More Firsts

I taught Ellis to tie his laces! I'm so pleased with myself and him.  I remember my brother Craig teaching me to do mine on the bottom of my Mum and Dad's stairs.  Another first!

The thing about firsts, is that they are slowly becoming lasts.  The last time they are in a cot, nappies, baby car seat, certain aged clothes etc etc, the list goes on and on.  I know it's just a part of life and things do need to move on but I don't want to! Not yet anyway.  I really do want to experience it all again but the boys are a hand full so not sure how I would cope!

Don't know if you noticed but Ellis has had his hair cut!  He has wanted for ages to have it shaved off like Daddy, so I let him have it short, not quite shaved off.  He wasn't the only one that had a new style.

Before...

...after.

Before...

...after.

I've got used to Ellis' new style quite quickly but I haven't with Leo's.  Looking at these pictures, I still prefer his old style, even though it was messier.  He doesn't seem to be bothered either way.

We've been enjoying our Easter weekend break.  We haven't done too much really, and I did think we would do a day out somewhere but it just hasn't happened.  Rob and Ellis watched rugby til quite late on Friday night so Ellis was tired yesterday.  Then today has been so boring!  Leo and Oscar have been running riot most of the day which makes it harder.  I should have just got them out somewhere, even for a drive in the car!

The boys came down to their eggs from the Easter Bunny and I did a small egg hunt in the living room as it was raining quite heavily outside.

I've just noticed they all had their rabbits in their pictures.  Very cute.  Oscar's is called Bertie, Ellis' is Stringy and Leo's is Rumplestiltskin.  I love that they all love their rabbits.  Leo and Oscar still suck their thumbs.  Leo not so much anymore but Oscar does all the time.  So much so that it is red sore, like his lips at the moment.  I'm trying to use chapstick on his lips but he just keeps licking them!

Not sure what the plan is tomorrow.  It's my turn for a lie in which is lush, and then we are going to friends for lunch.  The boys need to be in bed at a good time though as they all have school on Tuesday!  I need to get organised for it.  Ellis still hasn't done his homework and I need to write in their homework books about all the reading they have done.

Loving blogging again. :D

Leo No Fear

The Easter holiday is flying by, although the kids do still have nearly a week off!

Today Ellis went to a multi-sports thing over at the school and I took Oscar and Leo up Mum and Dad's field.  We had a lovely time, watering plants, playing with water, brushing ponies, chasing chickens, fetching the eggs, bathing ponies, riding ponies, watching the baby pigs, giving Brook some love as he is sad, playing with bubbles and eating and drinking.

This is Brook, my sisters dog. He's sad because my sisters other dog, Tyler was put down last Friday and we think Brook is missing him.  He was with him from the age of 6 weeks to over 4 years and I've never seen Brook so subdued.  He isn't eating, and not really bothered about anything around him.  He follows you about and then just sits or lies there.  We've been giving him lots of attention and Leo even conquered his fear of him and gave him a cuddle.

I realise I didn't get any pictures of Oscar, which he was upset about so I will try to get some over the next few days.

Plan for the morning is to chill out!  We've done nothing but rush around so it will be nice to not have to nag the boys to eat their breakfast and get dressed.

That is all.

QUICK UPDATE

Life is speeding by and I find myself with no energy at the end of the day to do a blog entry.  Even just typing this is a struggle and I keep wanting to just click on the red x in the corner and go to bed.

The boys are growing up fast.  Oscar has hit that independent age but is very frustrated and angry at me a lot.  Leo is calming down a bit it would seem.  He is a lot easier to look after at the moment and is very cuddly and loving.  Ellis is our big boy, who is into his rugby and maths.  He comes into my bed in the morning (6:15am) and starts asking me questions like, "What's 28 divided by 7?"!

This winter has been tough going.  I'm so glad the nicer weather seems to be on its way.  I don't mind rain normally but continual rain for days on end is just not on!  I've struggled with a netball injury and virus after virus that has sucked the life out of me.  The boys have got away with it quite lightly this year.  A few tummy bugs but nothing major which is good for everyone.

Oscar is now in a single bed and a big boy car seat.  He is such a big boy for 3.  He is already in 3/4 clothes and wearing clothes that Leo didn't grow out of that long ago.  His feet are a size 9 1/2!  Leo's are 12 and Ellis 13 1/2.  Ellis seems to have had a growth spurt too as he needs age 7 trousers now and he usually falls in line with his birthdays for needing the next size up, if that makes sense.  And Leo is wearing Ellis' school trousers from last year, so he is catching up too.

We have lots of exciting things coming up over the next few months.  We are off on a rugby mini tour, with Ellis' rugby club which should be good fun.  Then we are going to Majorca for a week, which will be the first time on a plane with the 3 of them.  Then we have the music festival again, which we are all looking forward too but this year will be different in more than one way.   We have paid to stay in a tent already put up and also all our friends that usually go, aren't going this year, so it will just be us.  I told Ellis this yesterday and he was unimpressed as he likes playing and messing around with the other kids in the group.  Hopefully he will be okay and there is loads to keep them busy.  We also have a week away to Devon booked with Lucy, Craig, Shauna and Ashlee.  Very busy but fun.  I don't take anywhere near as many photos anymore and adding them to the blog takes so long, which is one of the main reasons I don't blog that often I think.

I'm still getting to grips with my new iMac.  I need to book in and have some lessons on it.  That's another reason that I haven't been blogging as it isn't that easy for me to do what I want to do.

Sleep is still hard to come by sometimes.  Ellis very rarely wakes in the night now but he does get up early in the mornings.  He usually up before 6:30am.  Oscar is the one more likely to sleep in and Leo can still be quite needy and many a night I spend in his bed.  Rob gets up early for work each day and the boys like to see him so I think they wake so early because of that.  There is also the race to be the first one to get to Mummy's iPad!

I love my life with my boys.  It's loud and chaotic but they are my gorgeous babies.  I would love to add one more to the brood but really don't think it will ever happen.  Maybe we will just get a pet.