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My word of the week is of course – BIRTHDAY!

I turned 29 on Tuesday; the last year of my 20’s! I’m probably the only person who is actually quite looking forward to turning 30. Anyway, my birthday felt rather bittersweet as it’s the first one without my Mom. Having now become a parent – your children’s birthday always holds such treasured memories for you as you gave birth on that day. It felt strange not having her here to chat about the day. I wonder if it will ever get easier.

My husband had an extremely rare day off. He works away most weeks so it was lovely to be able to do ‘normal’ stuff together. We took the girls shopping and ended up buying a dishwasher! It wasn’t really my present but my God it feels like it! Along with having piles of clothes that need putting away, washing up is the second biggest household chore. My kitchen surfaces can never be seen for a sea of plates so I’m hoping this will give a relief of one of the dreaded chores. It’s strange how your presents and wish0lists change over the years. A decade ago it would all have been designer handbags and skyscraper heels now I get ridiculously excited over a bloody dishwasher!

We all went out for tea too and it was just lovely to spend time as a family of 5. Charlie’s birthday is next month too so I have started sorting his list of friends and his invites will be going out next week. We are having a joint party with one of his friends so it should all be good! I am going out for a meal with my husband, sister, brother in law and my Dad on Friday night so I anticipate a few sore heads on Saturday as we are meeting up with some old friends too so going to be a good night!

Thanks for all the lovely wishes. Here’s to my last year in my twenties eh?!

B xx

Our word this week:

I took the plunge and decided at last minute to go to a toddler group which I used to take my eldest too. I pretty much have up groups back in April. The girls were just 10 months old and whilst we had mastered crawling and standing, walking way a way off.

With the summer holidays and a 5 year old in tow again we couldn’t go to any so it was a spur of the moment “shall we” and off we went. And I survived!

Have to admit there were a few hairy moments outside with the girls at opposite ends of the area; each trying to climb onto either a seesaw or a rather large bike with the rather unforgiving concrete ground, but as it was a toddler group everyone was in the same boat (albeit a one child less boat) and there were two helpers that were definitely put through their paces and earned their wage!

Interestingly, the girls both were absolutely amazed and spent a good chunk of their time fighting over a pram. We don’t have many “girly” toys at home so it was a bit of a surprise to see them both head straight for the pram with dolls in.

It seemed a nice group with lots going on. Not too many there either and they all had milk and snacks. The handiest part of it all was the fact it’s right next to school so we missed out the chaos of the school run. Big thumbs up from me! (Note to self – take spare clothes. They have water play areas!!!)

It’s making me wonder if I should look at other groups. My best friend had a 10 week old so it’d be nice to go to groups together. Maybe I’m getting ahead of myself – I’ve only survived one group but here’s me thinking of branching out. We will see. But it’s good to get out there and know it’s possible!

I’m also really grateful this week for my group of friends that I’ve made at school. We are an eclectic bunch but they never fail to make me laugh and have a good old gossip with!

Hope you enjoyed my word of the week

B xx

Birthday

Word Of The Week 12/9/14