Thursday 10th April

Ok, so this afternoon I am flagging a bit. Three full days in a row with both boys either being the best of friends or the worst of enemies has taken its toll a bit. 

However we will soldier on and today we have mostly been...

            Making an easter bonnet for nursery

          (Which refuses to stay on Freddie's head)

     Feeding Grandpops tea and biscuits and beating

     him at Jelly Elephants.

    Learning how to ride a balance bike

    

Yes that is Tinky in the background supervising the cycling!

Wednesday 9th April 2014

Today we have mostly been.....

                                                         Having fun cousin time!

Samuel and Freddie's cousins Zachary and Sienna have been over for a play date. Four children aged five and under means lots of crazy fun!

                                               A bit of dancing to Agadoo

                            Our little princess was not amused at the boys' silly dancing

                                           The most cheeky monkey

   We threw a bit of egg decorating in there- this is Samuel's egg bunny.

Another great day

Tuesday 8th April 2014

The school Easter holidays are here! All be it two weeks before Easter, but that's not the point!

Samuel has two weeks off and so when I'm not at work the boys and I are going to enjoy some holiday fun.

Today we have mostly been....

         Baking at Little Mamma's house.

    Some of the mixture even made it into the oven!

     Gingerbread people and bunnies

         Success. Despite being slightly concerned that the biscuits were spreading in the oven 

          and becoming one huge gingerbread mass the outcome was rather good!

       After all that hard work, lunch at the village pub was an absolute must. It's a hard life.

I am hoping to post pics of all our easter activities- should be interesting to see how the tone changes towards the end of the school hols when we are all desperate for a return to routine!

Saturday 5th April 2014

Our fundraising efforts at Tinies and Toddlers playgroup made the latest HeartLink newsletter...

It was lovely to see it alongside stories and fundraisers from other 'heart families'.

The future of children's heart surgery at Glenfield is still unclear with the review having been delayed until summer 2015. Despite this the charity continue to provide funds for life saving equipment and projects within the congenital heart centre. 

Check out their new and improved website at www.heartlink-glenfield.org.uk

Sunday 30th March 2014

Happy Mothers Day!

Today we celebrate all things Mummy!

My lovely Mother has been off enjoying a weekend at the seaside, lucky thing! Here is one of my favourite pictures of us both...

                                 Love you Mooms!

Back to today and I was considerately left alone for a nice lie in this morning after my friends hen party meant a late night!

Then I was greeted with a lovely card written in by my big lad and a couple of very lovely pressies.

We decided to make the most of the lovely weather today and go for a picnic...

            The big lad enjoying his 'fish and chips' 

It was great to see lots of families enjoying the sunshine, my Little Mamma came along as she is not one to miss out on a picnic...

      At five years old Samuel is not too far off being the same height as my Dad's mum, hence 'Little         Mamma. Also, sometimes we shop at Gap by the way. This was not intentional!

Ahh running up and down hills, endless fun.

I love that Freddie holds up his ice cream in absolutely triumph. And the Mr Whippy award goes too...

Thanks to my lovely boys for making me feel like the luckiest Mummy in the world.

Sunday 23rd February 2014

This February half term the Sawyer family ventured to Blackpool to stay with the lovely Lowe family...

This was at the Sandcastle swimming centre. The boys loved all of the slides,the wave machine and the lazy river.

Film night at the Lowe residence. A large bowl of popcorn went down very well with Disney's Planes.

Superman...times two! Twice the strength, twice he power, and twice the noise!

If you have never tried sand dune sledging then I seriously recommend you give it a go next time you are at the seaside. Endless fun!

There were rather a few comedy moments that made us giggle...

                        Oh dear. Here we are being much more sensible...

A trip to the lifeboat station is always an absolute must...

         These boys look like they mean business!

                          Driving the Atlantic lifeboat.

           Freddie to the rescue!

                                   It is fair to say this tractor is quite large!

   Excited boys (a slightly nervous mummy) enjoying launching the D-class lifeboat into the sea at night.

(Colin, if you are reading this I hope you are impressed with my terminology)! 

             Smile? No time for that I'm eating ice cream!

                    Handsome happy boys.

                                 We love Blackpool!

Thanks to Esther, Colin and Daniel for having us to stay and for a great trip to the seaside. Also thanks to Colin for the lovely photos.

 

Saturday 22nd February 2014

I haven't written a ''Freddie update' for a long time.

I thought I would write a quick post about the little fellas likes and dislikes as of today...

Just the same as his pal Peppa Pig, Freddie loves jumping in muddy puddles. But don't forget to wear your boots!

Freddie still goes to nursery two days a weeks. He is still a bit emotional at the drop off but has a great time once Mummy and Samuel are out of sight!

His teachers say he is a chatterbox and loves to tell them all about his family and what everyone has been up too.

Quote from Freddie's nursery review: "Freddie really enjoys role-play. He pretends to do the cooking and will make the ladies a variety of food and drink! Speaks about his family all the time and is very pleased to see them at the end of the day!" 

- ahhhhhh!

Freddie's favourite thing to play with at home is still his music player- current hits are One Direction's Best Song Ever and Midnight Memories. Katy Perry's Roar and  Imagine Dragon's Radioactive!

Freddie still has a 'naughty noise' which is basically a grunt. We unfortunately hear the noise at least five times a day as the little man can be rather feisty (to say the least)!

Brotherly love...

The boys are playing together much more now that Freddie is older. They play silly games like Mumny Monster, during which I have to chase them around the house! They have created a little dance routine.. "Sit up, stand up, do a liitle wiggle, fall down"!

Freddie's latest saying that makes us giggle is "I promise". He says this so genuinely every time he asks to look at the IPad or something else that he knows he isn't really supposed to do.

He also likes telling me that things are 'dangerous' and 'difficult'. 

Even sheety beety can be dangerous sometimes!

Basically Freddie is coming on leaps and bounds. He has such a strong character and constantly keeps us on our toes. I am clinging to baby cuddles and the last few babyish things he still does because frankly he is growing up far too quickly for my liking!

Xx