Week 5
Colic oh the dreaded colic came I was very careful leaving certain things out of my diet as i have been breast feeding her and poor Ella still suffered, we were up not only at night but she was struggling all day too.
Orange curd butterfly cakes
This weeks theme anything Citrus and Fairy cake
Because the house smells great with fresh baking and its always nice to lick the spoon of your creation and share a slice of cake.
Reward charts continued
Our reward charts are doing well and Sophie has really got the concept and we have now found her motivation being that she is a movie buff so our local cinema is perfect for rewards but is a darn expensive to go to, can you believe it cost £30 for a kid and adult with a popcorn and drink these days !!! We have done reward charts before but these were pretty simple and in fact a bit lazy on my part to be honest, i dont just do A4 sheets of white paper.... The old charts were far to simple and were boring bits of paper with a title for areas to improve in like eat dinner etc but there were things i didn't like about the old reward charts like they were really dull to look at and not at all inspiring she earnt rewards easily in some areas and was slow in others. Also it was hard to manage multiple charts when counting stickers to total to a reward. So a redesign was needed Ice Ice Baby
Its HOT HOT HOT!!! so to cool little people down I made treasure ice, we made Treasure ice last year but i gave it to Sophie fully coloured with things inside. This year i gave her some giant lumps of ice and let her colour some of it herself using some pipettes, i used some food colouring watered down. Course she invited her very first boyfriend round Reilly Roo to join in the fun.
Raspberry Chocolate Pie
Bake it Monday
This weeks theme anything Chocolate and/or Raspberry
Because the house smells great with fresh baking and its always nice to lick the spoon of your creation and share a slice of cake.
Sophie's first sports day
Sophie got her first experience of winning and
Sophie and daddy do racing all the time up and down the garden, and daddy doesn't let Sophie win all the time so she knows what it feels like to loose be the second winner. I think i might have to enroll her into drama as when she does loose comes second she falls on the floor and screws up her face as fake tears imaginatively fall from her eyes and the sound of bitter wailing can be heard up and down the neighborhood gardens, ar well she will learn.
How to spot a Zombie
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There is a number of terrifying trends out there Vampire's, Serial killers ? No im talking ZOMBIES !!!
Strike for Skittles
Today we are making our own garden fun toys out of rubbish destined for the bin.
Strawberry Pavlova
Because the house smells great with fresh baking and its always nice to lick the spoon of your creation and share a slice of cake.
Monsters University
Ever wondered how a big blue and pink fluffy monster and a monster that looks like a pea ever came together?
How does your garden grow July Week 2
The Shit has hit the .....
Ella's Shit Story: The Shit has hit the...
It's 4am the birds are waking and singing the dawn chorus, Ella and i are having a snuggly boobie session, close and quiet, I am sitting cross legged in bed breast feeding, it could not be any nicer than this looking into each others eyes lovingly as the rhythmic sucking and slurping go in time with the tweeting birds. Holding this little munchkin in my arms i hear the warm milk gurgle into her tummy feeding her so she will hopeful be kind and let me sleep a good few hours afterwards.
As i looked into my darlings eyes i see concentration that turns into straining within seconds the loudest rip roaring fart blows any peace and calm from the room and i swear even the birds stop calling to each other and take flight. My god i thought that was some chuff.
Next thing i felt was a warm sensation on my tummy dripping down over my legs and i thought one of my boobs had let off dripping again as that tends to happen when breast feeding and i put my hand down to wipe any milk away and my fingers come back to my shock covers in crap what's worse is the leaking hasn't stopped and as im cross legged it hits my stomach, thighs, calves ankles and feet and my lovely crisp white sheets.
For a second i wonder what the hell to do! should i finish feeding? do i move now? how the hell do i move with out spreading more shit about? its inevitable that more shit will be spread and the crap still seems to be spilling out of the nappy and going everywhere and i need to stop that. Its like the magic porridge pot story except this one doesn't have a happy ending ...
As i unlatch Ella she kicks off as i have taken her milk away, i then trip over god knows what spreading the shit over my lower half over more of my white bedding. Ella takes a head dive into a patch of crap now covering her head it really couldn't get any worse. I make it to the changing mat with Ella, taking off the offending nappy while shit runs down her and my legs. I clean her up and turn to wipe my legs down then strip the bedding off and fumble around trying to find new bedding for a king size bed oh the joy. Hubby stumbles out of his room to moan that i left the landing light on, and i tell him what has happened to which i am replied with a grunt and he heads off back to bed... Dont worry dear i sort this out myself then shall i !!!! of course in the morning he tell me he didn't really understand what was happening.
Finally new sheets are fitted and i turn to put a new nappy on Ella just in time to see her draw her knees up to her stomach and let off another rip roaring fart spraying shots of poo everywhere, the shit has hit the.. well everywhere really over the wall, dressing table, mirror, draws well you name it it got covered by high velocity mustard coloured sprayed shit, why oh why didnt i put a nappy over that bum when i had the chance, sleep deprivation and shock has a lot to answer for. So far it has taken 2 hours to clean up, and Sophie is due up in an hour followed by the school run.. Sleep is for the weak!! be warned i maybe a tad grumpy today and if i smell yes i know all the best mummies smell this way...
Sophie's Shit Story: It came from the Deep !!!
Bath time fun with warm water, filled with bath bombs I made recently so the water is twinkly with stars & glitter & a funky green colour, fun ducks boats & various squirty toys float about in the water.
In splosh Sophie & Daddy & the splash fights & games begin with much squealing from them both but soon the squeals from daddy changed to squeals of horror & yelling for help as our darling daughter added to the bath toys in the form of a of a brown stinky log which of course Sophie just had to touch in a slapping motion which broke up the single log into a billion bits of floating poo, much to daddies horror as he doesn’t know whether to get himself out first or Sophie who is still chasing & slapping the poo round the bath.
I run in to get Sophie out the bath lucky & strangely not covered in any poo at all however daddy is a little worse for wear, to add insult to injury daddy now has to not only clean the bath out but have a cold shower to get clean as all the hot water was used for the bath.
Water fun
The Sun is finally out and it is beyond hot, typical British moaning when its grey and moaning when its sunny, but it is really HOT!.
Mocha and Walnut Cake
Bake it Monday
Because the house smells great with fresh baking and its always nice to lick the spoon of your creation and share a slice of cake.
How does your garden grow July week 1
July is here and we finally got a little sunshine with promise of more on the way, i cant wait. So while the rain came down the weeds came up and finally we got the chance to go out and do some weeding, i cleared a patch and found Mr Toad had taken up residence in the garden. Within minutes Mr Toad was in wild girls hands who loves all things nature.
Small Steps Amazing Achievements
Ella is totally a different baby to Sophie, where Sophie was small purple and screaming most of the time Ella is sleepy which is handy when it comes to doing some chours round the house, (must make sure not to put baby in the airing cupboard)
Bottle waterfall
Things i wish i forgot about new babies
Little Ella is 3 weeks now and here are a list of things i would of liked to have forgotten and placed in a locked box in my brain and thrown away the key.
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