Rainy day

A rainy Saturday here, our plans for the beach changed so it's Lego, homemade soup and bread and lazing around!

Little c amused us all this morning by welcoming the dog with a mix of her two fav words, hiyo and vfvfvf to make hivfvfvf!

I'm on a long day tomorrow, and hopefully the weather will improve so that they can get out of the house for a walk. The noise levels here have reduced a little, and quiet time away for shouting seems to be working....must stick at it!

Noisy days

The house seems so loud at the moment, the kids appear to scream at each other the whole time, no talking just yelling and even the baby is joining in! I'm getting strict with it and quiet time will be issued to any one that yells, meaning bedroom for 5mins. God I hope it works quickly, as it is a nightmare.

Little c is breastfeeding so much at night still, I must make an effort to get to bed before midnight if I want to function normally!
a had his class interview today for school in sept, we wait to hear now if he has a place, I hope he is settled enough to go there, it's a peaceful school and he is so used to shouting and rough play. Not too late to change I hope as he is so desperate to go now!

I'm working on a mind map tonight and will do the presentation preparation tomorrow evening. Stressful times ahead I fear!

Hairdressers for me tomorrow hope....

WindBreak making

We are in need of a large windbreak and having searched online only to find that the type I want, ( big pretty cotton) are over £70, I've made my own.

I bout a cheap six wooden pole plastic one from the camping shop, for a tenner. An old table cloth of purple stripy thick cotton make up the majority of the fabric and a trip to town today provided me with 3 meters of contrasting plain fabrics.

The finished result is great! Its decorated with new matching bunting and looks so pretty!

A good afternoons work....I WILL sort pics for this blog soon, bloody iPad won't do it.

Bloomin eck, July already....

This year is flying! I have loads of work to complete before the summer break, a cognitive map to design, draw then present next week, a research assignment and then exam then a drugs calculation test and write a few reflections too.

I worked sunday on the late shift and am now off until Sunday...lovely! The inlaws are visiting tomorrow," expect us at around 1:30 they say, let the morning traffic die down??" WTF? They live 21/2 hrs away and will leave at 4 to go home, you would think they'd like more than 3 hrs here with the kids, given that they only come every 2 months. Strange.

l has been on her school sleep away at the Viking longhouse, she is starving after only eating beetroot stew while away? So she reports!! Tonight the large roast chicken dinner was devoured at speed by both of them, they do love a roast!

Little c has 4 back teeth coming through together, but is being very brave and quiet about it really. We're getting lots of kisses from her now which is lovely, she is scrummy!

L breaks up on Friday so we're off to Devon with friends on Saturday for the day. Bit of surf maybe.
Bed time to do now, it's noisy tonight up there, lots of excitement having big sis back.

An induction day

a long day shift today, 12 hours plus driving! I've been working with the ladies who are having heir labours induced today, 3 of them and a lady suffering hyperemisis. IOL is an interesting subject for me, I always find myself asking why. And often feel maybe a more wait and see approach would be better for some women.

Either way it was a good experience, involving lots of hands on practical procedures and observation taking. I worked wi a nice lady who is very knowledgeable!

Arriving home tired I was greeted by a crying little C, desperate for a cuddle and milk. It's very hard to leave any child so often but leaving a baby is horrid, really mean. She soon snuggled in, then had a play and finally a dream feed to sleep, she Is so scrum my and cheeky!

She said mama lots this evening and

Shopping and spa

We've all looked forward to today, and it was fab! Anita, Vanessa ( friend visiting from Israel), mum, sister and I enjoyed a lovely day shopping, with lunch and cake stops too. It was a stunning hot day and we had a great time! After dropping little c off at home we all went for a twilight spa, I had a lovely massage and we all relaxed in e hot tub with pimms, swam and steamed.....it was great, and so relaxing. We had dinner afterwards in the restaurant next door, it was all so nice.

Would be lovely to do it every year when Vanessa visits! I have a couple of days off now which is nice, but assignments are due soon so I'll use some time to get them going. I'm giving a presentation and mind map discussing antiphospholipid syndrome, something I know very little about!

The weather has broken today, a shame as Ive made a great splash pool in the garden for the kids out of an old tarpaulin and logs. They've had lots of fun in it already though.
Now I have a squishy bathed baby to contend with, wrapped in a towel, to feed and snuggle with..bliss, she smells yummy.

Sunny weekend

What a glorius weekend we have had so far! On Friday afternoon we picked L up from school and headed down to salcombe in Devon to camp over. Trailor hitched and laden with the ton of stuff that is our camping gear, we arrived there in just over 2 hours.

The campsite was about 2 miles from salcombe and a lovely farm site with a large mowed campers field. It was just us and a small group of tents way across the other side...bliss!
Tent up we headed off to a small cove for a swim, then fish and chips for tea. Even though the chips were not proper chippy chips much to kal.'s dismay!

It was a chilly night but the sun shone agin on Saturday morning. We went down to salcomebe and enjoyed a lovely breakfast overlooking the harbour then hired a small boat and sailed around the estuary for an hour. The kids just loved it, and totally got the sailing bug.

Unfortunatly we had to get home for a wedding evening party so we packed up, had lunch at pretty hope cove then came home. It was a lovely 24 hours, and we all want to go again for longer.

The wedding party was lovely, set in the brides parents farm yard with dancing in the old barn which had been transformed in to a beautiful venue with pretty lights and a stunning iron fire pit art piece that stood 20 ft in the yard. It was a truly lovely day for them. We took little C with us and she was a dream too, wandering about enjoying attention from everyone and then sleeping while we all drank and danced. Kal overindulged and made himself ill, always a sign of a great night.

It's lovely today so I think we'll have a BBQ later then go for ice cream at the common near by. I can't wait till tomorrow, shopping in bath with some lovely ladies then for a twighlight spa session and dinner...lovely!