Synchronization of Us

Do other peoples kids have songs that they just love - im not talking a kiddie song but some random musical choice that captivates them. My girls seem to have songs of the moments and music choices range from Paul Mcartney to Aqua

At the moment there both obsessed over a song they call “Daddies Blue Car” but is actually called “Chasing the light by Amy Studt” . Check it out and imagine to little girls dancing and singing along (nothing better than watching try to get there hair to fly about like hers , not to keen on them singing die,die,die though)

And then there is Ru , 8 months is not to young to have a favourite song . His song is “Weird Al” Yankovic - White & Nerdy , i must ask why? Why out of all the songs does this one keep him amused, he stops and just listens/watches it now and then giving a little dance but is truely captivated by the song . He is a bizarre little boy . Watch it HERE

It seems for once Scotland has came up trumps and its lovely outside.

Its hot , its not raining or windy and its wonderful being outside. We have a weekend full of activities planned which included 2 barbecues , 1 school fete and a paddling pool . I plan to catch some sun and drink a cold beer while my children enjoy the summer.

If my camera co-operates i will have plenty of pictures to share at the end of it , we Scots know to enjoy the sun while it lasts - will be gone before we know it and i will have the winter jackets back out (not that they have been put away, Ru was wearing a snow suit out and about just 2 days ago)

What do you want to be when you grow up?

I had many dreams ranging from teacher , to doctor ,to journalist . A stay at home mum was never at the top of my list, honestly parenthood was not something i thought about much at all . Things change though and staying home with my children is something im privileged to be able to do.

Lately i have been thinking about me again, the children are all growing up so quickly and i know one of there days im going to turn around and they will all be grown. Rebecca starts school next year , Eilidh the year after . Once Ru reaches that milestone what will i do with myself?

I do have some education and experience behind me , i left school at 15 and went straight to college. I spent 2 3/4 years studying before dropping out to work full time. A very silly decision but at the time it was what felt right.
I worked various office jobs mainly in the accounts department (which was what i was studying) , they were not big “important” jobs but paid the bills and kept me going.
There was not much of a future in it , without returning to studying my choices would be limited.

I don’t want to do nothing , i don’t want to be an “assistant” all my life. I want to be able to mix with hubbbys colleges saying what i do with pride and have the kids proud of their mum .

I have spent years going over my options, accounts would be the easy one . Its something i enjoyed and found came easily to me BUT i had no real passion for , i just don’t see myself doing that for the rest of my life.

The last few months i have started to accept what i real want , it felt silly then and it does now. Im terrified of saying it loud to have people laugh at me , i know its different from anything i have ever mentioned before but it is were my heart lies. Its a difficult field to get into , i could try for years and never get a study placement . At the moment i can not even try to get into the university , its not just the 3 kids (one of them a boob monster lol) but lack of the correct qualifications. There is an access course i can do at home over a year or so , as soon as the summer is finished i plan to start it . The plan is to be done with that and ready to apply for University placement in 2010 .
My plan is also to not get in at this point, see what an optimist i am . Then spend the next year hopefully working in a relevant area and building up other areas of my cv.

Will i say what it is , i just cannot just now . Only my hubby and parents know and im still scared of the reaction from most people . If you really want to know though email and i will share , maybe the more people that know the better.

Im not normally one for sharing recipes but made this for an after lunch snack for the kids. Schools are off today so i have my neice to , its the day before shopping arrives so not much in the house to eat.

It went down very well, Courtney who normally fussies over everything had about 3 huge helpings . Even the baby eat a fare share.
Its so simple.

Quick Strawberry Mousse

Strawberry Jelly made up with 1 /2 amount of water (we used sugar free)
Let it partially set then using an electric whisk beat till about twice the size and full of bubbles.

Add 200g Natural Yoghurt (i used fat free stuff, was all i had) and 200g Frozen Strawberries (Defrosted) (I actually used from packet smoothie mixes and just took out the banana ) and mix till its all combined. Put in fridge till it sets.

So simple, healthy and tasty. Will be doing it again , possibly for after dinner tonight he he he (but with Raspberries as strawberries are done)

Sort of , i think so , maybe !!!

My little bloggy break was lovely , nice to not be worrying about it but at the same time i missed it. I missed writing and visiting blogs (ok i admit i was checking in on some and just about stalking poor Byrney who is now 2 days over due with baby number 3 . I even dreamt about reading her birth announcement )

Im well rested this week , we are going through a good sleeping period. Is he going all night? Not even close but he is going a few hours between feeds and going back down easily which is enough for me just now. Its amazing what just a little sleep can do for the mind.

Im trying to make more time for myself , trying to be better at asking for help . As hubby says he never wants to butt in when im dealing with the baby incase he makes it worse (which is sometimes true, Ru has a habit of getting very excited when daddy is around) , whereas alot of the time i just want him to take Ru and let me sleep . I need to remember that men = clueless (at least the men i know) and if i want help i need to spit it out , not expect him to pick up on hints.

As you could guess from the pictures , we had a lovely day out on Friday . The toddler group i go to had its annual summer trip to Blair Drummond Safari Park , its was a long and tiring but fun day. Of course i did take my sister and niece along for help “just in case” (And i was glad of it, those girls of my can be pains in the your know what) . Will share a couple more of my favourite shots then will go and do a little blog reading before snuggleing with my hubby and watching Dexter.

(I love how happy Courtney is here, she is a big horse lover)

(Under the table at the play park eating strawberries)

There comes a time when you must let things go , and for the moment my blog must be one of them . I love blogging and i love you guys so i will be back .

At the moment life is pretty stressful , Ru’s sleeping continues to get worse and worse and im running on empty. Im trying to cut down on unnessarry commitements and both writing and reading blogs comes under this.

I WILL return soon , i just want to take a week or possibly 2 when i don’t have it hanging over my head. I hate the feeling of sitting at the computer staring at the write post screen and unable to put anything down.

I will be around on Twitter and Facebook still (under lauracmcintyre , email add is doolandbuffy at yahoo.co.uk on facebook) . Look forward to catching up with you all in a few weeks .

PS Just because i don’t want to forget it but my little terror is now a climber . He easily climbs on the kids trampoline and i caught him on Eilidh’s bed yesterday . What am i going to do with this boy

He loved it

I have wanted to share for a while a video of Rebecca talking but i cannot seem to get a decent one. Today i finally managed to capture…well maybe not wonderful but it makes its point.
Its not about her speech and what she is saying but to hear her post surgery voice. I have nothing of it before last summer for you to really see how wonderful and different it was. Her actual talking still needs worked on but she has came so far , im very proud of her. This is about as loud as her voice can go

(Oh yeah and the outfit is nothing to do with me, when we are staying in for the day i let them choose what they want to wear. What you cannot see if the bright pink jogging trousers underneath the dress)

*Yawn *

Mornings are starting way to early around these parts. Along with moving Eilidh into her big girl bed (which is going amazingly well , she just adores it. No issues so far and she is sleeping better than she has in months) we moved Ru into the room with Eilidh (We have had 2 cots set up in there for a while , he naps in the cot then slept in the travel cot in our living room to avoid one kid waking the other) .
Partly it was for my sanity , not only does he sleep better in the cot (ok not by much but he is only getting up on average 3 times a night just now) but it also means we get our living room back. Do you know how nice it is at night to be able to sit and chat with my hubby , not been paranoid that every little noise is going to wake the baby ?

We are amazed what Eilidh will sleep through , Ru takes a screaming fit and she just stays in sleep land. Put Ru into the cot wide awake and he is playing ,banging and making all sort of noise and she sleeps through it . Works the other way to , last night Eilidh woke up screaming (her teeth poor thing, i love how i can just lie down with her for a few moments and she goes back over) and Ru slept right through it.

The problem comes from mornings , he seems to wake for a feed around 4.30/5 and this seems to always wake the girls. Sure the boy wakes , feeds and goes back down but by then i have 2 little terrors running around wide awake. I confess that the last few mornings i have let them watch episode after episode of Peppa Pig while i curl up on the couch and doze for a while longer. Its 8am now and the girls are on there 2nd breakfast of the day - and the boy the one who started it all is still sound asleep of course.

Talking of the boy , he is changing so much just now and its amazing me . He is learning something new every day and im blown away with it all. Its not been that long since i was here with the girls but i guess i forgot but its an amazing ride. He has been a different boy lately , almost no screaming and he is easy to please. Dare i say it he is pleasant to be around - we even get some spontaneous smiles and giggles
As of yesterday he was able to crawl , sit up including sitting himself up from lying down (he could not do this yesterday morning but could by the time he went to bed) , pull up (caught him standing using our couch yesterday , he was bouncing like a crazy person ) , say Mama/Mum (says both) and sometimes Daddy (not Dada at all) , clap and almost wave , drink from a sippy cup like an expert and eat anything put in front of him.

I wonder what he will learn today

Two videos showing off my boy at 7 1/2months

Video 1 of him crawling around (he is actually much better on all fours but struggles a little on the wood floors) . I love how he does what i tell him to do lol
Video 2 of him getting up on his feet, i was so sure he was going to actually climb onto the trampoline.