Fantastic School Report for Princess Lollipop

Princess Lollipop brought home her very first School Report, from Big School (half day nursery) this week.  And it was every bit as impressive as her big brother's had been earlier in the week :-)  I am so very lucky to have such wonderful children - and its lovely to hear that others (ie their teachers) think they are great too :-)

Her Report says things like "Princess Lollipop has settled beautifully into school life, she is a popular member of the group" and "she is very confident to try new thinks and has a curiosity to know how things work" and "she always demonstrates enthusiasm in all she does."   And it finishes with "She is a lovely little girl and is a pleasure to have in class."

I am so proud of my Princess Lollipop :-)  She has overcome HUGE separation anxieties to settle down into school life, and to hear how successfully she has done so is overwhelming.  Well done Princess Lollipop we are all very very proud of you :-)

Fantastic School Report for Little Prince

Little Prince and all his friends came out of school, clutching large brown envelopes today - its School Report time again.  Little Prince handed his envelope over, saying he was scared at what it would say!!  So when we got in the car, I read out this Summary written by his class teacher:-

"Little Prince has had an excellent year and deserves to feel proud of the progress he has made.  It has been an absolute pleasure to teach him over these past four years.  He has developed into an intelligent, thoughtful and inquisitive young man.  He has made a positive contribution to the class.  He enjoys school and always does his best.  He has a large circle of friends and is both liked and well respected by the class.  He is a very popular member of the class.  He is a very well behaved pupil and always tries to act in a sensible manner.  Good luck Little Prince, I know you will grow from strength to strength.  Both Classroom Assistant and I are very proud of your achievements this year."

I could barely keep from crying with pride in my wonderful Little Man :-)  He has to work so hard to overcome his problems and achieve like this, much harder than his "normal" school mates - and I am glowing with pride at the determination he has to be "just like them."  I think he not only does that, but surpasses most of them too - well done my Little Man :-)  Keep going like this, and harness your boundless energy and enthusiasm and you can touch the stars :-)

GREAT Day for Drama Teen

Drama Teen is on her way to being a qualified driver, as she passed her Driving Theory Test today, on her first try :-)  Well done Drama Teen, we are all VERY proud of you :-)

NOT Cooking with Mama!

The other day when Drama Teen and Boyfriend were cooking tea, they came dashing in to say they didn't think they should carry on using the hob.  Apparently there was smoke coming from where the knobs are, and a horrible, acrid burning smell!!  I agreed it would be better to finish cooking using the microwave, and to turn the hob off and leave it off!!

So now we have to research what hob we want to buy, and start saving up to buy it!  Which is going to take quite a while, as we've taken a huge pay cut to allow Mr Messy to work full time in his Photography Business.  I don't mind though as having him around and happier (he is now doing something he really enjoys) is worth it :-)

The Last Few Days

The whole family has been helping Mr Messy move OUR Shop to new premises, and its taken longer than we thought!!  I don't think he had realised quite how much stuff he had at the old shop to move!!  And being Mr Messy he left it right until the last moment to start packing ready to move!!  Thankfully we are now all finished, the old shop is emptied, cleaned and tidied, we are just waiting to meet the Landlord and hand over the keys and that is it, officially moved out!

The new shop currently resembles a bombsite, with boxes and stuff everywhere!!  Although there are more rooms at the new premises, there isn't as much storage space!!  So me and Mr Messy need to find the time to go through everything and get rid of everything he doesn't need or doesn't use!  Mr Messy hates sorting out, so I'm sure he'll keep putting it off for quite a while yet!!

At the new premises Mr Messy has two dedicated studio spaces, he is a lifestyle photographer and the majority of his photography is done "on location," however, he does do a fair amount of commercial product photography and also Visa and Passport photos so he now has a small studio to make this easier.  He has recently launched a very tastefully done Boudoir Photography service, and another of the rooms is being turned into a Boudoir Studio.  It has a gorgeous, vintage, red velvet chaise longe and a beautiful, ornate folding screen in there and I am in charge of "staging" the room, or "fluffing" as Mr Messy refers to it!!  So me and Drama Teen have been looking round Charity Shops and Car Boot Sales for suitable props, we've found quite a lot at bargain prices and later today I'm going round there to arrange them all in the studio.

I've also been spending time in my Craft Room and have almost finished prettifying my plain metal, magnetic noticeboard and my "Summertime Fun" board :-)  I've also (after much prodding from a friend!) got up the confidence to use my Cricut, and just like she said, once I got started it wasn't as hard or scary as I'd initially thought :-)  I'll be unveiling my creations on my Pinspired Creations blog very soon :-)

Little Prince and Princess Lollipop were supposed to go to their swimming lesson yesterday after school, but instead I had to take Little Prince to the Doctor.  The evening before he'd shown me his leg, which had quite a few raised red spots, that he said were burning and very itchy, I gave him some Calpol and the next morning he didn't mention them at all.  However, when he came home from school the whole area of his leg was red and swollen and extremely tender to the touch, he also had a heat rash like itchy patch of skin on both his chest and back, poor lad :-(  The Doctor said the spots on his leg were most likely infected insect bites and prescribed strong antibiotics.  The heat rash like patches, he said were very dry and could possibly be excema, and that Little Prince needed to use an emollient cream on them to see if that helped.  The onsite Pharmacy didn't have enough of the antibiotics to dispense them for us, so we had to drive over to a different Surgery to get hold of it!  By this time it was past teatime, Princess Lollipop was upset at having missed her swimming lesson and Little Prince was feeling very sorry for himself - I decided to cheer them up with a trip to Macs!  By the time we finally got home it was time to dose everyone up with their various medications and get ready for bed.  Mr Messy and Drama Teen were out photographing a local event, so I had to sort the littlies out myself.  Luckily I got Little Prince sorted out first, as when I took Princess Lollipop to bed I fell fast asleep myself!!


Drama Teen has finished her A Level exams now and left college - which I can't believe as she can't be old enough to do that!!  She and her boyfriend are helping me out by finishing painting the Princess Lollipop's Playhouse - The Pink House.  They have also been working really hard helping Mr Messy move to his new premises, now he has moved, I'm hoping they will have time to get on with more painting :-)  I'd LOVE to get the whole thing finished before the Summer Holidays!!  And I'm really looking forward to sewing all the accessories and getting all the bits and pieces in place, I really enjoy doing all the "finishing touches" :-)

Annoying Night!!

The BLEEPING cat woke me up last night, crashing about in my Craft Room, I had to go and shoo the annoying feline out of there.  I had just got warm and comfy back in bed, when I heard another crash, followed by a smashing noise!!  What had the BLEEPING thing done now?!?! 

On investigation I found a sheepish looking cat stood in the middle of the smashed remains of my lastest Pinspired Creation, an upcycled vase.  I hadn't even had chance to take a photo of it, before it was destroyed!!  To say I was displeased with the cat was a TOTAL understatement!!!  ARGH!!!

All this to-ing and fro-ing disturbed Princess Lollipop who ended up in bed with me and Mr Messy.  She didn't settle down very well and wriggled and squiggled ALL night!!  Between her and the BLEEPING cat, I didn't feel like I got any sleep :-(  And all too soon the alarm went off, Mr Messy was out at an early morning Networking Meeting and I was on school run duty.  Princess Lollipop was by now completely flat out, so I woke Drama Teen and asked her to relocate to our room, as Princess Lollipop panics and gets very upset if she wakes up on her own.

Me and Little Prince had a leisurely morning getting ready, its always calmer when there's only one littlie to deal with!!  Especially in the mornings before Little Prince has had his medication and is VERY hyped up!  Little Prince loved being able to choose a cooked breakfast (well boiled eggs and soldiers lol) instead of having to get what he was given (toast or cereal normally).  We even managed to get to school early, rather than screeching up to the gates at the last minute!!

I had to run a few errands, and when I'd done that I met up with Mr Messy and we went to a local lighting shop and chose a couple of sparkly chandaliers for the Boudoir Studio in his New Shop.  He moves premises this weekend, and to be honest I'll be glad when he moves, as I've heard nothing else from him apart from where his New Shop is up to, for months now!!  I'm sure he's driving the builders mental too, he visits and checks things out at least 2 or 3 times a day!!  I do agree with him that the New Shop is in a much better location, and has much more usable and useful space, and I can't wait to fluff I mean style the Shop once all the furnishings are in :-)

This  evening I was about to make tea for Little Prince, his friend who was here for a playdate, and Princess Lollipop when I got a panicked phone call from Mr Messy, he'd forgotten a he'd got a shoot bookfor this evening and his camera was at home.  I had to haul the children into the car and race down to OUR Shop to deliver the camera, it was a nerve wracking drive as I hate having to handle Mr Messy's EXTREMELY expensive professional cameras!!  Fortunately I managed to get it safely delivered straight into Mr Messy's hands with no mishaps, phew :-)  The rest of the evening was, thankfully uneventful and boring, just what I needed after the lack of sleep last night!!

Sport's Day

Today was School Sport's Day, despite the dire forecast the rain held off until well after it had finished, even though the grey clouds loomed most of the afternoon. 

Little Prince did very well as usual, as far as I can remember he came 1st in his flat race and in the obstacle race, his team came 2nd in the relay race and he came last in the "bean bag race."  After his hard running afternoon, he then stayed behind for his usual Tuesday Taekwondo Club, and came home with a reminder that he was invited to a TKD Grading this evening!  So after a quick tea and rest, he was back out to the Village Hall to have a training session and then do his Grading Test.  I went to pick him up 2 hours later, and watched him receive his next belt (yellow belt with green tab).  We are so proud of his achievement, especially after such an active day :-)
Princess Lollipop also ran at Sport's Day, her very first one :-)  The Nursery children all run three races - flat race, tennis bat and bean bag (egg and spoon for littlies) and hat and bag race (run put on a hat, run again and pick up a bag, run to the finish).  Princess Lollipop ran fast, but as she started late every time she didn't win - although according to her she "WONNED" her "waces" :-)  She enjoyed it so much she wants to do it again tomorrow :-) 

Well done Little Prince and Princess Lollipop, I'm glad the sun shone on  your efforts and that you both had so much fun :-)