Wet and horrible camping......

Poor Caitlin is on her first camping trip tonight (Well first since she was about 8 mths old) and its horrible and we have been having some very heavy rain showers all afternoon. She has gone with one of her good friends as it was her birthday midweek and this is her party! So there are a few girls - poor things. Im sure they will be fine and still be having lots of fun and shrieking :)

Will find out tomorrow just how wet they all got..........

Two of my cheeky little monkeys.

Today my 2 little monkeys have been full of beans! They have been full of giggles and been getting up to all sorts! I have a few pics on my phone which I wanted to upload but Google is being slow uploading (prob my phone not google) So will try and upload them to this post tomorrow when I have it all sorted (fingers crossed) x
Yeah Ive worked it out and can now add pics from my phone :) So here they are in the shops yesterday and also at swimming lessons (Caitlin and Bethanys swimming lesson while we watch)

Holidays

Hello well we have been a busy family since I last posted a update. We have been having lots of fun including 2 holidays :)


In April we went to California Cliffs Park Caravan site and we had such a good time!! We managed to get a good cheap deal on this holiday so wasn't expecting the caravan to be anything spectacular. But it was really big and didn't feel cramped - especially with all our brood. We had a 3 bed caravan but when we got there we had to have a big sort around and try and fit 2 travel cots in. The people were lovely and came and took out some beds for us so we could organise it all. Me and Lee ended up sleeping in the living area so that we could arrange the kids in the best way so we all got the most sleep :) It was a little chilly over night though in the living room but I wasn't to bad as managed to nick the second duvet but poor lee felt the cold for them few nights.








Betahny Enjoyed chilling out on my bed :)







While Caitlin and Daddy enjoyed relaxing on the sofa reading the newspaper on the other half of the sofa/bed...








On site they had lots for the kiddies to do. Ours enjoyed the park. It was very challenging for the older two who wanted to spend hours in there. The evening entertainment was also really good and Bethany loved the disco and the kids entertainment. While Caitlin just wanted to try and win things on the 2p machines.... The swimming pool was nice as well (the outdoor one was shut when we went - tooo cooollldddd) Caitlin and Bethany loved being able to show Daddy how much better they are getting at swimming. Even RYAN got in the pool!! Which was a major event for the holiday! He has hated any kind of water and screamed the whole time through every bath time for the late year +. But he did pop his little legs in - would go in any further but it was a great thing to watch him build his confidence a little. Anyway I think the swimming took it out of Kian as this is how he ended his lunch afterwards :)

We couldn't go near the seaside without a trip to the beach - the wind and cold wasn't going to stop us :) It actually wasn't to bad with a jumper on. We built sandcastles, buried Bethany in the sand, slid down the sand dunes and of course had a little paddle in the sea -very very cold.

We took a few trips into Hemsby. All the arcades and little rides can keep our lot busy for ages (and be the quickest way to empty our wallet! :) ) The kids found a nice little car racing one. Which as we are all F1 fans and the kids always have to watch they of course wanted a go.

So what harm could it cause???

Poor Bethany managed to hit a man who was standing near the middle. He went flying over the bonnet and squashed her! Lucky they were both ok as he did go flying to the floor. You can see how tight she has shut her eyes and she could see it coming. Silly man shouldn't have really still been on the track as there is signs all around but poor Bethany was a little shocked and crying but she would not get out of her car as she didn't want to lose that colour car! <3

We also went to 'The Dolphin' which Lee used to go many a times when he was a little boy and every time we go up to hemsby we have to pop in for a drink and some food. This year Caitlin enjoyed practising her Pool playing. She is really getting the hang of it. (not sure what the face on me is all about)

Such a long and picture heavy post. But we had a fantastic holiday and ill leave it now with a picture of me and my five kids - my world :)

Will do another post sometime to tell all about our other holiday.

Dancing Minnie

Bethany LOVES Minnie Mouse (as does Freya) and this week she keeps dressing up and doing her dancing around the living room!! She loves it! I am going to look into a dance class for her as she really would enjoy it and no longer wants to do football like Caitlin.Oh and the pics shows the new carpet Lee has laid! Its quiet nice and we normally only have plain so its a bit different then we are used to but I really like it.
This week I have also taken the girls swimming. Its the first time I have taken Freya as well since we went on holiday last year!! She really enjoyed it. She was a bit weary when we were out of her depth and just clung onto me but when she could touch the ground she was going mad. It was also a great time for the girls to show me some of there new skills they have learnt in their lessons. They really are coming on so well.

We have a little crawler and standing boy.

Well this is Kians new trick!! And as you can see he is VERY happy with himself. He did it yesterday and then now all day today he keeps on doing it - on the fireguard, sofa or even trying to grab his sisters and use them to get to standing. He has been crawling for a few weeks now and he speeds around the house now. He is the first of our babies to go straight to all fours crawling. The others have done the army commando style crawl for a while before picking up the all 4 crawl which is faster.  

 Above is a very rare pic of me!! Also Lee was reading books with the kids and Ryan took himself off and sat on his own little seat (A bit of carpet that Lee is still to fit!!) and enjoyed his book by himself. I think he looks a little cutie so thought I would add it.

 Look at my very cheeky monkeys!! I have a good few pics like this as they seem to think the best way to pose is to stick there tongue out at me.

The kiddies built a 'den' in the bedroom and had to sleep in it for a few nights. They loved it and they wanted Ryan to stay in with them but they soon asked if he could go into his own room and he just kept climbing on them and ruling the 'den'.

Snow day :)

Hello well We had a very fantastic day in the snow yesterday and as promised (for a change :) ) I am here to update our day and pop on some piccys. Above is the newest member of our family, snowy (as named by Bethany) hehe.

 Kian wasn't as keen on the snowman building........

Then we went sledging.

Bethany showing Ryan how its done.......

But he wanted to go it alone!! He LOVED it!!

Caitlin having her go looking like she might really want to be doing something else.......

Freya being pulled along on flat ground, but she wouldn't go down the hill! Until she got to go on mummy's lap.

This is what Caitlin was so desperate to being doing!! Having snowball fights!! She stayed out nearly all day in the snow without once moaning she was cold or wet!! Which she was very wet. Bless her she loved it. She was over the moon when some of her football team turned up so she could build ramps for the sledges to go down and have snowball fights. She also knocked for a friend and played out for a hr with him while the younger ones (and me and Lee) warmed up.....

Was a great fun day!! And I'm so glad that it was on a Sunday so that Lee was at home and could enjoy the day with us. Today was a bit slushy and was a nightmare to push the double on the school run!! Especially when it chucked it down and poor Freya hated it so cried all the way and had to sit on top of the buggy.

Well I have had some hassle trying to get this blog back running after Blogger shut it down as somebody had hacked my account :( But its all sorted now so its back up and running...........

Look at what is outside our window tonight!!!

I'm looking forward to playing out with the kids tomorrow - fingers crossed we get lots more over night.

Will try and update with what fun we get up too tomorrow.