snow! its snowing!!

*just to say i hate blogger and the way this is showing up! the pics should all be one under the other! yuck*

ok, it was snowing! but we are loving it!

i went out this sunny morning with only flip-flops on. i kinda thought to change into my boots, but didn't. i was fine on the way to doctors for jonah's last immunization (3 shots and no tears!). then into town and onto the train to go and visit andy at school.. he had micah and noah with him. (its half-term, so no children and usually no teachers! BUT they have ofstead inspection next week so he wanted to get some planning done!)

anyway, it was sleeting when i got off the train so i waited a bit before walking to school, which usually take about 10 minutes or so. i was a bit wet when we got there but ok. went out to pick up lunch with micah and noah and it was raining, but not horrible, until my feet got wet. puddles + flip-flops = soreness inbetween big toe and the next one! anyway, whatever. but while eating lunch the sleet turned into snow! quite big flakes, but so wet we knew it wouldn't do anything! around 4 though it started settling on the ground, grass and street a like! awesome! so we finally got home and the boys played for a bit!

micah made this mask while at school with andy. he coloured all of the beard by himself and when i arrived he told me his thumb hurt. i asked why? and he said b/c he had coloured so much!

noah doesn't like having any mask completely over his face =)

some new pics and moo postcards!

we got a new bumbo chair for jonah as the old one we had (a bebe pod) got broken by the older boys...go figure! but this one has a tray so i love it =)

jonah can join us at the table now!!



just a random carrot that we came across last week!

these are awesome postcards! i almost don't want to send any of them!! 60 postcards all with different pictures on them. they are quite thick and just awesome to see! i can't wait to order more things from them!! Moo

rolling over more and more

jonah likes to roll! just now he went from back to tummy and then on to his back then on to his tummy! all going to the left each time! he also rolled to his left, back to front then rolled back onto his back (his starting position..) does that make sense?

the weighing of jonah!

so i finally got around to taking jonah to the baby clinic today and he weighed in at 13lbs 13.5oz. so only a 7oz gain in 3 weeks, but better then his 5oz gain in the weeks. i'm thinking of giving him a bottle of formula once a day, one to give me a break and 2 to give him a boost. so the health visitor was happy with that and so we'll see what happens. then hopefully i can find an exercise class that i can go to in the evenings but its hard when i can't drive. i forgot to ask them about starting to feed fim solids, but i don't think i really need to...yet! i started both boys at around 4-5 months, so it can't hurt right?

malverns

yesterday we spent the day up on the malvern hills....it was so beautiful, though very windy! here is a teaser picture, the rest will come tomorrow! i'm off to bed =)

nothing much going on

not too much to talk about really. all is going well. we missed jonah's appt to be weighed so will have to go next tuesday. we haven't done anything really at all this week. have barely gotten out of the house!

we have had some nice sunny days though. monday we went to the park for a wee bit. and today we went to the store, but other then that...nothing!

we've booked our ticket for half-term to go over to belfast. only there for 5 days barely but will be nice to see everyone! some time soon i'll be doing an engagment session with our friend becky and peter. can't wait for that to happen. possibly at the botanical gardens and/or stratford. should be lots of fun anyway!

jonah has been waking up a bit in the nights recently. for 2 whole months he has been sleeping through but now has been waking around 3ish for a feed. not all the time, but some. last night was a horrible night for sleeping. jonah woke at 3 as i was finishing feeding him, micah woke up and came into our bed. i took him back to his but he cried off an on for literally 2 hours. andy actually got up and made him a sandwhich. and he still carried on. he just did not want to be on his own and wasn't falling back asleep at all. andy spent some time with hime, but then i did as andy had to get up in a few short hours for work. will with micah carry-ing on, noah and eventually jonah woke up too. all 3 boys were awake and it was barely 5. so i was going back and forth between the 2 rooms and had to eventually feed jonah and when i finished i think micah and noah were finally back to sleep too.

it was terrible. so i got into my own bed nearer to 6 and slept off and on until 9 when the boys who were ofcourse by then awake *again* would not leave me in peace. so a very tired mommy and daddy today! thankfully it wasn't the night before as andy had an interview at school on thursday. it was for the maths co-ordinator. a roll in which he has already been fulfilling but had to have a proper interview. he got it with flying colours and was even told that it was the best interview one of the heads had ever sat in for (in maths that is)!!! so *go* andy!! we so proud =)

this is the cake i made last week that was oh so so delicious!!

this photo is of micah watching *lord of the rings* it was the only movie that we have the had a guy shooting with a bow and arror and he is so interested in knowing how to carry it and shoot it! he doesn't like us forwarding it when it gets to scary/goary bits but i know he'll think its scary so i just do it anyway...he's enjoyed it though, even though we have to answer thousands upon thousands of questions about what is happening and why, why, why?

a definite roll-over!

so yesterday jonah definitely rolled over. as he did it again later in the day! today was a gorgeous day so we got out to the park for a wee bit and then to the shops. i baked a cake today too! it was scrumptious!!! it was from a children's cookbook and the icing was dark chocolate and double cream. that is all you needed to make the icing and it was/is delicious!! its a 2 layer cake and i am pretty pleased with it!!

rolling over (and we are back online)

i think jonah rolled over today! he was on his side and i moved him over as there was something blocking his path and he then went onto his tummy! usually its his arm and thumb that are in the way of going all the way over...but i think he really did it!! hurray =)

and as you can tell (maybe) that we are back online. it was out phone extension lead that wasn't working i guess. though i had tried without that last week at some point and it still didn't work for me, it is now working, so whatever!! we are going to go over to PC World to get a wireless adapter so that the hub can stay near the phone jack and the computer can go wherever we want it too!

not too much else going on. we had loads of rain today....so not very nice. yesterday we spent the day with hannah and samuel. i think samuel enjoyed having micah and noah around and micah and noah loved playing with some new toys =) hannah kept micah and jonah while i took noah to the speech and language lady. who said that there wasn't any worries with him, just to keep going with single words and repetition! we don't have to go back unless in about 6 months time there is no change.

Jonah found the giraffe's leg and thought it looked yummy!!

Out of the Loop

Sorry for no news recently. Out internet has stopped working at home, and we're waiting for BT to come and fix it. So Janelle hasn't been able to keep in touch with all our avid readers!!!!

I'm writing this from school, as I'm too exhausted to think about school work. We've just finished a day of inspection, which went well. I got observed teaching math, and they said it was good, so I'm pleased, even though the kids didn't make as much progress as I expected.

So what's the news ...

After Jonah's appointment, Noah had one the next day for a hearing test which he got through most of. He didn't finish it as he wouldn't let them put anything in his ears, so he has to go back at some point. Janelle is taking him today to see a speech and language specialist to see what can be done, if anything about his lack of speaking. They were happy with things and said we didn't have to go back so that's encouraging.

All the family are well, although I'm trying hard to fight off a cold that is flirting with me. Thankfully it hasn't taken hold fully, so a bit more sleep should do the job - there hasn't been much of that this last week.

For my english lesson today, I wanted a picture of a hero and a dragon, so asked my brother Stephen Mullan to sketch me out something to inspire the kids in writing their myths. I thought you'd like to see it.