Synchronization of Us

Eilidh woke up this morning and told me she kept waking up last night crying because she is scared she is going to die.

I think she broke my heart a little – what is happening to my little girl ? How did she get big enough to have death worries…

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I was giving Eilidh strawberries for lunch yesterday , Rebecca was watching me “Mummy” she said “don’t give Eilidh to many strawberries , she may get pregnant”

Maybe time for that talk ?

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Rebecca has to pick 4 things in school that she was going to do at home . These were

1 – Help with the dishes (Which she did this morning)
2 – Help her sister is she falls (Sweet sister)
3 – Take care of her cat (She does this anyway , she loves her Loopy)
4 – Help daddy play the Xbox (Hmmmmm lol)

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Ru seems to be learning alot in nursery , two of his best quotes from the last week are

“Mummy i have balls” and “Im not going to eat people anymore” …

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I made a complete faux pas myself this week .

Rebecca had “newspaper spelling” to do for homework , i had The Scottish sun sitting around and removed a page to start cutting leaving the paper open on Page 3 . One child shouted “boobies” and the other two crowded around staring and pointing and giggling.

Eilidh had to make it worse asking if we could cut those out and put them in Becca’s school book

* Posted as part of wordless Wednesday

Do you read ?

And i mean really read – do you read book after book and never get bored ?

That has been me my whole life, i remember in primary school keeping books in my tray and sneaking them out when the teacher was not looking. I remember getting a whole load of Babysitter club one Christmas and spending days doing nothing but reading them. I even remember shoplifting the latest Sweet valley Highs. I got older but my love of reading did not and for most of my adult life i have had dozens of books on the go . I read in the bath , i read before i go to bed and i take my book when i leave the house.

Last year i set myself a challenge – to read 100 books . This works out at a book every 3.65 days , and as i have been re-reading all of Stephen Kings books i knew alot of the books would be long. I made it though and my 115th book of the year was finished about 30 minutes before the bells rang out on new years eve. This year i have taken it upon myself to make another challenge – to read at least one more book that last year .

116 books is the goal – but im aiming for 10 a month . This month i have completed 6 and another 5 are over 70% done (so yes that makes 11 for this month).

I keep a list of what i have read/am reading here and would love to know what others are reading this year. Any recommendations ? Any authors i MUST try ?

From this years list i would really recommend Before I Go To Sleep by S.J Watson and Delirium by Lauren Oliver (if you liked The Hunger Games then you would love this) . I would recommend Lauren Oliver to anyone – her other novel Before I Fall was a wonderful and bittersweet ride that kept be entertained till the end.

My bath is now ran and its time to get working on completely my list.

January 16 Monday only means one thing – Homework day

January 17 A very cold walk to school

January 18 The great PJ swap of 2012

January 19 Um..???

January 20 Cake for Nana

January 21 Only in Scotland

January 22 Fun with camera

Step 1 Stare at it

Step 2 A little taste

Step 3 EAT EAT EAT

And of course remember to make a mess…

True Story…

My 3 year old is a huge bagel fan , ask him what he wants to eat about 90% of the time the answer will be”Bagel and Pate ” or “Bagel and Pate Jam” (which is toddler talk means 1 bagel sliced into two with either pate on both slices or half pate and half jam) . Tantrums are guaranteed if he does not get at least a bagel and day and when mummy forgot to order some with the weekly food shopping world war 3 broke out. 10 minutes into the scream-a-thon the door goes and its the postman bringing a pack of bagels for us to review.

So now do i not only think New York bagels are the best bagel on the block but they also saved me from a day of screaming

Truthfully speaking though i also love bagels and have done so for years , i have tried many brands and none have ever come close in yumminess as the New York Bagel selection . These ones are think and fluffy and full of flavor – New york bagels and the only ones i love to eat with just a little butter on top.

Bagels make a great and versatile meal , i often top mine with cream cheese (my favorite being Tomato and Basil cream cheese and sliced strawberries) while 6 year old loves Ham in hers . Have over the years used them in place of rolls and a few times made bagel crisps.

You know my favorite part ? A (plain) bagel is only 216 calories – not only is it filling and tasty but its healthy to . A perfect diet food for mummy or snack for the children.

What more could you ask for ?

How about a variety of flavors ? Maybe some wholemeal or Cinnamon and raisin or some yummy multiseed ?

New York Bagels are everything you could ask for in a meal.

And i know someone who agrees with me

In celebration of the boy starting nursery week 2 is dedicated to him..

January 9 Morning Snuggles

January 10 The boy and i had a special day out to celebrate him starting nursery

January 11 Walking to nursery for the first time

January 12 Typical Ruaridh face

January 13 Innocence

January 14 Daddy forgot to put the biscuits away

January 15 Family (Eilidh was not feeling to good and was not happy at being made to stand up)

In my head (and in my heart) he is still the baby . I think of him as little and the youngest and try to forget that in his own words he is “a big boy now” . Nursery has been a topic of excitement for a while now and i was totally cool over it ,i knew he would love it and i would get a nice little break. Reality though has made it that much harder .

This is my baby boy and he is growing up . Nursery is to quickly followed by school which is way to quickly followed by independence and leaving home.

He is happy , 2.5 days in and nursery is his new favorite thing . He loves being a big boy and is thrilled over getting his own peg and sand shoes. He loves painting and singing and playing . He is happy so why do i feel sad ?

I get comfort in the knowledge that when i pick him up i will get a huge cuddle and kiss and will be told over and over “i missed you” . I will be told all about his morning then we can spend the afternoon together .

But if anyone happens to find a way to stop these babies growing up share the secret this way please

Who does not love YouTube?

I’m always surprised at just how huge the website is, it seems no matter what im looking for it can be found on that site. I can easily spend hours browsing different TV clips or music videos and so can my children.
I had no idea YouTube on Xbox would be such a hit but it was given a thumbs up by the children and myself within minutes.

Its incredible simple to use , using the Quick Play option on the Xbox dashboard and a few clicks and your free to browse . Searching took a little bit of getting use to but that is no-ones fault really as keyboard typing is not available – it would be great if Xbox could find away to combine is voice activation software with it .
It was then the orders started – request after request of the songs the kids wanted to listen to and then they watched some videos of themselves and then they all curled up on the couch watching Littlest Pet Shop videos (its a 9 year old thing…) .
Been able to sit and watch youtube on our big screen TV from the comfort of the sofa was a big deal for us and i can see it being played with daily .

My niece wanted to become a Youtube star so we made a little video showing how easy it is ..

Remember if you don’t have an Xbox live membership you can enter the code below for a half price 3 month membership

Ab0tM3mmy

I loved taken part in this last year (although i don’t think i put many of the pictures on this blog) . It was all going great till August when i lost my camera with 3 weeks worth of pictures on it and it felt pointless carrying on.

So this year im back and hoping to complete the challenge . I will post the pictures once a week to keep post numbers down .

January 1 Going to visit the in laws

January 2 A lazy pj day

January 3 Post soft play waiting outside in the cold hugs.

January 4 Ice Cream !!!!!

January 5 Twins

January 6 Happy Boy

January 7 The best part of making cookies

January 8 Sleeping baby