Sorry not been on much... totally exhausted all the time at the moment with work, two toddlers, house & organising wedding!
We are having a nightmare with Jacob at the moment with his distructive behaviour and permanent fighting with his brother or disturbing him. Having them sharing a room is a total nightmare just now but no other option with us in this little house. Jacob is really very distructive... our living room door is in the cupboard just now as he pulled it off it's hinges... he has pulled the frame off from his bedroom window in an attempt to get the curtains down so we switched to a blind in the hope this would be better but it has been pulled down so many times that the fittings have now snapped this morning! He breaks everything and can work out everything... he can open all safety gates, unlock any doors, etc and keeps getting his brother, not to mention himself into dangerous situations! Caleb climbed out of his cot and fell so we have had no option to put him in a low bed... he would be fine if in a room on his own but Jacob takes it apon himself to kick him out of his bed, pull his mattress of or throw things at him, not to mention stripping him of all his clothes... twice last week he decorated his bedroom in his brother's nappy contents and although I have scrubbed and scrubbed their carpet it is still stained!!! I am at my wits end with him just now!!! Our house looks like a prison with all the barriers nad contraptions we have come up with in a bid to keep him contained from danger!!! Bedtimes have gone from a dream to a nightmare as he will not leave his brother alone to sleep and so all hell breaks out so we end up having to keep Jacob downstairs until he is pratically asleep which can take to 10pm some nights... not a good routine to get into but we are totally stuck with what to do anymore to stop his constant destroying of their room and hurting and upsetting his brother!!! HELP!!!!!
On a good note the venue for the wedding is booked and I have a dress!! It is victorian lilac with ivory split down the side and beautiful embroidered sequins on the top half down one side! Can't believe I actually found a dress to fit my hugeness and one I like... I don't do dresses!!!!
Anyway... have lots of other news I could yap on about but Jacob is starting to destruct so need to go get him occupied with an activity!!!
Hope everyone is ok and not having the same toddler issues as us!!!!
Glad you all seemed to have good festivities! Like you all, I have eaten far too much and still seem to be eating for britain!!! Must diet though as the wedding is 7 months away!!!
Emma, how are things at home now? Hope you are okay xx
I had been loving the mass of snow we have been having in Scotland until now but it is now so deep and is dangerous and causing lots of problems, especially for farmers. So many outbuildings in the area have collapsed with the weight of the snow on the roof and one man was trapped... luckily he is okay. Cows have died and many have lost thousands in buildings and machinery & cars. I am worried about my mum as she is up on the farm on a hill on her own and we can not get to her. She is checking in with us once a day to confirm all okay as she has several extentions and buildings threatening to collapse! So it is all rather scary and dangerous now and everyone is desperate for a thaw... it has been a month now since the snow started to fall and it just doesn't seem to stop... I dug the car out yesterday and it was incased in 3 foot of snow and it was only a few days prior that I cleared it from about 2 ft of snow!!! We are okay as in the town so can walk for supplies but I have many friends who live out in the country on their last food supplies and very low on heating oil so it is worrying times! Many local farmers have been busy getting food & fuel into people who are stranded.... thank god for the farmers!!
Other than that, the boys are fab! Growing up too fast. They were able to enjoy the snow in the early days before it became too dangerous but now it is dodgy going out as metre long icicles keep falling from the roof and any further than the garden gets very hard to walk and hard to get the sledge through the narrow ruts that have formed from people walking! The council can not keep on top of it as too much snow fall so the pavements are a nightmare! And the roads not much better!
Jacob didn't get to start his new messy twos group this week as all schools have been shut for the whole week! So there has been no M&T groups or parent groups and no coffee dates with pals so getting a bit of cabin fever now!! I have been to work though as able to walk in... there has been so many that can't make it!
Anyway, will post a pic or two up in a min of the boys & the snow!!
Congrats Lou!!!! Fab news about pregnancy... hope all continues to go well! How is your mum now? Sorry to hear she has been so poorly.
Paula, glad all is well with you... bar the snow!
I had been loving the mass of snow we have been having in Scotland until now but it is now so deep and is dangerous and causing lots of problems, especially for farmers. So many outbuildings in the area have collapsed with the weight of the snow on the roof and one man was trapped... luckily he is okay. Cows have died and many have lost thousands in buildings and machinery & cars. I am worried about my mum as she is up on the farm on a hill on her own and we can not get to her. She is checking in with us once a day to confirm all okay as she has several extentions and buildings threatening to collapse! So it is all rather scary and dangerous now and everyone is desperate for a thaw... it has been a month now since the snow started to fall and it just doesn't seem to stop... I dug the car out yesterday and it was incased in 3 foot of snow and it was only a few days prior that I cleared it from about 2 ft of snow!!! We are okay as in the town so can walk for supplies but I have many friends who live out in the country on their last food supplies and very low on heating oil so it is worrying times! Many local farmers have been busy getting food & fuel into people who are stranded.... thank god for the farmers!!
Other than that, the boys are fab! Growing up too fast. They were able to enjoy the snow in the early days before it became too dangerous but now it is dodgy going out as metre long icicles keep falling from the roof and any further than the garden gets very hard to walk and hard to get the sledge through the narrow ruts that have formed from people walking! The council can not keep on top of it as too much snow fall so the pavements are a nightmare! And the roads not much better!
Jacob didn't get to start his new messy twos group this week as all schools have been shut for the whole week! So there has been no M&T groups or parent groups and no coffee dates with pals so getting a bit of cabin fever now!! I have been to work though as able to walk in... there has been so many that can't make it!
Anyway, will post a pic or two up in a min of the boys & the snow!!
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Fab news about pregnancy... hope all continues to go well! How is your mum now? Sorry to hear she has been so poorly.
