Lets Talk Harry !

I have been holding on to bring you this post because it was someones second birthday on Tuesday, so I thought I'd bring you one big post today. Firstly, let me bring you in the loop with Harry. Its has been a big month for Harry as he has had a lot of new things to adjust to. The one major thing has been his big brother going to nursery this has been the first serious upheaval to his little routine. I have to say he has handled it well he doesn't seem to be to worried about Charlie going. Maybe it has been masked by Charlies reaction to going, but I'll save telling you about that for another post I will just say it has not been good.

Harry has really begun to grow up which is great except, the expected terrible two tantrums are now all too common. His vocabulary is improving on an almost daily basis and one of his favorite new words is Spider-man

This is obviously really cute to see him say and the way he pronounces it spi-der-man makes me smile every time ! We are having a few little niggly issues with him at bed time like he will take along time to settle and will be up at 6 every morning but nothing as major as before. We can firmly say he is rapidly growing up and catching Charlie up fast.

His Birthday was on Tuesday and we decided to go to Crealy which was a lot of fun we spent Charlies birthday there. As usual I followed my useful guide to saving money at Adventure parks. We were slightly disappointed because we had hoped that he had grown enough to go on the bigger rides but he still needs a few cm's yet.

We started the day with presents and his main present was massive a giant little tikes slide . He loved it but needless to say it couldn't stay inside for too long, it wasn't just slightly obscuring the TV it was a total eclipse.

He also got some Duplo which he is potty over and loves to make towers, trains you name it he makes it. He also go his first motorbike a wooden on minus the engine its called a Kwaka it was his present from Nanny and Grandad. The balance bike is just too big for him at the moment so Charlie is looking after it for him poor boy. However he is letting harry have a go on his nee nah bike. Overall he had a lovely birthday and is very chuffed with all his toys. 

 

 

Olivia

Well hasn't she grown ! Now a proper little girl she is full of life and seems to find ecstatic euphoria in just about everything. How mush does she weigh ? God knows! We have not been to the scale in months, to be honest I cant see the point only an idiot would fail to realise that she is fighting fit. She is a good healthy weight not to fat not to slim tall and full of beans.

Her latest thing is the arrival of her high chair, I'm told to tell you that its purple and it goes with the kitchen appliances he he !

 

When she sat in it for the first time she couldn't have looked more chuffed with herself !

Look at her little smile so happy to be at the level of the boys, a princess sat on her throne! We have noticed a real difference in her since I last posted months ago, she is flourishing in to our beautiful little girl. She is by far the most precious little thing in the world and loves her Daddy far to much. When I walk in to the room and speak her face lights up and it is so nice to see, makes me feel very lucky that I get to come home to her.

That's that then Olivia down and the boys to come.

The Come back post

For those of you who are on the ball you will have noticed that I have been missing. If I'm honest I found blogging was getting on top of me and it became a chore. I was struggling to get one decent post out a week. 

My plan to get me back in to the swing of things? 

I will do three separate posts one to bring you up to speed with Olivia, then one to bring you up to date with Harry, and the last to cover Charlie.

So much has changed in such a short time, I really needed this break to compose myself and see what I wanted to get from blogging. I'm excited to make more friends so please do not be shy, introduce yourself I'd love to read your blogs so leave your address.

Other things I'm very excited about which I want to bring you over the next few month;

I'm very keen to start making some wooden plaques, I'm currently bidding on a scroll saw which will allow me to cut complex shapes. I intend to make children's name plaques for bedroom doors, decorations for mantle pieces and other message plaques all with the a great designs.

You'll be introduced to my other baby, my garden, I'm no Alan Titchmarsh but I love to do a spot of green fingered frolicking about.

Of course there will be just about anything and everything in between, but it will focus around what we as a family are doing.

See you tomorrow for Olivia Update.

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The Fatherhood - Fiat 500L 12" Remix

I always enjoy watching viral funny video takes on parenting. The latest edition to these videos is from Fiat,The Fatherhood - Fiat 500L 12" Remix. The guy looks a little strange but never the less the lyrics made me laugh here is the video.
 

The Fatherhood - Fiat 500L 12" Remix

I'm a 90's child so I never knew the new romantics era but my parents were very active apart of the new romantics scene, so this made me warm to this video. Its linked to a video featuring a mum doing a rap from a few months back you may have seen it 'The Motherhood' feat. Fiat 500L

  

I think The Fatherhood - Fiat 500L 12" Remix is a take of a Human League song, I thought it was going to be don't you love me baby. 

I thought I'd share the video with you because I liked the light heated take on fatherhood and the little in jokes only parents would get. I'm not yet convinced by the horse that appears in the rear of the car near the end of the video. Maybe the original music video had one in I do not know but it did make me laugh.

The Fiat 500L is actually a really cool looking car I could see myself driving it, maybe they want a daddy bloggers opinion on the car? The price, although out of my reach is actually not bad £15,790.00 for a new car these days is really good. The car oozes cool and has a choice of colors which can be mixed and matched see the link below.
 

Find out more about the Fiat 500L here

If I had an inheritance or a lotto win i think i would'nt think twice about getting one it's got that mini swagger! It's not your typical big family car and for us it would have its space limitations but it does look practical. 

 

Going to nursery

Charlie will be starting nursery in April, and alarm bells are ringing he needs stuff to be prepared. He needs to be mentally ready, which judging by his continuous harping on about going is one tick in the box. He will also need a number of things  this is where I have been caught off guard. I had never thought much about it but he will need lots of extra things to go !

The nursery we will be sending him to requires him to have a number of things which we will have to get him.

Our list of things to get is as follows;

1 Lunch Box with  a healthy lunch to send everyday

2 Slippers

3 Rucksack to hold the slippers and lunch box

4 Spare cloths to stay at the nursery

In the UK every child gets 15 hours free a week of nursery vouchers from the age of 3.

He will be going from April and on the days of Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday between the hours of 11.45 am and 3.15pm. This is not the full 15 hours as the nursery did not have the space until September.

Then from September he will get his full 15 hours free allowance from the good ole' government this time he will be going Monday, Wednesday and Friday between the hours of 8.45am and 3.15pm (Bliss)

Charlie is really looking forward to it he can not wait, we really hope that this helps calm his behavior.

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