First Sunday of Advent ...OH Come oh come Emanuel!

This week we had been very busy! Monday as usual swimming while Tuesday we were enjoying some time at home redescovering CARS the disney film since daddy has been lovley and ordered our own copy. Wednesday we had gone out for after school coffee date with my boys while Thursday we had the STAY and PLAY at school what a great success. I have truley enjoyed it...and learnt so much about my son. I loved seeing him at the heart of his class and always busy playing with different kids. This funny photo was special as he got very excited about making a dough...with the girls.I love this photo and if you knew this little boy's mummy you would actually see me and her in this photo!!:)) Reuben here reminds me so much of me...I had some special friends and I always in my childhood pics I used to take similar postures....of showing and expressing my feelings...

I asked Reuben if he wanted to take a photo with some of his friends and he and Luke immediatley wanted a photo!!:)) I did like that....they were so cute.

Here the gang of four!! Reuben, Luke, Samuel and Lotchan....(with whom he also use to go to nursery to baby room!)I just loved this photo!!! How cool is this?! I loved that while I was looking for Reuben somewhere at the bottom....there he was right at the top!! I hope Reuben will stay at the top always...not literally off course but that he will always love school as much as he does now. I do think that school is fun because he has some really good friends (some he knew previously) and some really good tecahers. Thank you all. I am glad we made the decission to go to this school.And we off course enoyed mummy and baby kangoruu time...Reuben has been asking so many questions about being in my belly and about being a baby so here is our little play time.

I love these moments with Reuben every day I learn more about my lovley son. He not only always seem to overcome every expectation of mine he also is always able to tell me things that bother him that seem to make him happy. I love the way he communicates and tells me things. I love this stage. ANd off course I LOVE HIM MORE AND MORE .....amazing how you discover so much more love each day isnt it?!:))

O OH OH....soooo much going on.....and on!

We have just had a busiest week in ages. I think the more we head towards the end of the year the quicker time passes....all shops are Christmasy, Lights are being turned on in highstreets and basically we are told Christmas is around the corner....still, we now had celebrated Harvest, Rememberance Day and this weekend was all about "children in need" in Uk. Reuben had Spotty Day on Friday and this is what I had created for him. I was gona do a Pudsey bear but did not quite manage so we remained with the yellow pudsey tunic and the spotty face...he was ever so proud. I did feel so good knowing I had gone out and done something to make his spotty day even more special. He had a fab day at his school on Friday.After a long day on Saturday finally time 5:30 came to enjoy his friend Zoli's bday at Splashes. He has loved loved so much being with the big boys (7 years olds) and he loved loved being able to sit next to his friends too at the party table.

Enjoyed so much on Sunday Noah's bday party getting aquainted with STAR WARS...here he is with his friend, Edward.Daddy has been waiting such a long long time to introduce STAR WARS to Reuben. Its not something I would be interested in or else I would have been in the photo too but really someone needed to take that photo.....Zac was right in his element too. Jerry has lent Reuben his lightsaver which R loves loves and loves. Over all a mad weekend but so nice to see so many friends. Lets hope next weekend will be a bit calmer.

cold and dark and time to hibernate (wishful thinking)

Monday was a day that we had not planned and never plan much as its swimming day! I now know I had a tummy bug comming (only realised that in the evening) and Reuben asked me if I would let him make cakes with Nicholas and miss a swim session. reluctantly but since I wasnt well I had agreed and Nicholas has joined in for cake making with lovley aunty Elena.And the cakes were yummy...even we did after all make swimming as well (just in time 5 mins warning he gave me...) and had yummy fresh cakes when we got back. So yes Monday was a manic Monday....with school, cake making, swimming and crashing out at 8pm all of us.HI! I have really been so so pleased to see the huge changes since Reuben started school! He is ever so interested in the big wide world and especially in events. At school they had a POPPY (Puppy) day to REMEMBER THE PEOPLE WHO DIED FOR US IN WARS. phewwww where do I begin?! We visited Rochester one evening and he insisted to take a moment in silence to think of the puppies who have died for us in wars. Bless him!!! He does know its people but he thinks affectionatley of them as puppies his favourite ....he wears with pride his poppy and insisted on us all wearing them. Should see what he thinks when he goes to church tomorrow and sees veterans and flags and observs the two minute silence!!I just cant but smile at these photos....I took them on the platform at Stratford (having visited Westfield shopping Centre) the boys were so excited about the trains.....they did not want to stay in the posh waiting area....they had to stay to see the trains comming and going. My hoodie boys!A not so good week for us. I (mum) had the tummy bug Monday and Tuesday...although I soldiered on....it has pretty much made me feel rubbish all week. Reuben and Zac had a few down afternoons and poor Reuben on Friday had a little incident at school when another child (with severe learning difficulties) has wacked him on the head with a shovel so he had blood and a bump....we had to go to hospital. It was so sad....but he was as happy as Larry. So excited to get sweets and off course tell the nurses he was gona dine at the chinese that evening. I knew he was fine as he hopped all the way home from school....then he showed off his French and Hungarian.....it was just hilarious....but yes we did get to the chinese.....with a equally worried and excited Noah and Luca and off course aunty Angeline (whom he thinks of as a good future wife:))) and little Amelia.Must be nice to have friends with us at Chinese as he Reuben who normally only has crackers has eaten pretty much everything from the plate....chicken skewers and seasame prawn toast and crackers and the juice tooo:))) Perhaps the injury to the head did him good?!:)) ups naughty mummy I am.

The three musketeers.....Reuben off course in the middle. He wanted desperaley to sit between the brothers Luca(brown eyes) and Noah (blue eyes).

So it has been a busy week! A difficult one with various strange emotions and feelings and illnesses but weekend so far so very good. Happy to look forward to next week.