Monthly update!

Yup... sorry guys. You have John to thank for this post as if it weren't for his nagging you probably wouldn't have got this. Such apathy! (I can concurr that the Ultra Block game on Facebook is correctly described as highly addictive!)

Anyway, since Jessica's first half day at school we've hit the ground running. She did a week of that and then went in full-time. She loves it but does get (as expected) a trifle exhausted... being good all day appears to be quite hard work! Not wishing to brag (blatant lie!!), Mrs Edmonds said she was wonderful, a joy to have, blah, blah, blah..... give her time! Anyway, THAT parent's evening was a good one.

Maddy has also blossomed from having some space, she's actually talking MORE! Is this possible? I hear some of you cry.... apparently so! She's a happy little soul until you ask her to get ready to go and pick Jessica up... oddly she doesn't want to. She has, however, decided that she's a proper big girl and stopped using the confounded dummy. Amazingly we now sleep through the night (apart from the nights that we don't!) and bedtime is a joy! I only have to carry four cups upstairs at once now! She just decided, the night we had parents evening, and that was that. Never again since. We're really proud of her.

So what else have we done?
School;
playing;
shopping; not very awe-inspiring I know but at the weekends we've:
visited grandparents;
babysat the Gillis children for the day while their parents deserted them to drink and dance;
had the Gaskells for the day;
been on bike rides;
dumped our kids on Grandma (She offereed!) and went to the cinema!

This half-term Jessica spent the day at soccer school yesterday (Maddy LOVED the return to the new norm! Earache a-plenty!) which was great fun apparently. The photos below are a testament! Apart from that lots of "time to play with my toys and do drawings Mummy" stuff!

So that's it really - it's been so long I can't remember anything else of note! Can't have been earth shattering stuff.

See you when I see you!

Babysitting the Gillis'

Draycote Water

A five mile bike ride. Very pleasant for all concerned - highly recommended, but it does tire your four year old out a bit if they have to cycle it all by themselves!! (You've been warned!)

Soccer School