Mooshy I love my kids post, you have been warned! 😂

Well just look at that. March already!? This year is whizzing past! With it being a sparkly new month and all I thought I should really try dropping in a little blog post as I'm not doing very well with my write a post a week resolution....

 Today it's been pretty crap weather wise so it blew out any plans we had made that included being outside. Me and both the boys were at home, no plans no nursery no errands. These type of days are a real blessing I think. A chance to catch up on stuff or just relax together without watching the clock and worrying about being late for everything (which I usually am!)
Anyone who knows my boys knows that they fight like cat and mouse. Everything is a competition. Who eats more food, who gets up the stairs first,  who makes the biggest tower the list goes on and on. Generally I leave them to fight it out unless they start actually fighting and they need pulling apart.... Danny is quite sneaky and winds Connor up quite a lot or tells Connor to do naughty things, which he does of course. Connor is quite chilled out but will be the one throwing the first punch when he is pushed too far.  I'm not sure what came over them today but they have been lovely! Helping each other and minimal squabbling. Let's hope it continues!  I've been feeling a bit crap lately I've had a chest infection that turned into a sinus Infection, which was awful! Seriously gross. That's almost cleared up now so today I really wanted to spend some one to one time with both boys, as to be honest, I've been getting through the last week or so with the help of movies, kids kindle fire and the promise of cake and milkshake. All so I can grab 10 minutes of sleep before I start drowning in my own snot again. Being a mum and being ill really sucks.

Danny loves reading and he had grown bored of short stories so I brought him a few chapter books. I thought Roald Dahl stories would be a good place to start. I loved them as a child so I really enjoyed reading them to him. We started off with the twits. He found it hilarious in the beginning chapters describing the twits (especially Mr Twit's beard full of old food!) and the tricks they played on one another
..the worm spaghetti and the glass eye in his beer were his favourites. I love how Roald Dahl can create words and they are both perfect and totally ridiculous such as the Frumptious freaks! We finished it today, it was lovely to see him so excited about finishing the book and finding out what happened to Muggle wump and the roly poly bird! I think we will read fantastic mr fox next or Danny champion of the world. Danny is obviously desperate to read the one about 'him'!  I'll look forward to reading these again to Connor, for now he is more than happy with the gruffalo (seriously I can recite that in my sleep!)

Something they can both agree is brilliant fun is making forts, tents, houses out of blankets and pillows. They especially love tucking a duvet behind the sofa and hanging over two dining chairs placed at the front of the sofa. They can hide under here and pretend it's their house. They only come 'over to mum's house' aka come into the living room for food and to watch TV. Which I suppose is how they will act as teenagers as well!!

They both love anything crafty and messy. Danny got some air hardening clay for Christmas and has been asking to use it since boxing day! Today they made pots for Mother's day. They really listened to me and made some pretty good little pots! Danny's first attempt of a small pot with  'a sausage and a pea' inside really did make me laugh though!

Danny is crazy on letters at the moment so we made this mummy sign together too, and Connor and I made a Jerry mouse as he's bonkers for Tom and Jerry!  I'm looking forward to painting them at the weekend once they are all dry!
We made Peppa pig and minion cupcakes (nothing fancy, packet cakes!) and Connor helped me to wash up (after his man and boat had had a paddle of course!)

They were so lovely today and now they are both snuggled up in bed I'm all warm and fuzzy about how lovely today was. How proud I am of my little boys,  and how quickly they are growing up.

 Danny starts school (actual uniform wearing Monday to Friday big boy school!!) in September and Connor will start nursery next month (argh!!!!!) These days are numbered as the next steps for both of them will be here before I know it and days like today will just be fond memories. Maybe that's why I wanted to write about today and cement it in my mind a little....

Okay, I'm getting all mushy now and I'm fighting the urge to run upstairs, put them both in sleepsuits and cots, give them bottles and turn on baby TV nightscreen whilst rocking them to sleep again!

Of course not all days are as lovely as today, some days I just about manage to make it till bedtime and feel like screaming into my pillow and banging my head against the wall. But today was a good day and I'm really feeling blessed tonight....even if I have just found Connor asleep in my bed for I'm sure the first of many times tonight!

Crazy stuff! Till next week!

Thanks for visiting! XxxX