Lunar Landing

We were watching Show Me Show Me the other day, and Chris was pretending to be an astronaut
Amie "When I grow up I'm going to be a astonut (not a mis-spelling, it's what she calls it :) and go to the moon
Me: "Well that sounds like good fun. But mammy and daddy would miss you if you went to the moon. It's a very long way away.
Amie "No silly, by that time you'll both be dead so you won't miss me"

That'll teach me eh?

Enjoying the snow in Cumbria with her big cousin.


Having fun reading a book with Nana and Pa.







What happened to Amie's skirt?



Amie and Benjamin enjoying an improvised sledge down a snowy hill. The cardboard got rather soggy after a while, but it was fun while it lasted.


Amie quality inspecting the crackers...one of them contained a mini whoopee cushion, which was a huge hit with Amie for days afterwards.(And we all had something else to blame, other than the brussel sprouts)


Noah making a snowball that's even bigger than himself.. in the end he decided to make it into a snowman.


Noah and Pa.


Rich bravely trying to read a story to the four kids at bed time. Benjamin and Thomas stayed over on Boxing Night (or St. Stephen's Day to you Irish readers!). Not much sleeping was done, but they had a great time.


Happy Birthday to me! Obviously the only picture taken of me on my birthday involves me wearing my pjs, with unbrushed hair and no make up. It wouldn't be fair otherwise would it? Honestly later on when I was all dressed up, I didn't look a day over 30 :)Amie and Noah had good fun helping me blow out the candles (kind inlaws didn't try to fit the real number on the cake... could have been a potential fire hazard)


Amie was very excited to wear a woolly dress and tights... and Noah's reindeer jumper was just the thing for Christmas Day!


The kids looking a little overwhelmed before they get to open all those presents!



Amie overlooking super snowy hills, how Christmassy is that?


Enjoying a walk in the winter wonderland

Jingle bells...

Well Christmas is ALMOST here... can't wait.. here's ome pictures of the kids getting into the swing of things! Check out Amie's foot in the photo of her standing near Santa.. she had been running around at a Christmas Party without her shoes on and managed to put first her big toe, and then her whole foot though her tights.


Amie in her Nativity play at nursery.. proof, as though it were needed, that Amie is a little angel really.







Not an exciting photo, but had to capture it on film.. the kids playing nicely together. Will need to look at this regularly to remind myself that yes, it can happen sometimes!

Busy weekend

Big cook, little cook getting ready to bake some cakes for the Children in Need cake sale at nursery.


Found this on the camera, Amie must have taken it of her cheeky little brother.









We had a very nice but very busy weekend this weekend. Yesterday they had a Christmas event organised at Holme Grange Craft Villiage just up the road.. there was a free Santa grotto, magic show and mulled wine.. so of course we were there!
Then we went to a friend of Rich's for a lovely tea and cakes afterwards

Today both Amie and Noah were invited to seperate birthday parties. We dropped Amie off at her Tinkerbell party in a lovely fairy costume her Granny got her to Christmas, and took Noah onto his party. They had hired in a children's entertainer who beared more than a passing resembelance to Angelina Jolie. Unsurprisingly Rich was keen to come along, passing up a chance of sitting home on his own for 2 hours watching Rugby (!). Lets see if he shows such an interest in attending a children's party when Fred in the Shed is doing the entertaining :)






All the excitment was too much for Noah, who passed out around 6pm (still clinging onto his balloon!)

Visit to ... oh somewhere near York

No matter how many times I'm told, I just cannot remember the name of the place that Rich's best man to be lives. But himself and his wife very kindly had us visit them for a weekend over Halloween.. and we got to pick our own pumpkins (and pay a famers daughter to carve it for us) and had a lovely time with their little girl Lily. Below are photos of the weekend




Some burning questions on Amie's mind at the moment are "Where did the first babies come from before there were Mammys and Daddys" and "Why are our fingers not the same length".... answers on a postcard please.


Noah was walking along holding my hand in town the other day and I asked him to cound to ten,so he said "1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10" (bit of a conformist I think). I then said "Can you count higher Noah?" and he said at the top of his voice "ONE,TWO,THREE....." Bless. He also said he wants to have babies and be a daddy when he grows up, trying to change the topic I asked hiim what he wanted to ask Santa for and he said "Maybe I can ask him to let me have babies when I'm a man"... forward planning is all well and good, but personally I think he'd be better to ask for a scooter.

Amie getting some shots in

Ok ok, you've all had your fun, there's nothing to see here. Rich asked me to take down the pic of him shaving, and me ironing his shirt. I don't know what irked him more, his torso on display or the image of me ironing his shirt that was being beamed into all of your psyches.. because honestly, I NEVER iron his shirts.. he won't let me. Or if I do iron them, he redoes them in the morning anyway.
Anyway, you'll have to go somewhere else to oogle your pound of flesh ;)



Amie is getting a dab hand with the camera, might get her to do the wedding photos :)
These are a few she took this morning