Photo shoot:

I popped over to the home of a workmate at the weekend. He had asked if i would photograph his son.
It was a pleasure to do, little Logan was so well behaved, not a single tear and so happy.
Wish all children were this easy to work with!!

I ♥ faces....

Well i thought i would have a go at this comp, this week it is B&W pics and i love, love, love B&W!

What do you think? My girlies! :)
I ♥ this pic!
And then there is the grown up one!!
My lovely self and my super best friend Beccy!

And last but certainly not least...

Becky is 12 today! She always hates that she has to sit and watch her brother and sister have their birthdays and hers is last!!
Still it can't be that much of an anti climax, after all she has been awake since 3am, but had thevery good sense not to wake us until 7am!
So today she has had gifts of clothes, clothes, earings, socks (over the knee, very cool??), and her MP4 player. We are off on a shopping spree later today :).

Happy 12th Birthday sweetheart :)

Return of normality and a family truce!

OK OK i have been really slack lately! But i have been doing my own studies, working, assisting with homework, listening intently to Davids hourly birthday wish list updates and the household chores!
The first week back at school has nearly come to an end. All 3 kids are really happy and are doing well!
Becky is getting merits left right and centre from her new school. Rachel is having an audtion for the gifted singers choir at school. And David..well he surprised me the most! This time last year i was told that he had the reading age of a 5 year old....he worked really hard last year..he must have! His teacher tested him this week and now a week shy of being 9 he is a free reader! He can read any book in the school library and is off the reading programme! I am so proud of him! His current book is by Sandy Toksvig, called Hitlers Canary. He is really enjoying it!

And to top it all off, when i thought my youngest two would be fighting each other for years to come..a truce has arrived! No words needed.... If Becky bends down to his level to talk to him...this is what she gets.....

Back to school blues!

So the kids are back to school. Well two of them are anyway! I took these photo's for the grandparents!! Rachel hates hers but i think that is her age! The last one of David is "the hair" and how it was when he left this morning!
I am sure i am one of the only parents that hates seeing them go back to school! It hasn't helped that the youngest two started new schools today.
I watched Becca walk away with her friend, off up the hill and can admit i had a small tear in the eye, i was not too bad as i knew she had a friend and is the sort of kid to just get on with it..and if i am really lucky she wont have let her mouth get her a detention on day one!
David was another story! He is a fairly quiet little man and will watch for a while before making judgements on who he might like to have as a friend. He is reserved and insular at times. So i waited with him. He seemed tiny again. And i really felt my heart strings pulling as a waited with him. I went over where i would meet him and where to look for me. Then before he went inide i asked if he wanted me to kiss him (sometimes it's just NOT cool, i get that!) and he looked up at me with his huge brown eyes and said "yes please Mum"...four paces later my poor friend is handing me a tissue from the same pack she had used when we watched the girls go off!
I couldn't look back to see him..if he saw me crying he'd get upset, so my poor mate had to give a running commentary on how he lined up and went inside and that he was okay!
So now i am looking forward to 5 past 3..so i can collect him, hold his hand and ask how his day was. And tonight we bake cakes...me and my boy. Becca will be on msn with her buddies like usual.
So please 3pm come fast cos i want my kids back!

Our new Nephew!!

Not that we are pleased with the latest addition to the family or anything but here are some of the photo's taken of Ben last Saturday when we went up to meet him!

The Sleeping Babe.

In his moses basket!

Looking to cute for words!I swear that he smiled at me!Don't they look pleased with their new cousin!

Photos as promised!

And here is my little sad sack. Love all the writing on the shirt - glad we no longer need it!! LOL

May Day Bank Holiday ..

As you can see i am back with Blogger... my other blog got hacked! LOL unbelievable! Someone decided to be me and post things i wasnt to happy to have in there! Still i live and learn! Somethings are better off staing the same. So i came back here. Only thing i am cross about is all the links and posts i lost :(. Grrr!


Well my poor hubby was working today...as is always the way it seems, when i take the kids to see my family in Brighton. It is my Niece's birthday today, shes is the ripe old age of 3!! So we spent what could be the last birthday in the UK with her. Rich and I are still waiting to hear about our visa...we are desperate to take the kids out of England and raise them in a better place, so we are hoping to be heading for Australia! We are so excited, but trying really hard to keep it in check in case it all goes horribly wrong!! We just want to get there! The kids are all looking forward to it which make a big move like that so much easier!!

Here are some photos of today:

Jack

Becca

Elouise

Rachel

Nanny and Elouise

Elouise

Blowing out the candles!!