and Rosie's Diner for brunch. She loves a good run around at soft play and we often go to the Play Barn, Wacky or Tumble Town. She's very daring and terrifies me constantly! She loves feeding the ducks 'quack, quack' at the park and going on the swing and the zip line - again no fear! </div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I started the year thinking that you were no-where near school ready. I couldn't imagine you sat listening and joining in discussions when you could barely sit still for five minutes - unless you were watching a cartoon! However, in the last six months your speech, your attention span and your interest in learning has developed so rapidly that there is no denying you are school ready. You had a few taster sessions and met your teacher - who you said is kind and very beautiful! She reported that you were answering all the questions and it was so cute to see you sat cross legged on the carpet like a real school boy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">This has been a great age and you are such good company now that I will really miss you in September. You've mastered potty training, dressing yourself (you're still slow and reluctant though), learning to write and recognise your name, counting to twenty and recognising numbers and putting on your own coat and shoes. You love reading and looking at all your books and we play a game at night where you lay loads of books out and we chose one using the rhyme 'ibble obble chocolate bubble'- funnily enough it always seems to land on your favourite book. You love all the Julia Donaldson books and anything to do with pirates or monsters.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">role play with your legos and Minions toys.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">scoot to the retail park near our house and pull the basket along in Poundland and throw all the essentials in - shampoo, bubble bath, sweets, crisps, toys...</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">go to the cinema with daddy - your favourites so far have been Boss Baby, Cars 3, Despicable Me Three and the Batman Lego movie - you both love scoffing popcorn.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">meet your friends at the park for a playdate. You love slides - the higher and faster the better - St.Ives and Ilkley park are particular favs.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">build huge Hot Wheels tracks with daddy and race your cars.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">at Clare's you like role playing super heroes and you are always Spider Man.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">at pre-school your best friend is Zachary and you like putting crates on your heads and pretending to be robots.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">in Belgium you like going to the huge water park and going down the big slides and rapids. You're quite the dare devil. You also like exploring in Oma's garden - you tell us she lives in the forest.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">when we visit granny and Rara you like being chased by granny, 'helping' Rara in the garden and going to the ice-cream farm.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">At home you love receiving your 'making box' in the post which has crafty and baking activities in little coloured bags. You like eating hulk pasta (pasta pesto), carrot sticks, cucumber sticks, apple slices and egg mayo sandwiches. You have a sweet tooth and love ice-cream, haribos, fruit pastilles and milkshakes. Once too often we have caught you climbing the kitchen cupboards to get to the treat cupboard - you definitely love snacking!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Overall you're very sociable, confident, adaptable and happy most of the time. You can be a grump and are quite stubborn and very determined at times - time out has been your friend this year! You don't like being the centre of attention - like dadddy - and were hiding when it was time to blow the candles out on your birthday cake. You were so excited to have a 'minosaur' party this year and it was lovely to see all your friends from pre-school, church and Clare's together to celebrate with you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">What's your favourite food? Hotdonalds - fish fingers, chips, orange juice and a toy (we really aren't regulars!)</span></div>
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Are your kids crazy about yogurt? Both of mine love a yogurt for dessert and some shop brought brands are full of sugar and so when we got sent an <a href="http://www.easiyoshop.co.uk/?gclid=CjwKEAjwps2_BRC5jduHor-h8xESJADGT-Lt2aIcJh6F5hEKkoBOYwlSoMOktn4QXqZPw5FWk3PZoBoCTu3w_wcB">Easiyo</a> machine to review I was keen to try a more homemade version. I was especially excited to get our hands on the limited edition pink one - hello!<br />
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There are lots of yummy flavours available - our favourite was the greek style yogurt with honey - it was so yummy we ate it all and forgot to take any pictures. The vanilla was less sweet but was really nice with cut up fruit and granola for breakfast.<br />
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So I've already <a href="http://melgetsscrappy.blogspot.co.uk/2016/07/num-noms-series-2-unboxing-and-giveaway.html">blogged and vlogged</a> before about our love of the cute <a href="http://www.numnoms.com/">Num Noms</a>. My Toddler still plays with them all the time and the Baby still enjoys chewing on them! We had a play date last week, with older girls, and they really enjoyed stacking them up, lining them up and playing games with them.<br />
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Since Autumn brings new changes and a certain television show encourages everyone to try baking we decided to copy some of the Num Nom flavours and make a good after school healthy treat. We made banana, stawberry and blackberry smoothies. We used frozen fruit (that we make into smoothie bags in the freezer ready to go) and natural yogurt and orange juice. He enjoyed it but was distracted by the Num Noms in these pictures.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">September has brought some delightfully sunny days and so we have been making the most of it and spending lots of time in the park and in the garden. We were invited to a family blogging event in July by <a href="http://www.cottontraders.com/uk/page/home">Cotton Traders</a> but were on holiday and so they kindly sent us a box of goodies to play with.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And then the best part of a busy day in the sun - a big bubble bath!</span></div>
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Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07036541230341632126noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7622246796824634138.post-89717831542852234612016-09-14T12:57:00.000-07:002016-09-14T12:57:24.589-07:00Me and Mine: August 2016<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Daddy - has been getting really excited about starting his teacher training. He got a bike from his grandparents and has been taking it on some trial runs. Ellis thinks that he is going to 'Monster's University' which is really cute! He enjoyed his time in Belgium and spending some quality family time before he starts an intense year of study.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Mummy - enjoyed spending time in the sunshine with her family. Although sometimes wishing that she had a few more hours in the day to spend time creating. I'm loving making videos and getting to grips with using our go-pro and video editing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ellis - this has been the summer of the zip line! You are so adventurous and have no fear when it comes to new adventures. We have started on the rocky road of potty training and are having a mixture of success' and failures! You enjoyed spending time at Rara's (grandad's) house and Oma's house and both times got very upset when you got back to mummy's house - apparently there are monsters in mummy's house. You are fun, lively, charismatic, loving and adorable and a bit stubborn and frustrating at times but our lives would not be the same without you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Mia - this has been the summer of putting everything in your mouth that should not go in your mouth: stones, sand, paper (a big favourite), toys, shoes and her clothes! You are hitting all your milestones like pulling up, standing alone and cruising a bit. Everyone who meets you adores you as you are so smiley and personable. Your smile is very endearing and are really comfortable around strangers. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A lot of things are due to change in September with my return to work, the Belgian starting University, Mia going to the childminder for the first time and Ellis starting his new pre-school. It's been nice to savour these six weeks together before going back to the grind.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So as mentioned in the previous post 'vlogging' is my new passion. Well making videos. I wouldn't go so far as to say I am a vlogger when I have two subscribers on youtube! Haha! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So The Belgian needed a new passport and they've upped the ante and so he has to go and have an interview with the Belgian embassy in London. It happened to coincide with two inset days at school and so, despite being broke on maternity leave, we decided to make a little mini break of it. It was too good an opportunity to pass up, We were on a strict budget and I did a lot of research before we left and so I thought that I'd put it into a blog post to share it in case it helps someone else planning a trip to London over the holidays. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So here is the vlog with our new toy the go-pro and the details of our trip are below:-</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">1) <b>Natural History Museum </b>- its free and there are big dinosaurs. I have read that there are huge queues on weekends and holidays and so we were really lucky to be able visit during term time. The queue was about fifteen minutes. The building is gorgeous and the facilities - baby changing, cafe, shop - are very family friendly. We only went into the dinosaur exhibit and the insects one briefly as dinosaurs are his main passion.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">2) <b>Science Museum</b> - this is right next door to the Natural History Museum. We skipped the proper stuff and just headed straight for kids sensory play area in the basement. We probably spent an hour at the water play and I wish we could build one in our garden as it was so fun and interactive and right up The Toddlers' street. This is a must visit - they even provide you with water proof aprons so that the kids don't get soaked,</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">3) <b>Queen Elizabeth Park</b> - it was a gorgeous day and the views of the Olympic Park were amazing. This park is amazing and has loads of climbing walls, sandpits, bridges, slides and is above and beyond your average park. The splash pad was a five minute walk away and was so fun and we stayed for ages. We had brought a change of clothes, but the weather was so nice that he literally air dried and we just changed his shorts. The nearest tube stop is Stratford and it was just two stops away from our hotel. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">4) <b>Hamleys</b> - now you may be wondering how this fits in with a budget? Kids in toy stores can be particularly covetous, but it was The Toddlers birthday and so we had told him he could choose any toy for £25 or under. However, this place is magical and there are so many demonstrations and hands on toy tables that most children would be very happy. After exploring every floor he decided he wanted a £1.99 Cars grab bag so that was a result! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">5) <b>Eating out</b> - we opted for the buffet breakfast at our hotel (Travel Lodge, <a href="https://www.travelodge.co.uk/hotels/45/London-Docklands-hotel?rooms%5B0%5D%5BroomId%5D=f2qleokrm68yb7&rooms%5B0%5D%5Badults%5D=1&rooms%5B0%5D%5Bchildren%5D=0">London Dockland</a>s) as kids eat free and we really loaded up for the day. These are links to sites telling you where kids can eat for free in London <a href="http://metro.co.uk/2016/02/03/21-places-where-kids-can-eat-for-free-in-london-5656110/">here</a>, <a href="http://golondon.about.com/od/londonwithchildren/ss/Where-Can-Kids-Eat-For-Free-In-London.htm">here</a> and <a href="http://www.visitlondon.com/things-to-do/food-and-drink/restaurant/best-family-restaurants#Me3UAsHdtMw74hJT.97">here</a>. The Belgian got accepted onto a teaching training course and so we wanted to go somewhere nice to celebrate so we went to <a href="http://bodeansbbq.com/">Bodeans</a>. It is a BBQ smokehouse and offers kids meals free between 12-5 with a paying adult - extra tip get their free Q card from the website and you get a further 20% off. We had drinks and mains and desserts for the kids for three adults and two children and the bill was around £35 - which is a bargain I'd say.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">finally got round to editing Mia's birth and I love this video. I only wish we'd had one from our little boy but we only used our phones and so the footage isn't very good. Making videos is my new obsession as it really captures the moment in a way that still images can't always convey. Enjoy...</span><br />
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Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07036541230341632126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7622246796824634138.post-63898027094611796362016-07-21T12:15:00.001-07:002016-07-21T12:15:33.957-07:00Announcing winner of our Numnom giveaway surprise<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2dq1kb1fDbc" width="459"></iframe>Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07036541230341632126noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7622246796824634138.post-39640467163521074812016-07-13T00:00:00.000-07:002016-07-13T06:31:01.058-07:00Num Noms Series 2 Unboxing and Giveaway<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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due to my love of stationary. In fact growing up my sisters and I all collected
rubbers (erasers for my American readers). There was a cute little toy shop in
our town called Lornas Toys and we used to literally race the half an hour
journey to get there to see if they'd had a new shipment of scented rubbers. Do
you remember them? One shaped liked a chocolate milkshake that smelt like it
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<span style="font-size: 24px; line-height: 27.6px;">So when we received our parcel of Num Noms I don't know who was more excited - my Toddler or me. Check out our unboxing video below - let's just say we won't be going viral on youtube anytime soon! Haha!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;">These cute little scented mini foods that you can stack
in loads of different combinations of flavours. For more detailed check out
their website </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.numnoms.com/" style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%;">here</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;">. Series 2 has just been released and the flavours are alm<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">ost good enough to eat! We got the Freezie Pop Deluxe
Pack which contained 6 freezie pop Nums, 2 motorized Noms, 1 freezie pop
container, 1 freezie pop accessory, and 1 collector's menu. My little boy loved
the motorized noms the most and enjoyed raising them around on our wooden
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<span style="font-size: 18pt;">We also got a mystery pot which The
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<span style="font-size: large;">So we are almost approaching seven whole years of marriage. People talk about the seven year itch, but I think we had a one year inch and found that first year together really tough! Getting used to each others habits and quarrelling about really stupid things like Ikea flat pack and how to squeeze the toothpaste from the tube.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Although having kids together is amazing I find it crazy when people say they're having a baby to save their marriage. Babies and the subsequent lack of sleep is so challenging to any relationship - so you need a solid base in the first place. But it can be so hard not to let raising babies completely consume you and forget to find time for each other.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So when we got invited to our lovely friend's wedding we decided we'd have a little weekend get-a-way and stay in a hotel. I will admit that at the thin end of the wedge maternity pay wise I was scouring the internet trying to find us a really budget deal. So I was all ready to book a travel lodge and get my 20% cashback via quidco; however when the Belgian googled the location and pointed out that it was in fact next to a service station on the motorway. Romantic! So we upgraded to the Village Hotel. Not a lay by or Little Chef in sight!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We were so glad we made the decision to ditch the kids with my parents and found that what we enjoyed most was that we could </span><span style="font-size: large;">actually finish a conversation - a very underrated plus of attending a social event sans kids. Like big deep and meaningfuls, putting the world to rights without tantrums, tears and teething getting in the way. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We were put on a table with a couple who were juggling a six week old baby and a very lively toddler. We kept catching each others eye as they said things in strained voices like, "its <i>your</i> turn to chase her" or "can I eat <i>my</i> food now?" You could say we were somewhat smug - well smug in the knowledge that we would have fallen out by that point if the kids were involved.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In England you have to make the most of the sunny days and as so on Saturday as the sun shone we decided to head to Temple Newsam in Leeds. I used to go there in my student days and so it was a nice trip down memory lane and great to share it with my little family too. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had a picnic and the baby, whose recently been weaned, was hoovering up all the leftovers. Then we explored the gardens of the house and the Toddler enjoyed running around the maze. We even managed a really rare family shot with the self timer. I also love the pictures of the kids with their daddy. We love spending weekends together as a family. </span></div>
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Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07036541230341632126noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7622246796824634138.post-88853762851132651082016-06-15T00:00:00.000-07:002016-06-15T00:46:55.307-07:00The Siblings Project // June 2016<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">I can't believe that one of the things I was most concerned about, when pregnant, was the bond between these two. I thought that he might be jealous or that he wouldn't be very interested in her until she was mobile.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well in fact the best thing about having a second baby has been witnessing the bond between the two of them grow. No-one can make her laugh quite like he can. If she's being grizzly we ask him to try and cheer her up and he dances, manically, in front of him singing the Go Jetters theme song, 'go, go, go, go, go, Go Jetters!' She kills herself laughing. She always looks for him in the room and is captivated by all his crazy antics. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">He also enjoys entertaining her by launching himself off the sofa. I think they will be a frightful duo when she is older! Even now she enjoys going high on the swings and going down the slides with us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our local park is a bit limited in that it only has a slide and swings and so we have to make up games to amuse ourselves. One of 'their' favourites is putting her at the end of the slide and then he races down and I lift her out of the way just in time. He calls it the 'crash game' and it is requested often, but I do get some looks from the other mothers in the park!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">He loves to cuddle her, sometimes it verges on squashing - but I think that he has good intentions! He likes holding her hand and when I pick him up from playgroup he always has a little chat with her in her pram - as if he's missed her. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In many ways she's a very similar baby to him - in looks and personality. She is very wriggly and always wants to be upright or standing checking everything out. She rocks back and forth on the spot or in your lap desperate to crawl. She is commando crawling now - a very similar age to her brother - and I'm sure it won't be long before she perfects the technique. They sleep in a similar way with their hands above their heads. She is very smiley too and, like her brother, her smile lights up her whole face. They were both very sociable babies too and love having lots of family and friends around.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In fact now she is shuffling around she is starting to grab his toys more and chew them and he's not very keen on this, so I can see some sibling rivalry in the future but for now watching their interactions is the sweetest thing ever. In fact it makes my heart very full.</span></div>
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Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07036541230341632126noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7622246796824634138.post-19034034237892026032016-06-13T03:49:00.003-07:002016-07-25T00:23:18.915-07:00The Toddler Turns Three...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">I always seem to do these updates sporadically, rather than on specific but today I am in time for his third birthday . But I am always glad when I do publish them as you think you will remember all the little things, but already his first year is becoming hazy in my mind and now confused with his sister so some things I want to remember about this age...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">For me it is the best age. The terrible two tantrums have calmed down and you make me laugh all the time. You've lost the baby cheeks and dimples and now you've grown into a solid little boy, you look light but are very heavy - must be all the muscles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">* Watch tv - especially 'wetwix' and youtube which you call 'game' as you watch it on the tablet and you used to use the tablet to play cbeebies games but now you're all about Thomas and Friends stop motions, Ryan's toy review and watching other people play computer games</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Your speech has improved a lot this year and you've progressed from saying a few words and phrases to sentences. Some of my favourite things that you have said lately, "mummy I yike your tshirt." "Rara is my favourite." You call upstairs downstairs and nothing will change your mind about that. You sing along to all your favourite cartoon theme tunes and often only actually know a few words and just sing them really loudly - its very cute. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Your favourite foods are pasta, sausages, fish fingers, chips, pineapple, toast and porridge. When I say we're going to the supermarket you say, "supermarket?Popcorns, sweets, guagagine (magazine) ..."</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Your best friends are Nancy and Annabel as you see them the most. You also like playing with your other nursery friends Jessica, Huxley, Miriam and the 'twins'. You love 'Sasher' (Asher) too and go swimming with him and Jon and the 'gerls' every Saturday morning.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">What's your name? Ellis</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">What's your favourite food? (Big pause) Pasta</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Who's your bestfriend? Mia</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">What's your favourite film? Monsters Inc</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">What's your favourite animal? Wions</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You really are such a fun, lively and charming little boy. Parenting you can be exhausting as you're so full of energy and love to run off in public places. However our lives would not be the same without you in it. You are the loveliest big brother and really make your sister laugh and are always very concerned when she's crying etc. We are so blessed to have you in our family!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So I've been reading a lot of blog posts and articles lately about the division of labour in parenting. Who is the one doing all of the work in a family? The dad who goes out to work and then helps out with the kids when he gets home or the mum who is at home all day? Now I'm not an official stay at home mum as I returned back to teaching part time after having my Toddler. However I'm now on maternity leave so living the 'dream' for a while. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now I think The Belgian (my husband if you're not a regular round here) thinks that all I do is sit around and eat cake with my mummy friends. We've been having a few 'discussions' lately about whose turn it is for a lie in (if there is such a thing for a parent) or whose turn is it to do the dishes and he very kindly remarked that I shouldn't be tired as all I do is 'go on jollies all day long.' </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">1) These jollies usually start some time around four or five am when the Baby needs a feed. You're usually asleep for this - or at least you do a very good job of seeming asleep as I dig you in the ribs and hiss, 'your turn!' I usually don't fall asleep for around an hour or sometimes the Toddler wakes and joins the party too and I have to settle him back down to sleep too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">2) After vegging out in front of CBeebies whilst simultaneously making three different breakfasts as the usual 'powidge' didn't cut it and he didn't touch the toast so dry cheerios it is. I start the mammouth task of packing the mum bag. It seems like a Mary Poppins bag but creating it is not so effortless. We can't leave the house until it packed full with tools to ease any emergency situation - nappy blow outs, toddler tantrums, hungry children, snow in May...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">3) Then comes the easy bit getting there. Travelling half an hour or more is usually necessary where we live to get to the decent places for days out with the kiddos. The Baby doesn't like the car to stop so every set of traffic lights, roundabout, zebra crossing etc and she's seriously crying so I am driving at a snails pace as we approach a red light willing it to turn green. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Then The Toddler (don't let the photo below deceive you) drops his book, drink, toy and expects you to somehow be able to turn around and retrieve it. Or he sees the DDD' player and starts demanding Thomas when its not charged and, of course, you are still driving and trying to meet your mummy friends on time. So a tantrum ensues and you have the cacophony of a small baby's wail and a toddler's full blown hysterics. Bliss. Or should I say how 'jolly.'</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">4) You arrive at the destination. I will use the example of going to a big park - for example Kirkstall Abbey or St.Ives - these are the types of places I go on my 'jollies.' Not a leisurely stroll around the White Rose Centre or trying some street food at Trinity Kitchen - where I'd like to be going on my jollies. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">So we enter the park and The Toddler immediately disappears. Pretty standard behaviour from him. There is always a part of the park designated to under fives (similarly in soft play) but this is far too tame for him and he would rather attempt the monkey bars and give mummy a heart attack. Or he says, 'mummy help' as I have to rescue him from the leap of death.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">6) Food. Now if we've opted for a 'picwic' half of it has already been consumed in the car for bribes. The Toddler doesn't usually stay in one place long enough to actually eat and so you have to chase after him with a soggy sandwich before letting him mostly eat crisps. In fact when we got to Bolton Abbey and have picnics on the sand the food is usually 50% sand and they seem to enjoy the extra crunch. As you wrestle to get any goodness into The Toddler the Baby is screaming for her lunch. And so you're feeding her with one hand and feeding yourself sandy crisps with the other hand, whilst the Toddler disappears into the distance. Really must get him signed up for the Olympics 2036 long distance - unless they introduce a hide and seek category. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">7) When it's time to leave your children always very willingly leave the park and get in the car and are perfect angels all the way home. In fact this face never makes an appearance...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then you arrive home and have to unpack the Mary Poppins bag, Laundry must be done, dinner must be made and grubby children must be bathed. But wouldn't it be more jolly to sit on the sofa and go through your news feed or watch silly videos on youtube? Or taking half an hour to go upstairs and get changed after work - perhaps getting distracted by a nap along the way? Of course! But then this "important task" can only be earned by somebody who has spent the day earning real money instead of going on a 'jolly.'</span><br />
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The boyfriend I had in my late teens was obsessed with Pizza Hut and that is where a lot of our dates took place. Deep pan pepperoni pizza, salad bar and free refills. He had it down to a fine art of building cucumber slice and carrot stick walls to fill the salad bowl with as much goodness as he could. He could down down his coke in thirty seconds and so the waitress' always brought us a jug. Oh yes he was a cheap date.<br />
Then in my uni days the Pizza Hut buffet was the ultimate challenge. Just how many slices of pizza could one student consume? Too many! Your food baby hanging heavily over the low slung nineties jeans.<br />
So imagine my surprise when I was invited to a blogging event to try the new Pizza Hut <a href="https://www.pizzahut.co.uk/restaurants/food/pizza/">menu</a> and its all grown up - American classics and even super thick and tasty milkshakes. Its a far cry from my previous memories. We were loving the choice of new flavours for the pizza like Philly Cheese Steak and Beef Fajita. I opted for the Heavenly Veg which was topped with goats cheese, black olives, caramelised onions, cherry tomatoes and fresh rocket. It looked like a classier high street pizza chain. We also got sides of hot crisps with melted cheese - an amazing combo that I'd never tried before. All topped off with one of their new milkshakes - that come with extra in a metal container just like true American diners. I opted for the salted caramel and loved the little pieces of honeycomb in it. You need to hit the hut to try some of those bad boys!<br />
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Next up was a round of bowling. I don't think I've been bowling in about a decade. You get cute little stickers when you score a strike and once we discovered this we tried even harder - there is a little kid in everyone of us! Sadly I didn't really earn mine - I got a spare but no strikes.<br />
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Next up was the part I was most excited about - trying the <a href="http://www.frankieandbennys.com/menu/desserts">new dessert menu</a> at Frankie and Bennies. They have gone for American style desserts too - in keeping with their menu and their decor. I loved the cinnamon waffle crunch and the raspberry trifle sundae. The Can't Decider gives you a little bit of everything and would be a great sharer for a couple.<br />
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The kid in me was loving the Ice Cream Candy Shop from the kids menu. Its an extra £2.25 on top of the kids menu and I think it would be so exciting for a child and help to retain their attention at the end of a meal when they often get squirmy. It has ice-cream, sauce, popping candy and little glass bottles of sweets. A really interactive and cute dessert.<br />
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The evening ended with a film at cineworld. I like this cinema its clean, never too busy and they have security coming into the films to make sure people aren't on their phones or chatting - because nothing worse than having screens glowing out of the corner of your eye or teens chatting during the best part of the film. I'm such an old woman now who actually goes to the cinema to watch the film rather than to fool around with my friends! Haha!<br />
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We were lucky enough to be invited along to Geronimo last bank holiday Monday. We'd never been to a 'festival' or even on a big day out to a kiddies theme park. We were excited but also slightly apprehensive about taking the Toddler out due to his tendency to wonder off. However since it was a bit of an overcast and windy day we were able to put him in a really bold snow suit so he could always be spotted - plus he didn't really wonder off.<br />
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* Watching his little face on the rides. Normally there is a tantrum as he wants another go - but if there wasn't a queue he could just go round again. These types of rides always cost a few pounds each so I thought this was good value as its all included in the entrance fee.<br />
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* My little boy loved the Crocodile Joe tent and has absolutely no fear in standing inches from a tarantula and even touching a snake!<br />
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* Being able to try out lots of different rides<br />
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* The cup and saucer with great views of Harewood in the background. We didn't realise that our ticket included entry into the lower parts of the house and we would have enjoyed shielding from the wind and rain in the house.<br />
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* We really enjoyed Sam Sam the Bubble Man's show in the main circus tent. He blew smoke out of bubbles and even made bubbles big enough to fit a small child in. I took some pictures and videos of his show but it was so dark in there that they didn't come out very well.<br />
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* He enjoyed seeing some of his CBeebies favourite on stage - like Andy and Mr Bloom. I would agree with some of the critics that it was hard to see the stage and it would have benefited from screens either side - we were okay as the Toddler is still okay on our shoulders but I can understand this isn't plausible with older children.<br />
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* There was a good variety of food trucks. I had a delicious stone baked pepperoni pizza and we all shared some churros from the Churro truck. The Belgian got some chicken and the Toddler was adamant that he wanted a corn on the cob and although he NEVER eats sweetcorn he does when its on the cob!<br />
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* We loved the helter skelter - this was about a twenty minute queue once it got busy - and daddy and the Toddler went down together. The Belgian did say that it was so windy at the top he thought that it would blow over!<br />
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* The Toddler loved joining is with the warm up games and played an actual football match with these guys - I can't remember their name! This was probably his favourite thing of the day. The coaches were very sweet and inclusive - even though he's too young to play a proper football game he had a few touches and was very chuffed.<br />
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* We chanced upon the meet and greet with the Clangers and so got a photo and had a story.<br />
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* The soft play tent was good to help the little man blow off some steam.<br />
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* He enjoyed the balance bike course.<br />
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* A map or floor plan as there were so many exciting things that we missed as we didn't know when they were going on. I've read about a press tent in another review but this was never pointed out to us. As mentioned we chanced upon certain events - the Clangers and the bubble show - but only through being in the right place at the right time.<br />
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* I think that the queues were poorly managed on the Sunday and it was a lot busier. Luckily we had chosen to go on the Monday and it was a lot quieter and so we were able to do most of the things we wanted to. However the guy at the pizza truck said they'd been queuing two hours on the Sunday for a pizza - he said his pizza was good but not that good! Haha!<br />
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Overall we had a fab day out, even though the weather was a bit grim and we would go again. Although there were lots of things for toddlers to do - baby sensory, soft play etc - there seemed to be better activities for older children like rock climbing, craft activities, graffiti tshirts etc so I may go again when the Toddler is about six.<br />
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Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07036541230341632126noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7622246796824634138.post-58253666626539205562016-03-28T01:39:00.000-07:002016-04-07T05:21:17.466-07:00Project Life // Week Three<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Week three has to be my favourite week yet. I love the colours and textures. Turquoise and pink are a real Glitter Girl combo and worked well with the mix of newborn baby girl pics and toddler pics. I used a post-it note to make the title card and love this background paper with its feminine alphabet print. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The left hand side has stories and pictures about my girly day out with The Baby where we went for lunch in Harrogate and then got her birth certificate, cute pram and snuggle baby pics, The Toddler having sensory play threading cheerios onto spaghetti and soft play fun with my friend and her little girl.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I liked the angle of this picture and how adoringly they are both looking at The Baby. I stapled the embellishment on to add some texture.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The right side has a black and white SLR shot of the siblings, her six week update, pictures of our family walk to Swintsy Resovoir, The Toddler going on his early Saturday morning swim dates with daddy and building a snowman in the garden.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I adore the happy look on The Toddler's face in this picture with his arm bands on. I love that they spend that quality time together and that I get to bond with my baby girl and possibly have a little lie in - depending on her napping.</span></div>
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