Slow news week

When I first started my blog I did want to do it every day! but I have found with the children, and summer holidays there isn't always something to post! Unless you want me to keep posting the same old thing which I doubt you would appreciate! so especially the last couple of weeks I've left it a few days so that I might have something to talk about!

Back to school next Tuesday, got all the things we need, as she hasn't grown that much since the term ended, shoes will last for now and i'm not buying new unless I really have to! Cardigans still fit, she just has new skirts and polo tops and need to check the pe kit but that's not so hard to buy. Plenty of pe pumps around so won't need to buy any of them for a while at least!

I'm looking forward to being able to get back into a routine of sorts, as we've just gone with the flow over the summer holidays, not that this is a bad thing, but i'd like some of my hearing back as well. She talks far to much and as with any child about rubbish! Eczema not so bad at the moment though there are new patches, thankfully the spots are mostly gone  except the ones shes scratched! Got all her medicine for school and will have to remember to take the box next week! Which I can guarantee I shall forget it on Tuesday heh.

Not overly much planned for the weekend, usual swimming and shopping on Saturday and possible planning what to do with the garden as it really needs looking at! Sunday we are going to a event, hubby is going to be driving a bus from work and i get to watch the kids all day oh the fun! :(  but to be honest least I should get to see some friends that I haven't seen for a while! Hope the weather holds up as for out of the last 6 years about 2 have been okay, that being last year and the year before the rest have been naff!!

I'm going to crack on with the washing and putting stuff away, I don't know about anyone else but there are only 4 of us here and I always seem to have the washing machine on! I know with my daughter there is alot of washing due to bloody clothes and with the toddler as he gets into such a mess but, I can never seem to get through it all!  Have a good weekend whatever you are doing!

Bank Holiday!

Well this is the last bank holiday before Christmas, yes the big C word again. Funny how we gear so much of the year for one day? as soon as the children go back to school the adverts for toys start coming on, the shops are advertising for staff and its all one big count down to spend everything and be pigs basically?! no? Being with the family would just suit me, I don't want anything, don't need anything. Love and happiness and health :)  Though have been buying for the children already I hope to have it done well before I have to!

We do however have other things that are needed first, there is my daughters 6th birthday in October! my husband has his 30th ( sssssh he doesn't want to celebrate it!!) in November and there are a few other birthdays in there too! ( not forgotten).Daughter wants to go to the cinema for her birthday so.. we are doing the cheap saturday morning viewing. ( don't care what you think i'm thinking of my purse here lol) and maybe something else i'm not sure yet! And she's not sure what she wants, said we can go to the bear factory and she can have anything in there which i think equates to a teddy from My Little Pony but we'll see! It could change, also she wants M and M's lol!! so yeah!

Bit of a slow weekend, took daughter swimming and she is getting better with the not stopping when she takes a breath but deffinatly needs work!  and her spots are going down now. Just wish we had some ideas with what it could be! Speaking of tests etc she has had some tests results come back as fine even her vit d levels are fine now. ( must be all the sunshine!) but still leads me to wonder then what is wrong. And i know that sounds wrong of me but as a parent I just want to know,  why can we not find  any answers and does anyone actually care?! Not sure there and next week going back to school will be  a test for her eczema to see how it goes. NOT looking forward to that part. Though I am looking forward to getting back into some routine. Summer hols haven't dragged as much as i thought they would and defo not as much as they did last year!! Just need to check her pe kit fits and order her medicine to go int he school box

I should mention people have got on my nerves this weekend but if it wasn't for people changing plans etc i wouldn't have sorted out the crap at the end of our bed so maybe thank you? :-p though don't like being let down and i don't like daughter being let down but hey ho.

Hopefully can sort out why little man has been so grumpy lately and try and sort out these naps! he is currently down for one after being awake at 6. And scream a thon! he isn't 2 yet and we have the tantrums already! Goes to show we really have two completely different children.. except now they tantrum together ;)

Daddies home! and mummy moments

I'm not sure I will forget the delight and excitement on my sons face when he realised his dad was home, yes yes 4 days and all that but as stated we were not use to this. so before anyone else could see ( I was on the couch, daughter upstairs and he had view of the window) he exlaimed. "daddy!" "daddy" and got all excited! when we opened the door and got cuddles he ran over and gave him an "awe" and a kiss. It was so precious that I wish I had my camera open to capture it! So nice to see because sometimes its all mummy and they are both mummies children, that to see little man being so loving was just sooo cute !

Today started off with tantrums already! little man watches us, use the laptops and we have a older one which I let our daughter use, so he now thinks because he can open it he can use it all the time so was getting rather het up over me not letting him play on it. I wouldn't mind but he is just in the phase of "I'm going to bash" everything. So that was fun all before 8, also even though he had had his breakfast he was after stealing his sisters so had to go and make another bowl.. which he did eat to be fair! but piggy and I think I give in to him a little too much.

Daughters spots have gone down, which i think are in thanks to the vivid pink anti biotics or just because its been practically a week since she first got them! her eczema at the moment looks good, but as I have previously said  due to her being so use to scratching she has been scratching these and geeze they don't have bleed if you catch the tops! I feel so sorry for her as it was rather icky! :( I would love to think that once this passes we might have a break. But last night she was up with a sore knee and ankle. No she wasn't putting it on but had to divert her mind away from it. Wish we just had to deal with one thing or nothing at all!  Though I know we cope as well as we can.  And not complaining today as we've had it okay recently in light of things! though school will be a good tell tale of how we are doing!

Will sign off as mowing the front garden has taken it out of me in the sunshine! going to go and see if i can sleep. ! :)

Medical diagnosis number two!

Sorry I've been quiet for the last couple of days, I didn't want it to just turn into me complaining too much with handling the kiddies on my own. I know plenty women and men do this on a daily basis for alot longer ( as i know a few of my friends who do ) Obviously I am not use to it but have made it to Wednesday without pulling my hair out and barely any trantrums. Yesterday was a little trying but oh well there was bound to be atleast one day!! I blame the blue full moon!!

But anyway hubby is back today whooohooo! :) Don't care if he just sits there least i can pass over the youngest and go and do something.

Seeing as eldests spots have gotten no better, or worse I decided to take her to the doctors, which meant a very quick morning this morning, as i was up and so was little man, she was not. Rang the doctors and was able to get a app for in 40 minutes time O_O so I rang upstairs got her up and dressed, got little man dressed, put in pram, gave daughter a banana and was out the door and we made it to the drs with about a minute to spare! I don't drive and the drs is a walk through the park near her school but least we managed to get there!

To say the least the dr annoyed me, I have never seen him before and he seemed a bit ignorant. He took a look at her and then started typing on his computer without speaking to me so I carried on talking. He just muttered that whatever it was it looked infected and he would give some anti biotics. .. Okay so what is it?! well he didn't know what it was. He thought it was bites and now just thinking back over the conversation he thought i said they keep coming up.. well they dont! we don't have pets and not really been any fields... ( they come up well after we came home from camping! can't be delayed by 5 days surely)

So again its not cp, not said its viral, not sure if they are bites. Wtf are they then!! She hadn't eaten anything new last week for a reaction, nore had we been anywhere the day before. So very odd. If she still has then after the anti biotics then I'm booking a dermatology appointment!

Had a enjoyable chat with the mother in law today though, i am rather lucky to have such a great mother in law and i wouldn't change her for the world! daughter was kept busy with her aunty and little man was happily playing so it has been a lovely afternoon.. so far!  children currently having their dinner and we'll see how we go from there!

Meeeep

Well hubby is now away till Wed evening and yes yes its only three days from now but ugh!  felt so heart broken earlier. And I know most of you have read this on my facebook. But honestly I thought i would be ok with it. But I think as it was more him going then me having to stay somewhere that hurt. And that I'm not going to physically see him till wed.. how do people do it?  i couldn't be an army wife that is for sure!

Little girl was heart broken too though not sure if that is because she saw me upset too? though she was upset as daddy has never had to go anywhere in her little life. When i went into hospital to have her brother she went and stayed with my sis so it was a big oooh stay over thing. so bit of a change for her. But Fingers crossed as i write this, both children are in bed, one asleep and one going. Shes had a chapter from her book read as well as a bath so not all bad!

We popped to the shops after daddy left, as she did demand eggs. So we went and got some lunch to try and cheer them up which seemed to work I didn't get one whinge there or back actually... interesting!! when we came home we attempted the pop cake things and though i followed the instructions they wouldn't mesh together so we ended up eating cake crumbs basically lol. Going to see about doing cookies tomorrow or heading out to city centre. See what i feel up to doing.

Daughter is ok, not many more spots, so not a clue whats going on there, and little man has one or two.. but both are fine!?  though me and little man were both awake at 4.. yes 4 am. had to come down stairs eventually and he crashed for 20 mins at 7 ( and another 20 mins at 1:30 ish ) and I've had none! so I think an early night is on the cards and hoping he doesn't wake up so early again. But then again I haven't got anyone else in the bed to disturb.  meh.  Going to try and get through the washing whilst I don't another person adding to it. Funny what you can get done though. Dishes done, hoovered, kids in bed. and its just 8 ;)

Though i must keep away from the chocolate that keeps calling to me! lets see what the week brings for us!

Medical diagnosis!

Ugh! if its not one things its another. Daughter came out in strange spots on her foot yesterday morning, by yesterday afternoon she had them up her legs and some on her arms. This morning she has more on her arms and legs. some on her bum and face and couple on her hands. Diagnosis? well i put it out there for facebook as I didn't have a clue. I thought it might have been bites, other chicken pox, and other viral infection.

Obviously as a mum I was bothered and kept checking on her, gave her anti histamines and checked how she was going on! Decided to go to the pharmacy this morning before swimming to see if they could think of anything. First thing she thought was chicken pox but when i said she had, had them before she immediately said no then. Because she said it was very hard to get it twice, though i know of a family member who has had them twice! So ok told to go to the walk in centre, so she misses swimming again :( Went and waited 20 mins ish for triage where she took one look and said chicken pox or viral.. but said no point waiting the two hours ish for treatment. ( yes i know long!) not much we could do especially since she was on anti histamines already.  just watch for any illness or if she struggles breathing etc. Which I would do anyway!!

Thinking though it is more viral as she is ok in herself, maybe a bit tired. Yes she is itching but there are none on her torso at all. Which i find odd personally. ( checked her bed in case we managed to bring fleas home though no pets or anything. ) nothing in there. So I think it is a waiting game, her spots are not blister like, not like normal cp so more viral but not sure if she should have some sort of anti biotics or something for them or if i should be doing something extra?! not a clue! Just see how we are and at the end of the day if little man comes out with them then we know its cp!!  Feel so sorry for her though, her immune system must be a bit crap for her to get this. Not that she gets coughs and colds but its being attacked all the time with eczema it struggles hen it has something else to deal with! dread to think the onslaught of Eczema or asthma or both we are going to have to deal with.

Sorry fretting mummy here! but she has managed to eat alot today so must be alright. As we went to my mums for a little family party as we've got several birthdays all together so one joint party, was nice to see the little ones playing and big uns being behaved! And for my grandma who had  a stroke a couple months back to being more herself! ( we very nearly lost her :()

Tomorrow I am commanded to do moshi monster pop cake mix that my mum bought for my daughter to do.. so i need to go and buy some eggs and we say goodbye to daddy for a few days. And i'm going to find it hard. Which sounds silly but we haven't been apart except for hospital stays( mine pregnancy) in all the time we've been living together! Which is about 7 years. :( Hopefully he can get wifi whilst he is down on his work thing so we can still talk. ... going to go and mope whilst i watch the rest of Harry Potter!

Back to normal!

We had a library session on tuesday for our daughter, and I'm glad I have paid for these little sessions as she has had some really interesting things to do, thankfully this week i've had daddy to help too so for once I was able to wander off with the little man, whilst he wanted to look at fishes or whilst I nipped into town for some cream for the itchy mozi bites! grr but thankfully they have stopped mostly itching now and are going down whoo!!

This is the creation she made on Tuesday. And I rather like it! might get it framed! 

And this is my poor foot! obviously its gone down since money but you can see the bites! and I didn't just have them on my foot. Drove me mad!! 

Seems this week is going by very fast and we haven't done alot? Hubby goes away on sunday for a work thing and I get the lovely children to myself from Sunday lunch till wed evening/ night... oh the fun! yes I will get to experience the single parent thing and I'm not looking forward to it. Hoping to get out and go to the museums in Manchester and possibly meet up with friends. Just hoping not to have tore all my hair out by then. The summer holidays are nearly over after all that though! they go back in just over two weeks! where has it gone?! 

 And all we've bought for the new school year? some polo tops. oooh dear lol. Shoes should still do, summer dresses should still do. its the rest. Well cardigans I'm hoping still do too. ugh not looking foward to doing that! Least we have a lunch box etc sorted. Eek can't believe she is going into Year 1. 

Pleased the children today,  as we went Eddie Stobart spotting. We joined up to give us something to do on road trips and our daughter has really gotten into it. So we took her to one of the depots today and she really enjoyed it though we were not there very long! It's nice to do something for her enjoyment. Even if we did drag her around two shops first, but going round Costco isn't a big hardship for her as she gets to eat the samples!! 

Currently looking on ebay for cheap ds games as i'm stocking up on things for Christmas, yes I am saying the big C again because with money tight we will have to spread the costs! Esp with birthdays coming up. No birthdays allowed lol. Though we did see things for little man today, lots of construction toys as he seems to like them atm!
Okay i'm going to leave now before I am murdered for mentioning the big C again. 

And home again!

Well we arrived home safe and sound yesterday, if albeit it tired and itchy! well some of us where itchy! We got attacked by mozi's! and that's not something that has happened before! all I can say is ouch, ouch and omg itchy! if eczema is as itchy as this then I now understand completely why you can't stop scratching! Last night in particular I was trying to have a bath at 2 am to try and calm the itch down :( But anyway!!

We had a lovely holiday down in Dorset, apart from the mozi's and rowdy people not knowing how to shut their kids up or themselves for that matter at 1 am.... very rude! now I know it's a holiday etc and suppose to be fun for all but when there is a tent opposite you know has small children in, have some respect! Two nights on the trot.. If there was another night of it security would have been called but thankfully they had gone!

I personally love Dorset, there are some fanastic views of the coast, it's so much fresher the shops are nicer, the people don't seem as rude. There were plenty of little bakeries.. and well you know cake is on offer! and i'm a cake girl hehe.

Very small selection of Holiday pictures, the first two are the kids and myself with the park mascots, Sid and Lizzie! Who my little boy went bonkers for!! and the bottom picture is of the kids toys, myself and my husband have done a little blog for the toys, something which we had originally started back when our daughter was a baby,  http://toysontour.blogspot.co.uk/ Here it is if you want to look. Only something small to blog our trips out and to give something the kids to look at in a couple years and have a giggle at or think we are silly!! well we are really!!

I would put more pictures on but i would hate to bore you all with the holiday snaps! We went to stay at Sandford Holiday Park, Park Dean resort. http://www.parkdeanholidays.co.uk/dorset-holidays/sandford/sandford-holiday-park.htm just incase anyone is interested. It has some lovely facilities, the troupers are lovely, we never stayed for the adult nightly entertainment, not even bingo this time lol but no complaints previously, the facilities are clean and the food is a good price, nothing over the top! I would highly reconmend it if you fancy the trip down!  We did a lot of city/ town visits this time round as well as looking at Corfe Castle ( omg i love the place!!  As pictured and i did take this picture)

Also we got to visit Maiden Castle,http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/maiden-castle/ somewhere that has captured my interest back in college when I studied Classical Civilisations, and learning about Roman Britian, a favourite era of mine. 

Personally if I could I would move down South, not to London or the likes but to here! but I am sure I would miss it too much here, especially when I sound so Northern, and well Proud of it, Proud to be who I am. Wiganer or not! Planning on moving a bit further afield next year, holiday wise, trying out other areas as we have done Dorset two years in a row. Lets see what it brings! and even though we fight with the tent every year, I don't think we would change it!  I shall leave it here or else I shall carry on to waffle all night :)

Camping donts

Well we arrived safe and sound on Monday. It rained as we were leaving and we got to Birmingham before it had cleared which is good as they did say all day!  It did cause some major visibility problems both in and out of the car. But we got here in one piece. Although ran into bits of traffic grrr.

When we arrived and got the tent out it started to spit...got poles in with much fighting (not us the tent) and vowed to write down how we did it. The heavens opened before we had chance to finish.... so much so change of clothes were needed all round.

Eventually it eased up and we were able to get it all in before needing to shop! 

In the course of the last two days we have realised we have forgotton gazebo instructions, though we thought they were in the box. A can opener this is after buying lots of tins...  and might need to wash clothes at this rate!

Phew! have we got everything?!

What a day,  on planning on not going out at all and just getting things done in the house and with the car we had to pop out twice today! first we popped into Leigh on the bus ( whoooo free bus pass ) to get a couple of bits from one of our fav little cheap shops. B and M Bargains. ... I always seem to spend alot of money though lol, drinks, crisps, chocolate, some Jam, Cordial etc etc... I only went in for some uht milk thingies for my coffee!! Went and treated myself to a big coffee from Costa as i still don't have any at home lol and ended up running into the in laws... ( you must own shares in the place ;) ) All the while daughter was upset as we hadn't managed to get any apples as she wants her wobbly tooth to come out. I have told her that  it's not wobbly enough to come out yet even though wobbly.

Came home had lunch and got stuff finally out of the loft, wouldn't think we are going camping tomorrow!! but all down and then the wonderful game of Car Tetris began... we need a bigger car for camping! and no I haven't taken the kitchen sink, all clothes are in vaccum bags, as are sleepings bags and a couple blankets. My great idea of lowering one of the car seats to have stuff lying that way in the car and me in the middle with little man next to me and daughter in the front went out the window when I realised that my big bum wouldn't fit between little man's big car seat and the lowered car seat... bugger!!! can't loose lots of weight over night.. esp from my bum. :( so lots of sorting out and now little man is in the middle I'm on the outside and lots of things are on the other seat. Though doesn't seem as bad as last year!

Had to have another tip out this time to Tesco ( so glad we didn't go this morning!) as we couldn't find our camping mallet and came out with several things! inflatable pillows, egg keeper thing, mallet, chocolate croissants for breakfast and.... apples!!  also scavengers around the reduced bit are ridiculous but thats another tale!!

Children are now in bed, pets are sorted, neighbours have our keys and instructions for the house, only have to do the hoovering and then its all done apart from some minor bits to put in the car!! I shall be quieter this week of course!  which I'm sure you will be glad of! Have a lovely week x!!!

Fri fun and holiday count down!!

Yesterday was a good day. Starting to get all the things together for monday. Children generally behaved.

We had a little game of tennis if you could call it that in the morning followed by home made pizzas which seemed to go down well!! In the afternoon I got bribed to get the kite out and ran around the garden trying to get it up to no avail! But taking it on holiday to see if we can have a game there.

Today saw the other tent finally be collected! ! Whooo thank goodness for that with all the messing around I thought id have to second chance it!

Testing posts from my phone today to see if its possible whilst im away which is less than 35 hours to go. Managed to get lovely neighbours to check in on the pets whilst we are away so no fussing with family. Allllll good. Now i'm off whilst little man is in bed with no fighting. Cup of tea is calling.  (Only cos I have run out of coffee!)

Also on the theme of home made, i did home made tuna pasta bake with no jar sauce and i think mine tasted alot better then the store bought! was rather chuffed as even though I am a stay at home mum sometimes i find no time to do "from scratch" food. 

Home made pizza, this one with mushrooms the other has none has daughter hates them.. ( she is not  mine!)

Wit's end

I start was a huge apology for my poor mother as I now realise even if on a smaller scale what she must have had to deal with when myself and my siblings were kids! Sorry!! I know we were a bigger pain in the bum then what my daughter is to me and what happened yesterday really hits home. Recently daughter has been allowed to do some crafting up stairs, because if she does it down stairs her brother wants to join in and lots of screaming ensue's and I don't want to keep all doors closed  because she wants to do crafting. But it seems i'm going to have to either keep an eye on her or stop it all together.

As yesterday afternoon I found she had cut a little chunk out of her dress that morning, the dress is practically brand new and has been worn like twice, as i had bought it for her holiday. To say i went balistic is probably not  accurate. I was so angry. So told off and grounded and in her room. She later told me her imaginary friend told her to do it -_- and yet even though she had been sent up to her room since about 5:30 she was wide awake till 9. Even having been told to go to sleep lots of times. wtf?! What am i meant to do? Shes under a threat for today that she has to behave and earn back nice things. I don't think i'm being too cruel here but we need to sort stuff out for holiday.

Anyway enough of why i haven't murdered my children yet! Went and had a lovely drink with my mother in law and a couple of ladies from play group we have met up before during the holidays and its always so lovely to get in touch and spend some time together. I truely appreciate their imput and advice. Doesn't matter that these ladies are older then i am.. you don't notice when you get on so well. And seeing as i have no mummies my age ( apart from at school now!) and non of my friends have kids, i am greatful for them and glad to have them in my life xx

Took the kiddies to the library for some magnet making, little man didn't scream... all the way through, eventually managed to get him to have a nap as he had, not had one during the day! whoo so daughter had fun doing the magnets and i might do them at home!

There is a magnet each for each grandma, i won't say which as that will spoil it! but she rather enjoyed herself which was nice for a change and the whole reason i want to do these things! just bugs me i do these things and yet she is a pain in the bum. Or rather we call her a PITA ( pain in the arse lol) love her and love her brother but so trying!

Was glad ( in a way) to see though when divulging my dilema on facebook that it isn't just us and it's very normal for kids to do. Just need to set the boundaries! Well they are set!! lets see how much we can get away with today!