I'm Going To Britmums Live...

Name: Emma

Blog: The Mini Mes and Me

Twitter ID: @TheMiniMesAndMe

Height: 6ft

Hair: Long and brown, naturally curly but often straightened

Eyes: Brown

Is this your first blogging conference?

Yes!! I'm very excited but also rather nervous. I had hoped to go

Reasons to be happy

My reasons to be happy

Only 4 more days, after today, of work and school until we break up for Christmas! Definitely something to be cheerful about. I love duvet days, crafts and baking and not having to rush in the morning to get up and out into the cold will be lovely.

I've started wrapping gifts and purchased the last few bits yesterday evening so I feel quite prepared now for the big day. No doubt I'll end up buying more but that is always the way with me... Oops.

I'm hosting a Mexican night on Saturday with all the family round which I'm looking forward to. As it's at mine it will be a great evening without the need to taxi people about. I may enjoy a tipple or ten.

The Mini Mes have their award presentations tomorrow for their achievements over the year. Proud mummy moment alert!


What reasons to you have to be cheerful this week?

My reasons to be happy

My reasons to be happy

It's October! This means that Halloween is a little bit closer, as is Bonfire Night and the 'C' word (whispered as if I had said Voldermort). I'm already enjoying wintry foods with lots of slow cooker action, nights snuggled up with the Mr sipping hot chocolate and movies under the blanket - love it!!

Minxy got her first badge at Brownies and I'm so proud of her. She has since received some booklets to fill in towards her next one which I believe is Adventurer. I need to order the uniform now that I'm sure she wants to stick with it. I'm glad that she is making new friendships and having fun.

I seem to have had a sudden boost in motivation, determination and will power to succeed with my diet. I'm doing really well and I have set that 'C' word again as my first goal. My mum has decided to join in with the weight loss too so I feel better supported.


What reasons to you have to be cheerful this week?

My Week That Was

Finally the summer holidays have arrived! I'm so excited to be off work for 6 and a bit weeks with the Mini Mes and I'm so looking forward to having some fun with them. A few lay ins would be lovely too *fingers crossed*.


Next weeks post should be packed full of great things that we have been up to but here is looking back over the past week....






Monday
After the usual work and school routine we headed to my grans house for the evening. Generally every Monday we meet up at her home with other members of the family (my mum, aunt and cousins) for a bit of a natter and lots of yummy treats! There were carrot cakes, jelly babies, flapjacks etc all to be scoffed... a few wont hurt the diet every now and then... will it?!


Tuesday
I spent the majority of today at the Mini Mes school watching their celebration assemblies. Jamster achieved his silver badge and Minxy got her gold. I'm so pleased with how well they have been doing, you can read a bit more about that here.


Wednesday
Another morning was spent at school but this time to see Minxy at her orchestra performance. She plays the cello and she performed some great music (and dancing) with some other children from her year. She really dislikes a large audience so I am very proud that she was on the front row and didn't seem fussed by all of the mums and dads watching. After work I headed out for a rather late lunch with a friend and in the evening, as the Mini Mes went to their dads, the Mr, my mum and I headed to The Harvester for dinner - delicious juicy steak and a huge sundae or dessert... oops!



Thursday
Today was the school fun day! A wonderful day packed with a picnic style lunch (indoors unfortunately due to the wet weather), circus skills, penalty shoot out, face painting etc that the Mini Mes loved.

Friday
I enjoyed breakfast with my work colleagues today so eggs benedict was on the menu for me. The Mini Mes had a toy and mufti day at school so they took in Zoobles and Spiderman things to play with and they also took presents in for their teachers. They seemed really pleased with what they received. I try to steer clear of chocolates and flowers as a lot of other parents buy those and I went for something personalised with framed button art.

Saturday

The Mini Mes were at their dads for the weekend so for the first time ever I was a pillion! The Mr passed his bike test a few months back now and has a lovely Honda CBR so we thought it was about time I went for a ride. I'll admit I was a little scared before getting on but it was actually a lot easier than I expected and great fun. He just drove around the local industrial estates for me to get used to it for a while and then we headed over to Rugby to get me some lovely biker gear of my own. In the evening we went out for a few drinks, darts and a curry with my parents.


Sunday
Today was a nice quiet one indoors. A little housework followed by the food shopping being ordered online while the Mr visited his friend for a while and did the gardening.

What have you been up to this week?