Family Roundup Of The Past Week Or So.

James is growing up so so fast. He loves all proper boys things. Cars, planes, helicopters. He's currently at his pre-school but I can't remember if I said or not that there is a possibility that in January my little man will be at the same school as his big brother. In Nursery capacity of course but I will have 2 children in school. Proper school. He'll go all 5 mornings a week then ready for reception when he turns 4 which will be all day.

James and Liam between them broke Liams cot bed. They were always jumping all over it, bashing it about and somehow pulled the screws right out of the bed destroying the screwing in bits of wood. Instead of twisting in like screws do, they destroyed the friction so they just fell out every time we tried to fix them. So now we have had to buy a new bed. We opted for a very strong looking Little Tikes car bed from Ebay. They love it. Whilst it is officially Liams new bed, James completely loves it and the past few nights they have been sharing the bed. It's lovely that they are so close.

Liam loves reading the local free newspaper we get every week. Sorry, did I say reading? I meant ripping it up!

Matthew has a swimming lesson at school today. They've bought them back in for the summer. He was really looking forward to it since he loved it so much last year. I think it's great when primary schools can teach kids general skills like swimming.

All the kids loved half term last week. It was manic. We had days out here there and everywhere. The kids especially loved Great Yarmouth on the coast of Norfolk. Sunshine and seaside. It was too cold and windy for the beach but the kids loved the pier, the shops and just seeing somewhere different.

Matthew went to a birthday party Saturday morning. I swear kids have a better social lives than adults. :)

We visited family and got to catch up with my brother and sister in law and her growing baby bump. She's just over halfway through and having a good pregnancy. They both think they are having a boy but I can really see them with a girl. Either way, I am very excited that we are going to be having a niece or nephew sometime in October!

My brother and his fiance have called off thier wedding for the time being. They are finding it hard to afford it and they have bigger worries as thier tenancy is almost up on the flat they rent so they need to find somewhere to live.

We also helped out with gardening and replacing my nans fence.  We also took her out for a belated birthday meal.

With all the rushing about and eating on the go, I put on 2lbs (Monday) but it's off now I am back to a normal eating routine I can plan by the day and back to walking the school trips every day.

Finally,  I am very proud of my hubby as he hasn't gone back to smoking. He's even been doing it without the medication for the past 3 weeks or so? Maybe longer, I don't know but I am very proud of him.