Start of May 1/2 Term

Half term week started on 30th May so I knew I had to try and plan to do some things with the boys.

The first day was a bank holiday so Rob was home. He decided he wanted to spend the day cleaning the kitchen with his head phones on learning about computer stuff.

Leo hadn't opened one of his presents from the day before so the boys opened it and then played with it for ages.

Oscar spent his morning trying out new things, like grabbing toys and putting them in his mouth, clever boy.

So I spent the whole day trying to occupy the boys in the living room. They slept in a little bit so we had a later start than normal which was great after such a busy weekend. Then we sat watching Toy Story 3, Tangled and Peter Pan.

Lunch for the day were left overs from the day before.

The boys messed around with the camera.

That was it! I didn't bother bathing them and they were tucked up by 7pm. Oscar finally went to bed at 9pm and then slept through to 6:30am and then on to 9am!

Ellis had cuddles with him once he was up.

The boys messed around in the play room first thing while I sorted a few things out. We did have lots of fun though playing shops, colouring, making dens and racing. Ellis had a go on my laptop once Leo was in his bed for a nap.

In the afternoon we went to meet up with the Mummy group at the soft play. I love it there as Ellis and Leo take off and have fun and I actually get to sit and chat to my friends. This will all change when Oscar is of an age where he wants to move around, like William, as Sally had to go off and sit with him in with the toys. I remember doing that with Leo, and I used to look over at everyone chatting and drinking tea feeling a bit left out.

The boys had dinner at the soft play place so we just went home for bath and bed which is great!

Sand

Carrying on the red theme, the next day I got out this lovely Ted Baker red coat that Huw & Nicky bought for Oscar. It was slightly too big but it was lush!

First thing in the morning Rob took the car to the garage to have a scratch spray painted and I watched Toy Story 3 with the boys.

In the afternoon we were due to go to Blaise Castle for Ella's birthday party but because of really wet weather the venue changed to her house.

We had a lovely time at the party. The boys took part in the games and played with different toys and new friends. We ate some scrummy food, had a good chat and laugh.

I don't know if you noticed in the above pictures, but I'm sat with Tilly's, Noah, and Tilly has Leo and Ellis.

Oscar sat in his car seat under the table for most of the party but did come out for a few cuddles and a feed just before we left.

Just before we were packing up to leave, we heard Leo screaming in the hall way. We went out to find that he had trapped his finger in the front door. In a way it was a good thing as he could of actually been outside the house running off rather than coming to us with a poor finger. It had a big dent in it, was already bruised and swollen. We tried to put some ice on it and I ran it under the cold tap for a bit. It looked really squashed but not enough to break skin. We just didn't know if the bone was okay but after some ice cream and a drink he was fine.

Wayne took some pictures at the party too. You can see them here.

On the way back we went into the car wash. The height restriction is lower than the height of our car so we had to lower the suspension to go in. I didn't like it very much.

Back at home I messed around with that macro mode on my small camera.

Sunday 29th, Leo's finger was still looking rather nasty so I asked Rob to take him to the local small accident centre.

Before they left we had breakfast and cuddles, and we were trying to get Leo to use his finger without being in pain. You can't really tell in this picture how swollen and purple it was but it is the ring finger on his right hand.

At the accident centre Leo had his first x-ray. Rob said the picture was amazing and thankfully there was no fracture. They strapped him up and sent him home.

It was good timing too as we had family and a couple of friends over in the afternoon for a BBQ.

I had bought a cake for Leo so we all sang Happy Birthday and he blew out the candle really well.

More playing and eating before everyone left at 6:30pm.

We bathed all 3 boys and tucked them into bed. Not Oscar of course but 2 out of 3 aint bad.

Then it was time for clearing up. The place was a mess. In the play room, which lead out to the garden, I had lifted up the rug so that didn't get ruined but the floor got really dirty. Dirt wasn't the problem really, it was the sand. The boys have a water and sand table and I had it right outside the back door. It was quite windy during the day and plus the kids were playing with it then coming in the house so it was everywhere! I mean everywhere! The kitchen window had been open too such it just blew in and around.

I had to sort the play room out as a minimum before going to bed as the boys would need to go in there the next day. I had to vacuum every toy, box, inch of floor, shelf, light and window. It took me 3 hours and I finished at midnight!

This is what Rob did to help.

Not impressed.