Silent Sunday

Day at the Seaside

Well since i started this Blog, lots have happened, we moved house for one and our boxer puppy Jackson has grown sooo much, hes now a stunning 8 month old.
Its been really lovely watching him grow up, this easter weekend we decided to go on a day trip to the seaside, living in the midlands, this is a real treat as it takes a good 2 and a half hours to get to any form of beach.
So we set off nice and early, three excited kids in the back seats, and a doggie in the boot, we took minimal 'extras' as we don't have the largest car.
We had decided to go to Bridlington, on the East coast, the main swaying factor was they allow dogs on the beach except on the main stretch between May and September, but there is a nice stretch furthur away from the tourists which dogs can walk on all year round, having been to bridlington several times before, we already knew the way, which was quite a nice straight forward route and we arrived about 9am

We had a really lovely time, the weather was nice, and Jackson throughly enjoyed jumping the waves with the children, we set up camp at the end of the beach away from the main attractions of bridlington, however we did take a wander down to the attraction and had a couple of goes on the rides, there is a small amusement park, with a log flume and dodgems and such like, although very expensive for what they are, we went on the log flume and dodgems, but it does work out expensive at 5 tokens per person, which is £2.50
So we returned to our spot furthur up the beach to enjoy the remainder of the day where the children happily spent the rest of the day making sand sculptures and paddeling in the sea.

I'm Back!

hi everyone, I'm back, been a while! so much for my new year, new blog resolution!
but the new year certianly brought with it changes!
We had to move out of our house, its a hugely long story, and one I'm not kean to broadcast here to be honest, but in with the new and all that, we're now happily settled in our new home and making new adventures and stories :)

end of a era or fight for our right?

well everyone, the new year started out well, and peaceful, but it quickly changed. Thanks to one thorn in our side whos been a permanent presence for too long now.

anyway this is just a quick post to say I am still here, somewhere slightly less active in the amazing cyber world than I wanted to be, but right now there is alot of things I need to sort out in the real world.

I will up date again soon when I know exactly what we're doing, but right now I don't really want to go into too much detail

take care everyone xx

Review - ELC Dino Adventure set

One of the Christmas presents we brought this year was the wonderful Early Learning Centers
Dino Adventures set, which comes with pack of 2 free dino racer cars.
The simple idea of this toy is that you set up a track, using the great snap together pieces, and position it wherever you want, there are several bridges, tunnels and obstacles for you to add to the track to add to the fun, the cars need 1x AA battery and then your off.
the cars race around the track by themselves as they pass under certain tunnels the boulders fall down onto the track, or dinosaurs jump out of eggs, the cars are really quite fast and have headlights that shine to add to the amusement.
The one thing I really liked about the set is the flexibility of the track, when you snap together several pieces it really is very bendy and can be positioned in any way.
This toy was a huge hit for all three of my children, where my youngest couldn't piece together the track, my eldest two did so with very little help, and really enjoyed swapping and changing the track layout over books and boxes to add to the adventure!

We managed to pick this amazing set up at a reduced rate it normally retails at £40 and you get the 2 free cars which otherwise would be £10, however we brought it on a half price sale and so got it for a bargain £20
I would recommend this to anyone even if it is full price, the hours of enjoyment we've had makes it well worth the money, and I can see it lasting for a good while yet.

one week in....

So a week into the new year, a full week back to 'normal' everyone back to school, the alarm clock beeping at an hour I'd rather not see, the dark mornings, cold and wet this week, waking up all three children, whos ability to sleep in late only seems to be present on school days, and then rushing round making sure if we have the P.E kits, violins, and swimming kits on the correct days, to then get to school with said items and realize the schools normal activity routine doesn't start for another week so no swimming kits were needed in the first place.

But we got through it, with a few unexpected turns on the way, my grandparents are having alot of trouble with their house phone line and I have been trying my best to sort that out for them, but it is getting increasingly difficult to get any answers from anyone about what is actually happening, and if anyone is actually helping them get it fixed, ah well I'll keep plugging away at them and hope that someone gets their act together and sorts things, they have had enough bad luck to last them this year at least!

I will make more of an effort with the blog, it was one of my new year hopes, to get on top of the whole 'blog' idea and stick with it, so far I've not been very good at that have I!
next week I will do better I promise!

Silent Sunday