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| Headed back in the cold to go to Brighton |
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| Maddox ready for some food! |
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| Window candles at the Thai restaurant |
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| Hot Green Tea |
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| The boys love Thai food! |
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| Fun family time |
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| Ryan on his phone |
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| Ronan cleaned his plate…as did Maddox. Good boys! |
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| Left over Valentines decorations |
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| Pretty pink pout. |
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| Muppet Movie Madness! |
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| Love Love LOVE Miss Piggy! |
10 years ago Ryan and I had our first date at University. We spent the next weekend, Valentines Day, on a trip to Austin, TX with our traveling theatre troupe. I remember catching him looking at me across the table at dinner. Tonight, ten years later, I caught him looking at me with that exact same look. Here’s to another ten Valentines. ♥
For Valentines Day we had aimed to see a castle, but it was not in our cards this year. However we had a really nice time out in the town of Hastings. The boys got to climb rocks and see a beautiful look out, they played at the park, we walked through the town, and we had a wonderful supper at a very old and historical pub. We topped off the night with a stop in an authentic old sweet shop.
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| Found Heart in Hastings. |
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| Ronan and Maddox picking out their Sweets. |
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| You can take the Girl out of Hawaii But you cannot take Hawaii out of the girl. |
I will admit that I love to do special things for my boys and spoil them when I can. So with Ryan gone and a bad sweet tooth myself, we had breakfast at Starbucks before school. Starbucks is the only place on the way to school since we walk and do not have a car. I let each of my sons choose what they wanted, within reason, and had hot cocoa to warm up from the cold. When I picked them up after school we decided we would have takeaway as a special treat for dinner. It is pretty much just curry or chinse, though there is a ‘Chippy’ (Fish & Chips joint) a little further away. We opted for Chinese and brought it home to eat. The boys love getting Lemon chicken and fried rice with egg. I chose the spiciest option, but sadly not as spicy as I would like.
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| Ronan and his donut choice. |
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| Maddox and his pastry choice. |
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| Chinese takeaway… its the mexican ‘to go’ from England. |
Today was the much awaited birthday party for my newly seven year old, Ronan. He loves Indiana Jones. We went to a leisure centre for his birthday party and all the kids got to play in the soft play area which had two stories. Afterwards we had an english tea with a lot of canapes and treats. At the parties in England you light the cake, but send pieces home instead with the guests. You also do not open presents until you get home. The boys had a great time!  |
| Ronan in his Indiana Jones costume. Apparently we were the first party to show up in costumes at this venue. |
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| Time for food and treats! |
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| Ronan and his classmate and friend Chinmay with their party hats. |
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| Maddox with his classmates Felix and William. |
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| The Reception age boys decided to make horns out of the party hats. |
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| Ronan’s birthday cake was a DS player. |
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| Ryan with party horns. |
This is part of a post that was submitted to the Manifold magazine. I went out with my friend Evette in London. This was my first time going out dancing since living in Hawaii. Being a single mum while Ryan was still in Hawaii being busy here with home and work since we moved here, I have not had a lot of time or opportunities to get out. When my friend got to London I was very excited to not only catch up but have much needed girl time. I met up with Evette at her hotel room and we got all dolled up. We found a club and had a great time dancing. After meeting up with a new friend, the three of us went out for Lebanese food for dinner. It was a great night of friends, food, and memories to last! Thank you Evette, I look forward to seeing you again!
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| With my friend Evette from Hawaii |
Happy Birthday Ronan!
Today my oldest turn seven years old! I cannot believe that so much time has gone by since I gave birth to my birthday boy. We have moved so many times in those seven years. He is becoming a really sweet young man and I look forward to seeing him grow up in the next seven years to come. After school I went to the party shop to get balloons and a present for Ronan. We got him a Doctor Who chess set for his gift. We had pizza for his birthday dinner.
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| I stopped off at the party store to get a surprise for Ronan after school. |
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| I got Ronan a beanie bear attached to seven balloons with footballs on it and a globe balloon for his Indiana Jones adventure bedroom. |
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| Ronan enjoying his Birthday dinner. |
