Happy Leap Day 2024

We haven’t had a Throwback Thursday for a while so I have had a look through our pictures.

Thought you would like this one; Eldest at one day old top picture and Tobey at one day old bottom picture.  I think you can tell who Tobey’s Daddy is?

The Boys at February School Half Term in London 2005, almost twenty years ago!  Where does the time go.  Eldest was nine and Youngest was five.

We also visited The British Library and this was one of the seats in the entrance.

Treacle asleep on Eldest’s bed in the sewing room. She loved keeping me company whilst I was sewing, just like Coco, although she does not have a bed to sleep on just her basket!

Been a busy old day and tomorrow I am helping Eldest and then Friday will be home jobs day!  Normally on Leap Day I would be doing something different to work but unfortunately that has not worked out this year.  I will have to find another day where I can do some quilting or some reading!!!

Happy Thursday you lovely lot. 

Hugs & Love, Susie & Coco xx

Took a little break from the Blog over the last two weeks as it has been extremely busy here as you can imagine.  Little Man is growing before our eyes and is now back to his birth weight, so the Midwives are really happy with him. 

Bathed, changed and ready for bed!

Ready for his first outing in his pram, more jacket than him!

Waiting to be changed and fed again!

I have been busy with work too and managed to get caught up with ours and Eldest’s, which was a relief.  Home jobs are going to be done tomorrow and grocery shopping today and then DH is out all weekend at two different swimming events!  Like buses they call along in pairs! 

Last weekend was the first weekend we had nothing on since the New Year and I had lots of plans of getting jobs done and guess what?   We did absolutely nothing! We did not get up too early and then we watched a bit of TV, I made dinner and that was it for both days.  It was rather nice although the jobs still need doing at some point!!!!!!

This is the Hotel Reception that Youngest and the swimmers stayed in.

Youngest got back from Lanzarote on Monday and the three coaches and three team manager Mums were shattered, but they ALL had a wonderful time.  So much so that as soon as they got back they wanted to know if they can go again next year!

This the 50m pool they were training in.

The Head Coach and swimmers.

They all said it was very hot and a nice change from all the rain we have had here in the UK.  I am very jealous!  We have had so much rain over the last few days that the rivers are bursting their banks again and our garden is so very, very wet!  Our pond is very full and we may have to take some water out of it!

Coco is fed up with all the rain and especially when she comes in and has to be dried.  This was her looking out of our back door but not going out as it was raining!!!

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and we will be back to normal next week. 

Hugs & Love, Susie & Coco xx

Elmo from Sesame Street asked everyone yesterday “How is everyone doing?” not realising how many people would respond with; not very well!  If a person had asked us that question, we would all probably have said “fine, bit tired and fed up with the weather but okay” when in fact we probably wanted to say “no we are not fine, it is January, there seems to have been twelve weeks in January, I still haven’t been paid and I am so tired of all the bad news”!!!!!!!!!!!

I am definitely fed up with our weather, cold, grey and more rain; I am definitely fed up with the news and all the doomsayers of another World War; I am definitely fed up with swimming at the moment; I am definitely fed up with ALL political parties; I am definitely fed up with one of the companies we work with and a million other little things! 

So we have turned the first page of the calendar and it is now February, I hope it is going to be a bit better! 

This was yesterday morning sunrise and a frosty morning, it did not stay like this for long, it was soon grey and raining!

Things are moving along with Eldest, Partner and their baby.  At the moment it is the third week of February but they are keeping an eye on things, so anytime from now until then!!  They have everything ready; the nursery is done, bag for the hospital is packed and car seat ready.  We have been getting them some things of course and this was my latest purchase.

Isn’t he cute?  and is quite big!  He will be put on the shelf for when Baby is a bit bigger!  At the moment Teddy is on the top shelf of my desk out of someone’s way!  Coco thought it was for her, nope!!!!!

It’s Friday tomorrow!  Yeah.  Although DH is out tomorrow evening setting up the swimming announcing system and then there all weekend.  Next week he is away all week at a business exhibition and then when he gets back on Friday repeats the whole set up and weekend event again!  I am quite glad when these two weekends and this exhibition are over!  Then Youngest will be away with the older swimmers in Lanzrote.  I do so wish I would be going as well!!!  Of course we may be busy by then!  Before we know it, it will be the end of February!  When I was little I always thought that February was a realllllllly long month, although of course it is the shortest.  Not this year of course as it is a Leap Year.

Happy Thursday you lovely lot. 

Hugs & Love, Susie & Coco xx