This last week with the rotten weather we have spent a lot of time indoors trying to keep snuggly and warm. Joshua although has had several books for quite some time he has never really sat down to look through them, normally he has collected them up and put them in his ride on truck or has ...
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Project 365 Week 4
Another busy busy week here at the Oliver's Madhouse. Its been full of laughter, tears, snow and reading! Sunday 20/1/13 - Saw the start of my weight increase this week (opps) but who couldn't resist that bad boy? Monday 21/1/13 - Crazy tea time with all 4 of us and some very strange conversations ...
Fun Photo Fun – Snowmen
This week with the snow has really come down, last year Joshua was barely walking so he didn't understand what it was all about. This year it has been totally different he loves the snow! Over the last 3 days we have really enjoyed playing in the snow and even when Joshua is wondering around like ...
Project 365 Week 3
13th January - We visited Rufford Park you can read here all about it 14th January - I cooked home made cream of tomato and basil soup ... batch cooking really is the way forward! 15th January - Lazy day watching Shaun the Sheep 16th January - Joshua spent most of the day pulling funny ...
No Apple for My Teacher
As some of you will know from one of my previous post (you can read HERE) I was returning to college this January. My first lesson was last Tuesday and I really enjoyed it, I even relished the first assignment which was handed out (sad I know) The course itself (ILM – Leadership & Management) ...
Fun Photo Fun – Hoovers
This week my little mans obsession with Hoovers has taken on an all new level of obsessive as he proceeded to take his everywhere. He has been able to say hoover for quite some time now but now he is calling everything a hoover! He had a second hand hoover last year but it was ...
Project 365 – Week 2
This week has been a hectic week but I have managed to keep up with the daily picture taking to enable me once again to link up withThe Boy And Me ‘s fantastic Linky ‘Project 365 ”A Photo A Day, Every Day, For A Year! Week 2: Day 1 Sunday 6th January - Joshua trying his first moussaka for ...
Fun Photo Fun – First Haircuts
Its that time of the week and I am once again linking up with the lovely Charlotte over at The Crumby Mummy for her fantastic linky Fun Photo Fun and this week I am back with haircuts! This week I wanted to let you all know my baby little man has had his first haircut!! When Joshua was born he had ...
Project 365 Week 1
I have decided to take part In The Boy And Me 's fantastic Linky 'Project 365 "A Photo A Day, Every Day, For A Year!" It's such a lovely concept of being able to see what this Madhouse gets up to in a year. The Rules for this fantastic linky are below: Project 365 is your project and therefore ...
Ranty Friday – Dad’s On a Pedestal
It’s that time of the week again where I am linking up with the lovely Mummy Barrow for the Ranty Friday post and I am going to say sorry in advance if I offend anyone … however I intend to rant readily and will not hold back. My daughter has been left very upset with her Dad over the Christmas ...
The Long Journey Ahead
After recent pre-teen hormones and added issues with Beth (When 4 Became 3 & When 4 Became 3 an Update) it was nice that over Christmas we got to spend some quality time together. Don’t get me wrong we had some real hum dingers of arguments but all in all we got some time together which was ...
Fun Photo Fun – Cardboard Boxes & Tin Foil
I have been linking up with the lovely Charlotte over at The Crumby Mummy for the last few weeks of 2012 for her fantastic linky Fun Photo Fun and I am now back with my first link up of 2013 - Cardboard Boxes and tin foil! As most of you will know I had a little break from blogging over the ...
Fun Photo Fun – Cuddles
I have been linking up with the lovely Charlotte over at The Crumby Mummy for the last few weeks for her linky Fun Photo Fun and Joshua and this week we are back with Cuddles!! Although my little man has always been fairly cuddly, his cuddle giving this week has gone ...
The Day I Became Jaime Oliver
I know this happened a few months before my blogging ways kicked in but I wanted to enlighten my lovely followers at just how mad the Oliver’s are! Throughout my pregnancy with Joshua Ollie proposed several times, mainly with Haribo rings and at the insistence we should be married before our new ...