Boat Trip

Had a lovely day today with my family.  Well, not a whole day as in the morning I went to see my Mum who is struggling a bit after having a car crash on Wednesday.  I really wish she would see a doctor but she doesn't feel up to it yet, which I know doesn't make sense.  We are wishing her a very speedy recovery and I sent her some nice flowers and chocolates to remind her of that.  Ellis also drew her a lovely picture of a flower.

In the afternoon, we took the boys into town and they got to use their scooters.  They zoomed about and loved it.  We stood for quite a while outside a Costa Coffee, drinking our tea and watching the boys go up and down some slight ramps.  They had a brilliant time.

Leo then had an idea.  He wanted to go on a boat, or train.  The steam train wasn't running so I suggested the river taxi/ferry.  We found the place where we could catch it and we didn't have to wait long for a nice boat to arrive.

The boys were really excited and behaved really well for the first 30 minutes.  The last 10 minutes, they were ready to get off.  It was really good though and I was very happy being out with my family, making memories.

After the boat ride, everyone was little bit cold so we decided to head back home, with quick stop at Burger King.  The kids haven't eaten there before but they were all very hungry and polished the lot off, even an ice-cream!

At home, they were all showered and then propped in front of the TV for an hour before bed.

Another busy one tomorrow.  Ellis is back playing rugby, it's going to be cold, and Leo is starting forest school, even colder!  I was planning on taking Oscar swimming but think Rob would like to go as a family again.  I think maybe it's a bit too much for them the day before going back to school.  We'll see.

Thinking of my Mum a lot.  Love her tons and hope she is on the mend soon. xxx

Oscar Update

It's a new year and I hear lots of talk of people not drinking, dieting, doing more fitness etc and all I can think about is this blog.

I am really annoyed that I didn't keep it up, even with the odd post here and there.  I did set myself too huge a target by blogging about every single day!

When it was just the 2 little ones, it was hard but manageable and I was certainly more organised then, than I am now.  Oscar came along and Ellis started school and suddenly I'm all over the place.  I suppose that is one thing that I want to try and improve on this year, and that's to become more organised.

Rob is working a new contract that only allows him to work a certain amount of hours in a 4 week period, so the plan is for him to get the hours in early and then take a day off.  We can use the time to either do something nice together, as all 3 babas will be at school,  or get some chores done that are really difficult when you have 3 little uns, like sort the garage out.

We have been in this current house for 3 1/2 years now and we have accumulated a ton of stuff in that time.  I really need to declutter and sort the rest of it out.  I know that will make me feel so much better.

The boys are all doing well, and growing very fast! Oscar is the fastest grower by far and isn't that far behind Leo.  He weighs 5lb less than Leo and is in age 3-4 clothes already.  His feet are a size 9!  He has reached that age where he wants to do everything himself but isn't quite old enough to do it yet.  He is the only one of the 3 to throw major tantrums, which usually I can just smirk at him and walk away but a lot of the time he properly kicks off and I have to try and calm him, which never works but I feel I must try or he might hurt himself, or me.  Other than that, he is lush.  He loves to clean and tidy up, loves watching Bubble Guppies and playing on the iPad.  He tries so hard to keep up with his older brothers which is cute but I wish he would wait.

Oscar sleeps in a converted cot bed but due to his size, and weight I think he could do with a proper single bed now.  He is in the very small box room though so it won't leave room for much else.  He is also out of nappies and has been for a while now. He has been so amazing!  He is even dry at night and wearing pants, not pull ups!  I actually, still now, can't believe how well he has done with it all.  We had a couple of issues with going to poo on the loo for a bit but other than that, he went straight to the toilet, hasn't had any accidents in his clothes, asks to go to the loo, and can hold it when I ask him too.  Fab!

He started pre-school in September, doing 2 mornings a week at the same place Leo went to.  I love it there, especially the staff and to start with Oscar settled in well.  Unfortunately we had a lot of illness in the months running up to Christmas so he missed a few sessions and since going back, hasn't enjoyed it that much.

His speech is no where near as good as the other 2 at the same age and his knowledge of stuff like numbers, colours, shapes etc is way behind, but I'm not bothered, he will get there.  He does actually pick things up quite quickly if given the opportunity.

See this blog entry was supposed to be a quick hello, and now look at it!

I'll try and come back to do an update on the rest of the family soon.