Doubling up...

Still trying to come to grips with having to be Mummy & Daddy to my kids especially my little boy. I am by nature a bit of a tomboy but constructing wooden railway sets is stretching my engineering skills!

Need to keep some men in my life on regular basis to ensure he gets plenty of boy time. Not that I mind him playing with his sister's dolls etc. but sometimes its better to male interaction.

Hopefully snow will clear soon so I can get him down the park for football & bike riding

Things to do on a snow day part 3...

well missed out part 2 as did nothing much!!

Actually I did brave the conditions and took kids down to the supermarket for essentials (bread, wine, cakes, loo roll, crisps etc.!!). And faced up to the soon to be ex on doorstep when he actually managed to come & see kids though still with his "new" family attached...

Any way back to day 3 of stuck at home in snow.....

Forgot to turn one alarm off so still got woken at 6:45 (and discovered baby boy in my bed!). Alarm went off at 8:15 for me to phone into work re school closure - instead discovered I could e-mail that all schools closed..

Kids decided to go downstairs and watch TV leaving me in the nice cosy bed and I didn't wake up until 10 when I had a text! Then kids starting misbehaving so thought I had to get up.... but instead they relocated upstairs and I ended up being brought breakfast in bed!!

Decided I needed to practice my new hair styling so gave up on PJ day and showered whilst kids CBBC'd and ate cakes!

After 2 days of not a lot thought it was time kids helped out so announced a scavenger hunt and got kids to search out toys from my room. Floor looks a lot clearer and I can get in and out of bed safely!

rest of day fairly wasted with TV/FB/Twitter ;-)

Kids got stir crazy towards the end of the day so must try and get out tomorrow though even if the snow coming down in buckets at the minute!!

Any way also signed up to an online marketing associates scheme to try and make money. No idea whether its a scam but worth a punt at minute. Check out http://linford-willoughby.com/ for hottest Amazon.com deals :-)

things to do on a snow day...

rescue escaped hamster
change bed
catch up on laundry
watch tv
surf the web
put away some Xmas presents
watch some DVDs
catch up on washing up
surf the web
eat naughty food

and most important of all cuddle my kids :-)

Jekyll & Hyde

Trying to get to grips with my 3 year olds behaviour. He can be an absolute angel giving out kisses & cuddles and then suddenly lashes out and hits & kicks. Sometimes this is because he is tired or hungry or maybe filled his pull ups but otherwise for no apparent reason. Got to get to grips with this for all our sakes as poor E is losing her hair to her brother's hair pulling and I'm fed up of being hit...

New Year - New ???

Well it will certainly be a year full of challenges for me once I get back home.

I am nervous but excited too as I may now be able to change things for the better for the kids & I. One month left of being a wage slave and then I will be at the mercy of government policy on single mothers. Will have to get good at budgeting (not a strong point!).

Number 1 job is to sort the house out and hopefully make some money in the process. Got to speak nicely to some friends who are eBay experts!

Hope my kids are being OK about things. E talked about Daddy splitting up with Debbie and then maybe if we changed that we could love each other again. Poor kid doesn't understand adult emotions. I just gave her a kiss.

Mixed visit to my grandparents at their nursing home. GM recovering from her infection and seemed healthy if a little confused. GW very frail & distressed and saying he wanted to die. Tough for us all especially my dad.