tallbint

Best breakfast ever!!!

Had a fab weekend with Tim, Liz and the ratlings who are growing up fast. Bryony made me an epic coffee and followed it up with eggy bread on Saturday, Sunday the girls were working towards breakfast in bed but tempting smells got me up before they had a chance. Lots of relaxing, patient teaching of crazy loom band tech from a Professor Laycock, girly shopping and relaxing with occasional late night drinking mixed in, including a rare trip to the Friday social, nice to get such a lovely weekend with fab friends.

Now back home and I'm starting to wonder how we will fill the summer holidays but loads of play dates booked in so fingers crossed no one gets bored.

Popping back up to Sheffield Aug 10th and 11th to see the in laws so maybe see folks then :0)

A quick update to remind me what we have been up to:

Holiday camping in Northumberland
Travelodge holiday in Scarborough with Granny

Lots of trips out and about

First summer holiday survived! I start part time work soon (fingers crossed as waiting on work reference only) and Thomas and Emily start mornings at nursery which is Foundation one and involves actual learning!

Emily off to her first ballet lesson in a minute, better go get ready.

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Thomas and Emily now go to nursery every afternoon, and are going to the nursery in my old primary school. Hopefully (find out in May) will get into the preschool there from Sept as they love it and is just around the corner. Downside of bring in school is full school uniform and as Emily is not yet fully in 2-3 size and the compulsory logo sweater/cardi starts at 3-4 size she looks a bit like it is wearing her. Another bit to get my head around is that girls are expected to wear ties and this is compulsory from preschool age. I object a bit though this won't help as the high school has it mandatory too as do other local schools but seriously, girls in ties how is this helpful for life? Boys are expected to wear them as grown ups but girls not so much! Am I missing something?

Photo of Emily to follow!

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We are hoping to come up to Sheffield at some point over Easter to see family for T and E's birthday, is there a Friday social on Good Friday?

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We have had significant snow, and no post, since Thursday, had lots of fun but now I'm getting more bored of clearing paths and walking on packed ice. Thankfully I was given a spare set of wintertrax by my parents lovely neighbour so am still getting up and down their road which is sheet ice. Bin didn't get emptied mon, advice is to leave it out but as still snowing it won't be done soon and my bin is full, even with being able to recycle cartons and plastic as well as normal stuff.

Hope the weather is treating you all well, so what's happening with the Sheffield weather?

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