19 February 2016

Friday again...

The weeks are just blowing by!  Felicity didn't have nursery at all this week because of the school holidays.  I was nervous about having a *whole week* in front of me last Sunday, but the days have just flown.

This morning after dropping Simon off at work, I went over to Cameron Toll shopping centre, thinking that we'd pick up a couple of minor groceries, walk up and down the mall (out of the cold and rain outside) and we'd go to a cafe (one of Felicity's favorite things to do.)  We did all of those things and as a bonus, I'd forgotten there's also the shop there that sells the shampoo I buy (we'd been running low) and Sainsbury's grocery store has a 25% off all their clothing sale on this weekend.  (Woohoo!)

I bought Felicity her Easter dress (bright yellow shift dress with beautiful overlaid crochet-lace-type-material) and some cute t-shirts I'd been looking at for a couple of weeks (but wouldn't buy full price), some more leggings (the child is completely grown out of 4-5 clothing and is wearing size 6 stuff now), and a green sweater (which she actually requested to wear out of the house this afternoon - for the win!)

Titus got a couple of long sleeved t-shirts and some baby blue-jeans.  He looks so cute in everything.  I also found a cute little sky-blue t-shirt with dinosaurs all over it.

Simon got t-shirts too.

I found a cute, tailored striped office skirt in the clearance aisle which I practically stole for less than the price of a latte.  They also had the turtleneck sweater I'd been eyeing for a while from their winter line in my size (Only £4.50 when I got to the tills - sweet!)  and I actually bought a bathing suit too.  Bright cheerful blue with white polka dots with a skirt built into it.  Reminded me of my favorite swing-dancing dress from highschool.  And you can't really argue with £12 for a swimsuit you actually feel good in!  (LOL - when I tried it on in the dressing room, I asked Felicity if she thought it was pretty and Felicity said, 'Mommy you should wear that in the store!!'  I tried to explain to her why that would be inappropriate - 'it's a bathing suit...'  and she said, 'why not?'  lol  talk about your confidence booster!)

I like taking the kids to their cafe there at Sainsbury's too because the people there are nice, they give you enough food on one plate to share around with kids, it's usually quiet, and they have an *awesome* family bathroom/changing room that's never been busy when we got there.  What makes it awesome is that it's the size of a regular bathroom, but there's only one toilet stall in it.  The rest of the room has a changing table and a sink and a chair.  You can wheel your buggy in, lock the front door, let the toddler wee while you change the baby, then keep an eye on your toddler and baby from the open bathroom stall while *you* wee without worrying about getting walked in on.  And there's enough space around you so you're not worried about the toddler putting her hands on all the germy walls, etc., etc.

Felicity is so much fun to take to restaurants.  She's getting so good at following instructions and helping out.  She never runs off from the table anymore.  Today we were being silly listening to all the pop songs ('Hello....') playing over the radio while we waited for our food.  I also taught her how to set the silverware on the table and fold the napkin under the knife while we waited.  (We're trying to encourage her to help set the table for dinner at home these days.)  She loves having toast at cafes.  We ordered the full breakfast with lots of toast, some scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, hashbrown, baked beans and a grilled tomato.  Titus also helped with a bit of sausage and toast.  (I always used to think baked beans were a weird thing to put on a breakfast plate - they're actually pretty good, especially with toast and scrambled eggs.  I still don't like grilled tomatos though and neither did Felicity today.)

The kids and I spent the rest of the day at home - trying to keep chores rolling over mostly.  I was able to do a bit more piano practice.  I also put my Bluebonnet poster in the (free) IKEA frame - it looks good.  Titus was much more himself today - happy as larry bouncing in his walker and door-jumper-thing.  I'm hoping the cold is really on the way out - though poor guy, he's got about 3 more teeth visibly drilling their way through his little gums.

While he's settling better into his bed to sleep, his sleep pattern at night is still really up and down.  Another challenge I've got to confront (before I go back to work) is getting him settled so that he'll consistently take a feed from a bottle.  I bought some bottle/tippy cup hybrid things at the pound shop this morning and I'll be experimenting with them this weekend.  I think the cup is the way to go actually, except he likes the spout on a tippy cup to be soft.

I've started watching a show on Netflix called 'How I met your Mother,'  It's from like 2005 (I never watch TV) and it's not something I would watch with Felicity, but it has a fun 'Friends'-type vibe.  And Jason Segal is fun to watch in it - I can't *not* see him as the guy in the Muppet movie - he's got such a great self-depreciating humour.

Well, that's about it.  Happy Friday, all.