Tuesday, 29 May 2018

Living Arrows 2018 22/53

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 has been another great week for the boys! Lucky for James he only had to do four days at school due to teacher training day on the Friday, So we took a walk to Tesco to get a few bits in from the free from range to take to Nana and Gaga's house!
James came bouncing out of school on Monday beaming as he had got a certificate in assembly from the head teacher for his academic achievement, although when I asked James what it was for his answer was I don't know!

Freddie has had another brilliant week at playgroup! On Tuesday he ran into the room and went to the door that leads into their little playground and waved to me!! He is doing so well and is so settled!! 

We again had our normal Thursday Sure Start group! Mummy is part of the parents group which is planning the activities for the summer holidays and we have come up with some really good ideas!! I love the fact that the summer events cover older children too as James would be totally huffy if Freddie got to go out and he didn't!

With James having a teacher training day on Friday we decided to venture to another local sure start centre to try out their 0-5 group. Both boys had a brilliant time so I think mummy and Freddie might try and go a bit more often!

We finished the week by going to stay with Nana and Gaga and having a BBQ on Sunday to celebrate Nana's birthday a day early!







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Friday, 25 May 2018

Freddie at Two and a Half!

My last update on Freddie was done back in November when he turned two. After that milestone I decided it would be better to do updates on him every six months like I do with James.

Since he turned two he has become such a little mischief maker! He loves nothing more than ganging up on his brother and jumping on him shouting squeeze! Poor James has also been on the end of a beating or two from Freddie. The last incident was poor James getting scratched on the eyelid by his darling little brother. 

Freddie is also so clumsy! He is always walking into things and banging his head, normally on our kitchen table as he seems to forget he is now way too tall to walk under it! He also has a bad habit of smacking himself in the head with our living room door.

His speech has improved so much, especially in the last four months since he started at our local playgroup! He is saying a lot more words and we can all understand him a lot better! He can now say the name of our neighbours dog Archie and when he sees him he shouts hi Archie hi Archie you ok Archie as if he expects him to answer him back! He has also learned to say the name of one of James friends and her little brother who is a few months younger than him. 

He is still wearing a size 4 pull up and a 6+ nappy at night. His clothes are mostly age 2-3 but there are also a few tops in his wardrobe that are age 3-4! Mummy has had to start buying trousers in age 3-4 as he is already starting to outgrow his 2-3 ones in leg length! He seems to be much taller than James was at the same age and he is already catching James up in height!! 

His sleeping as still be a bit hit and miss as he kept getting ill and ending up in mummy and daddy's bed, but now we are getting him to start the night in his own bed and most nights he will stay there till at least 11pm. We have had the odd night where he has gone to bed at half six or seven then woken about eleven, been resettled in his bed and then next time he has woken up it's been around half five or six am! But most nights he will end up in with mummy and daddy from around midnight. 

We are also in the middle of eliminating anything containing dairy from his diet. We have already removed cows milk, eggs and cheese from his diet and he now drinks almond milk with a little bit of water in at bed time. We have a hospital appointment for him in July to see paediatrics to get the ball rolling as to what is upsetting his poor tummy so much and if that is also the cause of his horrendous sleeping!

He had a brilliant time when we went down to visit Nanny and Pappy in Surrey over the February half term! He absolutely adored their cats Zippy and Cecil! And even now he loves to see them on face time! He loved being out and about in London and he had a great time running around in horse guards parade!

He is absolutely loving his sessions at our local playgroup and so is mummy as it gives me some free time to get work done and also to cook meals for tea without interruption!! He has finally stopped going in crying his eyes out, he normally whines a bit but there are no tears and he always comes running out with a big smile on his face chatting his head off!

He had a brilliant time on the early May bank holiday when we had all the hot weather! We bought a paddling pool for him and James and boy was it difficult to get him out of it! He is such a water baby! He even managed to escape mummy and run back into the garden half dressed and climb in and laugh at daddy!

I cannot wait to see how he does when we go on holiday in October! I think both him and James will have a brilliant time!! I admit I am a bit nervous about flying and being sat two and two!

Our next update on Freddie will be when he turns three!! Argh how is my dinky baby almost three!!

Monday, 21 May 2018

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!!!

 



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Tuesday, 15 May 2018

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!









The Siblings Project - Dear Beautiful

Monday, 14 May 2018

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!





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Saturday, 12 May 2018

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! 

Thursday, 10 May 2018

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!