Monday Me

It can be hard as a parent to get time to yourself to relax a little but it's important to get the odd breather away from the chaos and kids!

Monday Me is all about child free time. Joining in can actually help you to make time for yourself even if it's just reading a new book or taking a soak in the tub with a face mask - it's the little moments that can really make such a difference to how you are feeling.

My Monday Me

Wednesday night we took advantage of the Orange 2 for 1 cinema tickets and went to see Batman with the lovely Tom Hardy as Bane and Christian Bale as Batman. It was a great movie, despite being quite long, and I thoroughly enjoyed an evening out cuddled up on the back row with the Mr. We also popped to KFC on the way back for a late night snack! Popcorn chicken is my weakness.

Friday evening the kids headed to their dad's house for the weekend so I got to watch some of the Olympics, enjoy a glass of wine and delicious food at home with my feet up. Saturday we went to see Ted which is a rather naughty comedy movie about a swearing, drug abusing bear! It had both the Mr and I giggling in the back seats. In the evening we went to a pub quiz where we came fourth... we won £5 which barely covered the price of a drink and packet of mini cheddars but it was a funny evening with family and friends and we had a great time getting home around 2am!

The Mr stood at the poster!

Sunday we popped into town for breakfast which involved a trip to Muffin Break for a peppermint chocolate slice - yum! Even without the kids I could't resist popping into the Disney store (anyone else love it in there?) to get Jamster a spiderman lunch bag, pe bag, backpack and filled pencil case ready for going back to school. I did however spend my £25 boots voucher that I won from BritMums in a Twitter party recently on myself.

What have you done for you this week?

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My week that was...

The change in weather from good to bad meant the majority of the week was spent indoors avoiding the rain, but we still managed to have a lovely week.

Monday we spent the morning watching a movie and the afternoon baking; Rice Krispies raspberry bites and flap jacks.

Tuesday we went to a mini beast event at the library. We thought it involved handling lizards and snakes like last year but it was a craft event.

Wednesday we went to the leisure centre for an Olympic craft event where the Mini Mes got to decorate t-shirts and biscuits. Afterwards we went to a Tangled craft event at the library and then we visited my friend and her children. In the evening the Mini Mes went to their dad's house for the evening so the Mr and I went to see Batman at the cinema.

Thursday we spent the morning making crystals and Zubber bracelets and then we had a Subways for lunch. The rest of the day was spent at home watching the Olympics and a movie.

Friday I had to wait in for a hamper delivery so the Mini Mes played nicely together and then we used some of the food from the hamper to make lunch. In the afternoon the Mini Mes went to their dads home for the weekend so I had a nice relaxing evening in with the Mr, wine and we watched Cruel Intentions.

Saturday after a lovely lay in we went to the cinema to see Ted followed by an evening at the pub for the quiz night. We were joined by my mum, my brother and his girlfriend. We came fourth and won £5... it's the taking part that counts, right?!

Sunday we did a little retail therapy and had breakfast in town with my mum. In the afternoon we headed to Tesco for the food shop and then spent the afternoon in doing bits and bobs around the house.

What did you get up to last week?

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