June 3rd 2015 - Kitten

June 3rd 2015 - Kitten

A friend of mine posted some photos on facebook of the kittens her cat had on 1st June.  They are absolutely gorgeous.

Well I said to her that I would need to speak to my hubby but I would definately be interested in the grey tabby.  And if hubby agreed we would have it.  I spoke to hubby and he said "you've already decided your want it, which means amy's having it, so why you asking".    So i told my friend that the grey tabby kitten would have a new home in July when they old enough to leave mummy cat.

This is a picture of my new kitten, its 3days old in pic and was born on 1st June.

June 2nd 2015 - Bzzagent

June 2nd 2015 - Bzzagent

A few months ago I came across a website called Bzzagent who send their members samples of products to try for free in exchange of an honest review and discussions with friends/family about the products.

So far I have received a sure deodrant, caramel and hazlenut Douwe egberts coffee and the latest one was for F&F school uniform.  I have left reviews of the products on the bzzagent website.

The deodrant was the first product I tried and in fairness my review wasn't that great as I hadn't done this type of thing before but it was a start.  The product was packaged nicely, smelt nice, applied nicely and left no marks or residue on clothes or skin.  I would consider buying it in the future.

The next products were the coffees.  I thought they would be a couple of sachets like you get in hotels, but no they were full size jars.  The roasted hazlenut smelt really nice, but was very strong and I wasn't too keen on the after taste of it.  The caramel smelt and tasted lovely, it was even better when I added a couple of drops of caramel essence to it as it sweetened it more.  I have actually bought more of this since I trialed it.

The latest trial I am currently doing is the school uniform from F&F.  I was sent a voucher to use towards the cost of some school uniform products (of my choice).  Luckily for me the coucher was enough to completely pay for 4 pairs of trousers for my 5yr old.  I chose the ones that have re-inforced knees as he always goes through them!  I haven't been able to review them yet as they only came yesterday, but upon opening them etc they seem nice.   Review to follow in a few days.

If you would also like to try prodcuts for free in exchange for an honest review, you can find out more by following this link: http://u.bzz.com/whffa

June 1st 20015 - Weather

June 1st 2015 - Weather

I have absolutely no idea what the weather is doing today.  It started off nice and dry and sunny, but was windy which made it feel cold.  It was really nice when the wind died down. 

The sun then vanished behind clouds and hasn't re-appeared, but has been replaced with strong wind, drizzle, heavy rain and hailstones!  There's not much we haven't had, well no thunder/lightning, rainbows or snow!

This picture was taken yesterday which funnily enough had a similar pattern in the weather.  I didn't manage to get 1 of todays hailstones as they went as quickly as they came. 

Its stupid, its June, we should be outside in vest tops getting a suntan NOT wearing coats and jumpers and freezing!  The weather is totally messed up!  As long as the promised heatwave comes in later in week and ideally stays for the summer I don't mind.

May 31st 2015 - Fighting

May 31st 2015 - Fighting

This quote just about sums up today.  My eldest son has been nasty to the youngest and therefore the youngest has decided to take it upon himself to beat up his eldest brother.  To the extent the eldest has been crying.

I split them up by bringing the youngest downstairs, the eldest comes downstairs and the youngest throws himself at eldest again "because he hadn't finished his fight".  Apparently it will teach him not to be nasty again!

The joys of having 3 boys that fight loads!  I'm quite lucky it has never ended very seriously or with injuries!

May 30th 2015 - Strawberry flowers

may 30th 2015 - Strawberry flowers

I noticed that my strawberry plants have small white flowers on them.  I recall my Nan saying that its the flowers that turn into strawberries but  I wasn't sure as never grown them before.  So I hit the internet for advice and yes the flowers are what turn into strawberries.

Lil man is very pleased as last year when we bought the plants we didnt get any strawberries off them, but upon counting the flowers today we have 16 flowers at the moment.  Hopefully we will get some nice strawberries in a few weeks and more flowers come up over summer!

May 29th 2015 - Sir Topham Hat craft

May 29th 2015 - Sir Topham Hat craft

Today lil man came downstairs with 1 of his Thomas Tank books and asked if we could make Sir Topham Hat (aka the  Fat Controller).   "Errrrrr......Ummmmm.....I'm not how we would do that" says me.  "it's easy, we follow the instructions I need a toilet roll tube, a egg and tape" says lil man.  So I take the book off him and have a look.

It says that you need to scan the picture of Sir Topham Hatand print it to fit the toilet roll tube, well I don't have ink so I drew the image of his shirt, jacket and trousers on the toilet roll tube.  Lil man proceeded to colour it in with felt tip pens and did the same to the polystyrene egg and drew a face on it.  I set about making a hat from thick paper.

I'm really impressed with how it turned out.  We may have to re-do it when I get some ink as well.

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?