P***ed Off!

Last night I picked up a message on my phone from the local leisure centre saying that BB had finally made it to the front of the waiting list for the 'mini kickers' class after a few months of waiting! Woo hoo ..... and could I call back to confirm that he wanted a place in the class.

I asked BB if he would like to join his friends in the class when nursery started again. His face lit up and he made me play footie in the garden with him until daddy called us in. I made a big show of calling the centre whilst he was there to confirm his place- only to be told there were no places left.....Hold on a minute, she surely hadn't heard me right- they'd called ME and told ME there wad a space for him. There was no deadline placed on the return call and this was less than 24 hours later. I was informed that we were at the front of the queue - if that helped. Well no it doesn't bloody help, we've waited months for this and I seriously doubt anyone will drop out now until at least next year - do they want to come over and explain this to what will be a devastated three year old. Talk about dangling a carrot. Who did they give his place to? How many people did they call for this magical place in the class. I didn't realise it was a race..... boy did mummy fail in this simple task. I feel like shite, and I'm seriously pissed off!

Mummy - do you know what it's called when...

.....a car pulls over to the side on the road? Asked BB on a drive this afternoon (may I point out this was just after watching the grand prix with daddy....)

No - I replied

It's called a pissed off! Replies a very pleased with himself BB.

A WHAT!!!!???

A pissed off Mummy! (slight consternation now.....)

Oh - do you mean a pitstop? (It clicks with mummy)

NOOOOO IT'S A PISSED OFFFFFFFFFF!!!!

Hey - I'm not going to argue with this 3 year old......are you?



(Actually we had another conversation the other day along the same lines - a tractor pulled in front with some kind of tank trailing behind it.....

BB - Look mummy that tractor is pulling a cabbage

Me - Don't you mean a carriage?

BB - (With rolled eyes) no mummy, then it would have people in it!!!! - it's a cabbage!

Me - Why do you think it's called a cabbage BB?

BB - Cause Grandad Terry told me it was!

Me - Oh!)

Domestic Goddess?

I surely do feel like one today!.

Yesterday was utterly miserable - starting with full blown falling out with BB (All because there were no bananas to go with the cereal), piddling rain (which added to the dripping roof problem from Monday) a V. cranky LL, who to be honest (I think) is hating toddlers at the moment as he is constantly getting picked on. More whining from BB, the insurance people calling me up and telling me to arrange my own repairs, the repair man telling me the roof had been done wrong in the first place and that I'd have to do some serious blagging to get the insurance people to cough up (otherwise it could cost me in excess of £3k and that's just to fix the roof - never mind the internal repairs), my tenant calling to say that the shower is cracked and that they'd be moving out in 7 weeks time - did I mention the rain?(actually I omitted that I'd left the car window about 5 inches open and the interior of the car was soaked!) Parking next to a 2 inch puddle at the supermarket......oh it goes on!

One bright spot was getting to meet a beautiful 5 day old baby girl.




Precious!

Today however? - completely different ball park. After severe insomnia, coupled with two rude interruptions by my eldest I was dreading the worst.....

I was awoken by a call from said tenant at 8am asking where the hot water tank was situated (for the plumber) and although there was silence in the house I didn't drift off. I lay awake for about 20 mins before I got up. BB got out of the right side of bed, as did LL. In addition the sun was streaming in. WOW.

After brekkie, I opened the sun room doors, popped on some shoes to the boys and let them romp outside in their pyjamas whilst I ironed 2 loads of washing......and there it started. I completed a further 2 loads of washing and air dried them, blew up a water slide for BB and filled a paddling pool for LL, set up a sprinkler in the garden for the boys to run through (LL was having none of it though.....I think he has a morbid fear of any flying water after his brother drenched him the other day with the hose!) I did the motherly thing and took turns with the boys pushing them down the water slide (after I'd soaped it up so it would be super slippy!) I cooked pancakes and made sarnies for lunch, I texted friends to invite all and sundry over (kinda pleased I got a bunch of polite refusals though!) I washed two cars, watered our greenhouse plantation, raked the vegetable patch, read stories up in the climbing frame and even managed to make some lemon sole goujons (in breadcrumbs) for dinner. I edited some pics and sent them to a friend. I am a bit annoyed at myself though - as I had planned to cut the grass - but it's clouded over and I think it may be damp with dew.....Doubt we'll get sun two days in a row!

I am now planning an early night with some photo mags, location location and a cup of tea!

Pics from last week!

Last week we filled in a rainy day by visiting my cousin and her two kids. The boys had a ball and romped about all afternoon without stopping.

Here are some pics I meant to post earlier!!

Afternoon at the park.

We had a lovely visit today after lunch from a friend who cycled here with her two kids. All kids involved played together in the garden for what (finally) was a lovely afternoon. It did threaten once again to relinquish into a sogfest (as it has for the past few days - we had a lovely leaky livingroom and two bedroom roof incident which I may expand on another time!) However Mr. sun lingered long enough to for BB to request a trip to the park after his friends had gone home.

Let's face it - they are probably suffering fresh air withdrawal due to the atrocious weather - so what good parent could possibly say no?



BB got to grips with the climbing ropes



LL loved the big dish



and they both had great fun on the swings...





Then by request we stopped for a little ice-cream on the way home...



Let's hope it doesn't rain tomorrow......

Tarzan Boy....

LL has upped his level of monkey antics a step too far......for those of you who have never been in my home - you may think this is a lovely picture of two brothers playing nicely in their playroom.......for those of you who have been in my home and are pretty sharp eyed - you may notice that there is something amiss with this picture

Notably the fact that the curtain which should be hanging in front of the doors are in fact folded over the back of the sofa!


The reason for this? Angelic little LL decided that he would test their strength by swinging on them like a monkey.... I should have actually taken the pic of the curtain poles hanging, the plasterboard dust and the bracket on the floor and the curtains hanging limply! Instead you have lovely pic of the gaping hole which he has left as his Tarzan legacy.




I'm currently on number 5 of a very slow count to ten!!!

Sunny Summer Days...