My last day off after a BRILLIANT Christmas break and I got up to the smell off slow cooked pork shoulder which I had prepared last night and slow cooked all night Read more
Generally about Reagan
Reagan spelled out Subway from their sign and then said that makes subway like Mr Swift said subtract it means take away…! When I hear my little baby daughter say stuff like that unprompted just because she is using what she has learned at school just blows me away she is growing up so fast. She is always practicing reading all the time and getting better, only struggling on “word wall” words ones that sometimes can’t be sounded out which if you think about it subway was a very tough word but she read it.
I feel pretty proud of her today as I do everyday but today just a little bit more than yesterday?
Lincoln on the other hand doesn’t care about reading yet he doesn’t start pre school 3 days a week all day until Monday so he just ate a full 6″ ham cheese with salami (which he really wanted) but because he asked for salami he was refused a childrens meal because the jobs worth serving the butty’s said he can’t have salami on a childrens meal deal…I nearly flipped! So he had to have a grown up sub crisps and a drink but no toy and no bag to put it in FOR A POUND MORE? I would have given them the extra pound to put a couple of pieces of salami on his childrens meal butty but unfortunately that’s NOT allowed at subway?
Lincoln didn’t complain, he got what he wanted, even though his sister got a princess bag and princess game and he got a meal which he ate COMPLETELY!
It makes me VERY proud how easy going Lincoln is and not complaining about things like that make me realise we are getting it right.
After some pottering we went to a farm near Congleton where Reagan and Lincoln fed the goats pigs cows horses alpacas and chickens and then we fed ourselves at the cafe before heading off to Astbury Mere Country Park for a walk and some fresh air. Read more
Last night was fantastic we had a great night just Jamie and me on the sofa some booze snacks and a film, once Reagan and Lincoln went to bed. Our day begun yesterday slowly but we had a plan to go ten pin bowling but that was almost scuppered by Lincoln getting very car sick but after returning home to get him and the car cleaned up we did eventually enjoy an hours bowling if a little broken up by malfunctioning alleys.
Next we planned to keep the kids up later and have a disco with music and flashing lights snacks and drinks which we did but at their normal bedtime they actually asked to go to bed which we happil…. begrudgingly obliged.
I had a great night drinking upto but not past midnight sticking to my plan, Jamie on the otherhand drank past midnight and polished of a bottle of presseco herself, which came back (literally) to bite her this morning not through excess but late drinking meant a slow start and a day off for her as she suffered all day. The children and me went for a walk into town and then to the park while Mommy recovered and then we had a really lazy day watching movies and I cooked a good tea with lots of veg and pork which proved the final cure for Jamie “slow day” lol
I sit here now watching easy telly blogging and drinking water, yes water knowing I have cracked day 1 of my plan
I weighed myself – no change
Reagans new cookbook had its first outing tonight lemon chicken goujons with chips and sauces Read more
Not wanting to take the children away from their toys on Christmas Day we always stay home and invite Nannie to share our day and have Christmas dinner with us Read more
On Christmas Eve we our tradition is to go to church then have tea, get bathed and ready for bed and then all go downstairs for hot coco and watch The Snowman and The Snowman and the Snow Dog before bed Read more
Both children rose at 7am more excited than I have ever seen them, both wondering whether he’d been. It is my job to go and check if he infact has been and he has gone too Read more
At 8:45 an hour after putting the children to bed I thought it would be long enough for them both to be asleep and we could go up the attic and get all the presents hidden up there…! Read more
I have just put Reagan and Lincoln to bed after the best Christmas Eve EVER! Read more