Bubbles is obsessed with glasses. do you think I fooled him with the 3D glasses from the 3D film we went to see.i’m not convinced! Can you come up with a caption for us?
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As a child, my Dad used to pack me off for fundraising activities for a charity that supported families of premature babies. I remember distinctly wearing a Tweetie Pie costume and being asked by Roy Castle’s team if I would mind standing on the back of the car as they drove I with Roy Castle standing up playing his trumpet. That day is ingrained in my mind. I didn’t realise at the time the importance of such fundraising. But now I do.
A fellow blogger, Jennie’s gorgeous baby girl went to sleep on 2nd February and never woke up. Jennie blogs over at Edspire her blogs are so honest, well written and take you on a journey, as I’m reading them I am so aware that although I am being taken on a journey, this is real life for Jennie & her family. This is really happening to someone I feel I’ve got to know through her blogs and chatting on Twitter.
Jennie has put her efforts along with Susanne over at Ghost Writer Mummy to raise funds for The Lullaby Trust by holding an online auction. Click the badge at the top of the link to go through to the auction, and please give generously. You can of course contact The Lullaby Trust to pledge a donation if you wish.
Big hugs Jennie & David x
I don’t get the opportunity to spend as much money on things for myself these days, childcare, the kids and the new house make sure of that. But I am intrigued to see that even although we are in a recession that may even be a double dip or three times, people can still spend pennies on things like handbags.
Don’t get me wrong, I used to have a handbag fetish (if fact I still do, I just can’t afford it!) and when Grim and I first started going out my spare bedroom wardrobe was filled to the max with handbags. I have no idea what started this, but I was uncontrollable! My Mom is the same and boy she’s got worse since she went to Italy. Now she can pick up high street bags at the market at a fraction of the cost – She sends me them as my fix!!
The most I’ve paid for a bag is £90, I remember the day I bought it, it was at Marks & Spencer at The Gyle in Edinburgh. It was well worth it, I still have it today, ten years later. But at the time I remember thinking to myself, that was really expensive. But when looking at some bags today I came across some gorgeous tote bags and wow, they are lovely. Could I ever justify the cost? Would Grim notice if I bought it online on his card? (don’t worry, I wouldn’t actually do that!).
But this got me thinking – How much would you pay or have you paid for a handbag?
I would be scared if I spent £1,000 on a bag that someone would steal it or it would get damaged. It certainly wouldn’t be placed on the communual floor of a ladies toilet after spending that amount on it – Also, where on earth would I use it?
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I’m going to have to start scheduling my blogs as I can’t keep up with the days on the days that I work. I am so tired once the boys are in bed I can only manage to get my own dinner and then bed. So I apologise that it is already Thursday and I’m just doing my meal plan. This is the plan for this week:
Chilli baked potatoes
Chicken Fajitas
Homemade pepperoni pizza
Spinach, chick pea & sweet potato curry
Rogan Josh Kashmiri Lamb Curry
Lasagne
Oven baked salmon with sweet potato chips
Don’t forget to see the other meal plans as part of Meal Planning Monday over at Mrs M.
On a daily basis my boys seem to be growing out of their clothes. They grow so fast! We’ve been very lucky as I have a really good friend who have passed down her son’s clothes so my boys have always been really lucky that we have not had to spend fortunes on clothing them.
The clothes we have are in really good nick, so we wanted to send them on to others – I have a few friends who I’m sending on items too but I noticed that Music Magpie that I have used a lot for my CD and DVD recycling are now offering a clothes recycling option so we are going to give it a go and see how we get on.
I have always been impressed with how much I have got from Music Magpie for my CDs as a lot of them have been really obscure so no one really wants to buy them on other auction sites. I notice you have to put in the make, size, etc. but for a boys pair of dungarees I could for instance get 88p. If I go this for every item I will be extremely impressed.
As for the clothes that Buddy is growing out of, I intend to keep all of these in age related bags and bring them out as Bubbles gets bigger. Just as well I have a double garage to store all of these things otherwise I would not have an option but to send them off to others.
How do you feel about your kids wearing second hand clothes? I personally think it’s fine, but I know a lot of people who are funny about it. I reckon that if you have limited money then second hand clothes is the best option all round.
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We love pizza in our house. We don’t buy it often, we try to make it, I think it tastes so much better and everyone can choose their own topping. We buy the base mix from the baking aisle, I know it’s cheating, but it’s just the right amount of flour, yeast, etc all weighed out and it works a treat. Add some water and then knead it for 10 minutes before making it up.
Buddy and I talk about food a lot. He is fussy, he won’t eat his veg and when I ask him he says, he’ll eat it when he’s four. hmmm, next month. When I pointed out that he was four soon, he quickly changed it to six – sigh.
One of the reasons I speak to him about food, is to get him interested in it from an early age. The guy in Tesco the other day couldn’t believe it when he went up to a packet of seeds and said, ‘Mummy look it’s a butternut squash can we grow that in the garden.’ We do grow some things in the garden, but Granddad has an allotment and he has made a special patch just for Buddy. All of these things I hope make him have more of an appreciation of food and hopefully help him to have basic cooking skills when older – it is so important!
We were looking at the Tomatoey Red & Herby Green paste pots, new from Organix and I asked Buddy what he wanted to make, I offered pasta, gnocchi or something else of his choice and he asked for pizza. Ok I said, we’ll use the Tomatoey Red one as the tomato then cheese on top. ‘No Mummy, I want the green one!’ Ha, there we are, we are having Herby Green Pizza.
We made the base as normal then put the paste on and used the back of a dessert spoon to spread it out, remember to leave a little space between paste and edge of pizza base then we used an egg slicer to slice the mozzarella and popped that on and then put in the oven for 20 minutes until the cheese is melted.
Verdict: I was dubious as to whether this would work, but it was absolutely delicious, there was enough taste in the paste to give the pizza a really nice flavour, the boys loved it too. We used the Tomatoey Red one in the same way the next week.
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Disclaimer: We were sent the Organix products as part of the Organix Challenge in return for this review. All opinions are our own.
Recently the film Iron Man 3 came out in the cinema in the UK. It is a massive box office hit. I don’t normally like films like this but I did love 1 and 2 so we’ll definitely be heading to the cinema to see it at some point. There are some films, you just have to see in the cinema, aren’t there.
When I showed Buddy a picture of the Sonic Blasting Iron man 3 Marvel action figure that he was going to get to review, his eyes nearly popped out of his head. Not only does it look cool, but it stands a huge 38cm tall. When you get it in the box, you have to affix the feet onto it and put in 3 AA batteries, I am so glad we had some in. Buddy has not stopped playing with this since he got it.
But that’s enough of me telling you about it. Here is Buddy himself giving you a review of the Iron Man 3 Sonic Blasting Figure:
Verdict from Buddy – It’s cool and it’s sonic blasting and it has 10 bullets and his eyes light up blue
Verdict from Mummy – It certainly keeps the children entertained, it’s an extremely sturdy figure and it looks nice and it does what it says on the tin. I think £29.99 is quite expensive for a children’s toy, but honestly, he’s not put it down since he got it, so it would have been worth it. The only other thing as a mother is that he now wants to see the film. Ah…….
Disclaimer: We were sent this toy to review on our blog, all of the opinions are our own.
I have got bits and bobs in the freezer, so this week’s meal plan will be a random selection of items to try to clear the freezer out and defrost them. As we change the days we have our food if I put them beside a day, I’ll just give you the list of meals we will have:
My Italian Ragu
Sweet potato, Chickpea and spinach curry
Macaroni Cheese
Chorizo & red pepper pasta bake
Chicken Jalfreizi
Here are some pictures from last week’s meals. If there are any that you fancy making, comment below and I’ll send you the recipe. Last week I tried the 5:2 Diet but I’m not sure it’s for me, I felt awful for three days afterwards, so going to give it a miss. Having said that the food I ate that day was so tasty & I didn’t feel hungry at all during the day or night.
Chicken Fajitas Pre roll
King Prawn Curry – 300 calories
Don’t forget to see the other meal plans as part of Meal Planning Monday over at Mrs M.