A Stylish Bump

Part of me gets nostalgic looking back at pictures of my boys younger or ones of my giant bumps even before they were born.  But I know I would not want anymore, children are a blessing but they can also be a lot of hard work!  So I packed up my maternity clothes and carted them off to the charity shop soon after my second was born. 

I was never particularly glamorous when I was pregnant; I had some maternity combats and mainly stretched all my old tops I already owned!!!  Looking back I thought I was being frugal but really I was making it more expensive for myself in the long run, ruining my perfectly decent clothes by stretching them completely out of shape…

It would have made more sense to buy maternity clothes from New Look.  I could have looked the part of a blooming mummy-to-be as they have such a lovely range and it’s all very affordable.  The few decent parts I had were donated from my kind sister-in-law but even with my budget at the time I could have afforded to splash out on some tops and even a dress or two at New Look prices.  The white Panda t-shirt at £7.99 is so sweet.  

Not sweet enough to convince me I need anymore babies mind!  #justsaying I could not do it again!  My two fight like pro wrestlers and I do not want to extend the squad.

I do wish though I had made the most of my bump at the time.  So if your currently pregnant but watching the pennies I think you can justify a little visit to New Look, your bump is quite the statement!  You want to picture it, remember it and dress it!  Before you know its long gone and your left with its very wobbly distant cousin…

Looking back

Time seems to stand still when you have little ones to look after, you feel you will be always at a certain tricky stage - dealing with sleepless nights, nappy changes or trying to diffuse tantrums!  But when you look back at the pictures of them you realise time is whizzing by.  My boys actually have grown so much, I need to hang on to every moment, cherish every memory and cuddle at every opportunity!

It’s hard to believe this little champ goes to full time school in September:

Whilst he will be away all day, I think I will really miss him.  I want something close to me to treasure until school pick up time!  I know he is ready to go to school and at times I am SOOO ready for him to go, but other times I will miss my daytime companion and friend who I have some of the best adventures with.

I am going to see if hubbie will treat me to a photo-images.net photo pendant to help me with the transition.  I can look at his little cheery face and think of how much fun he will be having at school with his brother.  I can do this!!!

Buying presents for the awkward hubbie

My hubbie is difficult to buy for, he makes out to everyone he is hard done by when it comes to those special occasions, birthday, Christmas and Father’s day.  But in reality he always fails to give me any clues as to what he would like to have.  Well I guess he does drop one giant clue but that is something so far out of budget, I would have to combine all the special occasions for the next 10 years to be able to afford it!  So that is one I choose to ignore…

He is a lot like my dad in one way, he would never let us know what he wanted and for years he made do with Liquorice Allsorts.  I want to save my hubbie from years of Toblerone bars, my go to present of last resort!  I know he loves eating them (as do I!), but I do wish I had lots more to choose from.  This year I added some beer and a couple of DVD’s to my Toblerone formula!  He did seem marginally more pleased, but I know I have not got it right yet, I want something more original if not a little kooky!

My hubbie is a fan of a Zombie series so I have seen a Zombie Gnome that looks like a funny novelty from http://www.thumbsupuk.com, although I do think it might scare off our poor resident gnome and possibly the boys!  So unfortunately I might have to hold off from buying that for now, I do not want them running away in terror!  

However I think hubbie would love it, so in the meantime as It’s quite stressful being a dad to two feral boys, I think he would enjoy the bubble-wrap pop case.  He can click in the bubbles again and again to lighten his mood!!!