things not to do in bed

do not: mumble unintelligibly at your husband in the middle of the night, then shout at him for not understanding what you said.
also, do not turn on the alarm on the ipod dock in the kitchen for midnight, then freak out thinking you have burglars when it goes off.

check me out!

evidence! i was gorgeous once....

does anyone read this?

i'm thinking that the only person who reads this is me. if, by any chance, i am wrong, please do me a favour and let me know? just a little comment - even just one that says 'i read this', would be nice. if its just for my benefit, then at least i know not to bother anymore.
thank you lovely peeps.

did you know that one child dies every thirty seconds of malaria? every thirty seconds! this is something that is completely preventable. its something we never even think about. but in africa, everybody knows someone who has died. babies and small children are most at risk. i have just sat and watched on tv as two babies died of this, and i can barely type for the tears. we are so blessed, but there are many who are not. what are we doing to help? in the time it has taken to write this, 10 children have died.

donate here: https://www.againstmalaria.com/donate.aspx

hair

nothing for a month then two posts in one day - how lucky are you?! after our day at newstead abbey we went back to jess' house where she attempted to teach me how to french braid. this is her effort on liv's hair. it is yet to be repeated, as i am completely useless.

on reviewing the photos from our day out i could not believe the stupid haircut i had unwittingly given my son. it had to go. since it was quite short, there was only one option.....

buzz it!

obviously we drugged him to get him to stand still. (kidding!)

he was quite surprised when he looked in the mirror, he kept touching it and looking at me, silently asking what had i done to him?

he took comfort in his normal way - with his hand down my top. he'll grow out of it. probably.

newstead abbey

small boy in a big place.

the first indication of jess' strange hand problem. it would get worse later.

peekaboo.

fabulous sculpture. it took several tries to get a decent pose out of liv. telling her to lie down just results in lying flat on her back. obviously.

jess is definitely bigger than liv. in case you didn't know.

peekaboo. there are lots of places to play this at newstead.

beautiful scenery and great company. what more could you ask for?

gorgeous, if i do say so myself!

its great taking a friend with you who doesn't have children - entertainment all day!

how's this for the stupidest haircut in the world? can you believe i actually paid for this? and the hairdresser cut it wonky. rubbish!

the hands had really become a problem now. one had grown to freakish giant proportions and the other had shrunk to match liv's hand. obviously it was affecting the photo taking, because despite the apparently easy shot, if you look close you'll see the jess had managed to miss herself out. for the result of this picture, and a few more of our day out see jess' blog http://britishcowgirl@livejournal.com