Living Arrows 2018 21/53

Welcome back to another week of Living Arrows hosted by Donna over at What The Redhead Said. If you are new to this then the name of the linky comes from the poem by Kahlil Gibran "You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth"

This week James and Freddie have spent a lot of time outside! We have again had some pretty good weather so we have been making the most of it after school! Mummy has definitely been making the most of it and using the washing line! So the boys have been in the garden a lot after school while I have been bringing the washing inside!!

Freddie actually managed to fall asleep at playgroup due to the heat on his Tuesday session! I had to take his pram into the classroom to see if I could transfer him from the playgroup buggy into his own armadillo, but as normal he woke up! He set a new Freddie record thought at his Sure Start group! Normally if there is water outside it takes him a good half an hour to get himself totally soaked but last week it took him a grand total of seven minutes!! One of James school friends mum is a volunteer at our group and Freddie adores her!

James has actually been wearing shorts to school and on the days its been scorching hes actually left his jumper at home!! 

Mummy has been taking it easy this last few weeks as I managed to cut my thumb open quite badly on a tin and I still have a dressing on it as it keeps reopening when I am doing things with the kids!!

This is actually the start of the last week of the half term at school! It really does not seem like five minutes since the kids went back after easter!! We are spending most of the next week with Nana and Gaga and Mummy cannot wait to have some extra pairs of hands!!!

                                   

 

Siblings in May 2018

Welcome back to another month of the siblings project.

What a month it has been! James and Freddie are growing up so fast! James is not even six yet hes started to wear some tops in a size 7-8 and Freddie has started to wear some 3-4 clothes too!

This month our photos were taken during the mini heatwave we experienced! The boys had two great afternoons playing together in the pool in our back garden!

                  

Living Arrows 2018 20/53

Welcome back to another week of Living Arrows hosted by Donna over at What The Redhead Said. If you are new to this then the name of the linky comes from the poem by Kahlil Gibran "You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth"

Its been another busy week here for James and Freddie. Daddy was on holiday from work last week so we had lots of chilled out family before and after school!

James has been busy at school and also had his friends birthday party, which was held at our local sports center soft play! Its fantastic in there! Both boys really enjoy going! James was never still apart from when he was eating! He was so tired he was in bed and asleep by half past six! In fact he actually asked to go to bed he was that tired!

Freddie has had lots of fun while daddy was off work as he got to spend one on one time with mummy and daddy together without his big brother there to annoy him! Freddie also got a hair cut one afternoon after school done by Gaga! We have a baby gate on Freddie's door to stop him escaping!

My Favorite Bloggers on Instagram

Since I started blogging nearly four years ago I have really got into using Instagram a lot more. I should use it more and obviously better than I do. I really need to start looking at what was in the background of my photos especially when I am in the house and garden!

So without further ado here we go, some of my favourite feeds to follow!

 This Mama Life - Sarah is a mama of two, Isla is 4 and Lachlan is 1 and she lives on the south coast with her husband Rob. Sarah is originally from Aberdeen and love seeing her vlogs when she goes to visit her family as my best friend is from Aberdeen. I love seeing her photos of the kids as they are simply adorable.

Sarah is gearing up for solo parenting for six months while Rob is deployed with the Navy. Last time she did this she was pregnant with her gorgeous boy Lachlan, but this time she will have Isla starting Primary school to document!

Life With Pink Princesses - Jodie is a mum of three girls who are gorgeous, her family also have two adorable kittens. She was one of the first bloggers I started following on Instagram and also on twitter, so I have been following her for nearly 4 years now! 

Her three girls known as P1, P2 and P3 on the blog and they are adorable! I love seeing photos of what they get up!

Meet the Wildes - Meet the Wildes is run by Amber one half of a same sex family and mummy to two sets of adorable twins with one more baby on the way! 

Amber has to be one of the most lovely bloggers I have met since I started blogging. Her feed is amazing as its full of adorable photographs of her boys and girls and of course their gorgeous dog! 

Amber also vlogs for her own youtube channel and also Channel Mum! She is also admin for the Channel Mum group on facebook! Oh and she holds down a crazy full time job as well!

Mummy, Daddy,Me - Katie is another blogger who I have followed since I started blogging four years ago! Mama to three adorable children 2 girls and her bonus baby boy! Her oldest little girl is a fantastic football player! Her feed is so bright and colourful and Katie has  amazing style when it comes to decorating!






So these are four of my favorite bloggers on Instagram! I do have many, many more but I think there are way too many for me to name! 

Happy Birthday Blog!

Happy Birthday 

Mummy To My Little Cheeky Monkey!

Four years ago today I set this place up to record memories of James growing up and what a four years it has been!

I have now gone self hosted and will eventually phase out the Mummy To My Little Cheeky Monkey as my boys get older.

Here's to the next four years!

Top Five things to do in Alcudia

So we are off to Alcudia in October and I have already started to do my research into things we can do with the kids! The last time I went to Majorca I was 19, so a lot of places have changed since I was last there! 

I asked some of my fellow bloggers and also friends who I know have visited the area for some suggestions of things we can do!

Hidropark

For us this has to be number one on our list as it is actually right next door to our hotel so we get free entrance! As we are all inclusive at the hotel we apparently get a 20% discount on food and drink in the park! This will be a brilliant day out for the boys; Freddie especially will adore it as he loves playing with water! I can easily see us spending a few hours here, especially as it is right next door to our hotel complex so we won't have too far to go if the boys get tired. 

A day trip to Palma

Palma is the capital of Majorca so I don’t think any trip to the island would be complete without spending a day in Palma. Palma has some beautiful architecture and of course some brilliant shopping! I definitely want to go to the marina and see the boats! I know both of the boys would love to see the boats! This was also suggested by Catherine from Here Come The Hoopers, who has a brilliant post about Palma

Credit: North East Family Fun

The Old Town Market

Samantha from North East Family Fun suggests visiting the Market in the old town as its perfect for kids to spend their holiday money and pick up traditional souvenirs! 

I think this will be a perfect place to visit as I love visiting markets when abroad. I can vaguely remember visiting markets when I went to Majorca back when I was 19.






The Pirates Show! Laura from Mum on a Mission says even though it is in Magaluf, The show would blow our minds! She used to be a holiday rep in Majorca so saw the show every week and loved it! This is something I have heard a lot about from friends but we never actually got to see it when I last went! This is something I think James would adore as he is pirate daft thanks to Swashbuckle and he is always pretending to walk the plank off our sofa!

Puerto de Alcudia 
Amy from All About a Mummy suggested going down to the port for local seafood and other cuisines. I think this would be lovely to do one evening maybe after dinner at the hotel. Both my boys love boats and I think the marina would be the idea place to get some lovely photographs of the boys and of course hopefully some lovely family photographs! 

These are just a few of the suggestions I got given! I will be sure to make a list before we go as we are only there a week so have to plan our time!

Living Arrows 2018 19/53

Welcome back to another week of Living Arrows hosted by Donna over at What The Redhead Said. If you are new to this then the name of the linky comes from the poem by Kahlil Gibran "You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth"

This week has been quite busy for James and Freddie with school and playgroup and of course our Sure Start group for Freddie. Freddie absolutely adores his sure start group! Hes been going to this group since he was 7 weeks old so he loves it! The centre has a lovely little garden which is a real sun trap! So if its nice weather Freddie generally spends the full session outside!

How nice has the weather been this last few days! On Saturday we took a walk to our local retail park to buy food for a bbq that we were having later that day with nana and gaga. We also bought the boys a new paddling pool! They spent virtually all Saturday afternoon and then the majority of Sunday afternoon splashing around!!

It's also been a busy one for mummy with a trip to Ikea with Nana while Gaga stayed back at our house to do playgroup pick up for Freddie and the school pick up for James. Mummy also had an unplanned trip to local minor injuries unit after slicing my thumb open on a tin badly and needing it cleaned and dressed!!

James also had a session of forest school last week! When we had all the snow back in February/March his class lost a planned session in the school secret garden due to the weather so it was rearranged for 1st of May! James was so excited to get to school that he actually forgot to pick up his wellies!! So once the door was opened mummy ran home with Freddie and picked them up and got them back to the school before his TA locked the door!