Synchronization of Us

Because cannot seem to fit the time in to actually write a post so lets see.

- Go on holiday in 9 days eek , kids are super excited and keep singing “we are going on a summer holiday” . They were trying on some clothes today , love little bellies in kiddie bikinis and short and ts . Very cute.
- 2 days till daddy is home another eek and a cannot wait .
- Today was sunny , dry and nice . I wanted the summer to be like this , we spent a good part of the day out playing . We have been taken the cat out to play lately , she seems to love it as much as the kids do .
- Eils was at the hospital today and diagnoised with toddler diarrhea we kinda figured that was the problem with her pooping stuff but it is nice to be sure . They think it also explains her constant hunger (food just runs through her) and the many accidents she has (i do think some of it is laziness but sometimes i don’t think she knows about it before it happens) .
- Eilidh was weighed and measured at 100cm and 38.5lbs , she is 3 years and 8 months old . Not sure how this compared “to normal”
- Cannot beleive summer is almost done, less than 3 weeks till school start back and next week will be daddy home excitment and getting ready for holiday then the week after will be away then its back again . Crap my baby is starting school
- My kids are going to bed earlier and earlier it seems , its 6.14 and all 3 are sound. Eils actually put herself to bed at 5.30 without stories as she was that tired. Strange thing is they seem to be getting up a little later to around 6.30 - 7 (and as late as 8 the other day)
- Ru is getting to big and having a little lanuage explosion just now ,he has picked up the much faviroured toddler word “no” and is starting to enjoy being read to (sometimes) . I love and hate all this because they baby is meant to stay a baby…not go and grow up on us.

Well im going to go and try a blog post on my other blog , been even worse for writing on that one lately

Yes im not blogging again , terrible lazy i know but here are some recent pictures including School girl Becca, sleeping boy and some home grown butterflies .

In case you are watching these and thinking poor kitty , or even worse what a horrible person i am letting them treat her like this . Just look at the kitty , does she look or act upset ? She has plenty of oppertunites to run away but she does’t . Many times she is the one seaking out the children for the games

Long time no blog , things are pretty crappy around here just now. Weather is awful which means we are stuck in the house day in and day out which means kids and mummy are very unhappy. Please send some sunshine this way.

Marylin over at Soft Thistle (a totally awesome Scottish blogger everyone should be reading , this woman is a inspiration to everyone) has started Sunday snippets and she asks ” write down and/or photograph something cute or funny that happens as it happens throughout the week, and every Sunday make it into a post ” . Thought i would give it a shot (now some of these are a few weeks old but still… )

1 - Have i mentioned that Dora is not the only thing that likes to pee in the kitty litter ? The other week while waiting for his bath Ru just turned around and aimed it in , then a few days later Rebecca woke up at night and went to the toilet and sat down it in a peed (i think she thought it was a potty that use to be kept there ) .

2 - Ru has started saying “love you” and its so cute , you just tell him you love him and he says it back . He even said it unpromted to the kitty , he gave her a big kiss and said “love you” so i think he knows what it means.

3 - Kids were in trouble tonight , i was making dinner and could hear them laughing . I heard Eilidh say “mummy is going to be sooooo annoyed at us” , i could hear banging and thought they were making a mess but could not leave dinner . When i went through they were throwing a whole bunch of toys out the living window in the hopes of being allowed out to pick it up .

4 - The other night Rebecca was not going to sleep and instead was singing a nursery song called ” we are going to school in August” , when i said she was to go to sleep in the sweetest voice she whispered ” i can’t sleep im to excited about going to big school”

So that is it , my big effort . Its been a long day and im heading for a bath and some me time , hope tomorrow will be a better day

Maybe the summer holidays will not be so bad. So far the first week has passed with little drama and lots of fun.

Wednesday - My lovely mother in law took us to M and D’s for the day . Silly me forgot to bring the pram which meant Ru was walking the whole time (during nap time to eek) but he was actually really good. It was a long , hot but fun afternoon and i think everyone had a blast . We got home just in time to pack the kids bags for a sleep over at my sisters house. Stephanie was having a belated birthday sleep over for Rebecca and we all went down for playing and party food. Ru and i left about 7 , and the kids continued playing and having fun.

Thursday - Less eventful , my sister watched the kids while i went out and sent away passport applications for the children . We have decided rather than France which is very expensive we are going to book a week all inclusive in Spain for August which would be so much more fun for everyone . Not booked anything yet though as waiting for passports to come though just in case. In the afternoon a friend and her 2 year old came over for a few hours, the parents chatted while the kids all played . Great fun

Friday - Lazy morning , i have taken to curling up with my book in the living room and the kids love it. They jump all over me and we have such fun , its a win win for all of us. Ru napped and i played Mario on the wii another win win as the girls like to watch and pretend to join in (although not allowed to play scary levels as Eils gets scared he he) and when he got up we went to my mums. Heavy rain was forecast but it stayed dry and warm enough all afternoon . I ended up sitting inside with a book as the kids played for hours in the garden . Kids baked muffins and mum made dinner and they played some more outside. All four were playing together so well and i did not want to leave, need to get the cute video from my mums camera to share . Finally Ru and i left around 7.30 to go home and as usual the girls stayed and were out to 9 o’clock playing .

Saturday - LAZY DAY again , im in a bit of a lazy mood just now and should be doing stuff around the house but instead want to read read and read (reading Harry Potter again , almost done book 6 now) . Ru and i spent the morning playing/reading/laughing/him turning me into a human slide and jungle gym. Now the girls are still at my mums and Ru napping and im having an hour to myself .

Im feeling all warm and fuzzy to my kids just now, actually enjoying spending all this lovely time with them . Who could of guessed it

Day 2 of the summer holidays was much better than day 1.

Three years ago i wrote about the visits my sister and i make to my grans house . We still try to visit as often as we can normally during school holidays . We are so blessed to still have her in our lives and the children just adore their great gran.

We left early , my sister and i and the 4 kids . We walked in the sunshine and enjoyed the time together. It was busy at my grans , my aunt and 2 cousins were there (1 aged 8 and the other an adult and yes they are sisters) and my adult cousin had her 6 and 4 year old with her. The kids all spent hours playing together sometimes upstairs and at other times out in the garden.

My girls discovered a huge plant pot full of mud and spent a good part of the time playing in it , they got filthy but had such a good time. Almost 4 hours later we made it home , just in time for dinner and bath and bed.

Tomorrow we are going out with my mother in law to it is sure to be busy to , i look forward to it.

It is day one of what is sure to be a long summer .

It is not just the lack of nursery that is getting to me but the lack of everything . No nursery , no toddlers groups , no garden and from the weather forecast no sun. Of course daddy is also away as is my mother in law for the first half which means weekends are just the same as during the week.

I have 3 children and 7 days to fill with nothing , we have little spare pennies and everything seems to cost a bundle. Im trying to look on the bright side and look forward to spending the time with my family but im terrified of it being a summer of stuck indoors.

It is also day one of hubbies first full day in France again and boy does it suck . The kids are not taken it well, Eilidh broke her heart on the car ride home yesterday as did Rebecca when talking to her daddy tonight . She went to sleep crying and begging for him to come home . It is so hard for me not to cry during these moments.

At least we are busy tomorrow , Thursday and Friday so far . Im trying to not think to far ahead and just plan one week at a time .

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It seems i have been taken a little break.

My husband took a few days off work and we have been enjoying plenty of family time. We finally made it to the zoo yesterday and we have all been hanging out and having fun. Craig goes back again on Sunday so every moment is very important to us.

We are gearing up to the end of summer and Rebecca’s move to school. We have been school clothes shopping and attended her nursery graduation and a welcome assembly from the school. Rebecca is as excited as can be and is mostly looking forward to homework!!!!!

The graduation was very cute and both girls made me smile, although Eilidh could do with not shouting throught the songs so much. I do have a few videos to share but will put them up along with some more pictures in a passworded post , as always email me if you need it.

Here is my girls collecting her certificate from the schools head teacher.

And a picture with her friend A , they are pretty close and both sad they will be seperated next year . He is only 3 and will remain in nursery with Eilidh

And an another of Rebecca with another 2 friends A and R , they are the 3 from the afternoon class going into big school together .

And here is my baby is her school unifrom *sob*

Serisously where does time go?

I am not sure how much i will post this week , but wanted to get something up.

Each year for Rebecca’s birthday we try to visit Kelvingrove Park . This park is important to us as a family, hubby and i spent many hours walking around it when Rebecca was first in the hospital and going back as a family is amazing. We hope it is a tradition we always keeps up.

I have blogged about it before - when she turned 2 , and when she turned 3 but not when she turned 4 because for some reason we never made it last year.

On her 1st Birthday

On her 2nd Birthday

On her 3rd Birthday

And on her 5th

And a few other of my favorite pictures from the weekend .