First Steps...

Tonight Jake took his first steps walking towards me at nursery. I was so excited! Adam was so happy, he was telling everybody. When we got home, Adam told Martin!Jake took a few more steps, he is so sweet. He takes 3 steps and falls in your arms! He looked very proud.
Will try to catch him with the camera tomorrow.
Night.xx

Happy Memories...

Last week end, Martin's son Kris came to see us with his wife Serena and their little boy George. George is so lovely, he has grown up so much since last time we saw him. He is 18 months old but look like a little boy now.
We went to the park for a walk and Serena took that photo of Adam and me. I like it, adam has nearly manage to smile!!

Monkey Puzzle...

On Sunday morning, Adam had to go to a Party at Monkey Puzzle so I thought I could take Jake as he hadn't been to a soft play. He loved it..He played with everything he could find! He was lovely to see him having fun! You could see that he wanted to follow his brother so much! Not long Jake and you will be able too!

Back from Scrap-a-Ganza

Sue and I coming out of the plane after a long morning...
We had a great time in Eindhoven. The week end went so quickly. I loved all the classes especially the Christmas recipes class as we got a lovely tin, some nice Christmas Recipes and lots of cake to eat during the class. Jen Starr from Ranger did the Christmas Recipes Class, she is such a lovely lady!It was great fun. I loved playing with the inks even if I ended up having a very red hand after Sue dropped her ink bottle on my hand!!! It was great fun!

Here are a few photos!

We look so cool with in our matching T-shirt!

13 Essex Scrappers!!!

Love is all around...

Last night I finished this LO about Love. I have chosen a photo of Martin and me which I find very funny...One of them "Silly" photos! We never get any photos of us. A while ago as we were at the Zoo, I decided to take a photo of us...Here is the result!!
I am very pleased with my page and I love the picture. For my LO, I have used the photo corners that Cara gave me in Eindhoven!

The Waterfront Restaurant...

On Sunday, we went for a meal at the Waterfront Restaurant as it was Martin's mum birthday. She was 89 years old last week! We had a lovely meal and I managed to get a few nice photos of Adam and Jake!

Scrap-a-Ganza

Tonight I am off to Stansted to stay in a hotel with Zuleika as we are flying early to Eindhoven. We are 13 girls going to Scrap-a-Ganza. It is going to be so much fun to fly all together. Tomorrow, I am doing at least 3 classes. On Sunday, we are going to have a look around the town and maybe do a bit of shopping...
Got to go as I need to pack my case and go in town to get some Euros!!!

M for Holland...

I am off to Scrap-a-Ganza at the week end. We have been asked to make a big chipboard letter and here is my big M for Myriam!

Worshipful Company of the Water Conservator...

Martin belongs to the Worshipful Company of the Water Conservator. Last Thursday, it was the Annual Banquet in London. It was hold at the Drapers Hall which is lovely.

We had to stay in London overnight, so Richard and his girlfriend Rainbow looked after the children for us. For this occasion, I decided to go to the hairdresser's and have my hair put up. Here is the result! It looked amazing, I could not have done anything like this myself!

I also had to get a new dress which was not hard at all! I got it in Bluewater a few weeks ago with my friend Louise. It was so much fun to get a proper dress!!!

During the evening, the masters which is a lady Sue presented a couple of certificates...One of them was presented to Martin!!! As Jake was born after Martin became a Freeman of London, he will be entitled at the age of 21 years to be admitted as a Freeman of the Water Conservators Company by Patrimony. He was presented a lovely Certificate and a bottle of Champagne!!!!Great!!!!

I was so happy for Martin as he looked very proud when he collected the certificate. I had to get up too and was very happy too! It was a lovely surprise.
We had a lovely evening and it was nice to see all our friends. We had a lovely meal and such a great time...Can't wait until next year. One day Baby Jake will be entitled to go...How exciting!

thought the shoe and bow tie on the floor were the perfect illustration to a lovely evening with a few too many drinks!!!!

Fireworks...

Tonight, we went round Steve and Louise for a fireworks party! It was lovely.
Steve had put on a lovely display that we enjoyed sitting in the garden next to the shemneas drinking mulled wine!
The kids loved it apart Phoebe who was scared of them, so she was quite happy to stay indoors. Jake loved it sitting in his pushchair and pointing at the fireworks. He couldn't take his eyes off the bright colors.
This year, Steve had bought a few rockets for Adam and Oliver. As we heard the first rocket going up in the sky, our two little boys disappeared under the table...They were so funny. Their teacher Mrs Smith had told them to make sure that the rockets didn't end up on their head!!!!


After, the fireworks display, we had a lovely meal. We had moussaka which I love, it was so yummy. We had a lot to eat and drink...I nearly felt asleep!!
We drank some champagne to celebrate Jake's first birthday as we did last year to celebrate his birth.
It was a lovely evening...
Night, Night.xx

Moment of Fame....

Today I was in London shopping. As I was walking around in Selfridges, I bumped into Wendy Richard who plays Pauline Fowlers in Eastenders. I had my camera in my bag so I asked her for a quick photo...She was very nice!

One Today!!!

Today, Jake is one year old!!! It is so exciting, I don't know where the time has gone! He was born at 8 o'clock a year ago in the evening...What a great memory!
He looks so growing up in his pumpkin outfit for Halloween.
unfortunately, Martin is away tonight so we are going to open Jake's presents at the week end. It would be better as he is so tired in the evening.

His Spider cake....Happy First Birthday my baby...And Happy Halloween!!!!

Love you my Two Little Boys...xxx

Halloween Party!!!!

Today, we had our Halloween party! We had so much fun...
Adam in his bat costume...


Adam and Jake were very excited before people arrived to the party...


Everyone brings along a pumpkin and all the mums and dads carved the pumpkin together! Martin always carves Adam's pumpkin. This year, I had to carve one for Jake. He tried to help me with a big spoon....

...But Jake found out it was more fun to try to eat the pumpkin!!!!

For the party, Louise made a huge jelly in a big bucket. We put the bucket in a cardboard box and made a couple of holes on the top. The children had to put their arms in the jelly and tried to find spiders, snakes, mice, eyes....How scary!!!!

They loved it, even the teenagers had a go...And me!!!!

Then we all sang Happy Birthday to Jake. Adam and Daddy helped him to blow his first candle!!! I think he was more interested in that devil tail!!!!

Everyone had a lot of fun! The children ran around the house until very late....Judging by the state of the house and all the empty bottles it was great!!!!

Will have a lot of tidying up to do tomorrow but it was worse it...I love seeing the children having so much fun!!! Next Year, Jake will be able to run around too!

Happy Halloween!!!!

A day out in London...

Today, Adam and I were off to London. We went on the train and we met Nicky (Adam's sister) at Liverpool Street.

I wanted to get Nicky's Christmas present so we went to Oxford street. We had a look around the shops. Adam was feeling really tired and hungry as we were in Gap so he had a little rest on their armchair! He looks so cool on them pictures!
In the afternoon, we went to the Imax Cinema where we saw "Opening Season" in 3D. We looked so funny with these huge glasses! I felt a bit sick at first but it was so cool! We had popcorn and sweeties...We got home at 19:30! I am so tired, it has been a great day. It was lovely to see Nicky. I loved taking Adam to London, he is such a big boy now!

Night, Night.xx

Jake's birthday cake...

Jake was born on Halloween night so I thought I had to make him a bit of a spooky cake! A while ago, my friend Sue came round with a book called Children's Party Cakes. She had found the perfect cake for Jake...A Spider!!
So, this afternoon, I decorated the cake with Zuleika! It was quite easy to make...The only hard part was the legs made of chocolate matchmakers as they were so fragile!
I am so pleased with the result!
Jake seemed to like his cake, Adam loved it!
I also made a few cupcakes for the party!

Count down to Halloween...

Today, I decorated the house for our Halloween Party. I was very busy putting all the decorations up while Jake's birthday cake was cooking!
In the afternoon, Zuleika came and helped me...
It looked so good and scary too!!!
We had a friendly pumkin for the door that Charlotte bought as a present, a friendly spider,
a very scary bat and a fountain of blood!
I also bought a few pumkins to carve...
When the children came home, they were so excited! Adam loved it, he was running around shouting and Jake didn't know where to look! It made me so happy to see them being so pleased! Can't wait until the party!!!