Synchronization of Us

January 23 Waiting to go and see the doctor

January 24 Homework

January 25 Tired girl

January 26 Odd eyes?

January 27 New Toys

January 28 Someone finally learned how to work the computer mouse

January 29 Talk and food time

I have been on some amazing holidays. My parents took us away almost ever year and have been to most of Europe and also Africa, Canada and America but the holiday that stands out the most is the cheap last minute getaway to Costa Brava, Spain 2 years back . Only takes a few hours in a plane to get there (perfect when have young ones) and the weather and people are lovely.

August 2010 was the start of a wonderful month for us all , my husband had been working abroad for almost 3 months and the children and i had spent a miserable summer stuck indoors and lonely (constant rain and lack of money plus 3 young children and 1 adult meant going out was almost impossible) . A little big of extra cash at just the right time meant we booked a week in Spain , All Inclusive for the 5 of us. It was a much needed break and the 5 of us needed to spend time as a family again .

The week was wonderful , all inclusive meant we could eat and drink as much as we wanted . We all loved being able to eat as much ice cream as we could manage .

The hotel was basic but lovely, it had two pools and a park and in the evenings a child mini Disco was held . When your children are 1, 3 and 5 nothing else is really needed. But there was a train outside the hotel that took us to the beach and more parks and another that took us to a huge water park. Then a shopping center just next door with yet another park…

During that week my children got to experience flying for the first time, spending hours playing in an outdoor pool and a “real” beach (British ones cannot compete) . They proberly eat more food that in the previous month and spent so much time outdoors that they came home golden .

I think that week would of been wonderful no matter where we went but taken the children to a new country and letting them experience all these new things was the icing on the cake. I think the smile on my daughters face just sums up how they felt about it all

(This in an entry to the Tots100/Al Fresco Holidays competition with an amazing holiday with Thomson Al Fresco up for grabs)

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)