Mummy and Boys

I wanted to take some pictures with my boys. I don't have many were I'm in the frame with them so I took these when I got the opportunity.

I took a few of just me as well. Mum told me she needs more pics of me so HERE YOU GO MA!

Christmas Pictures

The boys christmas morning!

We didn't get our christmas tree set up till 3 days before christmas because of the building works. So I took them to a christmas shop to choose some decorations to put up in their rooms and took some pictures of them in front of a tree in the store.

Saul in front of the shop christmas tree!

Saul's school nativity. He was a shepard. Easy costume isn't it?

Chim Chiminey Chim Chiminey Chim Chim Cheroo!

So we are sorting out the central heating in a week or so and the old gas fire heater needed removing. As previously suspected, the heating engineer came in to take it away but confirmed our suspicions that he would have condemed it had we asked to keep it. So we had to remove the horrible brickwork as we will be replastering the whole room and when we removed the brickwork, we found on old skool boiler system.

Apparently when these houses were initially built by the council back in the 1930's, the boiler system was built into the homes via the chimney. That cast iron monstrosity you see in the fireplace has 2 pipes coming out of it and into the walls. These pipes were used to send heat to the water tank that would have been upstairs and heat water for the house.

So as you can see, as it's built into the house, it cannot be removed without alot of effort. So we're bricking over it. I thought I'd get few pics of it before hand before it disappeared to someone knocks through our brickwork some time in the distant future.

The cat ran up the chimney while we were removing ruble. As you can see, when she came back down, she was not white but greyish. These pics were taken a week ago and I can tell you, she's STILL grey and not likely to lose the soot till spring. Friggin cat!

Art....it's my gift.

Saul's school takes artwork the children have done through the year, choose the best one, frame it, then have an art exhibition. The parents can buy the childs artwork afterwards. The one on the right Saul did when he was 4. The one on the left he recently did. He's very talented and I am very proud of the art he brings home.

Saul is quite creative and I'm hopeful he will continue to colour, model and create as he get's older.

Fancy new jumpers

Thank you Nana and Grandpa for the new jumpers!

Mum and Dad bought these jumpers for Saul and Joel while in New Zealand. They arrived on my birthday and the boys thought it was great they got a present on my birthday as well.

Joel really loves his new jumper and has worn it nearly every day. He thinks it's a thomas the tank engine jumper because of the colour. I hadn't the heart to correct him. Saul asked to wear his to school. I had the unfortunate task of explaining to him that school is uniform only and he can wear it whenever he likes round the house instead. I think they like them so much because their very soft on the inside. This, combined with the fact that we are waiting for central heating to be installed, makes these jumpers ideal for wearing about the house.

Hebby Berfday Beems!!

I love you very much and hope you have an absolutely brilliant day!

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HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO LEE AND MIBI!

I hope you enjoy yourselves!

Oh how they've grown

I spoke to my dad yesterday and it has been so long since we've seen him, he saw the pictures of the boys on the blog and commented on how much they've grown. His comments made me look back on the pictures of the boys over the last 3 years and I see they have shot up so much in that short time, I felt I should post some pictures of my boys' growth thus far.

When Joel was small; it was very much a big brother and protector relationship. Saul was there whenever Joel cried or needed something. He put the dirty nappies in the bin for me and found it thoroughly entertaining to cuddle his brother for hours on end.

As they got bigger, a friendship grew and Joel began to copy everything Saul did. Because of this, Joel learned to walk at 10 months, he enjoys music and dancing and was speaking clear sentences before many other children his age. Joel communicates well and has a wicked sense of humour; I would like to take credit for this but I have to say the credit belongs to Saul.

Now Joel is 3 and Saul is 6. They have more fun together than any other brothers I have seen. They laugh at nothing and do it in a manner that makes you feel excluded; like it's their own private joke. They can fight over a toy one minute and then be cuddling each other the next. And they stand up for each other, even when it's mummy and daddy telling them off. I'm so blessed to have them. I'm lucky they are so close and I can't wait to see what the next 3 years brings.