Tuesday 22 January 2013

Mostly...#1

Just lately we've:

• Finally had the snow the rest of the country had been enjoying. Not much, but enough to close the school and make happy children.



• Cancelled our subscription to Sky to save some pennies. A huge step for Mr Husband Sir who is pretty obsessed with football. He's doing well so far, listening to games on the radio. That Baby thinks its the strangest thing ever that the telly won't pause any more. I've already been told that it'll only last until the new series of Game of Thrones begins in April. He loves all that medieval bonking and beheading malarkey.

• Eaten, eaten, eaten! Cold weather makes me extra hungry. Tried not to stuff ourselves purely with unhealthy stuff, we put a whole butternut squash in the oven to roast the other day, then went out for a walk. The smell we came home to was incredible! We had sausages and butternut mash, made a nice change, plus enough left over for "This Baby's" lunch the next day, hurray!



• Panicking! We've had two scares with This Baby in the last few days. The first was when we were out in the snow, This Baby was wrapped up very warmly in her buggy and underneath her waterproof cover. Mr Husband, Sir had a fright because she was hardly moving. She's usually so wriggly, it's strange to see her so still. He started madly pulling off her blankets and covers to give her a shake. Thankfully she'd just been in a really deep sleep and woke up to smile and coo at the snow...

The second scare was today. She was on her tummy on the rug in the lounge, she loves to rub her little face in the fluff then lift it up and smile at us. Today she must have caught one of her chicken pox spots because when she lifted her face up she was COVERED in blood. I couldn't work out what had happened. I thought there must have been something sharp in the pile of the carpet, but thankfully no. Once I'd cleaned her up, and worked out the source I could see that it was nothing, but oh how my heart lurched!

• Sledging! I hadn't been on a sledge for years until today. So. Much. Fun. I wasn't sure how That Baby would fare, she's a sensitive soul usually and not the most adventurous, but she amazed me! She flew down the slopes on her sledge, on her back, tummy, even laid on her side! She loved every minute, so proud of her.

• Adding new words to our Family Dictionary.  Welcome; Smummy.  A combination of Smug and Mummy.  The Smummy.  Often heard saying things like "Well Tarquin has just received the first Nobel Peace Prize awarded to a child for his promotion of peace within the playground" Or worse still "Oh, Octavia ONLY wears Mini Boden, I couldn't bear to see her sporting George at Asda, my friends would die laughing"  Standing at the top of a hill whilst small children are sledging is probably not the most sensible place to say something like that, especially within my earshot.  You might come a cropper yourself soon if you don't zip it, lady!

• Enjoying Taggart and cocktails. When my darling boy and I first met we would drink cocktails and watch the detective series Taggart snuggled up together. I LOVE a detective series, I have so many favourties, but somehow we'd let this one slide.  The thoughtful little sweetheart decided we should revive the tradition and bought me this for Christmas:



What's been occurring your end? :







10 comments:

  1. So wonderful-- I love these sort of posts! Sorry about the baby scares {I can't count the number Thing 2, our son, put us through...well, is still putting us through for that matter}. Our snow is gone except for patches preserved by shade-- so we are off to work & school & whatnot. Sigh. I could so go for butternut squash & sausages...

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    1. So it doesn't get easier as they get older then? Oh rats! Our snow is on the way out now too, seeing the snowmen melt makes me so sad. Back to the old routine now eh? Kate x

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  2. Mmmm that sounds lovely. And what a thoughtful bloke you have x

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    1. He does have his moments! Not today though, today he REALLY needs to shave, ugh!

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  3. I have an insta-mom crush on you! So glad to have found you! We talk about cancelling our cable all the time but then Mad Men starts up again or college football. We usually only watch one interesting thing at a time but that one thing seems SO important! Saving money feels so awesome and lame at the same time, it's a game we're playing right now too - good luck to you guys! Rob and I used to do 5 o'clock cocktails wayyy back in the day (wow it was a while ago) and it was always one of my favorite traditions. A little jeal of your cocktails and detectives dates :)

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    1. Hahaha, that's fabulous! I'm not entirely sure what an insta-mom crush is, but I LOVE IT! So pleased to have you along, thank you so much for following :)

      Five o'clock cocktails? Every day? That's my kinda tradition! Oh and Mad Men! I'd forgotten about Mad Men, bring back the Sky! :) xx

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  4. I still haven't gotten any snow here, sadly :(.

    Sabrina
    http://thelittleowlshop.blogspot.com

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    1. Ahhhh, poor you! It's not so fun now, all hard and icy. Next time I'll have an extra little sledge in your honour :) xx

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  5. I loved this post, it was so intimate like a sneak peak into your life! Wish I could post about my little one :( but I do love hearing about yours!

    I know what you mean about baby scares, even if I think about something bad happening to my daughter I fall to pieces and can't breathe. It is just the two of though so it makes it all the worst.

    I would hate to go without Sky but like you said, it's great for saving money each month & it's not like you'd only have 4 channels, everyone has digital now!

    Amy x cocktailsinteacups.blogspot.co.uk

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    1. Ahhhh, thanks Amy, that's so sweet. Such a shame you can't post about your little one, that must be HARD. I know what you mean about not being able to breathe when something happens to them, it's such an awful feeling, just the worst. I'm missing the Sky already, it's like cold turkey! You're right though, it's not like we've hardly got anything to watch, but I do miss the Crime Channel! Kate x

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