A few lines & photos from me again

I might get this blog post up tonight ... that is, if Benjamin decides to let me! :) He keeps pulling my mouse, hitting the keys, and grabbing anything else that's within reach (which probably means quite a lot, since my desk is so messy!).

It's just been another usual week. Nothing out of the ordinary happening. Been very dark and damp too, so means being rather confined to the house. Can't really get out and do much of anything in the rain. The sun finally came out today - first time in like a week, I think. So I decided I'd had enough of being in the house and would take Abigail and Benjamin out for a bit this morning. I'd forgotten to get onions when I did shopping on Tuesday, so we went to Lidl to get some, since the recipe I was making for dinner required them. I get groceries on Tuesdays and Fridays, but usually go by car - so doesn't really feel like getting out of the house to take a 2 minute car trip to Lidl & Tesco! Sometimes I wish I only had to get groceries once a week, but I don't think my fridge/freezer is really big enough, hence why I go twice a week.

Seems I've rather rambled past what I started out talking about - going out this morning with A & B (not that it was anything exciting). Anyway, the sun came & went, as did the rain - got a bit wet, though I think the kids stayed fairly dry under the hoods of the pushchair. (Must find a new raincover to go along with my new double pushchair - then we can go out in downpours even! lol) We popped in a few shops along the high street too. In one of the charity shops I found a "vintage" (1971) Fisher Price school set, complete with children, teacher, desks, swing set, and merry-go-round. I know Abigail has loads of toys, but I found it hard to pass up something that I had as a child! :) No, I wasn't around in 1971, but these toy sets were still very much on the go when I was younger and I spent *many* hours of my childhood playing with Fisher Price little people. Anyway, not sure Peter thought it's asking price of £2 was a bargain, since it was so old - but I had a look on eBay later and found that people pay as much as £20-£30 (inc postage) for these sets, so looks like I got a real bargain! :-)

OK, enough of my silly nonsense. No one will be interested in such detail about my charity shop find - except maybe Sarah! ;-) lol Pity I can't think of anything more interesting to say. Oh yes, my little boy has turned into a duck! .... His newest thing to say is "quack quack" and it sounds very duck-like too! Not sure what he means by it, but it's really funny.

Here are a few photos of my children once again - and then I'll be off to bed!

Benjamin standing up at the fish tank. He finds it fascinating to watch them swim around and will stand there for ages.

Benjamin standing in his cot and a "shy" Abigail hiding her eyes from the camera

Abigail taking over Daddy's computer

Standing up at Mummy's lap

Look what we found under this box! Well, you can only see his socks in this photo, but there's a Benjamin under here! I heard a sound from under the box and was very surprised to find what was inside. He was happy too - not scared at all.

And no, he didn't come to any harm from the above incident. Here he is, as happy as ever, playing with his big sister.

OK, my weekly blog post is now finished. Seems I never get round to it more than once a week, so that's why you get a whole bunch of photos at once - sorry! But I'm sure someone, at least great-grandparents in Texas :-) will be glad to see them!