taking two kids swimming is always going to be a challenge. The words "mummy I'm dpoing a poo" and daughter turning red beetroot colour is probably not what you want to hear echoing round the pool. We had made it ankle deep into the pool before that little surprise was sprung on me. Boy announces he is not coming into the toilets for the cleanup operation as he will be sick if he sees poo. Mentally try to work out how I am going to clean up Madam in the toilets whilst I leave the boy outside the toilets. It cost me a chocolate milkshake to get the boy to stand outside the toilets where I could see him. He is under strict instruction to hold his nose and face AWAY from the poo.
Madam, meanwhile is telling me to get on with cleaning her up as its running down her leg. I furfill my motherly duty, clean her up, wash out her pants and tell the boy we can go back to the swimming pool. I cannot bring myself to make eye contact with the yoof lifeguard who has seen everything. Madam announces she is going to do a wee in the pool. Now I have found a really useful reason why they have learned hungarian, its so I can tell her in Hungarian not to be quiet and just get on with it!
Anyways, turns out taking two kids swimming is very easy if you want your arms to be stretched to those in keeping with an orangutan. For an hour we splash, jump and slide about. Exiting the pool is not so easy. Madam wails like a banshee, I have to promise her we will come back. Slop back to the changing room, get the kids dressed. As I am getting dressed they kindly open the changing room door for all and sundry to see me semi naked, mutter to myself and send them down the corridor to check out the drying machine. I am planning to try it with them next week. I would dearly pay a pound to be dry and not freezing when having to get them dressed and gather up the mess of wet clothes.
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
Wednesday, 3 February 2010
Soo back to blogging
Been a bit of a hard week, boy has had vomit bug again, he is on the mend and thats what counts. I met K up in London last Saturday, we mooched about Portobello, grabbed a delicious Pad Thai on a balcony overlookng the market, consumed some martini and checked out westfield shopping centre.
Hubby and I managed a rare day out today, went to a Karma bar at the marina and then checked out the latest Sherlock holmes movie, was a v relaxed day.
Not much else to report, my hyacinths have bloomed and withered. The tulips planted last year are making a tentative appearance out of the ground. If I were them, I would stay there as there is another cold snap expected.
Madam is now dry at night, so no nappies required there. I have purchased her some very lovely non pink bedding. Scary, in a couple of weeks, hopefully once the boy is dry, we wont need anything from the baby ailse. Hip hip hoooooooray!!!
Boys birthday party was great, apart from him getting a little tearful when we all sang him happy birthday. He does not like a fuss. S did us a great puppet show, the adults were in stiches. Most people came back here and chilled out, was great to see everyone.
Hubby and I managed a rare day out today, went to a Karma bar at the marina and then checked out the latest Sherlock holmes movie, was a v relaxed day.
Not much else to report, my hyacinths have bloomed and withered. The tulips planted last year are making a tentative appearance out of the ground. If I were them, I would stay there as there is another cold snap expected.
Madam is now dry at night, so no nappies required there. I have purchased her some very lovely non pink bedding. Scary, in a couple of weeks, hopefully once the boy is dry, we wont need anything from the baby ailse. Hip hip hoooooooray!!!
Boys birthday party was great, apart from him getting a little tearful when we all sang him happy birthday. He does not like a fuss. S did us a great puppet show, the adults were in stiches. Most people came back here and chilled out, was great to see everyone.
Monday, 25 January 2010
Sunday, 17 January 2010
Handbags at 10 paces and random info
My aunt bought Madam a sparkly mini handbag. Needless to say she loves it. Needless to say that she has gone about my jewlery box to fill her beloved bag with. the word magpie springs to mind, anything sparkly and chunky ended up in her handbag. I keep having to hide the handbag before we leave the house to ensure she does not take anything of great value out of the house.
Bought hyacinths today, two of them, good old reminder that spring is round the corner. Am hoping the bulbs I planted with the boy will start making an appearence.
Boy is so fast on the scooter that I cannot catch him running at full pelt. Madam is content with balancing on her scooter whilst I pull her along.
Fish are settling in, we bought a new plant today, our shoal of 5 will soon become larger. They are very relaxing to watch but the sound of the filter makes me want to pee all the time.
Boys party largely organised, ordered the party bags last night, what else would one do on a Sat night? Rock and roll, it isnt.
Madam had a terrible cough today, so much so that she threw up at one point. She then fell asleep on me for an hour. Its magical having her fall asleep on me, the smell of her hair, the sound of her snoring, sent me into a delerious 40 winks. I needed it as she was awake quite a bit of the night.
Bought hyacinths today, two of them, good old reminder that spring is round the corner. Am hoping the bulbs I planted with the boy will start making an appearence.
Boy is so fast on the scooter that I cannot catch him running at full pelt. Madam is content with balancing on her scooter whilst I pull her along.
Fish are settling in, we bought a new plant today, our shoal of 5 will soon become larger. They are very relaxing to watch but the sound of the filter makes me want to pee all the time.
Boys party largely organised, ordered the party bags last night, what else would one do on a Sat night? Rock and roll, it isnt.
Madam had a terrible cough today, so much so that she threw up at one point. She then fell asleep on me for an hour. Its magical having her fall asleep on me, the smell of her hair, the sound of her snoring, sent me into a delerious 40 winks. I needed it as she was awake quite a bit of the night.
Tuesday, 12 January 2010
Whooo hooo
Managed to leave Henfield today in a car. We cheered as the car left the close. We booed quietly when the car slid all over the place.
Have ordered Camerons bday present from us, a bike, have to plan military operation to find the store and lug it back to the car tomorrow, should be fun with all the snow underfoot.
Have managed to buy a shed load of magazines for my forthcoming NHS mini break. Shall mostly be cooking tomm evening to ensure families blood sugar levels do not fall to critical levels. In Madam's case this will entail cooking half a cow, at least.
Er, thats it. Am now off to sort my work life out for tommorrow.....
Have ordered Camerons bday present from us, a bike, have to plan military operation to find the store and lug it back to the car tomorrow, should be fun with all the snow underfoot.
Have managed to buy a shed load of magazines for my forthcoming NHS mini break. Shall mostly be cooking tomm evening to ensure families blood sugar levels do not fall to critical levels. In Madam's case this will entail cooking half a cow, at least.
Er, thats it. Am now off to sort my work life out for tommorrow.....
Monday, 11 January 2010
A Decade
Eva makes a brilliant point on her blog. Summary of a decade. Well, here goes mine. Main highlights are obviously my two children. My husband, who ten years ago insited would never get married and have children. Would love to meet his 31 year old self and show him the future.
The last ten years have been an even split of 5 years of near constant holidays to the holiday from sanity and reality following the birth of two children very close together. They are fab though, easily the highlight of the decade.
There have been qualifications: PADI, PRINCE2 and graduation to the ninja art of project management. Wonderful memories of Eva: convincing her to come out for one drink, which morphed into many drinks and a nightclub, dare I mention the biscuit factory..... drinking on the beach with Erika and Gabi listening to music blasting out of the Concorde bar. Amy dressed up in on my hen night. Inuagural book club. LM being design queen on an interior design day out. Walking on a remote diving island with Stuart, askign him what was moving over in the water, only to find it was a large monitor lizard heading for the beach. Lazy days in Koh Phi Phi, crazy days in Barbados. Beata, Erika, my aunt I in Italy. Dion, Sue, Dan and Kat in a Hummer in Vegas.
Kids making me laugh till I almost cry. Memories of my dad at Alabardos restaurant. Zita speed shopping for all she was worth in between flights. Mama being addicted to mango chutney.....
All in all a decade of decadence but now I am hopefully older and wiser, deffo not the same Barbara as in 2000. Which is the way it should be, no?
The last ten years have been an even split of 5 years of near constant holidays to the holiday from sanity and reality following the birth of two children very close together. They are fab though, easily the highlight of the decade.
There have been qualifications: PADI, PRINCE2 and graduation to the ninja art of project management. Wonderful memories of Eva: convincing her to come out for one drink, which morphed into many drinks and a nightclub, dare I mention the biscuit factory..... drinking on the beach with Erika and Gabi listening to music blasting out of the Concorde bar. Amy dressed up in on my hen night. Inuagural book club. LM being design queen on an interior design day out. Walking on a remote diving island with Stuart, askign him what was moving over in the water, only to find it was a large monitor lizard heading for the beach. Lazy days in Koh Phi Phi, crazy days in Barbados. Beata, Erika, my aunt I in Italy. Dion, Sue, Dan and Kat in a Hummer in Vegas.
Kids making me laugh till I almost cry. Memories of my dad at Alabardos restaurant. Zita speed shopping for all she was worth in between flights. Mama being addicted to mango chutney.....
All in all a decade of decadence but now I am hopefully older and wiser, deffo not the same Barbara as in 2000. Which is the way it should be, no?
Sunday, 10 January 2010
Summary
Summary of summaries I am afraid, as I have too many documments / emails to update. I have calculated that apart from this blog, the kids private diary, my private diary, I probably generate / update on average 15 documents a day (this includes private emails). This is simply too many if, you want to remain marginally sane and go to bed before the sandman hits you in the back of the head.
So, here is is: feeling life it sloooly getting back into normal before the days of two very small children. they are now both out of nappies during the day. madam is now in a bed sans rails and delights in not staying in the bed when she is supposed to be there at 8pm. Great news is that she will quite happily sleep until 10am, bad news is that the boy wakes up with the cockrels.
had a great time in Italy, hubby and I managed to grab a day out with my uncle in Lugano, got some much needed adult time whilst the two kids kept the family amused with their antics.
we have been snowed in, this has prompted unprecedented levels of cabin fever, especially as madam does not like the snow. too cold. we can make it about 10 meters out of the house and she starts to whine. and she whines REALLY well.
I have laughed with my wonderful family over christmas, cried at Dr who and decided to play reggae music and take the kids to the tropical fish place in order to inject some much needed heat into our lives.
we have helped the reverend clear her soft top sports car from snow, had jumping on the bed competitions, and I have forcibly cleaned the kids toy room up. the house is lightter of toys by one big dustbin bag, and they have not even noticed.
A certain swedish furniture manufacturer will be providing me with some storage solutions in the not too distant future whilst hubby cries at mere mention of putting together flat packed furniture.
I have been at an Italian shopping mall at 7am. This is due to my granny's flight leaving at stupid ockolck from an airport in a shopping mall. Ironically granny got home ealier than we managed to get into our first shop. Did a modest amount of shopping for the boy as he has developed crane like legs which wont fit into trousers. Did not manage to buy anything for the girl as Italian shops have an annoying habit of thinking small children have a waist. Madam has never had one, and if she carries on at this rate, never will. I have a wonderful picture of Madam in front of a tray of biscuits. You know can probably fill in the the rest of the story.....
My auntie and Mama cooked up a storm, they made culinary delights that I am still salvating over. Hmmm, we have probably eaten our weight in parma ham. My cousins are now grown up young men, sometimes I have to pinch myself that they are so tall and adult like.
Good news is that the tropical fish tank is in place.....just need the fish now.
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