Spring cleaning seems to have come late in our house, but seeing as the summer has never quite arrived I figured that's ok! I guess it started when we decided that Callum was old enough to sleep in a big boys bed and not in the cot. That triggered the 'no more babies - so let's sort through ALL the... Read more →

My two boys are so full of character. Matthew loves making silly faces, doing silly walks and putting on silly voices. Callum has a comedy laugh which goes "Ha, ha, haa!", he uses it all the time and he knows we think it's funny! When he is cross he says loudly "Huh!" or "Naughty" and slaps whatever he is near,... Read more →

Well it's beginning to feel like a long time ago since we stayed in Northern Ireland. For those that don't know, Jeff is from Bangor in Northern Ireland and his family and friends still live there. We are planning to move there in about a years time, subject to Jeff getting a transfer through work. Keep up the petition Sheila!... Read more →

Before we left for Northern Ireland a couple of weeks ago, I went through my patterned paper scraps and put them into little clear bags by colour - yes I like to be organised! This is working great for me especially when it comes to making cards, I can limit myself pretty much to these scraps and not get overwhelmed... Read more →

Things are getting back on track. Health wise we are over the latest tummy bug and the boys (who have had some kind of foot / skin infection) are definitely getting better too. They have been on anti-biotics to get rid of it and getting them to take the medicine has been a battle, we've had to bribe them with... Read more →

OK, a post just to put you in the picture... Had a really great holiday in Northern Ireland staying with Jeff's parents (thank you for everything - Matthew really wanted to stay longer) and spending time with our lovely friends. Will fill you in with photos etc when I get time... for it has been crazy since we returned on... Read more →

Brace yourselves, it's another long post with lots of photos! Feel like we can LIVE more now, as we've found a cream that really seems to control Callum's eczema. It's a protopic ointment that has an effect on the immunology of the skin cells, changing them so they don't react to whatever it is that is causing his ezcema. We... Read more →

Last Saturday we headed to Center Parcs Longleat to visit Sheila and her family who were staying there for a week. An hour's journey in the car was all it took, although to Matthew this was still a 'long time'. He kept asking how much longer and with Matthew minutes don't seem to mean much to him, so we had... Read more →

It was Matthew's last week at pre-school, the end of a era in our lifes. It was also my last two afternoons of peace to surf the internet, catch up on blogs and scrap whilst Matthew was at pre-school and Callum down for a nap. Come September Matthew will be at school in the mornings, then full days from January... Read more →

Where has the week gone? Have some much to tell and show from the last week but it will have to wait until another day. Just want to share my Pencil Lines sketch from last week which I finished a few days ago but hadn't got around to posting. I used photos taken in November 2006 of Matthew who didn't... Read more →