30th January

Helping to put out the sweets at Cubs and Beavers tonight. They do manage to resist the temptation to have a sneaky sweet!

29th January

Mamma Mia at the Theatre Royal. A brilliant night!

28th January

We made potato waffles today and they were delicious!

27th January

Eating dinner before swimming. They love the new table!

27th January

Making waffles!

26th January

Chinese New Year from Daddy’s window at work! All of the visuals with some of the noise but none of the crowds to try and squeeze through to see!

25th January

Jessica has had a busy day and we’ve been fitting in jobs around playing taxi to her. We’ve washed and cleaned the car, we’ve stripped and then made beds and we’ve had some time for playing too!

24th January

We are enjoying the messages from the girls that we receive most bedtimes! Sometimes they aren’t quite as kind (“you are stinky” was one!).

23rd January

The girls are now allowed to cross the road towards our house by themselves (we are very close behind!). They are being very sensible and are enjoying the slight bit of independence.

22nd January

Our daily visitor!

21st January

Oliver enjoying his playtime before his appointment today!

20th January

Oliver loves to show us his yoga ‘tree’ stance!

19th January

Crazy gel art fun before Church!

18th January

Oliver has a great time with Granny on the Metro and seeing all of the trains!

17th January

Blood donation number 17 done!

16th January

Sneaking in a coffee and some planning while the girls swim!

15th January

New dining table day today! Our old one was inherited and was becoming very unstable.

14th January

We love getting photographs from the school to show what Oliver is up to!

13th January

Another day, another icy run!

12th January

When you need to go, you need to go!

11th January

The tower building is getting higher!

10th January

The girls were very excited that we let them walk (unaccompanied) to their friend’s house to drop off a card!

9th January

Oliver did a wonderful job of walking in Mummy’s sparkly pink heels!

8th January

Children back to school and 4th run of the year done!

7th January

Back to school!

6th January

Teacher training today for both schools so we opted for a quiet trip to the Tim Lamb Centre to finish our holidays!

5th January

It’s Epiphany so Oliver made a crown and then he chose to try and follow a hymn!

4th January

Jessica was allowed to choose a bike herself this year for Christmas. She was very specific about her requests - teal, purple or pink. She found her first choice quickly!

3rd January

Happy birthday Daddy!

2nd January

Daddy is back to work today so we’ve been doing secret birthday preparations!

1st January 2020!

Happy New Year (& new decade!). We had a relatively quiet day as NUFC had another home game. We visited Granny to wish her a Happy New Year and the girls pretended to be book ends!

31st December

Oliver loves Mummy’s hat!

30th December

A cold, windy and damp day at Alnwick Gardens but we all had lots of fun and got very wet in the fountains!

29th December

A lovely sunny Sunday morning to get back to some routine!

28th December

It’s a driving range day for Daddy and the girls. They loved it!

27th December

Oliver loves his remote control car. He is very disappointed when the battery runs flat!

26th December

We don’t often let the children loose on their iPads but today is a much needed “do what you want to do” day!

25th December

Christmas Day! A busy and chaotic day for all of us but the best photo of the 8 cousins!

24th December

Very excited to receive their Elf Christmas Eve box before the Christingle service!

23rd December

It’s our traditional trip to the Sage to see The Snowman! We went for a pizza first.

22nd December

Our church nativity today. Jessica and Maisie are shepherds while Oliver flitted between and star and a wise man!