Birthdays and Mother's day

Another loving head lock.

Birthdays just aren't the same as you get older...No big party celebrations, no balloons and a lot less presents !!!! Of course it's all for the young, and so it should be. For them it is a great excitement which is talked about for weeks, waiting for presents, balloons, ice cream and jelly and a big birthday cake !!! I know I was as excited, if not more excited for Heather's birthday, than for my own. These days, people ask, so what are you doing for your birthday? And I found myself saying "Oh, just looking after the kids!!!" However, that was honestly the best way to spend my birthday and we had such a good time. I took them a bike ride by the river and then stopped by the swimming pool and took them both for a swim, I then cycled back home gave them a quick lunch and they both slept for 2 hours at the same time....perfect !!! That gave me time to myself for cooking and mashing butternut squash, chopping veg for dinner, folding (not ironing the washing), taking the garbage out and tidying up from lunch, oh and drank another half cup of tea !!!!

Mother's day was another perfect day, weather was great and we went for another bike ride to a new park, had fun on the swings, the slides and the tunnels and then we sat on our picnic mat and had a little picnic, we met a few of our friends who seemed to be having a similar day, James said " Sorry that I didn't get you anything!!!"....but what else do I need, I had my two children ..Ohh and a lovely hand made painted card !!!!

Of course there is a story to go with this day too.
Heather is fully potty trained but I always have a change of clothes just in case and on any normal day she stays dry, no matter what the distractions....So as I was packing the food bag and the cool bag making sure we all had enough food, warm water for heating milk, sun hats, balls to play with..... and we have to take two!!! and a blanket. Bike... check!!.....stroller...check!!...bike and stroller attached together...check!!..little secondary safety doo dah attachment thing just in case...check!!..children ..check!!..check!!..spare trousers for Heather Mmm.....uchh! she's just peed and pooped and she's so good...we'll be okay!!!
Well we got to the park and she was running from one thing to another all excited and then as she stood on the wobbly bridge I could see her do the pee dance... "Heather do you need to Pee?"
"No!!"...
"Heather!!"..
"No!!"...
And then it happened, trousers,pants and socks soaked!!!
Do we go home?..but it's not really her fault...I was the mum who forgot the spares, so

Well it's just as well I have an account at the local second hand kids store and deducted some of my credit on a pair of trousers and some care bear pants. We were able to return to the park and keep everybody happy.