Where Did That Extra Hour Go?

I remember a time when the clocks going back meant either an extra hour in bed or and extra hour drinking - both equally good!

Now that we have a small person in the house who really doesn't care about turning over and grabbing another lazy hour, all that this weekend meant was a start of the depression of short days and long nights - but at least we have the excitment and bling of Christmas to look forward to.

Don't get me wrong we had a great weekend. It was filled with toddlers in fancy dress, wine, pizza, sausage sandwiches and a whole lot of drawing, dancing and playing. We spent time with friends and laughed a lot so all that can't be bad.

I miss those long lazy mornings in bed, but when the Princess jumps on top of you and plants a big kiss on your mouth you do realise that there are better things in life than a duvet!

In other news: The Princess has graduated to a new class in her football lessons and I can tell you it was a shock to the system this morning - gone is the singing and gentle playing. We have moved on to a new longer session which is full on activity and ball skills - yes you heard that correctly - ball skills!!!! It is now officially proper football and it was exhausting - FOR ME. The Princess also came home and collapsed into a two and a half hour sleep so I think she felt it too. Look out Beckham there's a new girl in town.

Fun Fun Fun

Since last blogging we have been doing the following....

visiting Oma and Opa

picking up leaves

eating cakes

chilling out

'doing' Ikea

shopping

eating

drinking coffee

drinking wine

flying a kite

now you are up to date!

What The Heck....?

David Copperfield to 'magic' girl pregnant

David Copperfield says he plans to impregnate a girl on stage - without even touching her.

Speaking to German magazine Galore, the illusionist rejected the theory that there were only seven different kinds of magic tricks.

He said: "Bull s**t! There is a great deal of new territory to conquer. In my next show I'm going to make a girl pregnant on stage."

He added: "Naturally it will be without sex. Everyone will be happy about it, but I'm not telling you any more."

The magician is currently on tour in Germany with his show, An Intimate Evening of Grand Illusion.

Busy Kicking Leaves

Sorry about lack of recent posts. I have not been in the blogzone mentally, so to speak. For one, the weather is lu-ver-ly, beautiful golden autumn days and not a cloud in the big, blue sky. Brown, crunchy leaves to kick or pick up - perfect weather for hanging out at the park.

So I haven't really wanted to stare at a computer screen much. Plus, me and my blog -we needed some space. I was sensing some negative co-dependency developing.

Sometimes I blog just to give myself the time to think about something and end up sounding like I am moaning or depressed, so the new bloggage from me will be less grumpy from now on - life is good!!!

I Hope It's All A Big Mistake

13 bags of coke!!!!  I so hope this is some awful mistake and that George can move on from this.

Blogs Are Evil

In our house we watch CBeebies and only Cbeebies. The programmes are quality, have an educational angle to them and more to the point - there are NO commercials!!!!

Some of the blogs that I read have recently been mentioning The Wiggles. As they appear on Nick Jr - I had never seen (or heard them). Curiousity got the better of me and I decided to check out their website. Don't do it!!! They are a strange bunch of Australian men who sing and dance wearing primary colours and are as camp as anything can be.

BUT, I am intrigued as to how this bunch of misfits can be rated so highly by people who, although I don't know personally, have come to think of as funky like minded folk. So, tomorrow at midday I might be found watching The Wiggles to get a grasp on this strange other world. I will report back.

UPDATE: The wiggles are awful and creepy - What's the pirate all about????

Look Out There's A Toddler About

The Princess has entered a new level of toddlerdom. Her language is developing at an incredible rate and new words are added to her vocabulary on a daily basis. Her favourite word is "no" and is her answer to most questions - even if she really means yes. She is so overwhelmed at being able to make decisions but is not yet mature enough to link decisions to desires. The result is tantrums and meltdowns. It's like living with someone experiencing a nervous breakdown.

Now that she has discovered the joy of walking she really really really doesn't fancy been strapped into a pushchair, thank you very much, and so that at the moment is our biggest 'flash point'.

Its not all misery. She is also relishing being alive. She loves exploring the world from her new grown up perspective, and Daddy and I are both loving being her parents. Seeing the world through her eyes is such a gift. Leaves, ducks, sticks and cats all take on a new significance in our lives and seeing what she sees is such fun.

She is also so loving and caring. She now gives spontaneous kisses and asks to hold our hands whilst walking. She says hello and goodbye to everyone we meet on our travels. She is so kind. She will share her toys and food with anyone and everyone and gets so upset if she sees another child crying.

She takes my breath away.

She is the coolest.

I love her.

Worry Worry Worry

I worry. It's what I do.

My latest concern is Bird Flu. I don't understnad why more people aren't getting hysterical about it. I am already making contingency plans for locking the Princess away for 12 weeks when the pandemic hits and am considering buying stocks of tinned food, so that we don't have to leave the house.

I have researched where to buy Tamiflu online and am stocking up on antibac soap!!!!!

I recently came across this blog and love the t shirts that they have for sale here.

This is not my only worry.

I also worry about...

The Princess' nutrition

Pesticides in food

How to teach children manners

The children in the NSPCC adverts

The Indian earthquake

Being here to see the Princess grow old

Our water supply and it's purity (local issue)

My inability to be everywhere and doing everything at once

Christmas plans

New Year plans

My husband working too hard

and several thousand other things.

BUT, believe it or not I am so overwhelmingly happy right now and life has never been better - go figure!!!!!

Relight My Fire

Just seen this.....

The former members of Take That will reunite for a Christmas television special charting their careers, almost 10 years after the group split.

Take That, who devastated fans when they split in February 1996 after selling nine million albums, have agreed to a one-off show which will chronicle their rise and fall.

Robbie Williams is the only former band member to have sustained a successful solo career since leaving the group.

Songwriter Gary Barlow has written numerous hits for other artists, while Mark Owen fleetingly regained fame after winning hit UK reality show Celebrity Big Brother in 2002.

Jason Orange transferred his aspirations to acting and Howard Donald launched a DJ career.

Got a bit excited but then realised it doesn't actually say that they will performing, very disappointing.

Vile Vile Vile

I am so glad that the Princess is too young to ask for anything like this for Christmas.

It is My Bling Bling Barbie and has obviously been brought out to compete with those other disgusting dolls - Bratz.

I mean - yuk.  I am all for young girls enjoying fashion and of course young girls always aspire to look like 'big girls' but sluts now thats a different matter.

Clifford

If you haven't already met, this....

is Clifford the big red dog.

There is a Clifford ride at a local shopping centre that the Princess just LOVES.  She has seen the actual cartonn maybe twice in her life and isn't really interested in going on the ride.  She just wants to touch him, kiss him and look lovingly at him.

It's the cutest thing to see.  I'm not sure what it is about Clifford but the Bob The Builder ride across the square from him just gets a glance and if she gets too close she says 'NO' and runs away. Maybe it's his big eyes, maybe it's his redness, maybe it's his big black nose - whatever it is - it's love!

In other news, the Princess no longer crawls at all.  She wants to walk everywhere and explore at her pace.  This is a fantastic development for her, as the world has suddenly become a much more interesting place. 

I've said it before, but where did my baby go?

 

 

The Cream Cakes Are On Me

Last night I achieved my target weight at Weightwatchers and am now an official Gold Member!!!!!

I actually still want to lose a bit more but I now fit in my old pre-pregnancy jeans and that makes me smile!!!!!

Ten Things I Like About Autumn

1 The trees look pretty
2 New clothes
3 Soup tastes good again
4 Pubs light their open fires
5 Dark mornings and evenings mean the Princess knows its nighttime
6 I can nosey into peoples houses when they have lights on and curtains open
7 Candles everywhere
8 I make the move back to red wine after the summer of chilled pinot grigio
9 The princess has funky new boots
10 It's nearly Christmas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Normal Service Is Resumed

I think we are all recovered after a terrible three weeks of bugs, infections and colds. It has hit us all really hard and today, finally, we all seem to be ok.

It really makes you realise how dependant on me the Princess is. I have felt worse in the past two weeks than I have felt in years and it has been so difficult to even lift my head off the pillow some days let alone trying to look after a sick baby (and husband). Anyway, that is in the past and I am ready to get going and try to get some cleaning done in the house. I have had zero energy for the past few weeks and so have hardly touched the thick layer of dust that covers every surface and the fluff balls lurking under the sofas.

So I have signed back up with the Flylady and am going to get myself back into some kind of rountine - wish me luck!!!!!!