PHIL'S 16TH BIRTHDAY NIGHT

what a great birthday phillip has had. he went over to his friends at around half 7 friday evening and i told him not to come back till half 9 as i had things to do lol!!! ha ha ha!!! little did he know that myself and the girls had planned on putting up old photo's of phillips younger days all around the front room. we had baby ones, naked ones and silly ones of phil in his carefree days before he had to be a cool teenager. phil, liam and chris arrived back home to quite a party, we'd laid on some food and drink and the music was pumping.. as kirsty puts it!

here's just a few photo's i'd taken of the boys enjoying themselves before i'd headed off to bed. with phil being 16 now i left them all too it, he doesnt want his old mum hanging about does he lol!!

HAPPY 16TH BIRTHDAY TO MY LITTLE BOY!!

this is a picture of phillip sat in mum and mick's garden, he was only aged 1 and a half, but i can remember him like this as if it was only yesterday, how time has flown by. today he turns 16 years old, he is now my big boy lol!!

MEL'S BIRTHDAY....DAY 2

its a known fact in our family that a birthday can last all week, mick was especially good at this tradition lol! well in melissa's case its been another day of birthday fun. aswell as all her birthday treats yesterday, today she had 3 of her friends over for the day. they arrived at 9.30 this morning all ready for a day of fun.

we went to the cinema to watch MEET THE ROBINSONS, which they thoroughly enjoyed, as did me and kirsty, it was about a boy who invented a time machine, if you have youngsters i would definately recommend it. i even cried at the end, but then again i cry at almost anything these days!

then it was off to castle park via macdonalds...of course...it was such a hot day that after we'd eaten our lunch we decided it was time to set off home to the cool water of the paddling pool.

after alot of splashing and playing around it was time for melissa's birthday cake

all her friends left at 5.30, so it was a very full day, but the girls had all agreed that they'd had such a lovely time, that all the money spent and hard work was well worth it.

A BEARY GOOD DAY

melissa's had a lovely day today, aswell as her pressie's, her birthday treat was to go to BUILD A BEAR , its a new shop in town where you choose your bear skin, fill it with cotton wool, give it a heart and a voice and an official birth certificate and then choose an outfit...or 3...as we did lol!

here she is helping to fill her teddy with magic wool.

and then off to give teddy a quick wash and brush up.

next its time to give teddy a name and then print out her birth certificate....so im pleased to announce.....its a girl and her name is Mallory.

then the best part, choosing the clothes. mum had given mel a voucher to buy an outfit for mallory, so she is now the proud owner of the outfit you see above. aswell as her day clothes we couldnt resist a bikini with matching sandals, and some pj's, dressing gown and slippers.

HAPPY 7TH BIRTHDAY MELISSA

MEL'S SPORTS DAY

today its been the annual sports day at mel's school, last year it had been boiling hot and sunny, but this year we stood there shivering! there were doubts it would even go ahead but luckily it stayed dry. she had such alot of fun and the children didnt seem to mind the temperature being so low. her favourite game was with a parachute, all the children hold onto the side and take it in turns to run under it. she also did really well at the running race... although she needed a rest afterwards!

and here she had to use a hockey stick and knock the ball around a course, she did so well, and had such a good time. this time last year she felt so embarrassed with everyone watching her, but what a difference a year can make, she was revelling in all the attention. a good time was had by all and an added bonus...they were allowed home early with an ice lolly.

THE TOOTHFAIRY REVISITED

i am so tired this evening, you know how some days you just dont get two minutes to sit down all day, well this has been one of those days. its also due to the fact i didnt get much sleep either last night. my little one melissa has had a wobbly tooth for aslong as i can remember, anyway last night at around 11pm it finally came out! dont ask me how it suddenly fell out at that time of night but it did, and she woke up so excited that now the tooth fairy would visit. so me and melissa went down stairs where she proudly wrote her little note to the fairies, put the tooth in the envelope and tucked it under her pillow. (ANYONE UNDER THE AGE OF 10 LOOK AWAY NOW) so now its my turn to creep back downstairs, hunt for another envelope completely different to the one melissa used and write back to her in my toothfairy handwriting,(something i learnt of mum years ago) which strangely enough is exactly the same as santa's lol!! put a pound coin in the envelope, yes inflation has risen, and then sneak back upstairs without being seen or heard. i must of finally got to sleep about half midnight, as every time i tried to swop the two envelopes over melissa would stir, and the thought of her catching me at the young age of 6 just doesnt bear thinking about.
so this morning she is a happy bunny because as far as she is concerned the toothfairies came and visited her last night and have taken her tiny little tooth to stand proudly in the toothfairy castle.

SAVE OUR SCHOOL

i found out yesterday that the government are trying to close down my eldest daughters school to make way for more houses. both my son who is now 15 and left school and my eldest daughter aged 13 have both been to this school since year 7( average age 10). we moved over the other side of town after me and my husband broke up, but yet they have still endeavoured to leave home at 7.45 every morning to travel to the other side of town, and not getting home until gone 4pm, a very long day, to attend alderman blaxill school, this has been very tiring for them and very expensive for me, as the fact that i chose a different school outside the catchment area(to go to one of the best schools) didnt qualify me for any cheaper bus pass, even though im a single parent with three children. but that didnt matter, i would rather they had a good happy school life than save a few pennies! the evening gazette our local paper and the school itself are looking for any help trying to keep the school going strong. please look on the link below if you would like to add to the petition, thanku!!
alderman blaxill petition

6 GOING ON 16

just an update on my daughters school trip... she had a great time and the sun shone all day for her. i had to laugh though, all the children were allowed to take in £2 spending money, most of the children came out with fridge magnets or little porcelain farm animals which they'd seen down on the farm.... now what does melissa buy with her £2... SOME BRIGHT PINK TRENDY SUNGLASSES!! thats my girl lol!!