Ok guys, I need your help. Jean's 3rd birthday is in two and a half months. She keeps saying she wants a "red cake" and loves her new ladybird (ladybug) backpack so I'm thinking of going with a ladybird theme. We've already booked the church hall at the playgroup, with the back room where you can fit a bouncy castle. I need ideas or links to UK ( Read more... )

What a difference five years makes to the weather!

http://alexjenniwed.livejournal.com/61756.html

Gorgeous and springy today.

Going to try my wedding dress on in a bit for a laugh. See how my days away from due date body compares to my bridal one.

slicesmissus's Halloween party:

baaaaabydunlop dressed as a senior button pusher.

bromley001 dressed as a Level 8 bard.

charliebob dressed as Harrison Ford.

chrisscorkscrew dressed as Squidward.

cloud_walker_uk dressed as a cup of coffee.

corsetra dressed as Mde. Lachienne Foutue d'Enfer -- you don't wanna know, though it looked more like a character from ( Read more... )

Jean is demolishing the Lego house we've just built. If only all DIY was that easy. We're sleeping in the spare bedroom/office still, but closer to being back in our bedroom again (Alex and his Dad put in built in wardrobe and insulated the outside wall). We need to wallpaper and paint the wall and rehang the curtain rod. We've also got the ( Read more... )

http://www.coolmompicks.com/2010/05/alphabeasties_type_nerds.php

An animal alphabet book where the pictures are made of letters!

OMG if you love Discworld and Where's My Cow? you must read this fic!!!!

http://googlebrat.livejournal.com/617884.html?view=1612956#t1612956

You ask for five words in the comments and then elaborate on them in your own journal. My five, courtesy of ragdollRed Dwarf ( Read more... )

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Just enter your email and country you live in for free download of Coldplay's latest album! How cool is that? Found it on the FreeParentStuff newsletter of all places!

Seem to have aggravated the plantar facitis in my right foot again. Had terrible pain yesterday and couldn't put weight on it. Alex took me to A+E (his Mum put Jean to bed) and I had an x ray to check for a fracture. I'm off work today resting it and putting ice on it.

Just been listening to Absolute 80s while doing the dishes and making jam. Yep. Making jam. Red Gooseberry jam, in fact. last night's batch was 75% strawberry 25% red gooseberry. Mmmm. So I went outside to get the last few dishes (we ate dinner outside) to be serenaded by the neighbours singing There Is Nothing Like A Dame from South Pacific ( Read more... )