One of Those Days

Well the kids are asleep pretty early tonight, well I'm not surprised they've been little terrors for a few days now.
But then we have had an abundance of snot, and coughs oh and dub's 4th tooth is about ready to make an appearance...
So after a morning of chasing G away from climbing onto her table and onto the window ledge/fireguard.
"I just tidying the mantle piece"...
Then getting the play doh out for her so she can play with that and I can get some washing/ironing done its dub's turn to get nutty. He really doesn't like the steam coming out of the iron. And think the noises scare him, but he didn't last too long and was napping in a blink.
Oh and then I had to get some washing in because of rain then it cleared up and I had 2 loads to put on the line......
With about 5 items to put on the line it snaps!
All the clothes on WET MUD!
A few swears later and everything's in bags in the kitchen. I'm still too shocked to deal with it hope I won't have to wash it all AGAIN!
I might take a look before bed but might leave it until tomorrow. Lord knows where I'm going to put it all there's only so many radiators...

Oh Dear!

Well it seems I've been neglecting my posts here, I have a recent addiction and it is Lego Batman on ps2. Everything's been going downhill for the past week, it's been all I've thought about, dreamed about.
And I'm quite good at it too.
So my humlest apologies for being super lazy.
For my excuses I do have the kids having super colds blasting snot in every direction they can.
Finally managed to do enough of the loft so I can actually sleep in our bed again.
Got a fair bit done on the garden too now there's only one sleeper left to take out then dig it over and plant the lawn seeds. Woohoo!
Oh and Dub got his first tooth.
And the overdose on chocolate and the subsequent comedown needs a mention too.

Playgroup Xmas Party

Phew just got back from the playgroups Xmas party and I hardly did anything but they don't half wear me out watching all the kids running around and chasing balloons. Daughter had a great time, she even sat with the other kids at the table when they were eating, which she didn't do last year, so I was very proud of her for that. The only problem with the Xmas party is that daughter got so tired she had a nap this afternoon. it's always a worry as she doesn't fall asleep until about 3pm and then wakes up about 5pm for tea time and then it takes hours and hours to get her to go to sleep, especially now the kids are sharing, I have to be there just in case she doesn't try to wake son up once he's asleep.

Although she does keep picking at her snotty nose and wiping it on her face so she looks like she's wearing a comedy moustache...

I've made a decision with regards to the doodle paintings, the background on a couple of them will be a very basic cartoon style and the others I will paint a more realistic background, especially for the fish.

I'm quite excited about the challenge especially with using acrylics as I've done similar in oils before but never in acrylics. And with having two little ones I don't really want paintings drying all over the house and the smell from the turpentine about.

I'm even excited about the potential mixing paint challenge, as I am useless at it at the best of times but if the end result is anything like what I have in my head then it will turn out quite well.

And I've managed to download a few potential backgrounds so if I can just keep the kids asleep I'll be able to start one on the spare canvas I have.