Daddy McC's birthday celebrations!

Monday 12th May - Daddy McC's birthday!!!

All the McC children were ready for school and waiting eagerly for Daddy McC to come down to this!

WOW!  Super special surprises from McC 1, McC 2, McC 3 and McC 4 and of course a few special gifts from Mummy McC!  Happy Daddy McC!!!

Next came some gifts from Mummy McC's brother (who happens to share his birthday with Daddy McC, strange) sister-in-law and neice, Mummy McC's sister and nephew and Nannan and Grandad B.  McC 2 and McC 3 were very excited to see a £20 note inside Daddy McC's card!!!

Next was the gift from Nanny S (Daddy McC's Mum).  Such a large and heavy gift - so yummy!!!  Mummy McC said that all could share this gift!!!

Lovely chilled day, not much on (a few to collect at Nursery and after School) and then a party tea!!!  Daddy McC was joined by Mummy McC, all the McC children, three mindees and K & D - celebrations!!!  Enough food to feed everyone???

CAKE TIME!!!  Wooooohooooooo - Chocolate Orange Swirl!!!

Chill out night, with a bit of comedy on the television, a nice cold Cidre for Daddy McC in his new glass - what a brilliant day 1 of celebrations!!!

Tuesday 13th May - let's continue the celebrations!!!

Mummy McC took Daddy McC out for breakfast after the school run!!!  It is not very often that Mummy McC and Daddy McC have no children with them (McC's or mindees, there's normally somebody!!!)

A bit of shopping followed - new games and books were checked out, but not purchased (Daddy McC is a true Scot when it comes to parting with money)!!!  Mummy McC bought Daddy McC a new jumper and then a treat to chill after the shopping - ice-cream time!!!

Wednesday 14th May - more birthday celebrations!!!

A bit of a relaxing morning - Daddy McC slept in bed a bit longer than normal!!!  After Nursery runs back and to and collecting the children from school, McC 1 met Daddy McC and took him to the cinema.  They watched a movie with Spiderman in it and both seemed to have enjoyed themselves (popcorn and hot dogs!!!)  Late home and hungry, another quick take-away ordered (well, it is birthday times!!!)

Can Mummy McC get away with any more celebrations?!?!?!  x

Oh my, what a Sunday!!!

Up early as usual, Mummy McC got everything ready for the day ahead - McC 2, McC 3 and McC 4 got dressed and ready for Church.  Nannan B arrived and a mindee (Mummy McC's nephew) arrived too.  Off for a quick walk to town in an attempt to catch the right bus!!!  McC 1 had strict instructions from his rugby coach to go and support his team at their match, so he missed Church.


The Number 2 bus dropped us all just outside Church and we all made our way straight into Church (no Sunday School this week).  The Bishop was taking some of the service as it was Confirmation for some of the children (such a special day).  McC 2, McC 3, McC 4 and Mummy McC's nephew all managed to stay fairly quiet throughout the service (no major dramas - phew!)


A cuppa and a chat to follow - most of the Church congregation hadn't seen Nannan B for some time so all wanted a quick catch up!!!  McC 2, McC 3, McC 4 and Mummy McC's nephew shared the iPad's, phones and DS's about in order to have some chill time.


A hungry walk to KFC - chicken all round, yummy!!!  With a nice full belly, off to see Great Grandad B.  Great Grandad B and his dog B were so excited to see us all - it was Great Grandad B's birthday.  Everybody said Happy Birthday and Great Grandad was given a gift - a new DVD to watch!


Unfortunately we could not stay for long, Sunday buses are not easy for the Church trip!  Mummy McC, McC 2, McC 3 and McC 4 had been invited by Uncle C and Auntie L to go round for cake (Uncle C's birthday is tomorrow)!  Auntie L had made a beautiful cake!!!  Bus to town, walk to Tesco (Mummy McC wanted something to go with Uncle C's present), quickest walk in-grab-pay-leave EVER in Tesco!!!  Then straight to Uncle C's house.


Auntie C was already there (her shift had been cancelled).  Little Baby E was sleeping, quiet tip toes all round!!!  Bit of a chat, family get togethers are fun!!!  Baby E wakes up and Auntie L lights a candle for Uncle C.  Great singing all round!!!

Cake time - wooooohoooooo!!!  Auntie L had made a different cake, one with NO sponge!!!  Mummy McC just had to try a slice.  Uncle C had made brownies to take into work and Mummy McC just had to try one or two of them too!!!

Cakes all finished, bit of dancing and trying to talk Polish to Baby E!!!  Then home time - Uncle C very kindly offered to give Mummy McC and the McC children home, saved the walk!!!


Tired and hungry!!!  Mummy McC sent Daddy McC out to get burgers - yummy!!!  Nothing better than eating a Chicken Mayo and a Double Cheeseburger in a onesie!!!  Far too much food eaten in one day, but very happy people in this house today!!!

Mummy McC began secret preparations for Daddy McC - it's Daddy McC's 31st Birthday tomorrow (Yep, Daddy McC shares a birthday with Mummy McC's brother!!!)  Little does Daddy McC know that there are three days of birthday plans to deal with!!!  Happy Mummy McC, but will Daddy McC be happy???  x

McC 4 football!!!

McC 4 woke up feeling very excited this morning!!!  Mummy McC had booked McC 4 a football class at Giddy Kidz. McC 4 was even more excited that it would be a very special football coach, Matt.  (Matt is very special to McC 4, he made the 3rd birthday party incredible)!

It was a quiet session, three children, bit that made it so much easier for McC to pay attention. After a bit of practice, some careful listening and some guidance from Matt McC 4 was able to dribble the ball fairly well. A few interesting games involving a postman and cones and a fast kick the down at the end.

McC 4 is already counting down the days until the next session!!!

Mummy McC highly recommends this football session for little ones!!!


Check out Giddy Kidz Facebook page for more details!!!  X

Friday night - Warrington Wolves night!!!

Warrington Wolves play rugby - Mummy McC does not know which type.  Mummy McC knows there are two - League and Union.  Mummy McC's brother plays one type and Warrington Wolves the other type - haha, not big on the Rugby idea!!!  It's all a bit strange, in one type you get to keep the ball regardless of tackles, but the other type you may only be tackled five times and then the ball is handed over to the other team!!!  Complicated points scoring occurs too - more than one point for a try and a kick?!?!


Daddy McC says that Warrington Wolves is Rugby League - this is the type of Rugby that McC 1 has started playing/training for!!!  Daddy McC says that Rugby League score 4 points for a try and 2 for a kick, but Rugby Union is 5 for a try and 2 for a kick.  Then it gets complicated for penalty kicks and Mummy McC's mind can't take much more - haha!!!


McC 2 and McC 4 are watching the match with Daddy McC - cheering and laughing, looking out for Wolfie!!!  So much excitement!!!  Warrington are winning - happy McC children!!!


Let's hope they win the match!!!  x

BLOG YOUR HEART OUT!

Blog your Heart out!


I have been tagged by mummy M's memories. to take on the Blog Your Heart Out meme.


So what is the Blog Your Heart Out meme all about? It involves me answering five questions about blogging and then tagging a couple of bloggers to pass on the meme and keep the blog love going. Think of it as a modern day chain letter, just nicer.


Who/What encouraged you to start blogging?

One of my friend's - mummy M's memories.  I loved reading about what she had been doing with her beautiful daughters, where they had been, what they had made, what mummy M felt, what they might do next - basically all about what they had been doing - I'm so nosey!  Such a lovely way to remember the things you do!!!


How did you choose what to blog about?

I decided to blog about what we do most in here - care for our wonderful children and the mindees that come round, so much fun!!!  Basically, my life - every day is children day (either just my 4 or with extra mindees) and every day is filled with something to write about.  I just start off typing and away it goes!!!  Some days I type through the day when I get a few minutes spare, some days I finish the day with a typing session!!!


What is something most people don’t know about you?

I try not to hide anything, but there is always something going on behind closed doors that people from the outside cannot see.  At the minute there isn't much time for hidden situations, but there will defo something going on at some point!!!  It's difficult to describe everything and not everybody understands!!!  The difficulties vary and really are mainly my monster McC 2 with all his appointments etc, but we'll get there in the end.


What three words describe your style?

I like to be organised, know what's happening and when - with the amount of children in here with dance clubs and sports clubs and pick ups and drop offs all over the place I just HAVE to be organised.  Yep, I'm a bit of a control freak and I probably take it too far too, but if I don't know what's happening I feel like I can't deal with it.  I really love laughing and seeing others having a laugh, fun and giggles is all it's about!!!  Never laugh AT somebody tho, always WITH!!!  The fun has to be all around!!!  Not just jokes tho, it's got to be serious fun times!!!  The more fun, the better.  I love teaching, probably because it means I get to say and people have to listen - joking!!!  I just love watching children learn something new and knowing I had a part in helping them learn!  It's such an amazing feeling when that happens!!!  (Sad git, I know!!!)


What do you love to do when you are not blogging?

I really love cake making - any cake for any occasion (sometimes for no occasion at all), creating new flavours and succeeding (nothing worse that a bad tasting cake)!!!  I make cakes quite regularly, but I have a hubby who doesn't really like cakes and cake making so don't get to make them as often as I'd like!!!
I love my friends and family and would do anything I could to help them out.  I really love inviting them round - party time, games time, tea and cake, BBQ, sunday roast - whatever takes our fancies!  A big favourite is quiz type questions with some very special friends.  Unfortunately, I don't do it as often as I should, friends and family are very special!  I have a few very special friends and hopefully they all know what they mean to me.  Some near and some far (par for the course when you've been brought up in the Army!!!)
I love my four wonderful children and my hubby and I really enjoy the 'just us' time that we get sometimes.  Due to my job, the 'just us' times aren't that often, but I think that makes them more special!!!  Even snuggling for a movie is just amazing sometimes!!!

 

So that is me and my blogging, time to tag a couple of others to carry the Blog Your Heart Out baton forward…

mummy M's memories

mummy to boyz

children underfoot

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More fun - Wednesday's are good! 07.05.14

Mostly normal day - breakfast, school run, housework, nursery pick ups - then came some FUN!!!


Mummy McC took McC 4 and two mindees to the soft play centre again!!!  Mummy McC met some friends and some mindees who haven't been for a few weeks - all the children were very excited to meet up again!!!  Mummy McC and her friends had a good old chit chat, moaned about grown up things and had a lovely hot choc whilst doing it!!!  Just perfect for Mummy McC!!!


Whizzed out to school to collect the children from the school run, home for some mathematical fun!!!  Mummy McC prepared the sweets in tubs and gave each child ten pence (6 x 2p's and 4 x 1p's).  McC 2 was the shop keeper this time and each child was allowed to buy 10 sweets.  Some of the older ones realised really quickly that they could buy a few now and save some pennies for their next visit.  Some of the younger ones realised that if you buy 1 sweet and pay with 2p then you get 1p change - change is something really exciting for McC 4!!!  Mathematics all round, McC 3 was working out how many sweets each child had bought by checking their change, McC 2 was working out how many sweets had gone out in total by multiplications.  LOVE MATHS!!!

Mummy McC made a pick n mix for Mummy McC's best friend - she is craving them right now, so this should go down a treat!!!

Daddy McC took one mindee to Drama class, Mummy McC tidied away and began the bath time, story time, calm time with the children.  McC 1 left for his Drama class an hour later.


Daddy McC put the McC children to bed and began telling stories.  Mummy McC made some dinner and the 'chill' time began.  Time to prepare for the fun of tomorrow!!!  x

Thursday, busy prep day!!! 08.05.14 Not sure why these haven't blogged online the past few days!

Mummy McC is preparing for a visit - a very special visit!!!  All the McC children are excited because Nannan B is coming for a visit.  Nannan B lands this afternoon, but will probably see the McC children tomorrow!!!  Mummy McC can't wait too!!!  It's been a while since Nannan B's last visit!!!


Washing done, housework done, snow cleaned up (yep, still finding small white polystyrene balls EVERYWHERE!!!)


School runs and Nursery runs and pick ups and drop offs - phew, non-stop!!!


No dance/drama clubs today.  McC 1's rugby practice was cancelled due to rough weather (understandably with ALL the rain we've had)!


Quiet afternoon after school, movies on for tired children.  Two mindees need to stay - Mummy McC makes the preparations and all good to go!!!  Mummy McC began the bedtime plan and actually had 5 sleeping children by 19:45!


Mummy McC had forgotten one thing - dinner for Mummy McC and Daddy McC!!! Quick rustle up of some homemade wedges and some chicken for Daddy McC - apparently the best spicy wedges Mummy McC has ever made!!!  Mummy McC had some noodles (she'll turn into a noodle one day)!!!


Chill, before the madness and excitement of Nannan B's visit - woooooohooooooooo!!!!! x