Spent the afternon building this....

This afternoon after we got chores and school done I ran into town real quick before lunch to pick up a few things for our autumn display board. I went into one of the charity shops and they had a book there with directions and colored pieces to make a ship. Being that my husband is a navel architect by trait my boys love anything to do with ships. So we spent the rest of the afternoon putting it together. Oh was it harder then I thought.   

 

As you can see all the guns and cannon balls had to be put together too. 

It even came with a captain and cabin boy. 

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It was very tiny bits you had to put together. many a time we thought of putting it away and forgetting it. But we kept going and now are glad we did. I still have glue on my figures but heyho it will eventually come off. :) 

I did not get a pic of the boys with it yet as they are all in there beds asleep. Tomorrow is Ts birthday! He is pretty excited about it. Keeps reminding me as he sais "just so you wont forget" oh theres no way I could forget his birthday! His birth is one that will not be forgotten too quickly. 

Hopefully I will have some pics of the birthday boy soon to put up. Till then have a great day. 

Can hardly believe it is near the end of October. Another birthday is nearly upon us again. Can hardly believe my little boys is going to 6! Seems like just yesterday when he arrived. Alot has happened in his life. The children are on holiday next week so it will be nice for him to be home on his birthday. I am making him biscuits (cookies) to take to all his classmates tomorrow. One of the fun things they get to do when they are in school. :) 

Last week was my in-laws anniversary so my daughter wanted to make them a meal and a cake. she did a great job. She made sausages grilled and then cooked in apples and onion gravy, with mashed potatoes, carrots, peas and broccoli. And then she had made a cake and decorated it herself which was had with ice cream. It was enjoyed by everyone! 

Today Katie went with me shopping today. she walked along ways with out the pushchair but was very tired when we were finished. Normally I take the pushchair as she has such short legs she gets tired easily but today we did not have room to take it so left it at home. She got some much needed new shoes and carried them all herself so I think that helped with her walking too. :) 

On Thurs I go into Ts school and do a craft or something with him. Today he made a few crafts and then worked on the computer with his letters etc. Below is a pic of his work while on the computer. For a 5 year this is pretty neat writing. Even his teachers are amazed as how neat he is. He is taking after C who has very neat writing. 

November/December are going to be busy months with birthdays, 

Busy week next week with the children all home. The older children and I are supposed to be going to Glasgow the second week in November but we will have to see. May have to wait as we will be taking a trip to London shortly to get an item for our family. more on that later. :) Will hopefully post again next week but we shall see what time allows. 

Interesting post....

Have you ever been tempted to do this? :)

Mom goes on strike, stops cleaning for a week, chaos ensues

That time of year again.

The "summer" of this year is gone. We had about 1 week of summer this year. But its now getting cold, really cold. Getting children's coats sorted. Sorting out mittens, hats, scarves....yep its that time of year again.

Its that time of year again when its nice to have the fires going. reading books and drinking coffee curled up by the fire with a blanket. Its nice to be all warm and cozy. The mornings are darker and colder the nights are ealier. Maybe I should hibernate like the bears do and just stay inside till next spring?

oh yah I still have to go out every morning by 8.45 to take the two boys to school. At least if its pouring they let them go straight in instead of standing out in the playground waiting to line up.

The children dont seem to mind the cold. Just dawn a few more layers of clothing, put on a hat or two. They just run around and warm up. Lots of warm drinks too.

Time to get out the fall decorations, start planning Thanksgiving, Another birthday (yes my little boy is going to be 6 the end of this month)

Little one is doing so well with going in the toilet. I am so glad that we got that sorted before it got cold as it seems harder to not have accidents if they are learning when its really cold.

Mr Watkins has arrived. It will be lovely to have him here tomorrow for services. And Lord willing for many more Sabbaths to come.

Off to get another warm drink.

Chinese laundry.

My kitchen looks like a Chinese laundry today. My daughter decided to wash everything and not wait for the dryer to dry so she hung everything up to dry in the kitchen as it's been raining today. She did a good job of making racks etc. I'm proud of her work. Now to get everything dried and put away. That's tomorrows project.