Party Time!

2 years ago today my baby was born and now he seems all grown up:(

He loves Timmy Time so we had to make a Timmy birthday cake. Mummy & Daddy had fun decorating him. Here is the result. It even taste good!


"Timmy Baa"

Thankfully it stayed dry and we had desserts outside in our new back garden. The boys loved the freedom to run around and play hockey & football. We even managed to bring out the cake, sing happy birthday and blow out the candles before having to go inside.


"Make a wish"

It's present opening time and big bro wants to help.






The birthday boy is so excited with his ride on tractor as he can now ride something that he feet can touch the ground!




We all had a great day with family & friends. The boys were so tired that they went to sleep as soon as their heads hit the pillows. Time now to relax!

99 Things!

Saw this on a friends blog and thought it was a great idea. Why don't you play along?

Just copy and paste these 99 things onto your blog and bold the things you HAVE done...

here are mine:

1. Started your own blog



2. Slept under the stars



3. Played in a band



4. Visited Hawaii



5. Watched a meteor shower



6. Given more than you can afford to charity



7. Been to DisneyWorld



8. Climbed a mountain

9. Held a praying mantis 



10. Sang a solo



11. Bungee jumped



12. Visited Paris

13. Watched a lightning storm



14. Taught yourself an art from scratch (Quilting)

15. Adopted a child



16. Had food poisoning



17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty (Was there but no-one was allowed to climb to the very top :( )

18. Grown your own vegetables

 (Try to but my dad is much better!)

19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France

 (As a child my dad made us go)

20. Slept on an overnight train



21. Had a pillow fight

(Many with my brother!)

22. Hitch hiked



23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill


24. Built a snow fort

25. Held a lamb (and fed one with a bottle)

26. Gone skinny dipping



27. Run a Marathon

(Not yet but being pressured to do the 10K in June!)

28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice

29. Seen a total eclipse



30. Watched a sunrise or sunset



31. Hit a home run



32. Been on a cruise


33. Seen Niagara Falls in person



34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors

35. Seen an Amish community



36. Taught yourself a new language



37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied

38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person


40. Seen Michelangelo’s David


41. Sung karaoke

42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt



43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant



44. Visited Africa

(would love to visit my cousin in Nigeria!)

45. Walked on a beach by moonlight

 (and paddled. Very cold up the north coast though! Not recommended.)

46. Been transported in an ambulance (while on a summer christian camp in Wales after having spent the day at Alton Towers in England!)

47. Had your portrait painted (had a caricature done of my husband & me while on honeymoon!)

48. Gone deep sea fishing



50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris



51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling



52. Kissed in the rain

(and snow!)

53. Played in the mud
 (loved making mud pies as a child)

54. Gone to a drive-in theatre

55. Been in a movie

(no my sister-in-law forget to tell me they needed extras :( )

56. Visited the Great Wall of China



57. Started a business

58. Taken a martial arts class



59. Visited Russia



60. Served at a soup kitchen



61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies



62. Gone whale watching


63. Got flowers for no reason
 (Hubby likes to surprise me!)

64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma


65. Gone sky diving

(would love to do this)

66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp



67. Bounced a cheque 



68. Flown in a helicopter

 (loved it but wasn't very good at navigating the pilot!)

69. Saved a favorite childhood toy


70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial



71. Eaten caviar



72. Pieced a quilt

 (took me 3 years but got there)

73. Stood in Times Square



74. Toured the Everglades



75. Been fired from a job



76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London



77. Broken a bone



78. Been a passenger on a motorcycle



79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person



80. Published a book

81. Visited the Vatican


82. Bought a brand new car



83. Walked in Jerusalem



84. Had your picture in the newspaper


85. Kissed a stranger at midnight on New Year’s Eve



86. Visited the White House



87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating



88. Had chickenpox



89. Saved someone’s life



90. Sat on a jury



91. Met someone famous



92. Joined a book club



93. Got a tattoo


94. Had a baby

 (2 Beautiful boys)

95. Seen the Alamo in person



96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake



97. Been involved in a law suit


98. Owned a cell phone



99. Been stung by a bee

Our Easter Weekend.

We have had a very busy Easter weekend. My cousin (aged 10) had a sleepover at our house which my eldest was so excited about. On Friday we went swimming and the boys had great fun in our local swimming pool playing on the pirate ship. On Saturday we visited the Ulster Museum. The kids were able take part in the various hands on activites around the museum. Think they loved the dinasours the most and thought the Mummy was a bit creepy.











These footballs are too heavy to kick mum!



Sunday morning was an early start at 6.30am and heading to Hillsborough Lake for the Easter Dawn Service. It was lovely singing while the sun came up over the trees. A treat for the boys was feeding the ducks before heading to one of the local churches for breakfast. What a great start to the day. We managed to visit all our relations and even had time for 2 Easter egg hunts in the garden.

Easter Monday and Daddy was off work. We headed with our picnic to Castle Ward for the annaul Easter Egg Trail & Hunt. The boys had great fun following all the clues to find the easter egg at the end. We even managed to bump into the easter bunny who had been out scattering thousands of little easter eggs all over the ground. At the sound of the whistle the boys ran as fast as they could to find as many eggs as possible. We managed 3 but for a 3 year old and 1 year old that was very good. Think they enjoyed running through the trees more anyway.






The eggs that the easter bunny throw out of his basket!






The hunt is on! Am I looking for Mummy or the Eggs?

It would be great to hear how you spent your Easter weekend. Hope it was more relaxing than ours but we all had a ball!

Getting Ready for Easter!

The boys usually get a treat if they finish their dinner and we usually have a walk or a bicycle ride when it's dry. Tonight has been miserable and as an extra special treat the boys got to make some Easter rice crispy buns instead. I found these fab mico eggs in the local supermarket and they were perfect for the top of the buns to give that Easter flavour.



The boys helped Mummy & Daddy to gather all the ingredients we needed.




When Daddy had melted the chocolate the boys had great fun putting in the rice crispies and mixing them all together. Not sure how much went into the mouth! They did a fantastic job.





Once they were mixed the boys spooned the mixture into bun cases and added the micro eggs on the top. Think more of the eggs were eaten but they had fun.



Instead of giving out Easter eggs this year we are giving everyone a bun made by the two boys. My eldest is so excited as he is taking one for each of his teachers when he goes to playgroup tomorrow.

Happy St Patrick's Day!

It St Patrick's Day! A friend of mine is having a St Patrick's Blogging Carnival and if you would like to join or just want to see what others are doing to celebrate St Patrick's Day then visit her site.

Today was much like any other day in our house as hubby had to go to work. The boys and I got ready and heading to Toddlers at our Church. I was doing the craft with the kids and we went for a St Patrick's Day theme. This is what we were making.




And here is my youngest having fun with the glue.





I loved this one which a Friends son made.



After craft we kids rush to the tables for SNACKS!!! Still keeping the green theme going.




When we left toddlers we decided to go and visit Granda and Nana as they were both off work today. We carried on the green theme as the boys got "green fingered" and helped in the garden. My eldest loved helping his Granda to plant some peas but saw a bit impatient when they still hadn't grown when he checked on them 10 minutes later.





We didn't go to watch any parades but it was a lovely day and the boys loved playing with their friends and grandparents.


Hope everyone had an enjoyable St Patrick's Day whatever you did!

Words around the home.

On a friends blog she was talking about words you have to decorate your home. I didn't think I had any until I started to look around the house. My first is a wooden sign which was handmade. I love it.




The second one I managed to find was this one which says welcome.



This was the first thing I made myself. I have since made many more things and will have to share them sometime.


I also managed to find this one in my kitchen. My parents brought it home for me when they were in Africa.




I was also bought this one my a friend. Home Sweet Home!