This is Me

HAPPY 4TH BIRTHDAY AEDAN!!!

Happy fourth birthday to my amazing boy. :)

He's having his party on Sunday, but he got the 'Tidmouth Sheds' playset for his train set from us and a wooden 'cranky the crane' from Marcus, so he's pretty happy! He's tired though, he kept getting up last night for some reason!

Hope everyone enjoyed new year.

Have to say I'm not feeling especially cheery - serious case of the new year blues over here. I have to go back to work next month, which I'm really not looking forward to. My manager is difficult to work for and I'm stll not getting much sleep. Marcus also hates taking the bottle and usually falls asleep on the boob, so no idea how Neal is going to manage. Luckily it should only be 2 nights a week. To add insult to injury, I'll be on less money than I'm getting now, because Maternity allowance pays based on your highest earnings and when I first started I was doing 3 nights a week.

We also probably have to move this year - the landlord wants to sell the house and unless Neal pulls off a miracle we can't afford to buy it. I love this house and the thought of moving is really dragging me down. This house is the right size, in the right place and the right price. I doubt we'll find anything else that good around here.

Meh. Sorry for the grumpy post.

I hope everyone had a good Christmas. Mine was celebrated on Boxing day, since I was trapped at the inlwas on the 25th! The boys got far too many gifts, my living room is definitely more of a playroom now! Need to buy some storage boxes!

I recently updated my dreamwidth journal imports I want to make sure I have everything if I need to switch over. I'm seriously unhappy with LJ at the moment. Not so much with the changes, although they suck, but with the unprofessional and dismissive attitude.

Funny though, I hadn't used that journal since late 2008. Was quite nice look back... read entries long forgotten about! Found some old fics too, uncompleted as usual! Ah well... one day! I would like to go back to the Gildor/Orophin series again.

Christmas pics below the cut for anyone who isn't sick to death of my boys by now!

( Christmas )

We're all sick at the moment - stupid winter bugs dragging us all down!

Aedan has his school play tomorrow, his first ever, so I'm pretty excited! I've already sent his elf costume into the school - even though I still say it's the wrong kind of elf. ;)

Spoke to his teacher about the seemingly random toy cat story request. Ended up feeling a bit daft - apparently, when the toy pet comes home, it's as a reward for completing something they find particuarly difficult. Can't say I really understand how it works, but I'm glad I filled it in!

Below the cut are pics of the boys and some recent cakes.

( Kids and Cakes )

Absolutely baffled - why is Aedan's nursery sending home a toy with a 'diary story' that clearly has to be filled in by the parents? They're supposed to be educating Aedan, not vetting *my* writing skills...

I just got a note from Aedan's nursery about their Christmas play.

Apparently, he's playing an Elf.

:P

Halloween isn't really my holiday. I'm grossed out by the guts and gore and am not a fan of trick or treating. But there are certain things you just do when you have kids... and the Toddler Group Halloween party is one of them. And I certainly had to 'do' it - I'm on the committee, so was involved in the set-up and running.

But on the bright side... I think my boys looked soooo cute in their costumes!

( Not what I'd call scary... )

How much should it cost to send a small wallet to the UK from the US? I've been looking at a cute wallet on ebay, but the seller wants $31!!! I can't believe it can possibly cost that much!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/HELLO-KITTY-SPRINGTIME-THEME-WALLET-NWT-/220848760505?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item336b9ca6b9#shId

Marcus is 3 months old today and so, I bring picspam! It's gone SO fast - surprising, considering how little sleep I've had! He's still a dreadful sleeper, at night he still rarely goes more than 3 hours between wakings. But he's full of smiles and loves to babble, so I let him off! :P I think the cuteness of babies is an evolutionary survival tactic! ;)

Aedan is settling in well at Nursery - he loves going every afternoon and I usually have to remind him to say goodbye to me before he runs into the classroom! He can't get in fast enough! His teachers seem pleased with him - it's the first time he's had to do truly structured activities and he found it hard at first, but he's settling in well. I get to go in for the first 15 minutes of the session every Wednesday, which is great for seeing how he's getting on.

( My Boys )

We had a wonderful time in Cornwall... the weather was passable and we didn't over-do it, just visited some of our favourite places and generally took it easy.

Aedan went to the kids club every morning, which was really good for him and I got to take him swimming as well - something I haven't done since about Easter!

Marcus coped pretty well with all the upheaval, I think he might actually have slept better than he does at home!

I do love Cornwall - I'd live there if I could.

I'm sort of lacking the energy to write a lot, so have some picspam instead!

( Cornwall, my boys and other stuff )