I'm joining in again this week with the lovely reasons to be cheerful blog hop which is hosted by Mich over at Mummy From The heart. Do pop over and say hi!
Phew! So glad it's almost Friday. Ha, I seem to live for Fridays lately, not that I do anything exciting, it's just nice to be able to chill and spend some time with the kiddies at the weekend! And sometimes have a Friday movie night with the kiddos, it's lovely.
Soooo what makes me smile this week? Let's see...
1) Last Saturday was the school summer fete, it was really good fun! Cost hardly anything at all and the weather was so warm and sunny! We had a wonderful time. The highlight for me was listening to the animal show (there was a guy there with snakes, spiders, tortoises and other random animals. He was teaching us all about the animals), I learned some really interesting facts. Although, when he was holding the tarantular I had to walk away because it seriously gave me the creeps. Ha, I am such a wimp. Ellie loved the face painting and bouncey castles/slides. It was fab.
2) The weather has been wonderful (except yesterday and today but eh, can't complain too much). It's been really hot and sunny! I have a tan from just walking around. Two people have asked me where I went on holiday and I reply with "I haven't been on holiday...." (Ha! I wish!) I really have gone quite brown. Lovely :)
3) Charlie had a school trip to the beach the other day, he had a lovely time and learned all about sea rescue and had lunch in the beach cafe, awww. Ellie has a school trip coming up, too! It'll be her first. I am so excited for her. Bless.
4) The end of the school year is coming up and I can not wait! No more rushing around. I'm hoping to be able to take the kids to a few places. The beach and for picnics, crabbing and having lots of fun outside! Yay. Roll on the end of term. Woohoo.
What are your reasons to be cheerful this week? Why not join in the blog hop below and share your reasons to smile with the blogging world. :)
Sarah xXx
Last week was sports day for my three kids. It was so sunny and so warm. I was so glad the weather was nice enough to enjoy a picnic after the infants sports had finished. It was lovely to have a picnic on the school field with Ellie and all her friends.
The infants sports day was in the morning and the juniors sports day was in the afternoon. The infants were all split up into teams and each team moved around each activity when two minutes was up. It worked really well and I thought it was much better because there was no waiting around inbetween races. I know that Ellie would have gotten bored of waiting around, watching the other classes races. It was a much more organised way to do sports day in my opinion. Ellie came second in a couple of races and she was really good at the space hopper race. It was so cute watching all the little ones trying to race with a hoop on there head, bless 'em. After the races were all over, it turned out that Ellies team won! Yay! Everyone who took part (so all the infants) got a little medal each, aww. So proud of Ellie, I could really tell she was trying her best. Bless. We stayed for a picnic (which we packed ourselves) which went on until 1pm. Ellie and her friend gave me a tour of the school playground, the garden area and the woodland area, I'd never seen those areas before. I loved the woodland area.
In the afternoon it was the juniors turn for sports day! Again, they were put into teams, which I think worked rather well. Harry and Charlie were both in the same team (thank goodness! Imagine me trying to watch two teams at once, that wouldn't have worked well at all). They both did so, so well! Harry is quite athletic and sporty, he was really quite fast on some of the races/activities. Charlie was fab at the long jump, he's so tiny compared to everyone else! He looks too little to be in juniors, lol! I was impressed and so, so proud of him, with the way he handled sports day, usually sports don't interest him for very long, not the case any more it seems! I think there team came second overall. Not bad. Not bad at all!
Harry came second in the boys 600m running and was awarded a silver medal and got to stand on the podium, hehe. Another proud moment! Hehe.
I am SO proud of them all. :)
Have your kids had sports day, yet?
Sarah xXx
The infants sports day was in the morning and the juniors sports day was in the afternoon. The infants were all split up into teams and each team moved around each activity when two minutes was up. It worked really well and I thought it was much better because there was no waiting around inbetween races. I know that Ellie would have gotten bored of waiting around, watching the other classes races. It was a much more organised way to do sports day in my opinion. Ellie came second in a couple of races and she was really good at the space hopper race. It was so cute watching all the little ones trying to race with a hoop on there head, bless 'em. After the races were all over, it turned out that Ellies team won! Yay! Everyone who took part (so all the infants) got a little medal each, aww. So proud of Ellie, I could really tell she was trying her best. Bless. We stayed for a picnic (which we packed ourselves) which went on until 1pm. Ellie and her friend gave me a tour of the school playground, the garden area and the woodland area, I'd never seen those areas before. I loved the woodland area. In the afternoon it was the juniors turn for sports day! Again, they were put into teams, which I think worked rather well. Harry and Charlie were both in the same team (thank goodness! Imagine me trying to watch two teams at once, that wouldn't have worked well at all). They both did so, so well! Harry is quite athletic and sporty, he was really quite fast on some of the races/activities. Charlie was fab at the long jump, he's so tiny compared to everyone else! He looks too little to be in juniors, lol! I was impressed and so, so proud of him, with the way he handled sports day, usually sports don't interest him for very long, not the case any more it seems! I think there team came second overall. Not bad. Not bad at all!
Harry came second in the boys 600m running and was awarded a silver medal and got to stand on the podium, hehe. Another proud moment! Hehe.
I am SO proud of them all. :)
Have your kids had sports day, yet?
Sarah xXx
On Saturday, it was my daughters school fete. It was a really lovely hot sunny day and I'd been saving up all our 10ps, 20ps and 50ps for a couple of months with the fete in mind (You know how fetes and sales never have any change? That's partly why we saved ours, that and it was something I didn't have to 'fork' out for). I think I had nearly £20 in change! LOL.There was no entry fee which I thought was awesome. However, it was £5 for a wrist band that entitled kids to unlimited time on the bouncy castles/inflatable slides and what not, I thought it was well worth it. There were quite a few bouncy castles/slides etc there, Ellie spent a good two hours playing on those with her friends. If they'd have been charging 50p or £1 a go, it would've cost a lot more that a fiver. So well worth it in my opinion. We wont 3 prizes on the raffle (£1 for six tickets!!) a box of Malteasers, a bag of mixed sweets with a ribbon tided around it and a brand new necklace (fashion necklace) for Ellie with pretty beads on, she loved that! We also brought Ellie an Ice cream. The boys were at there dads, they went fishing (and apparently caught a few fish, they had fun but it wasn't the same without them with us at the fete. Next year I'm sure they'll be able to come) but we did buy them a something each and they got to share the sweets we won.
There was a guy at the fete doing an animal talk show, so cool! He had a big tarantula spider, some huge insects and millipede things (they freaked me out! I had to walk away. I'm such a wimp, lol) and snakes. Eek! I did like the tortoises. It was cool thing to have at a school fete, educational, too! And Ellie got her face painted and I got a slice of chocolate cake (It would've been rude not to, haha). All in all I think I spent about a tenner. We were there a good two and half hours! It was fun and Ellie enjoyed it. I think she liked the slide that she had to climb up and then slide down and go thru tunnel things. I must admit, it did look fun, lol! Wish I could've had a go, haha.
On Sunday, we went to the carboot sale, it was SO hot and very busy! I didn't look around half the stalls because it was so crowded and just too hot to wait around, lol. I did however pick up this cute little trinket box. It's perfect for keeping my earings in and not bad for £1!
(I like anything that sparkles and is pink! Hehe)
My next post will be about sports day, unfortunatly I have no pics of Ellie that I can share because it's the schools policy not to post them on the internet, only your own children. All the pics have other kids in. I did however, get one of Ellie on her own and one of the boys together. I shall be writing about that sometime this week :)
Sarah xXx
(P.S I feel like I always post more pics of Ellie than I do the boys, that's because they hate having there pictures taken, apparently it's for "babies". As Harry would say "Ahuh, whatevz" lol. Kids these days with there lingo, eh?! Lol.)
Little Prisoners by Casey Watson.
"Little Prisoners is a harrowing, yet moving memoir about two innocent and frightened 'unfosterable' children who do not know what it means to be loved.
The shock that strikes Casey and her family when Ashton and Olivia arrive is immeasurable. Two frightened little waifs stand before them, hair running wild with head lice, filthy nails and skin covered in scabs. Ashton, aged nine, and Olivia, aged six, are the eldest of five siblings, taken away from their family because they were considered at risk.
Originally a temporary, emergency placement, the weeks turn into months. And gradually the children start to feel like they truly belong to a family and to reveal the horror of what happened to them"
Casey Watson and her husband are foster parents. They foster these two children who are desperate for a n emergency home and Casey and her husband are the only available foster parents at the time. The children were feral, riddled with lice and not in a good state when they first go to Casey and her husband. These two children have really been thru a lot and all kinds of abuse. This book was so, so, sad. To think someone can treat there children the way those children were treated! Well, to be honest, I can't think about it. The story of these children is absolutely shocking and harrowing. The kids are ok in the end though, I am glad I read it. Beautiful written IMO. (I might add, I would love to hear how the children are getting on now)
This book is a real eye opener and I am not gonna lie, it was so hard to read because the story is so harrowing. I have so much respect for Casey and her husband, honestly the world needs more people like them.
I haven't read any of Casey's other books (yet) but I plan on reading them very soon!
Argh, gutted I only read this one book in June! It';s just so hectic towards the end of term, I have no time for anything! And with the kids being ill and other things going on, I've had zero time! I can't believe we are half way thru 2013 already, time flies :-p
Sarah xXx
Argh, gutted I only read this one book in June! It';s just so hectic towards the end of term, I have no time for anything! And with the kids being ill and other things going on, I've had zero time! I can't believe we are half way thru 2013 already, time flies :-p
Sarah xXx
