Hippy Happy Birthday

Yesterday we celebrated Lisa's birthday by taking a short punt on the river in the bracing air (see the lovely smiles?)

Next we ate some lovely food at the Sala Thong and then a surprise birthday cake!
Group shot

New threads

My lovely friend Lisa bought Emily a David and Goliath T-shirt and Conchita gave me a couple of pairs of cloth nappy friendly trousers (30 minutes after this picture Emily threw up )

Update

So in the end we didn't end up cancelling our home phone. The Virgin people called and said they could offer us the same deal with broadband and telephone for only £22.50 a month (telephone contract had free landline calls at the weekend only). So it looks like we are making a saving as we hardly use the home phone as is it. At least this way we don't actually loose our number and people will still be able to call us.

I actually had a call today about my car that I'd advertised for sale. A really pleased father arrived with his rather long legged student son and seemed genuinely pleased with the car (though I was embarrassed about how dirty the inside was and I still hadn't got round to using the t-cut stuff to try to get rid of some of the scratches!) but hey, he's coming round to pick it up tomorrow night. Wow I think I sold it! (and at not a too bad price either). Rather pleased it's going to someone nice and not some chav(ette). But I will be sad at the loss as she's been a good car, never failed me nor broken down on any hard shoulder.

Tonight Emily stunned me by helping me count to 10 in the bath. I was counting the amount of times I was pouring water over her new teletubbies bath toy and she started counting the following numbers. I would say One and she would say 2, I'd say 3 and she would say 4 and so on until 10 and then she clapped her hands! Amazing - made my heart melt.

Her walking is improving and her confidence is growing. Though she is more happy walking towards me than she is for her Dad or sister, but it's still early days and we need to work on that a bit. To help her I bought some new shoes - lovely pink ones with a little flower. She's really happy to wear them and quite delighted to walk from the house to the car now in her dandy little shoes. Do they have to grow so quickly though, can they not stay this cute till say about 5?

Who's on the phone?

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow..

From little acorns..

It's not an acorn but it is a seedling, a rose seedling I hope! And it's my first one :)

11 days of nothingness

well that's not true. I have 11 days off work and I've got 2 kids to take care of, entertain, feed, clean etc. The Easter Holidays have arrived early this year and I've got to think of things to do to entertain kiddies, so I've purchased a years membership for the National Trust at a bargain price and a kids freebie growing kit and a cool bag! I'll be posting photos later this week of all the things we've been up to. And in the meantime I wish everyone a Happy Easter!

Emily perching on the couch

With her favourite toys

ewww

This little piggy went - OUCH!

This little piggy went to market, this little piggy went snap!
ok it's not that impressive looking in the photo, but it is a real nice colour of purple at the moment

Mmmm delicious

Beat this Nigella

Erm should I tell the School about the boob?

Here is a the front page of the Term Times magazine that is published for all the schools in Cambridgeshire
Here is a close up that Eagle Eye Dude spotted - do you think I should tell the school?

I had to giggle, then I felt shocked, then I giggled again - what a BOOB!

Eye know!

I've just booked a date for my eye surgery. I've gone for the cheaper option, if I had the finances then I would have no hesitation in paying £3200 for the intralase procedure, which has quicker healing results. But as I seem to be suitable for both types of surgery and my finances are limited its probably my best option at the moment (unless one of us suddenly wins lots of cash with our premium bonds).

An Eye for An Eye

Right now I look like I've just swallowed some LSD. My pupils are still hugely dilated after my trip to Optical Express (more like comedy express - but more of that later). I decided to see if I would be suitable for laser eye surgery. I already had in mind a budget of about £2400 as the technology advertised seem to fit my needs (very short sighed and with astigmatism). I first spoke to one woman, who was a bit loud and seemed to behave a bit odd. Her discussion with me seemed to be more like rehearsed sales patter. She also reminded me of Shirley Carter from Eastenders *laughs*. Anyway she handed me over to Matesh who then proceeded to numb my eye balls, poke, prod, and shine all sorts of lights in my eyes. Finally he said "Congratulations - you are a suitable candidate for eye surgery" I thought I'd won a prize. Matesh then handed me back to "Shirley" who then noted down the different treatments and here's the crunch - they recommend the most expensive treatment at £3200. Feh I though - but when I asked questions I realised that the only difference between these treatments is that the most expensive one incorporated a laser that did the cutting of the eye, rather than a surgeon performing that part. An extra £800 for a machine to do the cutting work. Ok so the healing time was less and I'd only need 1 day off work rather than 4. But still £800 extra!!! Not too sure what to do at the moment, so will have to think it over for a few days.

A Rose for a Rose

Lovely Lisa had a rose named after Emily. I finally got round to planting the seeds at the weekend. Drew purchased some seeding soil and I carefully planted my 8 precious seeds. I've even gone as far as making sure I got the right soil, a feeding calendar and called the Garden Centre for advice. The lady there didn't give me much hope of growing these seeds - but you never know, there is always hope.

Crib that Rocks

" Mention Crib Designs in your Blog - Get some Crib Designs for your sprog!"

Some nice Sassy Secret Nursing Shawls on Beths website this week. Oh and a sale - but must resist as I'm broke this month, recession hitting hard already! Or maybe its the fact that I'm buying lots of material and sewing items, erm...

Anyway visit Crib Designs - great clobber for your little toddler!