We wish all mothers out there a special day today – thank you for being you.
Elly and Olly especially thank their own mummy for being so special and letting them get away with almost anything 😉 Hugs and kisses, the boys xx oo
This morning was Nursery and Pre Nursery Plus to deliver a little show for the rest of St Hilda’s in the chapel. Oliver was extremely well behaved and walked in quietly and proceeded to sit down at the front and did not misbehave at all for the 20 minutes that the assembly was on. He didn’t really get what they were all doing and as per the last time there was a nursery presentation, Olly didn’t appear to get involved in the singing – however when he got home tonight, he was full of the chorus and sang away like an early bird at sunrise 🙂
Number 16 – we have now got the hall, landing and stairs complete (although another coat will be required in the downstairs hallway in order to be considered totally finished), the bathroom ceiling is done and the lounge ceiling is 50% done. Greg came around and fitted some shelving that needed replacing. We are having a day off tomorrow apparently as we need to do some food shopping etc. The plumber is presently at number 16 fitting the cupboard bottom under the kitchen sink 🙂
Vicky cleaned out the fridge as mould was re-appearing – it has now been banished to not return until after tenants move in.
Simon is actually getting the hang of painting and is actually quite enjoying it he claims :-s
We nipped up to Great Grandma’s house on Saturday morning and were treated to a wonderful Roast Chicken lunch 🙂 We then went to take a Metro into the city centre as we had a toy shop to attend – Fenwicks. Daddy was bitterly disappointed with the size of the toy fayre – only about 15% of the size that it used to be – guess it is a sign of the time with the bigger toy shops such as Toys R Us, but it used to be the ENTIRE 3rd floor – today it was no larger than the toy section of any average department store 🙁 But there were plenty of designer children’s wear in their place – shame we didn’t have more time to shop for such items….
We had a nice sleepover at Great Grandma’s although the boys needed separating as there was NO WAY that they were going to sleep together 🙁
Then on Sunday morning we had breakfast, went to play for an hour or so at TJ’s Jungle in Cramlington, followed by a little lunch, a quick shop and called into Claire and Mike’s before heading back to Ossett.
The boys seemingly want more sleepovers 🙂 Just could do with getting more sleep during these sleepovers 🙁
Today, well now actually 🙂 we are having a new carpet fitted to the stairs and upstairs landing area. It is one of the final pieces of the home remodel that we have been traversing through since Christmas 🙂
Hopefully will have a picture to show a little later on.
Olly was actually at school yesterday in what feels like only the second time since the Christmas holidays 🙂 He seemed to really enjoy himself, which is a bonus 🙂 We also took him for a long overdue haircut this morning, which while he wasn’t too pleased about during proceedings, he was somewhat happy with the sweetie that the hairdresser gave to him afterwards 🙂 At least he looks like a little boy again and not a ginger sheep !!
Elliot has been getting on great guns this week as well, since the teachers introduced him to a boy called Oliver (of all names 🙂 ) in year 2. They seem to have really hit it off and have gone so far as inviting each other to play at each others’ houses etc.
Simon had his first real interview of 2012 yesterday as well in London – a great experience which reminded him that to work in the computer software industry is feeling like a preferred option. We’ll see how things go with this particular company as there will be a reasonable commute (HQ is in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne of all places 🙂 although it will be easier to get to than Warrington on a wet day – that is for sure 🙂
Speaking of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, we are headed there tomorrow morning for the weekend – we are staying with Elliot and Oliver’s Great Grandma on Saturday night and then we are bringing her back to Yorkshire for a few days afterwards, so that she can spend more time with us but also to attend Great Grandpa’s funeral next Tuesday.
Yesterday we went to contract and bought a new home. OK, so it is a small rental property in Wakefield and we are not moving into it – let’s call it number 4.
It has taken 2 months to buy from the moment we agreed a price – seems to take much longer to buy houses these days 🙁
The seller is staying in it for a few weeks while they find a new home, since their new house fell through :-(. Means that we have a rental income from day 1 🙂
We will need to get in to check electric and gas etc as soon as they move out, and get the place painted etc, and then hopefully get onto renting it out properly ASAP.