Sian and the gloves....

Sian has very little fat on her. If you've ever met my kids you'll know they are NOTHING like Clive and I in build (well, except height maybe, Clive's short) So with this chilly weather Sian's hands tend to get cold very quickly (Beth's don't, but she is "fatter")

Yesterday she was wearng her mittens when she got TOO school. But when I picked her up, she'd lost them. Result, melt down. Anyway, she'd taken them off to play in the water (shock #2 this week, she's organised!!! shock #1 was being told she's quiet!) So, this morning I put her gloves on her and told her that if she lost them she'd be gloveless. I get to pick her up this afternoon and she has two pairs of gloves! Her mits had ended up in teh play house!

She was star of the day again today. She got three stickers.. one for spelling "dream", one for tidying up and one for doing her spellings. Her teacher told me she has been whizzing through her sounding out words. She brought home 2 sets tonight and went through them 4x each with ease. I always suspected she could read more than she let on, and I was proved right. She read a whole book to me the other day. The only word she needed help with? "aeroplane"

I'm quite looking forward to meeting her teacher next week and seeing her work. Today she brought home a kite she'd made at shcool. On the back was a VERY good attempt at writing her name (she can't hold a pencil properly yet) *and* she'd rememberd the "hat" over the a in sian. Homeschooling hasn't held her back at all!

He's how old?

Ok, I know the answer to that. He's 16wks tomorrow. (4mos NEXT week)

I left him iwth a train on his mat. I left the room to do something. Next thing I hear? The train chuffing away. You have to push down on the funnel to acheive this. He has the train in his hand and a satisfied grin on his face. I know what my little man likes.. well at the moment. Trains. This one in particular. And he wants me to go play with him some more so I am.

I'll get pics of him and his train later.

Inspiration to me

comes from a friend. Her son is just 3wks younger than mine (and about 3x smaller LOL) and she managed to lose weight all through her pregnancy. You can read her journey and how it IS possible to lose weight AND have a healthy pregnancy on her blog http://skinnydreaming.blogspot.com/

She's now about 50lbs lighter than I am, and I want to tell her how impressed I am with her acheivement!

Some randomness

Sian ready for her first school disco (Feb 11 2009)

Beth showing me just HOW BIG her mouth is LOL

Trying to escape his big sisters clutches!

Lovin' my lil' bro. Not that he appreciates it!

more of the boy.

I used to suck my fingers like this too! He really is mine LOL.

Who needs a pushchair? He's happily asleep in there!

Tummy Time.. oh and showing off his cute yellow nappy too!

Hitching a lift with Daddy

Just too cute!

Rick's first snow

Frederick didn't want to miss out on the snow fun either so on the Tuesday Mama bundled him up in two jackets and put FIVE layers of blanket down on the still untouched snow in the front garden. The back had been demolished by his big sisters and their teenage friend the day before!

Star of the Day

The title says it all! Day 4 and my little girl was her teachers "Star of the Day" All I could get out of her was that she'd been good all day to earn it. So what ever the reason for the award, Mama was proud that night.

Snow Day!!

Beth's 1st Day

Beth's not such a picture freak as Sian LOL. She'd much rather be BEHIND the camera! But here are some from her first day at Groveley Hall Nursery. She'll be there till September when she'll go to KMS Nursery for a year.

Sian's 1st day

Monday, 26th January 2009. Sian started at Kenyngton Manor School. She had a good day from all accounts! Her teacher told me she'd been good as well so I was happy!

I heard all about snack time (apple, orange adn water) and school dinners (jacket potato and beans with a yummy pie and custard) and she drip fed me information through the evening. She did t (tuh) and T (tee) and adding up and painted a flower and stuck wrapping paper on a ladybird

Enjoy the photos :o)


Signing "school"

Waiting for her teacher

All smart in her uniform (didn't last!!)

PE Kit

Have I got everything now?


With the begining of school though, Sian has to leave her sign language classes. So we made a video for Dom before we left for the school run. She understands a LOT of signs, and also the grammar. I'm hoping that she gets to use this skill in teh future as she really does have another language at her finger tips (they use makaton in her class as some of the children have speech difficulties)

They're getting so BIG!

My daughters that is. Next week Sian starts school and Beth starts nursery.

Where were living previously we had the Hounslow Sure Start facilities on our doorstep for free and the schools weren't ones I was happy with. So, I made the decision to home school the girls. Since we moved we have two good schools within walking distance of our house. One of which has a long waiting list- which Sian is on, but will now be taken off. The other is not in our borough but IS our 2nd closest school (still walking distance, just about another 5mins)

So, Thurs 22nd Jan was spent in a search for uniform for Sian. The only thing I need to get her from the school is her jumper. Which my friend is very kindly buying for her birthday/christmas present. We got... 2x skirts, 1x pinafore dress, 3x polo shirts, 2x tracksuit(ish!) bottoms, 6x tights, 1x plimsolls, 1x school shoes. In addition I've been given 4x polo shirts and 1x yellow t-shirt. She's all kitted out hopefully right till she needs/wants a summer dress. But she has the choice and doesn't have to have one! I'll share photos in another post (Clive took pics tonight and somehow adjusted the setting so they're useless!)

Neither girl can wait for next week LOL. Sian starts Monday and Beth starts Thursday. Boo's going to cost me a whopping... £1.87/day! I know exactly what i'll do with my two mornings with out the girls. Get the house sorted out!!

A Frederick Post.

My little man's found his thumb!

My favourite Nursing photo. I took it with my phone and then edited it on there as well.

car seat pic at 10wks 4days (last one was at 3days)

In his big boy cot. My little man slept in his cot all night long for the first time Jan 17th :o(

Just love the shocked expression!

Isn't he a cutie pie? (ok, I'm biased!)

Lovely soft dungarees!

He's not meant to fit this pushchair yet! Makes walking to the bakers easier if I want a basket though!

Trip to the park

First time on a swing.

So, the little so n so decided that to roll over tummy to back at 5weeks wasn't enough. At just over 10wks he slept all night in his own room (mama didn't sleep too well!). And in all the gurgling and babbling he said "mum" not just a fluke but 3x one night and then a couple times the next morning. He doesn't seem to need to nurse as much as the girlies did. And he's found his thumb! What else. He's trying really hard to roll back to tummy now- and getting frustrated when it doesn't work! And I have no clue how much he weighs (well over 11lbs by the feel of him!) but I just had to buy him 6-9mos footed sleepers as his toes are all scrunched up in the 3-6's. As long as there are no feet he's fine! I'm 3/3 on kids with no waist/butt!!

Random Pics!

All my babies on Christmas Day at GrannyJan's

Sian and Beth with their stockings

Christmas Eve PJ photo

Justin @ CBeebies Live! (Christmas present from GrannyJan)

Beth @ CBeebies Live!

Sian @ CBeebies Live!

Rick waiting to get up to the auditorium.

Trying out the multimac carseat. Man I wish we had enough to get one of these. Unfortunately at over £1000 for this part and a good £200 for the infant seat it's not happening any time soon. They're safe enough in what they've got but even now, 6mos later, Sian would prefer a harness!

Sian's Christmas

Sian decorating the tree

Christmas Eve PJs... can you tell it was just about bed time?!

Lola from "Charlie and Lola" in her stocking.

All Sian asked Santa for was a Cinderlla Disney Princess Doll.

Christmas Peppa Pig outfit

Sian asked for Peppa Pig PJs but I had trouble finding them (She ended up getting them as a present) so this was Mama's compromise.

Don't let my oldest daughter loose with a bunch of cherries! We ended up in A&E as she swallowed a cherry stone. By the time we got there it had gone down and she jsut had a very sore scratched throat- I think I probably did more damage whacking the poor kid on the back!

Sian's favourite present? Junior Monopoly from her Uncle Stevie.