Flood!

So i just did the bedtime routine and read books brushed teeth tucked in, just got downstairs made a cuppa got settled on the setee and i hear this odd noise like tip tapping ... i paused the TV to listen then realise there is a waterfall running down the stairs!
EEEEEEK!
Me and Steve both raced upstairs to find the plug in the sink and the sink overflowing with the tap full on!
Water everywhere!

Emily woke up scared at all the commotion so i had to go re-asure her everything was ok bless her.  The stupid tap! its been playing up for a while managing to work its way back on even when turned fully off but im guessing a certain little 4yr old must have been playing with the plug hehe

Mega Mind

Emily asks me some very arkward questions sometimes and i really have to put my brain in gear before i answer. She was asking me the other day how babies get out of mummys tummys... I didnt want to lie to her so i told her that they come out of your front bum... i waited for her horrified reaction "Wow mum thats clever how does that happen?" so i explained that girls/ladies are magic and it just stretches to make room for the baby to come out. She went back to colouring in like the matter was no big deal at all hehe.

Sometimes she catches me off guard by asking me things like "mum what does sarcastic mean?" its not something i had considered a difficult thing to explain till she asked me. I explained that if she was running around screaming at the top of her voice and i said "Could you be any louder!" i wouldnt actually be asking her to be louder, i would be being sarcastic Or if she slammed a door and i said "Is it shut?" i already know its shut i was being sarcastic because there was no ned to slam it.

She gave it some thought and responded "Like when you gave me ice-cream and i forgot to say thank you and you said "your welcome" thats sarcastic isnt it mummy?"

My little girl is so super clever and i love her to bits and pieces!

Oakwell Hall

My good friend Helen at work told me a few weeks ago about Oakwell Hall and said how James loves it there so we decided to go check it out for ourselves and what a pleasant suprise we got!

There is fantastic nature trails that go under trees over little bridges and a beck and rolling hillsides and massive grassed areas for pic-nics etc.  We followed the signposts to the play area and was amazed when we arrived!

Everything was free, there is a big fenced off area with 2 climbing frames with slides, one perfect Hannah size the other perfect Emily size!  Lots of swings, a little hut near by to buy sulvineers and cups of tea too.  Outside the fenced area is more activites like climbing logs, a bigger slide, a rope roundabout and build your own climbing frames in the trees!

 A little while later we started exploring a little nature trail and Emily discovered a massive metal statue and then we came acrross the coolect dens! The frame work is permanent but the logs and twigs forming the roof had been done by some kids, just like the climbing trees there was loads of logs laying about on the floor, the girls loved it and we cant wait to go again!

Just before we left thegirls had an ice-cream from the van there and he put loads of sauce and sherbet and sprinkles on and it was only £1! Bargain!

Scootering!

On Emily's 2nd birthday for some reason i thought it would be a good idea to buy her a Fi Fi scooter.  She never really took to it and by the time she was interested in it her legs were too long for the length of the board and she ended up skimming her ankle bone on the back wheel all the time.

We decided to buy her a scooter with 2 wheels at the front instead of at the back to solve the problem but came accross one with 2 at the back but they are so close together they dont stick out and it looks just like a big kids scooter.  She was absolubtly made up with it and was straight on it riding up and down Nannas living room like a pro.

Soon as Hannah saw what Emily was up to she got all upset and was trying to wrestle the scooter off Em so i decided to hack saw the handle down on the fi fi scooter to make it iddy biddy and let her have a go.  She is usually rather short tempered when she is trying to master something and its not going to plan but she stook at it watching Emily and trying different positions and started slowly shuffling it up and down on the kitchen floor with a very smug satisfied expression hehe.

It was a beautifull day today so we decided to take the kids to the park with their scooters and it was like iv blinked and Hannah has suddenly grown, usually little ones her age and size are still toddling round on reins but oh no Hannah is a big kid now so she thinks, she was riding up and down with all the big kids, very proud of her little self!

Emily absolubtly loves having a big kid scooter like the other big kids, she is like the cat that got the cream and she loves it even more that Hannah can join in too.  As we walked back to the car Emily kept looking at me with a cheeky smile on her face, i know why it was, it was because she was walking beside her scooter like she has seen the teenagers do bless hehe