tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11267491763174592782024-03-05T14:06:32.912+00:00Life with Three Diva's and a Dirt MagnetBlogging our family's lifeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1252125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1126749176317459278.post-27656206548086628422014-02-18T00:10:00.000+00:002014-02-18T00:10:45.869+00:00Los of PositivesSo many I'm almost losing track :-)<br />
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We celebrated Princess Lollipops 5th Birthday and she had a Pirate and Princess Party at an indoor play centre. She was of course a pirate, as being a Princess would be "Yuk"!! Although I did win a minor victory and get her to wear a pirate themed tutu I'd made for her :-) She had a wonderful time and is thoroughly enjoying being a Big 5 Girl :-)<br />
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We have finally built up enough credit again with the domestic heating oil company that they've agreed to supply us with oil this week YEAH. I'm so looking forward to being warm again!! We haven't had any oil since we had a tank full stolen and it's been a child and difficult winter!!<br />
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We found out from our electricity supplier that we are massively in credit and once we supply them with a meter reading they will credit the money back to us :-) We have more than enough to fix the broken shower, and it will be lovely to have a shower again instead of a bath, especially in a heated house :-)<br />
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LMS is home for the half term and it's always lovely to have her here :-)<br />
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Drama Teen is home for a week next week and it will be lovely to have her here too :-)<br />
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So everything is looking positive and rosy and I like it :-)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1126749176317459278.post-32249669876927796832014-02-14T00:57:00.000+00:002014-02-14T00:57:43.767+00:00My New JobI've started work as a part time nanny for two youngsters in the next village. I was very nervous before I started, but I've done my first week and both me and the youngsters survived, so I can't be doing too bad :-)<br />
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There has been a huge upheaval in the youngsters family, and they (especially the older girl) have been over indulged and there hasn't been a lot of consistent discipline, unfortunately she is now quite a demanding little girl, who definitely doesn't like the reintroduction of discipline! She spends quite a lot of the time telling me she doesn't like me, which I just ignore, she'll get used to it and be a nicer person for it too (fingers crossed lol). The younger boy is only a toddler and doesn't really understand what is happening and why his world has been turned upside down, and as the new person on the scene, it's obviously my fault. But even though I've only been looking after him for such a short time I'm beginning to see a thawing in his attitude, I'm even occasionally allowed to cuddle him already :-) They are both lovely children and I'm sure once we've all got used to each other it will be a lot easier for all of us :-)<br />
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Princess Lollipop is finding it very difficult to get used to Mummy not being around constantly, and also the fact that I'm looking after other children. I think she feels all my care should be given to her and she doesn't want to share me with anyone. I've had to give her a lot of reassurance that although the youngsters are nice children and that I do like them, that she is my precious girl and I love her. She has also been a bit rejecting of me preferring to go to Daddy for comfort, which has been pretty hurtful and left me feeling quite tearful. I know why she is doing it, and know that I've just got to keep reassuring her and get used to it when she wants Daddy not me.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1126749176317459278.post-53728704642351164652014-02-14T00:37:00.000+00:002014-02-14T00:37:27.097+00:00Finally BackBetween me being ill, the Littlies being ill and off school and then trying to catch up with everything, and starting my new job, I've not had the time or energy to blog. But we are all feeling better, I've survived my first week at my new job, so I'm blogging again.<br />
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I've still had plenty of positive despite all the illness etc The fact we live in a country with free health care (although I do realise we pay for the NHS through our taxes) and me and the Littlies don't have to worry about affording the medicines we needed to help us recover :-) The fact that I've got a supportive and helpful husband in Mr Messy, so that I can go out to work and not worry about the Littlies as they are in the capable care of their daddy :-)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1126749176317459278.post-67596745648911241382014-01-26T00:32:00.001+00:002014-01-26T00:32:40.694+00:00ShoppingMe, Mum and Princess Lollipop went shopping in the local charity shops today. I bought quite a lot of bits and bobs to upcycle for Princess Lollipops office and spent less than £10, bargain :-) There was a huge thunder storm when we were out, but we had been persuaded by the very persistent Princess Lollipop to take her to Macs, so we were warm and dry :-) Ialso bought Princess Lollipop a butterfly fairy wand and she had great fun skipping along in front of us spreading her magic around :-) Her greatest adventure was going on the bus, which isn't something she gets to do very often!<br />
When we got back Mum and Dad's neighbours were trying to get into their house, having locked themselves out, Mum had the genius idea of letting them climb through her loft into their own loft and gaining entry that way. It worked and they brought a bunch of flowers round later as a thank you :-)<br />
Me and Princess Lollipop watched the new dvds Drama Teen had bought her, and after a late tea it was bedtime for the tired Princess. She settled pretty quickly bit didn't stay sleep very long before she was back downstairs cuddled on my knee, after she dozed back off I managed to get more of her name cushion embroidered. And Mum raided her stash to find me some of the right shades of embroidery silks to finish the last two letters, thanks Mum that saves me a drive to the shops this week and means I can get on with the last letters and then start on the decorations :-)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1126749176317459278.post-20699019389583049232014-01-25T00:28:00.001+00:002014-01-25T00:28:13.974+00:00Great DayToday has been lovely :-) I had lunch with my friend S and her gorgeous baby boy, and even managed to sneak some cuddles from him :-) Then after school me and Princess Lollipop drove over to Drama Teens University Halls, to have tea specially cooked for us by Drama Teen. It was a lovely vegetarian stir fry, very delicious :-) Although Princess Lollipop ended up swapping hers for plain pasta and chicken dippers, followed by lots of biscuits! We took Drama Teen for a quick trip to the supermarket, and after dropping her back off at her Halls we drove over to my Mum and Dad's house for a sleepover :-) Princess Lollipop was on top manipulative form and managed to get Grandma to play snakes and ladders, make her a hot chocolate and persuade her to let her eat a jelly! And it was already way past her bedtime when we arrived!! I drew the line at Princess Lollipop getting a bedtime story too, and finally got her to bed, she was asleep almost instantly, poor tired plum.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1126749176317459278.post-60483871241356202322014-01-23T17:33:00.000+00:002014-01-23T17:33:33.754+00:00Catch UpI've been to both my Craft Classes this week and whilst there carried on working on the name cushions for the Littlies birthdays. Little Prince's one is finished, but due to how I've placed his name and the decoration it looks a bit unbalanced! So I'm going to embroider a meandering trail of horse shoe prints in the space and hopefully that will solve the problem. Princess Lollipop's cushion with her initial in the style of a Superman logo, topped with a crown is totally finished, I just need to insert the cushion pad and sew up the open edge. I'm making her a second one with her full name and more girlie decorations and I got that started today. She will appreciate the Superman one more I'm sure, but I'm really enjoying making these cushions and can't resist making her a totally girlie one, so it's more for me than her!!<br />
This morning I met up with a couple of friends for early morning coffee (Diet Coke for me lol), company and chat :-) It's the first time we've all got together since Christmas soooooooo it was lovely to have a proper catch up, rather than the snatched conversations we have at the school gates :-)<br />
I've also been looking about on Pinterest to get inspiration on how to paint the "mini Welsh dresser" I've bought to make Princess Lollipop an "office" she adores writing letters and sticking things with sellotape, so I think she'll really love it :-) And I'm having loss of fun planning it all too - win win :-) I bought the paint and some cheap brushes (Mr Messy says I never clean them properly so I don't bother any more, I just buy "disposable" ones!) So I'll be able to get on with that as son as I get a minute!!<br />
The tumble dryer broke down, with a full load of washing inside it and another waiting in the washing machine!! But the repair man was able to come the next morning and fix it there and then, it was something we could have done without (especially after just having both cars fixed!!) but at least it was repaired quickly and relatively cheaply :-)<br />
So it's been an up and down week, but mainly ups :-) This positive thinking is getting to me :-)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1126749176317459278.post-84086411150287935692014-01-19T23:59:00.000+00:002014-01-19T23:59:07.036+00:00Struggling to Find a Positive :-(Today I explained the concept of a "Get Along Jar" (both pick a forfeit to do something nice for the other person when they've been fighting) to the Littlies. Together we tried to think of suitable forfeits and I told them if they started fighing they would be picking a forfeit from the jar. It didn't take long!! Then Little Prince kicked off, as he usually does when we try something new, copied of course by Princess Lollipop! What should have been a quick 5 minute job turned into a huge battle, ending up with Little Prince not allowed on his new PlayStation game again today and Princess Lollipop carted off to bed!! Hopefully as they get used to the new rules it will be less stressful, fingers tightly crossed. The rest of the day they managed to "just" bicker constantly rather than actual fighting and somehow that was even more grading on my nerves than the all out warfare earlier!!<br />
I did manage to get Princess Lollipop bathed and get hair detangled and styles with very little fuss, which now I think about it is a huge positive :-) And after a yummy tea, cooked by Mr Messy I had a relaxing soak in the bath, another positive. Writing these post does help me to look back on my day and remember the positives among the chaos :-)<br />
Once the Littlies were in bed me and Mr Messy relaxed in front on the tv whilst I enjoyed the chocolate he'd bought for me :-) Chocolate is always a positive :-)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1126749176317459278.post-61844345605687972322014-01-18T22:21:00.000+00:002014-01-18T22:21:16.693+00:00Two Positive Posts in One DayI booked Princess Lollipop's birthday party this evening, it's going to be a Pirate and Princess Party at an indoor play centre. Predictably Princess Lollipop wants to be a pirate and DEFINITELY NOT a Princess, she's a girl who knows her own mind :-)<br />
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After some poking about on Pinterest we found a pirate costume that suited both of us, boyish enough for Princess Lollipop and girlie enough for me - result :-) It's going to be a red and black tutu skirt, a white t-shirt with lacy ruffles down the front and then a corset style bodice over the top. She'll also wear black and white stripe tights, a pirate fabric headband and most important to Princess Lollipop a toy cutlass :-)<br />
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I'm really looking forward to getting stuck into making the costume :-) Fingers crossed that this year she actually agrees to wear the costume I make!! Unlike last year's batman tutu costume!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1126749176317459278.post-39841344592432048602014-01-18T19:10:00.001+00:002014-01-18T19:10:57.908+00:00Lovely Day OutMe and Little Prince has a lovely day out at a Shopping Centre today :-) It was his turn to spend his Build a Bear vouchers, so we went to the same place I took Princess Lollipop last week. Now he's bigger I let him sit in the front seat, although I did insist that he still used his car seat. Even though this was his idea he got quite freaked out by the high driving position my car has and spent most of the hour long drive clinging to the sides of his seat! We did manage to have a lovely, uninterrupted by little sister, chat about his very early life with birth family. He has a much more mature and in-depth understanding of the reasons he isn't with his birth family and it showed in the comments he made and the questions he asked.<br />
At the Shopping Centre Little Prince got overwhelmed by the noise and sheer number of shoppers and we had to have a sit down on a bench to let him regroup and regain his composure. Then we had a wander round, before visiting the Lego Shop and the Disney Store, he decided he'd like some Lego Technic for his birthday and wanted to buy Disney Infinity for the Wii, but it wasn't in stock. Next he decided he was ready to visit the Build a Bear shop, he chose a brightly multi coloured bear almost immediately. Then we had to queue, for AGES! Despite the crowded shop and the long wait Little Prince waited patiently and I was immensely proud of him.<br />
At the food court Little Prince went for the familiar of a MacLunch, but despite that he was still obviously stressed and couldn't eat very much, he did manage to sit quietly and chat sensibly while I ate, again I was extremely proud.<br />
After lunch Little Prince requested a visit to Game, where we found Disney Infinity at £10 less than at the Disney Store - result :-) Little Prince's was thrilled as he was spending his own Christmas money and also chose a driving game for the PS3. The queue stretched out of the shop and yet again we had to wait for AGES!! But my little superstar was patient and sensible once more, he's grown up so much recently :-) Once we were finished there Little Prince's was shopped out, so we headed off home. He told me he needed to zone out and asked me not to talk to him, again a huge behavioural improvement. And huge emotional growth too, he recognised he needed time to chill out and could calmly ask for this need to be met :-) So very very proud of my maturing Little Prince :-)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1126749176317459278.post-67986078061284908372014-01-18T00:10:00.000+00:002014-01-18T00:10:14.475+00:00More PositivesI got the last bits of sewing on Little Prince's name cushion finished, which hardly took any time at all :-)<br />
I had a long, informative phone call and arranged a meeting about something new and Mr Messy are planning to do, no details until we are sure we are doing it :-)<br />
I had a quiet relaxing day at home on my own :-)<br />
Mr Messy's car was successfully fixed and didn't cost an extortionate amount of money :-)<br />
So it was a good day today :-)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1126749176317459278.post-51195685702449887562014-01-16T23:17:00.000+00:002014-01-16T23:17:33.282+00:00More CraftingAt today's Craft Class I got the special cushion I'm making for Little Prince's birthday almost finished. I just need to finish the design with a few button decorations and sew up the seams and it's done, with plenty of time to spare :-) I'm a total procrastinator and it's rare for me to finish something well before the deadline so this is a definite positive for me :-)<br />
I'm going to be starting a new job next month as a part time nanny and thought I would have to give up at least one, of not both of my Craft Classes, but I've just found out my hours and I get to attend both YEAH :-)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1126749176317459278.post-89937530108690038632014-01-15T00:13:00.000+00:002014-01-15T00:13:43.623+00:00LMS VisitsToday's positive is having LMS home for her weekend :-) Just like when Drama Teen visited last weekend it seems ages since she was home, when in reality its only been just over a week! I miss my big girls when they are away.<div>
The not so positive is my car has been playing up, using up lots of fuel and not starting sometimes, luckily Mr Messy knows a good mechanic who is coming over tomorrow to check it out, fingers crossed its a quick easy fix! Mr Messy has finally got round to checking his car over, it's been off the road since before Christmas, and it needs two new tyres, the wheels balancing and the battery charging, which isn't going to be too horrendous to get fixed.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1126749176317459278.post-69620488495877889482014-01-13T21:40:00.000+00:002014-01-13T21:40:40.434+00:00Today's Tutu PositiveDuring today's Craft Class I got a Tinkerbell tutu almost finished. It's the first time I've made a tutu on a crocheted bodice and it was just as easy as making one on an elastic waistband :-) I only have about 6 inches of the second row to finish, then I need to add the ribbon halter neck tie and it's finished :-) It's for one of the children that travelled to Florida on the charity wish trip Mr Messy photographed before Christmas, the little girl is in hospital having an operation and the tutu is to cheer her up :-)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1126749176317459278.post-20160849282337162742014-01-12T22:36:00.001+00:002014-01-12T22:36:38.149+00:00Girlie DayI had a lovely girlie day out with Drama Teen and Princess Lollipop, we went shopping so that Princess Lollipop could spend her Christmas present of a Build a Bear voucher. After much deliberation and cuddle testing, she eventually chose a Red Stunk (aka Red Panda!) who she had now decided is a wolf!! And she's called it Ronny, no idea where she's got that from lol. She also got a new pair of very cool Spider-Man trainers from Drama Teen and after a play in the indoor play centre as well, declared it the best day ever :-)<br />
My positive was spending a lovely day with two of my gorgeous girlies :-)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1126749176317459278.post-26604835051156316372014-01-10T17:11:00.001+00:002014-01-10T17:11:41.296+00:00The Last Few DaysNothing momentous had happened in the last few days, I've just been busy getting the house in some sort of order after the chaos of Christmas. I've finished tidying, sorting and cleaning Little Prince's room, just need Mr Messy to have a few hours to store to get one or two things fixed and it's completely done :-) It looks quite bare and Spartan, but that's how he wants it and if can cope with keeping it cleaner and tidier then it's better for everyone.<br />
I also restarted my Thursday Craft Class where I managed to get most of Little Prince's name cushion sewn ready for his birthday at the end of the month.<br />
Something pretty major did happen, I forgot! I met up with a recently bereaved Dad to arrange me looking after his two young children when he returns to work in February. Hopefully this extra bit of income will make things a little easier and we'll have a bit of spare money to get jobs done round the house, and my favourite buy some oil for the heating! The children are lovely, but despite their young ages are struggling with the loss of their Mum, so it's going to hard work getting them through this. That and the fact that all mine have large age gaps between them and there is only 18 months between the two little ones I'll be looking after, a while new challenge for me :-)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1126749176317459278.post-27783870826338209902014-01-07T23:39:00.000+00:002014-01-07T23:39:49.816+00:00Back to SchoolThe Littlies went back to school today, and that have me chance to get the lounge changed up and back to normal, after all the Christmas decorations were removed yesterday. All that's left to do is tidy and sort out Princess Lollipop's toys and games in her space behind the sofa that she calls Girls World :-)<br />
Both Littlies enjoyed their return to school, and although I miss them I'm glad to be getting back into a routine.<br />
When we were all back home we worked together to get the last of the lounge tidied, the Littlies and Mr Messy helped without whinging, I'm very proud of all three of them :-)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1126749176317459278.post-32823997364861294022014-01-07T00:19:00.001+00:002014-01-07T00:19:26.218+00:00Twelfth NightToday's positive was definitely taking the Christmas decorations down :-) And also getting the Littlies stuff ready for school the day before, instead of running round like idiots tomorrow morning :-) The uniforms are all ironed (Thank you Mr Messy) and put out ready, the shoes need the restoring polish buffing up, but Mr Messy said he'll do that in the morning and that along with making Princess Lollipops lunch is all he's got left to do.<br />
AND my Craft Class restarted :-) The teacher was I'll for the last few weeks of term last year so the classes haven't run for what seems like she's, and I've really missed them, so it's another positive for today that they are on again :-)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1126749176317459278.post-12141081501036929532014-01-05T23:25:00.000+00:002014-01-05T23:25:27.620+00:00Just a Nice Quiet DayToday was just a nice, ordinary, quiet, family day. The type of day I dream of when the Littlies are constantly fighting, or when Little Prince isn't coping and is acting out.And my positive for today is that we've had more of these sorts of ordinary days over the Christmas hols than the horrible stressful sort :-)<div>
I know we haven't got to the huge destabilising hormones of puberty yet, but Little Prince has come so far with his coping skills and ability to self regulate that the past couple of school holidays haven't left me a gibbering wreck who can't wait for school to restart. In fact I'm going to miss these quiet ordinary days with my Littlies when they are back at school. </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1126749176317459278.post-69887108795941515232014-01-04T21:49:00.000+00:002014-01-04T21:49:33.890+00:00Another Positive DayEven though I didn't get any of the jobs on my To Do List done, it has been a lovely day :-) I introduced Princess Lollipop to the joys of coin collecting on the Wii Lego Pirates of the Caribbean game, and she loves it :-) She didn't want to come off the game for either her tea or bedtime and wants to play it again tomorrow.Although tomorrow I will have to start working through my To Do List too, so we won't be able to play all day.<br />
Little Prince has a mainly calm day, even without his medicine and I was really proud of him :-)<br />
The only downside to today is that Drama Teen returned to university and I miss her, lots :-( She is coming home again next weekend to have her hair extensions removed, so it's not too long before I get to see her again :-)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1126749176317459278.post-19052257992082522612014-01-03T19:59:00.000+00:002014-01-03T19:59:50.904+00:00Day ThreeFeeling more positive today thankfully, probably because I got a full nights sleep with no sickie visitors (Little Prince spent an hour in our bed, before throwing up everywhere and going back to his own bed feeling much better!).<br />
Today's positive is that I've finished sorting out Little Prince's room, all shelves, toy boxes and even the floor have been thoroughly cleared of rubbish, washing and broken bits (and unidentified "stuff" that I'd rather not know what it was)!! All I've got left still to do is vac and mop the floor :-)<br />
I can't take credit for most of the tidying and sorting as LMS did WAY more of it than I did, she was a superstar and I'm very grateful for all her help - thank you very much darling xxxUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1126749176317459278.post-88874398433806927172014-01-03T11:15:00.000+00:002014-01-03T11:15:52.008+00:00Struggling to Find a Positive :-(It's not good that on day two I'm really struggling to come up with a positive for the day :-( It's been a long, stressful day at home with the warring Littlies and unfortunately I've spent most of the day losing my cool with both of them, not my best mothering day.<br />
I found my positive later when I was cuddled up with Princess Lollipop getting her to sleep, as I tell her every night, it's my favourite time of the day :-)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1126749176317459278.post-36661187916587886122014-01-01T16:28:00.001+00:002014-01-01T16:28:12.120+00:002014 Year of PositivesI'm tentatively going to try blogging again, I enjoy it once I'm back in the habit, so here we go :-)<br />
A couple of years ago, me and some fellow bloggers started to note something positive for each day of the year, unfortunately I got derailed when Mr and Mrs LMS split up and didn't continue with the positive posts. Now LMS is in a much better place and has turned her life completely around and is back on track to achieve goals she put aside to get married, I've decided to try again.<br />
Today's positive is starting the New Year with the Littlies at my Mum and Dad's house, then returning home to spend the rest of the day with Mr Messy and LMS :-)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1126749176317459278.post-53817805229076034342012-12-10T19:50:00.002+00:002012-12-10T19:50:46.003+00:00Visit to the GrottoI had rung the Garden Centre where we had visited a Grotto last year, earlier in the week. I talked to them about Little Prince's difficulties and asked if they could recommend a quiet time to visit, their answer was to try and get there as soon after opening time as possible. <br /><br />So on Sunday we set off nice and early, amazingly we got there in time to be first in the queue! I had told Little Prince where we were going, as he doesn't deal well with last minute surprises, but we had agreed to keep it a secret from Princess Lollipop. Little Prince did very well at keeping the secret with me, I was very proud of him :-) He was obviously dying to say something and almost did a number of times on the drive, but he managed to stop himself in time. <br /><br />So we are stood there at the front of the Grotto queue, paid and ready to go and she STILL didn't know what we were doing there! Then we saw HIM approaching, and her mouth fell open and she was almost shaking with excitement, just to wave at Father Christmas :-) When the lady helping her put her name badge on told her she could go in and actually talk to Father Christmas, she got even more excited and started jumping up and down squeaking :-) <br /><br />Both children walked confidently into the Grotto and Little Prince said his little sister could talk to the Big Man first, what a sweetie. She sat right down on the sofa next to Father Christmas and answered all his questions, he was slightly surprised that she asked for a Lightsabre and a motorbike for Christmas, but as I explained she isn't a very girlie girl! Little Prince happily sat next to Father Christmas, although he wasn't very comfortable looking at him, and told him he would like some more Star Wars Lego. Father Christmas spent ages chatting to them, and then let them both chose a gift from the Grotto. The gift choosing took quite a while before both children were happy with their choices. Princess Lollipop told the "elf" she "Def-a-nee, DEF-A-NEE" didn't want a dolly, she's consistent in her disdain for dolls!!<br /><br />After our visit to the Grotto we had to come back down to earth, and visit the Supermarket for some essentials we were missing. And then to the DIY Shop to get some wood I need for some of my Christmas present crafting. Then it was off home to play with the new toys, that Father Christmas had given them early for being so good :-) <br /><br />All in all it was a lovely day with some touchingly magical moments - Christmas excitement through the eyes of a three year old is full of wonder :-)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1126749176317459278.post-41438873440093814322012-12-06T12:00:00.002+00:002012-12-06T12:00:34.957+00:00She believes :-)Princess Lollipop was looking at a photograph on Little Prince with Father Christmas, she was totally amazed. She turned to me and asked if she could go to "The country where Father Christmas lives? I want to sit on his knee and snuggle." Complete with arms round herself miming snuggling :-)<br />
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She is also a total believer in Figgle the Fairy too. The other day she explained to me that Figgle is in a different place each morning, because "At night when we all sleeping, Figgle flies to Father Christmas to talk to him. Then when she home again she plays hiding."<br />
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I can't wait to see her face on Christmas Eve when we leave Father Christmas and Rudolph their snacks, and put the stockings on their beds. And I think Christmas morning is going to be magical for her :-)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1126749176317459278.post-5893821664573040522012-12-05T12:01:00.001+00:002012-12-05T12:01:07.348+00:00Crafting my Fingers Off!We are having an "Austerity Christmas" this year, and part of our money saving efforts is to make some of the Christmas presents we are giving. I have all the ideas and supplies I need to make the gifts, and am crafting my fingers to the bone trying to get them completed in time, and I'm not sure if I'm going to make it!!<br /><br />I am way behind due to my bright idea last month of stopping taking my antidepressants!! I ran out over a weekend, and then kept forgetting to ring for a repeat prescription. I found I was feeling fine at first, a lot less "flat" emotionally, but gradually the depression started to take hold again. It was such a gradual slide, that I didn't even realise at first, and thought I was doing good! Once I started to take notice of how I was feeling I made sure I got my tablets and restarted them. I started to feel better straight away, apart from the incredible tiredness that always hits me when I feel depressed, that is taking longer to go away. <br />
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I wish I had been sensible and carried on taking my medication properly, as I'd be much further ahead with my crafting, isn't hindsight a wonderful thing!?! So I am going to try and make the best of it, and probably have a few weeks of late nights and, fingers crossed, I'll get there in the end.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0