50 Things That Make Me Happy

Hi Guys,

I have been tagged (for the first time I might add, argghh exciting) by the lovely  Sophie at Mum M and More Blog to post the 50 Things That Make Me Happy. Please go and take a look at Sophies blog post and I hope you enjoy mine.

1. Being Alfie's Mummy

2. Being Married to my best friend

3. My wonderful family

4. My little Yorky Boris

5. Cracking the spine of a new book (heaven)

6. Smell of fresh coffee

7. When Alfie asks to "snuggle" me

8. Planning parties, events etc

9. Gossiping on the phone

10. Scrapbooking

11. Crafts with Alfie

12. Binge watching a TV show

13. My job (for the most part)

14. Bertha (My car)

15. Buying new shoes

16. My bestest friends a girl could ask for

17. Reading

18. Alfie's face when he sees his cousins

19. Decorating

20. Photographing everything

21. Watching Alfie and Daddy play Scooters and Scramblebugs

22. Going to the park with Alfie

23. Getting a package in the post

24. Watching a film with Hubby

25. A night out with friends

26. Dancing like no one is watching

27. Elvis Presley

28. The 60's (I was born in the wrong era)

29. My engagement/wedding rings

30. When Alfie says "no ploblem"

31. BBQ

32. Trampolining with 5 kids (scary fun)

33. Having a good sort out.

34. Holidays

35. Alfie's giggle

36. Hubby's giggle

37. My Wedding Day

38. The day Alfie was born

39. Ikea shopping

40. Blogging

41. The fact that hubby loves scented candles.

42. WWE (just love, love, love it)

43. Watching Keeping up with the Kardashians and then discussing it at length at work

44. Alfie's unwavering love of all things transport, he knows them all.

45. Spending the day with my Pops

46. A new diary and writing really neatly for January and then it becomes a mess.

47. The fact that Alfie is freakishly smart (bias I know but the Health Visitor Agrees)

48. Doing something a bit crazy just for the fun of it

49. The look on hubbys face when I do something a bit crazy. 

50. My laptop (It's sooo pretty)

Thats my 50 favourite thing that make me happy, Thanks again to Sophie for the tag and I now tag
My life after Logan
Tiny Footsteps
Muma on the edge

So now its your turn to post 50 things that make you happy.


Take Care
Adele xxx

Family Days Out

Hi guys,

This weekend has been really manic, I have taken Alfie to a park of some sort Thursday, Friday and Saturday last week. This is so he can get some fresh air and exercise but it is also part of my weight loss and get fit goal.

So on Friday I took Alfie to a park that has a really fab playground but it also has a little petting zoo for the little ones to have a look round. I love this park as it has a visitor centre and rangers so everywhere is really well kept and clean.

 So, he is quite the poser now, this may be because this child has had more photographs taken of him than Prince George!

Here he is ready to go to the Park in his Ferrari car seat (obviously) which he thinks is soooo cool.

 I wish I would have taken some pics of the play ground as a whole because it's really cute but here his coming out of  a tunnel. I have noticed that he likes to climb a lot more now which is good for him but I am constantly twitching with fear. If I try to help him, he pushes me away and states

"I can do it on my own Mummy"

Now I get this need for independence but it was only 2 days ago that he ran in front of a moving swing and nearly knocked himself out so you can understand my concerns.

 This was a cool little swing that he could lie or sit on and it went backwards and forwards as well as side to side. He generally isn't that bothered by swings, especially since swing-gate a couple of days ago but he did like this.

 Now this jeep was his favourite, it's as if it is on springs so you can wobble it about. It was not easy to remove him from this, he would have played on it for hours.

The above pic shows a mardy little fella as I had the audacity to suggest we go home for lunch.

The pictures below are of the little petting zoo that they have at the park, we got to see a giant potbellied pig, pygmy goats, cows, chickens, ducks, bunnies and degus. Alfie liked the animals and kept telling me they are "cute little animals"

And then on Saturday we went to a huge farm that has had an Easter style event on for the past 2 weeks and I didn't want to miss seeing the baby chicks and lambs.

The farm was full of baby animals that Alfie was able to get a really close look at. They were all super cute and to be honest I think I was a little more excited than the rest of the family.

 Look at that face, he is so cute, and is never as happy as when we are outside.

 Well Mummy and Alfie were very excited about the tiny donkeys, they would be perfect size for Alfie to have a ride on but that's frowned upon apparently.

 Now we were not too sure about this fella, they could get really close to you and I don't think he was too friendly.

Aww baby lambs and baby sheep, anything that is in baby form is just so cute!

Big chickens and baby chicks, there were also eggs waiting to hatch (none did) and different age chicks. Also I discovered it only takes an egg 21 days to hatch. Learn something new everyday.

 Absolute Highlight of Alfie's day!

Was Hook a Duck, he was so excited that he could win a toy that he couldn't stop smiling and he is still talking about it today.

Look at that face, he was so happy with himself.

It was my brother in laws birthday so we then all went for lunch and then, you guessed it, the park! Another new one that we hadn't tried and another really great park. Alfie is loving slides at the minute and we have been thinking of buying one for the garden. 

 Daddy likes to get involved too and we all went down this slide a few times, it's really steep so Alfie flew down it.

 This thing spins which was all fun and games until Alfie thought he was going to be sick. Luckily we stopped in time before there was any up-chuck.

So we have had a fab few days and needed Sunday to relax at home and do absolute nothing but watch films and chill.

I was also quite proud of myself for going out to lunch but sticking to my Slimming World Diet, I had a grilled chicken salad with no dressing and left the croutons so I gave myself a little pat on the back. I really hope I have something on Thursday as I have tried really hard.


Hope everyone else had a fab weekend

Take Care

Adele xxx

Toddler Boy Haul #1

Hi guys,

I do not know why but I have an obsession with hauls, I will happily watch and read them. I do not know why but it is a little pleasure so of course I wanted to write my own haul and show you what I bought for my toddler.

Everything I bought was from Next which I love for baby and toddler clothing. It is a little more expensive than some other shops we use such as the supermarket brand but the quality is amazing. There is nothing that I have had from Next that has bobbled or shrunk, most things can go in the tumble dryer and they are hard wearing too.

So I thought I would have a little gander after we were at the park this morning and although it was sunny, there was still a little chill in the air and I only have a winter coat that fits my little Angel which is a bit thick. Well that left me no option, Alfie needed a lightweight waterproof jacket. Who am I to let Alfie get too warm in a winter jacket?

So off to Next we go. Alfie immediately found a mini car which kept him happy while Mummy perused the shelves. I am like a kid in a sweetie shop in this store, it's so cute and trendy.

So here we go, the photos below show all the clothing that I bought. (It was all on 90% sale if my hubby asks) I have also linked every item so if you see anything that takes your fancy.

 Above is Alfie's new water proof jacket, it's a lovely material which is soft and light weight with a netting type material inside with Pineapples on. This is so cute and Alfie looks adorable in it. You can find it here for £22

 The above outfit is a grey pair of track suit bottoms that Alfie pretty much lives in and a rocket T-Shirt. They are either £6 each or part of the 2 for £10. Again great quality and the rocket has a little 3D part which is really cute. The rocket t-shirt cane be found here and the tracksuit bottoms here

 Alfie chose this 2 pack of T-Shirts because the one has lots of cars on it (obviously) These are £10 and can be found here

 These are a 2 pack of really light weight jersey trousers that will be ideal for Summer, they are not as thick as jogging bottoms but more comfortable than jeans. These were £14 and can be found here

The last item is a T-Shirt that Mummy just had to buy, it's just too cute and Alfie does tell me and daddy that we are his "bestest" friend so I could resist. This was only £6.50 and can be found here

I do love Next and I think that this stuff makes a good start to his summer wardrobe.
Any questions, please feel free to ask.

Take care
Adele

Giant Surprise Egg. Easter 2015

 Hi guys,

Unfortunately, this Easter me and hubby have worked nearly all of it, we don't get bank holidays off and have to work weekend shifts too. So although Alfie had a couple of Easter eggs off family, we didn't get chance to do anything fun and I love any event where I can plan and put something together.

So today, although I worked this morning, I  booked the afternoon off, came home to collect Alfie and took him to pick up his 4 little cousins and went straight to the park. We live pretty close to a huge park with tons of space and a really fun playground and Alfie loves to run free.

It was all going so well, Alfie absolutely adores his cousins and they are all so close that its like having siblings. And then.... Alfie runs in front of a swing and gets bumped on the cheek. The poor little fella was so upset and now has a big red mark which I think is going to be a huge bruise by the morning. It was one of those situations where no one could get to him in time but it also seemed to happen in slow motion. Poor little guy. He is a little trooper though and was soon running around the park playing football. We managed the rest of the day unscathed and we were all pretty pooped when we got home.

So, although it didn't go completely to plan, he really enjoyed himself.
On to the next part of our Easter fun day.

Surprise Egg

Now Alfie is obsessed with cars and transport but he also loves surprise eggs. He has watched these videos on YouTube where people open plastic eggs and there is a surprise inside.  He talks about these quite a bit and for his birthday I bought some of these eggs and put hotwheels in them. So for Easter I wanted to go one better, I had seen these giant plastic eggs on Youtube that were big enough for toys and chocolate etc. This is what I wanted to get but I could not find any in the UK and shipping from the states was really expensive. After a few weeks of looking, I managed to find a huge plastic Egg with 36 mini plastic eggs inside that you could put surprises in and best of all the shop was in the UK. Once I have an idea, there is nothing that will stop me tracking down what's needed. I'm pretty stubborn like that, I will not let it get the better of me lol.


So I filled the 36 plastic eggs with micro drifter cars and bouncy balls and a couple with chocolate M&M's. He has had more than his fill of chocolate for Easter.


While Daddy was bathing him, I made sure all the mini eggs were put back in the giant egg and put it in the living room. When he saw this giant egg, he was so excited and kept saying "WOW" and "Oh My Goodness" and "This is so fun". It was like his own Youtube video and it was like he was living a little dream.

The plastic eggs are great and we can keep it for next year too.

So I think overall Alfie had a good (late) Easter.

I have posted some pictures of his Easter present below and a couple from the park. I hope everyone had a fab Easter.

It all started so well, he loves the park

This is the giant egg next to a mini egg so you can see the size difference

The mini eggs

An example of the micro drifters in the eggs.

The completed giant egg

The eagerness to get into it

I think he was suitably impressed.

I am now well and truely pooped. Today has felt like it was 2 days rolled into one and running around a park with 5 kids seriously makes me realise how unfit I am and made me think I should probably start doing a bit more exercise so I can keep up with them all. Next on my agenda, get fit and drop a few lb's I think

Take care

Adele xxx