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Well it has happened, we have officially entered schooldays - albeit nursey school!
On Monday Noah started his preschool year and as you can see from the photos he has taken to it like a fish to water. Mummy on the other hand... this is the first time ever I haven't had him by my side and it is tough. He is only away for 1 hour this week then one and a half hours next week and so on until it amounts to 2 and a half hours - which I am dreading - but he is so ready for it and loving every minute. I meanwhile have been loitering behind the one way mirror in the staff/parents room watching his every move and wanting to jump in to help him at every opportunity. But I have been strong and resisted and he is just fantastic - such a happy, confident little boy who jumps into everything with enthusiasm and vigour. He is compulsve viewing as he plays beautifully getting himself engrossed in the sand pit or the lego or whatever else takes his fancy. I just love the little whiffy socks off him!
Right, now that he has gone, can I have all his things!
Ohh, I feel very grown up now...
right what are all these then.. presents you say...
ahh, get him off me...
it's my party and I will play outside if I want to even if everyone else is eating my birthday cake...
let them eat cake, and sausages and sandwiches...
am I still allowed to dribble now hat I am a big boy...
So this is a zoo then - and why are we on another train - he's the train nut not me!
Anyway I think he had a good time at our birthday tradition zoo visit, family party and friends party. Boy, he really knows how to party for a one year old!
This shows you how behind I am with blogging.
Sometime around the start of the summer we took the boys pn a steam train day out to Portrush - a North coast 'holiday resort'. It was a two and a half hour journey there and the same back and only after I had booked it did I start to realise quite how long a journey this could be with a 3 year old and a not even 1 year old (at the time). However I have to say they were brilliantly behaved and we had a fantastic day out. The weather wasn't great so although we weren't able to spend much time on the beach, we availed of the local pleasures of Barry's Amusement Arcade - it was always a treat to be taken here as a child.
Noah had his first encounter with the Ghost train - which used to terrify me as a child - it was one of those really funny instances where he really wanted to go on it and yet didn't all at the same time. I am proud to tell you that he treated it in exactly the same way I did as a child - kept his eyes closed the whole time!?!
Some fireman practice...
and Sethie made the most of the carousel and a closeby Postman Pat sit on ride.
But I think this sums up how tiring the day was for one and all.
I have been toying with an idea for a cupcake business (yes, alright I know - too many business ideas and not enough action!) called Buttercup Cakes. However I then came to realise that this name is the name for a very famous establishment in NYC, and whilst I have no delusions that I would ever be a threat to them - you just don't want to go down that road. Although what the heck I live in Northern Ireland and really you can do whatever you darn well please over here!!
Anyway, I digress - I have only had two commissons so far and this was the second, which I got paid for (shock horror).
I hasten to add that these were made long before our kitchen was demolished - so no rushing to health and safety - it has just taken me a long time to get back to blogging.
Anyway not much more to say about this except that the client was very happy!
At last the day has arrived - I have finally stocked my etsy shop! And boy is it bulging at the seams with stock - erhmmmm - well only one thing actually - but hey it's a start!! No turning back now.
I say when your house is a mess use all diversionary tactics known to man!
Enjoy!
