We all survived!

This blog is sort of a catch up of the week. The ins and outs, the ups and downs, what’s happened in the life of me in the last week……

So, the kids went back to school – after a very wobbly start on Monday, my boy went into his school a lot better the following day after telling me he stopped crying before he got into school and was very proud of himself! He’s had a couple of mini wobbles through the week, but came home gushing on Friday about a new lesson he has called Music Technology (or something like that!) where they were mixing music! It’s the first time in a long time he has come home with something positive to say about school. I have nigh on nothing to write about my daughter as she goes in to school as sweet as a nut with ease! Her only blip this week was she was not picked for any councils or to be a helper in school, so I told her, next year is her turn – I hope I’m right!

Me, well, I had a very full on week in work, haven’t worked a full week since end of July, so to say I was a tad tired was an understatement! But 1 week down and just 6 to go til Half Term again.

What else did I do? Ummmm….cooking, cleaning, washing…just the usual mum and housewife stuff! But I also went to a PartyLite catalogue launch on Wednesday! What’s PartyLite you ask…PartyLite is the world’s leading direct seller of candles, candle accessories and home fragrance products –  it’s one of the other things I do when I’m not a mum or Teaching Assistant.

It was a lovely couple of hours out, smelling and mixing all of the different fragrances and looking at all of their new stuff. I do like to burn candles in the winter, it creates such a gorgeous ambiance, so I now need to decide what new fragrance is going to join my already house full of PartyLite! Check it all out here!!

ceriboulton.partylite.co.uk

 

And to finish the week off, I coloured my hair!

I tend to favour reds and I find after the summer, my hair naturally lightens in the sun, so when I do a red, it tends to be a lovely intense red. It was suggested though, that I wait for the Winter before going red and that I should stay lighter for now. So whilst out shopping I decided to see what was on offer for a highlight/lowlight idea that would suit my brown hair. There wasn’t much out there, but I suppose if I had chosen a proper shop and not a supermarket, there would have been more lol. So I opted for a L’Oreal Preference colour –

I was a little bit worried as I have a darker brown hair, but having brushed the colour on once and let that develop, I decided after drying, it could still have some more “bronde” so I added more!! The results were ok actually. I think you worry more about going lighter, well I do, as there is  more that can go wrong than if it were a darker colour – so here is the comparison…..it’s a nice natural colour and so very easy to use. I have kept the brush so I can use it to do other colours!

I would definitely use it again!!

So that is my first week back in the land of being a regular, responsible adult having had 6 weeks off with the kids for Summer. It was a pretty much run of the mill week with plenty of ups and downs, tears and NO tantrums…and long may it continue!

 

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Is it wine o’clock yet?

It’s that time of year again where for the grown ups with kids, our little darlings go back to school!!!

Whether it be a day of sadness or a day of joy for you, it’s a momentous day! (And a blooming hard one!!!)

Some of you may have already had the pleasure….for me, tomorrow is D-Day!

I don’t know whether it’s a good thing or a bad thing, the kids going back to school. The preparations start on a Sunday, showers, baths, packing bags and getting uniforms ready. We haven’t had that for 6 weeks! But on the plus side, I don’t have to arrange any more childcare for them as I went back to work whilst they were still off, but on a minus, instead of having to just get myself up and ready in the week now, I  have three of us to deal with.(Hubby is usually up and out early!)

I’m not a morning person and if I can get an extra 5 minutes in bed, I will. I really do dislike early mornings! The routine begins…wake up, snooze and wish I’d gone to bed way earlier than I actually did the night before, get up, shower and get dressed, sort breakfast out, ask the kids to stop watching the TV and get themselves ready, make the packed lunches, ask the kids again to move their butts, make myself a cuppa, but I consider myself lucky if I get to finish it, switch the TV off as the kids will not be ready unless they do tear themselves away from the screen, check the time and realise, we will be late, check to see what’s happening with the kids and yell that they have 5 minutes and I’m leaving! (We don’t really, we have closer to 15. but you know what kids are like…they will drag their heels!). We do manage to get out of the door on time most of the time, which is surprising but then I either have to trek across the City to take my boy to his High School or I drop him so far so he can walk. I then take my daughter to school, where thankfully I work too!

Tomorrow will be a harder than usual day for me as my son does struggle to integrate back into school life. At 13 and going into his 3rd year in High School, I know I will have tears from him. It gets harder every year as he is growing into a young man and it’s never nice to see see your children upset. I do know that his school will take care of him as he is like this every time he returns after a long break. This does help me in my job too. I work in a school and I see lots of upset parents and children and can completely relate to how they are feeling. What I am lucky to witness is how these children adapt and settle in to their school life…which then gives me hope that my son is doing the same!

So here is to the official first day tomorrow….I wonder what time wine o’clock will be? The minute I get in from work? Or will I be ready at 8am?! The way things are panning out, I could be cracking that bottle open any minute. I have a very stroppy 13 year old, who has not eaten all day, who has just refused his tea and is in tears already. Thank goodness my daughter is happy to go back and will be fine….so it’s just my son to deal with….Hurry up half term…I think I need you already!