Really Dancin´

Am not so sure about their song choice but the boys were enjoying rocking out! Who needs Boogie Beebies.

Our Pumpkins!

Its Halloween so here are our pumpkins and Wills has been terrorising poor Aidy too...

Wills first ever written sentence

Wills´ first school homework project was to bring Corduroy the bear home and to write about an activity that he did with him. We took the bear to the twins fancy dress party..

Little Super Hero´s

The boys attended the Burchell Twins´2nd birthday fancy dress party -- I don´t think Aidy will ever forgive me!

Wills is 5!!

For Wills´5th party, we held a birthday tea for all his best pals! Luckily the weather was kind to us and the kiddies spent the afternoon in the garden. Of course, there was only one option for his cake and that was Ben 10 (thanks Nanny Connor)! Thanks to everyone for all his lovely presents!

Wills Starts School

Wills started school this week, he didn´t bat an eyelid running in for his first day, the parents on the other hand were dribbling wrecks! Picking Wills up at 3.05 after a very long day, he was asked what he got up to, replying "I can´t remember"...

Beautiful Boys

Uncle Jon took some snaps of the boys today in Nanny & Grandads garden. Aidy´s hair is becoming crazier by the day!

Working..

Every so often the boys come into work with me, much fun is had investigating all the great things that can be found in a chandlery, especially the boats!! Sorry Nanny & Grandad, this one maybe slightly shop soiled now..

Puddle Jumping!

The real benefit of living along an unmade road is the sheer joy of muddy puddle jumping! The boys had a riot jumping in and out of all the puddles and Wills´wellies ended up completely full of murky water, this was swiftly followed by a lovely warm bath. Who would of thought that this time last week, they were in their paddling pool...

Fun in the sun!

Such a lovely summers day gave us a great excuse to get out the paddling pool much to Wills´joy! Wills had a fabulous time splashing around in the water whilst Aidy deemed it far to cold and refused to get in, he opted for spending all afternoon throwing balls into the pool and laughing his head off at the great splashes they caused!

We´re all going on a......

Summer Holiday! Yippee!!
Owing to some amazing generosity, we are actually going to get a holiday this summer -- we were so keen to get away out of the school holidays before Wills starts big school!
So on the 4th July we shall be spending the week in Great Yarmouth, staying at the Hoseasons park.. There looks like there will be stacks for the boys to do!

Sprinkler Fun!

What else is a mother to do when her 4 year old begs and pleads to go and play in the sprinkler fully clothed!?

A rough night for Wills

Poor Wills was in great pain in the night -- every time he fell asleep, his arm would move causing him to cry out. Tonight we are going to pad him in a bit more, to try and stop his arm from moving so much. He´s a lot brighter this afternoon but obviously shattered from such a restless night.
We were advised that he take his arm out of his sling every hour to keep it moving, he´s being very brave but it causes him great discomfort. Here´s hoping for a more comfortable night tonight.

A bitter sweet day

The boys were very excited to be going off to nursery today, Wills particularly so as it was warm enough for shorts.
However, I received a phone call at 11.30 from nursery to say that Wills had taken a tumble in the soft play area. He had landed rather nastily on his elbow -- he was in alot of pain and after a trip to the GP we were off to A&E. After a long wait, we were taken through for an x-ray, he found this very painful and they were unable to get a clear picture but they were able to deduce that it wasn´t broken. They fitted him with a "collar and cuff" -- back home he was more comfortable but the nurse advised that he move his arm regularly which is causing great discomfort. He has gone off to bed tonight and hopefully won´t be in too much pain during the night. No running around or climbing for little fella this week, which also means no football school or swimming.

Nanny & Grandads Bird Table..

Aidy discovered the bird table in Nanny & Grandad Crispies garden today, the contents of which had been collected all winter! He got into a lovely wet, muddy mess.
It was time for his dinner, so we took him indoors -- in the hour that followed he managed to throw yoghurt on the floor, smash a whole bottle of red wine and then after a nice cleansing soak in the tub, he piddled all over the floor.

Nanny, Grandad & Sally definitely paused for breath after we left that night!

We are adding this pic purely as it´s one of our faves!

Easter Egg Hunting

The boys had great fun today! We met up with a couple of their friends for an Easter egg hunt -- not much dinner was eaten after all the chocolate and Easter fairy cakes!
The grown ups quite enjoyed themselves too as there was plenty to go round.

Wills´ New Bike!

Wills has outgrown his first bike so it´s time to hand down the old one to Aidy and let Wills loose on this new one! Of course the favourite Ben 10 top is ever present.

School So Soon?!? Contd..

We received some great news today, Wills has our first choice of school place. He is very excited at the prospect of going to "big school"!

Grandads a swinger at heart!

Grandad Crispie teaching Wills how to swing at the park during a Sunday afternoon stroll!

Aidy´s Favourite Bear..

Fresh from the bath, the kids tend to have a mad half hour. Aidy was including his favourite bear (or pyjama case) in this evenings fun!

Pony riding with Aunty Sally...

On Mothers Day, Wills got to try out horse riding on a lovely little pony called Dillon with Aunty Sally. He really enjoyed himself and can´t wait to go again.

So grown up..

Aidy seems to grow up so much each day -- here is is looking particulary so!

Its only 7am!

By 7am this morning, young Aidy had managed to overturn his 3rd plant, chuck his brekkie on the floor and throw the remote control into an unflushed toilet. What a start to the day!

Fun in the sun!

Last summer, young Aidy was far too young to enjoy the garden. He has spent a wonderful day exploring in the garden today, getting into lots of dirt and grime, like all good boys should!

Red Nose Day!

For comic relief this year, the boys went along to nursery in their PJ´s. Thanks to everyone who kindly sponsored them, they´ve raised a whopping gbp87.00 so far!

Poorly Boys!

Its been a rough couple of weeks for young Aidy as he has been poorly for the last 10 days. He came down with a tummy bug, which was followed by a week of not eating.
Shortly after we thought he was getting better, he was sick again -- another trip to the docs confirmed that he has a chest infection and antibiotics have been prescribed. Hopefully now he can start to regain some strength and energy as the normally lively little fella is spending most of his days chilling out and is understandably very irritable.
In amongst all this Ben and Wills have also had the dreaded bug, although their´s seemed to have been a 24 hour spell.

Birthday Bike

Wills was brought a fab little trike for his first birthday, so it was only right that Aidy had one too! His is a little wooden Iggle Piggle one, every trip around the lounge results in a big grin!

Lots of Birthday Pics

Aidy opening his pressies from his big bro!

The award for noisiest toy goes to Nanny and Grandad up the hill!

He even had snow for his big day
We took Aidy out to a local soft play center with his little pals!

His birthday cakes were made with a little help from Wills.

Aidy´s 1st Birthday

Ben was away on Aidys actual birthday, so we let him open a couple of his pressies on the day itself. The mini In The Night Garden books and his fire engine were a great start!

A beautiful moment

Every night when we take Aidy to bed, we snuggle up in his armchair and he has a bottle of milk, following his milk he likes to sit up and cuddle into you whilst he does a few lovely milky burps!

Normally Wills takes himself off to play whilst he waits for his bedtime story. Tonight however, Wills asked if he could give Aidy his milk, so they snuggled up and melted their Mummy´s heart. Wills sat their smiling at Aidy drinking his milk and announced in a hushed tone, that he really loves his brother. The pics really don´t do the moment any justice (gushing parent moment over)..