October 29th 2015 - a simple math sum.....

What do you get if you put 3 boys into a car, strap them in and set off on a 5hr journey???  The answer is simple fighting and arguing!

3 kids + a car journey = living nightmare


This is made even worse when the said 5hr journey has delays due to lots of traffic, road works and accidents and takes over 6hrs.    Despite them having dvds to watch, toys and games, books to read, food to eat.  it's not good enough for them and the "he took my toy" and "dont poke me" and "it wasnt me it was him" etc starts.

They cant do the simple thing of sit nicely and do own thing, no they have to fight and argue which winds me up and we are all stuck in this small metal tin on wheels that isnt going anywhere very fast, we're not even near a slip road so we cant get off and find a service station or park for 10mins!  it drives me mad.  sooooo glad i dont do it very often.

August 25th 2015 - packing

August 25th 2015 - packing

Not to move but too go away for a few days.  Normally this isn't a problem as we take the big hold all with most things in and then 1 or 2 of the boys backpacks with the overflow stuff, plus anything else that we want to take.

Today was different though, we needed 5 peoples clothes for 4 days in as small a bag as we could because we had birthday presents, disco lights, food, sleeping bags and a mobility scooter to get in the boot of the car!

I managed to get most of the clothes in a small hold all and 1 back pack.  We had a wheeled suitcase with birthday presents and disco lights in.  The boot looked really full and we still had to collect the mobility scooter.

August 1st 2015 - Cardboard box car

August 1st 2015 - Cardboard box car

We had given the kitten a large box as her bed, she didn't go in it.  So I said lil man could turn it into a car.


1 box, alread had flaps cut off for cat.

4 "wheels" cut from another box (not very circular but they do whats needed)

wheels pinned to the car

Lil man added his own decorations  to the car (using 1/2 roll double sided tape! lol)

The finished result lil man sat watching tv in his cardboard box car.  How to keep a 5yr old amused for a few hours!  I think I will have to let him have his tea in it.

May 28th 2015 - Would you rather.....

May 28th 2015 - Would you rather.....

My boys are always asking questions when we are in the car, so I thought I would see if I could find them a quiz type thing that I could print off.  I came across this Would you rather..... link on pinterest and it seems ideal.

So I set about copying the questions from the link as well as loads of others I found on the net and added them to a word document/table.  I will print them (when my ink arrives) and laminate them, so that they can be added to a carrabena type clip to keep in the car.

The questions I have are as follows:


Would you rather have an elephants trunk or a giraffes neck?

Would you rather swim in a pool of marshmallows or swim in a pool of skittles?	Would you rather eat carrots or apples all day?	Would you rather have bright blue hair or bright blue feet?
Would you rather have pink and green hair or pink and green skin?	Would you rather live in a place that was always hot or a place that was always cold?	Would you rather live in a desert or in the snowy mountains?
Would you rather wear your shoes on the wrong feet or your pants back to front?	Would you rather have a bucket stuck on your hand or your foot?	Would you rather ride on a camel or a tiger?
Would you rather eat a whole pack of biscuits or a whole cake?	Would you rather go sledging in winter or outdoor swimming in summer?	Would you rather have super hero power of flying or being strong?
Would you rather clear the table or clear your toys?	Would you rather have chocolate or sweets?	Would you rather go to the zoo or an aquarium?
Would you rather play a trumpet or a flute?	Would you rather drive a convertable car or a motorbike?	Would you rather have a pet goat or a pet chicken?
Would you rather eat cabbage or brussel sprouts?	Would you rather have a pet cat or a pet dog?	Would you rather eat cookies or donuts?
Would you rather be a teacher or a doctor?	Would you rather be a fire fighter or a policeman?	Would you rather have a toy robot or a toy space ship?
Would you rather stay up late or get up early?	Would you rather go for a long walk or a long bike ride?	Would you rather sleep in a tent or under the stars?
Would you rather have all white clothes or all black clothes?	Would you rather go up and the stairs or up and down a hill?	Would you rather have ice cream or cake?
Would you rather go to school by bus or car?	Would you rather have a dog or a dinosaur?	Would you rather play football or basketball?
Would you rather paint pictures using brushes or your hands?	Would you rather have a chocolate flake or sauce on your ice cream?	Would you rather go to the park with swings or water park with slides?
Would you rather keep an otter or an octopus in the bath?	Would you rather be a plumber or an electrician?	Would you rather be a deep sea diver or an astronaught?
Would you rather whisper for ever or shout only once?	Would you rather have long hair or be bald?	Would you rather be a doctor or a vet?
Would you rather mix all your food in a bowl or have to use a spoon for everything including drinks?	Would you rather live in an igloo or a teepee?	Would you rather sleep on the floor with a cover or an 20 mattresses with no cover?
Would you rather be a princess or a fairy?	Would you rather play football or rugby?	Would you rather be clean and unhappy or dirty and happy?
Would you rather walk backwards for ever on your hands for a day?	Would you rather have a lizard or a snake?	Would you rather be a pig or cow?
Would you rather go on a train or an aeroplane?	Would you rather be inside or outside all day?	Would you rather live in a top floor flat with nice views or the ground floor flat with your own garden?
Would you rather wash the dishes or clean the bath?	Would you rather live in the busy town or the quite countryside?	Would you rather have a tv or a computer?
Would you rather go skiing or snowboarding?	Would you rather cartwheel or walk on your hands to get about?	Would you rather have antlers or a fluffy tail?
Would you rather have short straight hair or long curly hair?	Would you rather be tall or short?	Would you rather wear ballet shoes that are too small or clown shoes that are too big?
Would you rather have a clown wig or clown nose?	Would you rather live in the past or now?	Would you rather eat pizza or hot dogs forever?
Would you rather stay in a hotel or a caravan?	Would you rather be a dancer or a gymnast?	Would you rather write with a stubby wax crayon or a permanent marker pen?
Would you rather eat burgers for breakfast or cereral for tea?	Would you rather eat all food hot or all food cold?	Would you rather go everywhere by skateboard or scooter?
Would you rather have brothers or sisters?	Would you rather drink milk or water?	Would you rather have a cold bath or no sleep?
Would you rather have a big garden with no tree or a small garden with a tree?

Would you rather have stripes or spots?

 Would you rather wear a bobble hat or gloves?

 Would you rather swim with jellyfish or starfish?

 Would you rather live in a beach house or on top of a mountain?

 Would you rather shovel snow or rake leaves?

 Would you rather no electricity or no water at home?

 Would you rather have a peg leg or an eye patch?

 Would you rather drive a race car or be a pilot?

 Would you rather eat from a napkin or the floor?

 Would you rather pull up weeds or cut the grass?

Would you rather wear a snowsuit in the sun or a swimsuit in the snow?

 Would you rather be stuck in a room with 30 screaming babies or 1 hungry crocodile?

 Would you rather be a famous pop singer or a famous actor?

 Would you rather have no teeth or no hair?

 Would you rather be a unicorn or a leprechaun?

 Would you rather find out your mum & dad are aliens or witches?

 Would you rather be a pencil or an elastic band?

 Would you rather celebrate halloween or christmas?

 Would you rather celebrate your birthday or christmas?

 Would you rather have mcdonalds or chinese as a takeway?

 Would you rather go fishing or sailing?

 Would you rather be a lion or a tiger?

 Would you rather kiss a frog or hug a hedgehog?

Would you rather be a snail or a slug?

 Would you rather have 2 houses or 2 cars?

Would you rather be a pirate or a ninja?

 Would you rather build a snowman or build a sandcastle?

 Would you rather make a snow angel or have a snowball fight?

 Would you rather drink hot chocolate or chocolate milkshake?

 Would you rather be a princess or a mermaid?

 Would you rather go on a 1week holiday to a foreign country or a 2week holiday in your own country?

Would you rather have no pudding or no sweets for a year?

 Would you rather be able to control the weather or talk to animals?

 Would you rather live in narnia or hogwarts?

 Would you rather have 1 eye or 2 noses?

 Would you rather be father christmas or the easter bunny?

 Would you rather sing jingle bells everytime you walk into a room for a week or dress as an elf for a week?

 Would you rather live in a rubbish bin or a pond?

 Would you rather ride a flying carpet or a flying car?

 Would you rather raise a cow for milk or chickens for eggs?

 Would you rather have hands for feet or feet for hands?

 Would you rather have a ladies name or ladies hair style?

 Would you rather have a mans name or a mans hair style?

 Would you rather eat a tin of cat food or 3 lemons?

 Would you rather have a pet dragon or be a dragon?

 Would you rather drive a beautiful, sleek sports car that was unreliable OR an ugly, dented, rust-covered beater that never broke down?

 Would you rather be batman or spiderman?

 Would you rather read a book or watch a dvd?

 Would you rather grow your own food or make your own clothes?

 Would you rather be a tree or live in one?

 Would you rather ice skate or roller balde?

 Would you rather be a caged animal or free in the wild?

 Would you rather shot fire or shoot ice at people?

 Would you rather be a big giant or a tiny person?

 Would you rather fight 10 duck sized horses or 1 horse sized duck?

 Would you rather answer all questions with "ha ha that's funny" or "sorry your an idiot"?

 Would you rather be the oldest or the youngest brother/sister?

 Would you rather be a piece of fruit or a vegetable?

 Would you rather be a cat or a dog for day?

 Would you rather fall into a watery puddle or a muddy puddle?

January 5th 2015 - dice

January 5th 2015 - dice

Today peace and quite has resumed in the house as 2/3 kids are back at school and the other 1 is on his computer.  I have painted the last part of the wall in the boys bedroom (eldest son helped by doing the top and painting the ceiling blue as he went grrrr! never mind!) and I have done todays pin.

I have made a sealed pot dice for in the car.  The original idea came from here and was so dice didnt fly across the room.  But my boys have asked if they can have the snowman game from the other day in the car, so that will be being laminated and put in a folder with other similar bits.

January 2nd 2015 - Do you wana build a snowman???

January 2nd 2015 - Day 2 of 365 challenge

Do you wana build a snowman???  Sadly we have no real snow to do one, but I found this dice and drawing game and printed it out.  Me and the boys had fun for about 45mins playing it.  The pic shows a couple of our snowmen pictures.  I think I may laminate the game and put in a folder to start a games folder of easy things they can do in the car.