So excited to look outside the window while getting the boys ready for bed. I had only bed home for a couple of hours from work and the world was already covered with a blanket of snow! The boys could not wait to go sneak a peek outside. We are so excited that tomorrow is Sunday so we can go outside and have a snow day!
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| It is Snowing! |
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| Maddox was quite excited! |
When Maddox and I got to school today, I found out I was in for a treat. They set up a class store and Maddox was playing the store owner. I got to choose items to ‘buy’ and let Maddox work out the change. It was really cute and we had fun doing the role play activity.
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| Maddox plays shopkeeper. |
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| After getting to school I get to buy things from Maddox as he practices with money. So cute. |
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. |
It is just the boys and I for the rest of the week while Ryan is away on a trip with his classmates. Despite not having their dad here, I aim to keep life fun. Even though England is giving us some pretty miserable weather, I took the boys to the park straight from school. I did not really plan on the mud and right away we were all slipping and slidding. Or to be fair, I was the one slipping and almost biting it hard in the mud. To add to the theatrics, the boys afterwards were ready to take aim at my backside with the muddy football. It was lots of laughter and smiles and we had a whole bunch of fun.
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| I took the boys to the park after school to play football. |
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| It was wet and muddy but we had quite a bit of fun never the less. |
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| The rain really started to come down but frowns were nowhere in sight. |
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| After homework we watched TRON from the 80’s with dinner. |
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| Keeping the diet Ryan cooks we had Salmon for our meal. |
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. |
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| The boys have really loved collecting Doctor Who toys. Tonight we played with a lot of them in the Tardis play set. It was so much fun! |
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| Marble fun at school |
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| Marble eye! |
