The Whimpenny's

Moustache (Mercury) Mania!

2011-12-27T12:30:00.000-08:00

Different continents... Same sense of humour!

Happy Christmas

2011-12-25T12:05:00.000-08:00

Some prezzies are better than others

O Christmas Tree!

2011-12-07T08:07:00.000-08:00

How does everyone else get their tree home? Maybe they just have a
slightly smaller one...

Ho Ho Ho!

2011-12-01T01:35:00.000-08:00

Here we go.....

Fred and Wilma!

2011-11-07T10:38:00.000-08:00

Sheryl hasn't had a baby for a while, thankfully this time she's
chosen to have kittens instead.

Matching Boys

2011-10-31T07:13:00.000-07:00

The teachers have another training day so Max had Charlie (aka the
devil from yesterday) to play... They decided to dress as twins.

That Time Again

2011-10-30T08:17:00.000-07:00

But no pumpkin this year... Just a spare devil!

Max The Chef!

2011-10-26T11:06:00.000-07:00

It's half term and Max came to me with a recipe he'd written down from
a cookery programme.... Here is his first attempt at chocolate roulade!
Not bad!

Drusillas Day

2011-10-07T10:19:00.000-07:00

Max's teachers had a training day so we went to Drusillas for the day
with his friend Charlie.

Bollywood Bindi Boy

2011-10-06T10:28:00.000-07:00

Max's year group did a fantastic bollywood style dance at school today.
Here he is sporting his bindi.

Izzy's Flower

2011-10-06T02:17:00.000-07:00

Izzy brought home a tiny sunflower seedling on the last day before the
summer holidays. It's taken a while but here it is on 6th October!

Altogether Now!

2011-10-03T13:04:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Joe... 22 today!

Life's a Beach!

2011-10-02T08:50:00.000-07:00

It may be October but we have just spent the day on the beach making
the most of the unusually fabulous weather.

It's a carrot!

2011-10-01T09:00:00.000-07:00

Milk Truck?

2011-09-30T01:05:00.000-07:00

Hey There Mr Blue Sky

2011-09-29T11:55:00.000-07:00

The long awaited British summer is here at last... Today was oficially
the hottest day of the year.

Uni Girl

2011-09-24T09:17:00.000-07:00

One Bethan safely delivered to her University campus.

Ahhrrrgghhhh!

2011-09-18T20:30:00.000-07:00

I Woke up early and wandered down to make a cup of tea and this is
what was on the wall!

Back to school!

2011-09-18T03:38:00.000-07:00

At the gym we had a fancy dress day to mark the new season of classes.
We did 3 hours of exercise dressed like this!

Daisy Cake!

2011-09-16T10:23:00.000-07:00

My friend asked me to make a cake for her daughters birthday... Her
name is Daisy so I thought this was appropriate.

Fishy Feet!

2011-09-15T11:27:00.000-07:00

A birthday treat!

All The Fours

2011-09-14T07:39:00.000-07:00

Bollocky Blog!

2011-09-13T22:47:00.000-07:00

The reason I took this picture is because this Statue has shall we say
a massive pair! As it happened the photo is more bollocky than the
Lion. Bollocks!

New Kids On The Blog

2011-09-13T02:05:00.000-07:00

They are of course the same kids... Just a little bigger!

This was taken on our recent holiday in Zante which was truly lovely.

Both of them are now back at school, Max is in year 4 and Izzy has gone up to year 9.

Forgive Me Bloggers For I Have Sinned....

2011-09-12T11:11:00.000-07:00

It has been six monts since my last post....

I could tell you I'd been on a six month round the World trip on a posh yacht...

As it is I just kind of got out of the habit but as 3 separate people have requested the return of my blog, here I am!

At London Zoo

2011-03-20T07:55:00.000-07:00

Admiring the flamingos

At the hotel

2011-03-20T07:50:00.000-07:00

Making themselves at home.

A Trip to the Moon!

2011-03-19T11:18:00.000-07:00

Actually we're at the science museum in London.

Monkey Bizness

2011-03-15T07:10:00.001-07:00

Max's teachers have a training day so what better way to spend the day
than in a play centre. Max happily threw balls for about 3 hours.

Ideal!

2011-03-13T11:04:00.000-07:00

Auntie Lesley very kindly gave me tickets to the ideal home show in
London, there were lots of fantastic things there but I particularly
liked this chandelier.

Pastille Pancake!

2011-03-08T10:53:00.000-08:00

As it's pancake day I let the kids design their own pancakes... This
was among the most outrageous... Fruit pastilles, honey and lemon curd!

My Kind Of Pub!

2011-03-03T11:52:00.000-08:00

The Lakes

2011-03-01T02:21:00.000-08:00

Sam and I have just spent a wonderful weekend away in the Lake District,

On The Bottle!

2011-02-14T23:35:00.000-08:00

Surely he's a bit young to start on the gin!

Teen Angel!

2011-01-25T01:05:00.000-08:00

Can you believe that tiny baby is now a great big 13 year old girl!

Izzy's Pizza Party

2011-01-22T12:48:00.000-08:00

Iz had some friends over for pizza for an early birthday treat today.
Lots of eating and giggling took place!

New Place

2011-01-21T09:12:00.000-08:00

Actually it's an old place which is where Sam and I stayed last night,
it just happens to be called New Place!

January Escape!

2011-01-21T01:31:00.000-08:00

Sam and I have sneaked away to a nice hotel just for one night...
Although the picture looks like we've jetted off to somewhere
Mediterranean this is actually Portsmouth!

This Sums Up The Last Month

2011-01-19T23:16:00.000-08:00

So:- it's 10pm on Christmas Eve and the garage door falls off, or doesn't, at this point it can't be opened or closed! Half the fairy lights above are out.. I have the flu.... and have yet to be Father Christmas! You get the picture!

So sorry to my blog regulars but it's been a difficult blogless month.

I'm now feeling much brighter, the garage door is fixed, the lights are packed away til next Christmas and my flu has left me with no more than a wheeze....

Regular blogging resumes!

Oh no! Here we SNOW again!

2010-12-17T11:44:00.000-08:00

A spot of Christmas Shopping

2010-12-16T12:36:00.000-08:00

In London today Christmas shopping and meeting Auntie Lesley for dinner.

Christmas Pudding!

2010-12-03T02:02:00.000-08:00

A great big Christmas Pudding landed in our garden!

What do you mean it's not sunbathing weather?

2010-12-02T01:27:00.000-08:00

I tried to get the kids to lay in it but they were having none of it!
I hope you like the wellies!

Snow Joke!

2010-11-29T06:45:00.000-08:00

It doesn't normally do this here until February! Could be a long
winter living on top of a hill in 'sunny' Eastbourne!

Ikea!

2010-11-27T05:53:00.000-08:00

I dropped Auntie Lesley to Heathrow and took a sneaky trip to Ikea on
the way home, bought lots of Christmas decorations and was home in
time to pick up the kids from school.

Crazy Hair Day

2010-11-25T06:16:00.000-08:00

Max had crazy hair day at school so he went like this. Looks quite
normal to me!!

Demonstration!

2010-11-24T10:12:00.000-08:00

During a most necessary shopping trip to Brighton we got caught up in
the student protests. Luckily it was all very peaceful... I did look
among the crowd for Joe as I'm quite sure he was involved but couldn't
see him. Hardly surprising when the march consisted of around 4000!

I predict a riot!

2010-11-24T10:05:00.000-08:00

I predict a riot!
Looks like the police did too...!

Best Boys Day Out

2010-11-19T11:17:00.000-08:00

Max's school had an inset day today so my friend Kirsty and I took our
boys for a day out.... Without the girls!!!

Max's Room

2010-11-13T10:16:00.000-08:00

This is Max's 'new' room. It's has a Red, Stars and Stripes, Mini car,
Union Jack, Football theme with a bit of Lego and Star Wars thrown in
for good measure.... And, yes that is Sonic on the bed post! Heaven
for a boy of nearly 8!

Christmas Begins Here

2010-11-05T12:15:00.000-07:00

Mum, Auntie Lesley and I have been to London to a Christmas show...
Now comes the fun journey of getting through Lewes on bonfire night!!!

Halloween

2010-10-31T08:43:00.000-07:00

All ready for two Halloween parties today!

Fit for a princess!

2010-10-29T06:17:00.000-07:00

During half term I decided to give the kids rooms mini makeovers...
This is what Izzy's room now looks like.
Dumb and blonde as ever, I forgot to take the 'before' picture but
trust me this is a vast improvement.

Getting in the spirit...

2010-10-28T08:23:00.000-07:00

Quite literally!

Harvest!

2010-10-22T11:24:00.000-07:00

At Max's school for his harvest assembly... He sang beautifully in the
choir. He's the small one in the middle incase you were wondering!

Red sky in the morning..

2010-10-22T01:00:00.000-07:00

Wish I was still snoring!

Tree... mendous!

2010-10-21T08:20:00.000-07:00

We have new neighbours who decided to cut it down.... This is the new
view!

Tree

2010-10-21T08:17:00.000-07:00

This tree has been part of our view for 11 years...

Nightclub!

2010-10-16T05:31:00.000-07:00

I know this looks like I'm out for the night but it's actually Max's
school disco where I offered to help... There were 400 seven and eight
year olds... Needless to say it was rather lively especially as the
fizzy drinks were included in the ticket price.

Autumn Celebration.

2010-10-12T05:20:00.000-07:00

At Izzy's school...The kids did a 'performance' Which was interesting!
Here she is with her friend Katie.

Raffle Winnings!

2010-10-12T05:17:00.000-07:00

Not bad! I only bought one strip of tickets for £1!

Stayawakeathon!

2010-10-09T11:11:00.000-07:00

Izzy is having a sleepover with her best and oldest friend Alice...
I'm sure that not much sleeping will be done! They have already tucked
away pizza and dough balls, are working their way through the popcorn
towards the icecream. They're in their pj's watching a movie and it's
only just 7pm.... Could be a long night!

Shoes!

2010-10-08T05:14:00.000-07:00

On a shopping trip in London and I found the perfect place to sit!

Back on the Blog

2010-10-07T03:36:00.000-07:00

So sorry to everyone who follows my blog that I haven't posted for so long.
Watch this space, The Blog is back!

Crazy

2010-08-18T07:15:00.000-07:00

Izzy was really good at crazy golf... !

Paradise Park

2010-08-18T06:20:00.000-07:00

The kids school holiday continues so we've come out to paradise park
for a few hours.

Delay

2010-08-12T05:28:00.000-07:00

Ours is the top flight on the board! I know it looks like were flying
a little late... What it doesn't show is that the 12,50 departure time
was supposed to be on the 10th not the 11th! We actually arrived home
around 30 hours after expected!
Holiday pics to follow.

Red Nose Day

2010-07-28T11:13:00.000-07:00

Like mad dogs and Englishmen we took both options and therefore all
have red noses!
But we are here safely and having lots of fun.

Prom Princess!

2010-07-20T12:05:00.000-07:00

Izzy was crowned Princess of the Prom at her school today she was
presented with flowers, a sash, a tiara AND a trophy!

3D Dreamer!

2010-07-19T00:42:00.000-07:00

Max had been looking at a 3d book at bedtime and fell asleep with the
glasses on... I wonder if his dreams were in 3d?

Going down!

2010-07-17T12:09:00.000-07:00

Intact this company has well and truly gone down.... Shame it's who we
have our holiday flights booked with!!!
Hopefully we can find something else....?

Free Bar

2010-07-15T00:57:00.000-07:00

This may not seem like the most exciting bar until you know that it's
part of the office where Sam's working, serves Peroni (in authentic
glasses) and is completely free Twiglets and all!

South West

2010-07-14T11:01:00.000-07:00

Last time I travelled South West it was airlines and I was with a
beautiful woman and my youngest nephew... Not quite the same today but
I have sneaked away to stay with Sam again!

The perfect book!

2010-07-14T04:41:00.000-07:00

Sounds like a plan....

The Hexagon

2010-06-30T14:21:00.000-07:00

One for the old time snooker fans amongst us!

Anniversary

2010-06-30T14:15:00.000-07:00

Happy 10th Anniversary to us!

Breakfast at Cicelys

2010-06-30T02:06:00.000-07:00

So I said what about it.... And look who's here!!

The M Factor!

2010-06-19T07:13:00.000-07:00

Max's school organised an X Factor style competition. The final was
today at the Motcombe summer Fayre and guess who won!!

2010-06-13T12:59:00.000-07:00

Beautiful Bride

2010-06-13T12:56:00.000-07:00

My friend Carlie married a plumber (highly recommend by me)
yesterday... How lovely does she look!!!!

Lunchtime Escape!

2010-06-13T11:52:00.000-07:00

Somehow Sam and I ended up with a few hours child free so we went to
the harbour and had a really lovely Thai lunch.

Race For Life!

2010-06-06T07:53:00.000-07:00

We did it... A couple of oldies pickled with wine came joint 15th of
1200 people!

Really!

2010-06-05T06:44:00.000-07:00

Another one from the museum....
I don't know why but I rather liked this chap!

Hyde.... In the sun!

2010-06-05T06:39:00.000-07:00

Hyde park was particularly sunny... !

Crystal encrusted mini car.

2010-06-05T06:34:00.000-07:00

This car is encrusted with crystals in 50 colours for the 50 states of
America it has scenes from each state and is worth over a million
pounds!

Believe it or not!

2010-06-05T06:31:00.000-07:00

We visited a museum appropriately named! This is a 'replica' of the
tallest man who ever lived!

Look who joined us for dinner last night!

2010-06-04T06:46:00.000-07:00

Tourists!

2010-06-04T00:21:00.000-07:00

New exhibits at the Natural History Museum.

Flying High

2010-06-03T00:08:00.000-07:00

In the London Eye!

Not London Bridge!

2010-06-02T08:04:00.000-07:00

Of course this is a bridge in London which is where we are for a few
days with Izzy and Max. We were very lucky to see Tower Bridge open
which only happens once in a blue moon these days... (or blue sky
today I'm very pleased to say).

The town's gone orange!

2010-05-06T11:58:00.000-07:00

I wonder if they can really pull it off in Eastbourne!

Beer!

2010-05-05T05:35:00.001-07:00

Dad said.....'if you sit here long enough your glass has babies!'
I think he meant if you drink enough you can't yell the difference
between a pint and a half!

10 years / 39 years!

2010-05-05T00:59:00.000-07:00

Happy birthday Gary!
And it just so happens that we've lived in our house for 10 years today!

Izzy's home!

2010-04-25T09:50:00.001-07:00

Izzy finally made it home from her extended trip to Turkey so we went
out for a celebratory meal at Brighton Marina. It was a beautiful day
and we ate outside overlooking the harbour.

The Jersey Boys

2010-04-12T00:57:00.001-07:00

We really enjoyed the show.

Give Peas A Chance!

2010-04-11T11:22:00.001-07:00

We found the perfect place for lunch!

London Weekend

2010-04-11T05:40:00.001-07:00

Sam and I have 'escaped' to London for a couple of days thanks to
Nanny and Beth taking care of Max for us. We are staying in a lovely
hotel in the heart of Kensington and the Natural History Museum is on
our doorstep. The weather is being kind and we are really enjoying the
time together!

Kitchen collage

2010-04-03T12:16:00.001-07:00

I decided to update the pictures on my kitchen wall and this was the
end result!

Time to pack

2010-03-28T09:39:00.001-07:00

Just need to work out how I'm going to fit this lot into one suitcase!

Apps

2010-03-28T09:36:00.000-07:00

This is the window display at the Apple store where Gary works. I went
with him and shopped while he worked. Lolly picked me up later and we
managed to squeeze in a manicure as a bit of a girlie treat.