Lovely Day Out

Me 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.
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.
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.
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 :-)

More Positives

I got the last bits of sewing on Little Prince's name cushion finished, which hardly took any time at all :-)
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 :-)
I had a quiet relaxing day at home on my own :-)
Mr Messy's car was successfully fixed and didn't cost an extortionate amount of money :-)
So it was a good day today :-)

More Crafting

At 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 :-)
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 :-)

LMS Visits

Today'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.

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.

Today's Tutu Positive

During 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 :-)

Girlie Day

I 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 :-)
My positive was spending a lovely day with two of my gorgeous girlies :-)

The Last Few Days

Nothing 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.
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.
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 :-)