Come to the Circus.....

Our last afternoon of half term was spent at the circus. It was a rainy miserable day and a friend called to say she had spare tickets so I thought I'd go along with the girls. Having not been to the circus for a number of years I wasn't sure what to expect. It was brilliant - acrobats, tight rope walking, high trapeze and not forgetting clowns. The children loved it and I have to say I really enjoyed myself to. At the end of the show Claudia gave me a hug and said "Mummy that was really fun" a moment I will not forget, she had such a good time.

Today is 31st October, Halloween, I'm not always very keen on Halloween but somehow you do get sucked into the whole thing. Isabella had been invited to a H'ween party and Claudia and I went trick or treating with some neighbours. (Our trick was to pull a silly face incase you're wondering). Claudia and her friend Rebecca were dressed as Witches, Ella was a ghost (white sheet with two holes for eyes), Marie a pumpkin mask and me a cat (mask and ears only I decided not to wear my catsuit - that really would scare people) anyway we seemed to make most of our neighbours laugh rather than scare them which I think I prefer!

Jason will be home on Friday - hurray! It feels as though he has been away for ages so I shall be glad to have him home. He has been in four South American countries over the last couple of weeks so I have a feeling he will be exhausted when he gets home.

If it's not the children it's the dog!

Well, here we are already at half term, and boy don’t we need it. Although Isabella seems to be enjoying ‘Year 1’ she is exhausted and definitely ready for a break, so what did I have planned for the girls – well quite a relaxing week, maybe a trip to Odds Farm, a play in the park, perhaps a swim but definitely nice and relaxed and no rushing about.

All started well, Jason went off to South America on Sunday morning leaving at about 5.15am and as requested he actually did manage to leave quietly without waking the children up. Sunday was very nice, we went to church had lunch at mum and dads followed by dinner later on with Jason’s parent all very nice. Then 3am Oscar (our dog) wakes me up making a strange crying/barking noise. I went downstairs a bit cross and let him in the garden only to discover quite a lot of blood on the hall floor. Oh my what has happened? I let Oscar back in from the garden and realised (now I hope you’re not eating whilst you read this) he had blood coming out from his bottom and was obviously in pain. Within moments he then started throwing up as well. I then spent the rest of the night nursing the dog whilst mopping up yucky stuff. Poor Oscar. The next day I took him to the vets, where he had to have blood tests, he was put on a drip, was given medication and had to stay in for two nights. I picked him up this morning and was told he had haemorrhoid gastroenteritis – piles and a dodgy tummy. So I’m now just over £300 lighter and Oscar seems to be fighting fit again.

On a more cheery note, Isabella and I went to see ‘Disney on Ice’ last night at the London O2 (the Millennium Dome) http://disney.go.com/disneyonice/theincredibles/index.html it was all about The Incredibles who visit Disney Land and get up to all sorts . Isabella loved it and I just loved watching her, she was clapping and waving and having such a good time. Afterwards we had tickets for the after show party so we went along and met the ‘stars’ of the show, Isabella got a goodie bag with lots of Disney stuff in which she thought was great.

Baby Sam

Here's a picture of my new nephew, little Sam. Isn't he lovely!

The Joys of Motherhood

We had another breakfast café at school on Friday, which was a great success making about £300 profit. I was at school at 6am cutting rolls and sorting out bacon, sausages and orange juice etc. Then back home for 7am to sort the children out then back to school for 8am to give everyone breakfast. Phew, it was a pretty hectic day. Once the children had gone to school I helped to clear away the café and all too soon it was time to collect Claudia and her friend Sophie for lunch. The afternoon was filled with play dough and games of hide and seek then time to collect Isabella and her friend Ollie from school and cook tea for everyone. Claudia hardly touched her dinner she told me she had a tummy ache so I sat quietly in the family room with her when suddenly she decided to throw up all over me – lovely! I picked her up ran upstairs and put her in the shower at which point I heard Isabella shouting “Mummy I’ve fallen off my chair and hurt my leg” I shouted down “Isabella you’re fine, I’m covered in sick”. I was very pleased when it was time for bed that night feeling pretty tired.

Luckily Saturday was a great improvement, Claudia was much better, so Jason and I were able to enjoy a grown up day at Ascot being corporately entertained. It was lovely, Jason’s company have a box at Ascot and Jason took a number of brokers and me to watch the racing – we had such fun and I even managed to pick a couple of winners – which is amazing considering I only picked them as I like their names!