Last week Emilie had her routine eye test and as a result she needed some new glasses. The young lady of the family selected a very stylish brown & lime green pair with heart details on the frame.
We are sure you agree that she looks very stylish in them.
This afternoon Emilie asked if she could do some baking; she had been looking through her collection of recipe books and decided that she wanted to bake some biscuits. Mum checked over the recipe with her to ensure we had all the necessary ingredients and then she was informed that her assistance was no longer required.
Thirty minutes later Mum was called back into the kitchen to put the biscuits in the oven and she was met with a selection of shapes and letters on the baking trays, the biscuits baked & filled our house with a beautiful aroma.
Once the biscuits had cooled we were once again asked to leave the kitchen whilst the biscuits were decorated – when the decorating was done Emilie called Mum back into the kitchen to show her her handiwork; Emilie had made biscuits for Dad spelling out “I LOVE DADDY” and was ready to present them to him.
As you can see from the picture Dad was pleased with his gift from Emilie.
Happy Birthday to Dad!!!
Our Dad is 36 today, he’s almost catching up with Mum!
We decided that we would treat him to some Star Wars Lego for his birthday so we got him the Imperial Shuttle which he was very pleased with. Mum bought him a Lego Millennium Falcon and she also made him a fantastic Lego cake.
We hope you have a great Birthday and Birthday weekend Dad – we love you lots!
At the start of the year Mum was worried that Daniel wasn’t eating enough food; he was eating less than Harry (which isn’t hard) but he was also eating less than Emilie too! On regular occasions Daniel was skipping breakfast, eating one sandwich for lunch and then not finishing his dinner.
Mum was worried because she felt that Daniel should be eating more due to the amount of rugby he plays and also because he was fast approaching the teenage growth years. Mum had expressed her concerns to some of her friends at work & that’s when one of her friends offered a solution.
How would Daniel like a visit from Matt Blythe, Warrington Wolves Centre? Mum jumped at the chance and so Matt came round to talk to Daniel about the importance of eating healthily especially if he wanted to continue playing rugby.
Over the following 6 months Daniel heeded the advice that Matt had given him and he started to eat more, no more breakfast dodging, elevenses, bigger packed lunches, afternoon tea on his return from school, dinner & supper. On some days Mum has commented that Daniel is now eating us out of house and home!
Matt had promised Daniel that if he made a real effort with his eating habits that he would come back & visit him again; and that’s what happened this evening.
Dad was tidying up in the kitchen & Mum was getting Harry ready for bed when the doorbell rang so they asked Daniel to answer the door (Mum & Dad knew who was ringing the bell!), the look on his face was a sight to behold when he saw that it was Matt stood at the door.
Daniel invited Matt in & they had a chat about how well Daniel was eating now; Matt also asked Daniel about his Moonwalk experience and told him he was very impressed as he could only walk about 2 miles never mind 26.2 miles!
Matt told Daniel he was really pleased that he was now eating more food and as a reward for doing so well he presented Daniel with a rugby ball signed by the Warrington Wolves team, the ball now has pride of place in Daniel’s bedroom and serves as a permanent reminder that he needs to eat healthily!
As you all know it isn’t Harry’s 2nd birthday until August but tonight Mum & Dad built his birthday present; with some help from Harry.
Mum & Dad decided a few weeks ago that they were going to buy him a climbing frame & slide for the garden but wanted him to get some use out of it this summer and as we go on holiday 10 days after his birthday they thought he better have it sooner rather than later.
Harry loves his present as you can see from the pictures!
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Today we made the trip down to Reading so that we could attend the christening of our cousin Lucy.
We left home at 9am and Dad drove down the motorways until we reached our destination; there’s no stopping when Dad is driving! We arrived at The Pheasant pub at 12 noon where we were met up with Grandad, Pauline, Auntie Carol, Uncle Harry, Auntie Jennifer, Uncle Mike, Amy & Callum for a spot of lunch before the big event. We had a delicious lunch & a play in the playground before it was time to head off to the church.
We congregated at the church where we were delighted to see our 2 cousins Joe & the very important Lucy; the Vicar appeared & asked us all to make our way into church ready for the service. We all took our place & then we had to wait for Uncle Graham, Auntie Carrie, Courtney, Jake, Luke & Bertie to arrive. The Vicar was very funny & told us all that when they arrived we all had to turn round & stare at them; which we did!
The service then started, it was a very nice service as the Vicar was very jolly. Harry wandered around the church and even tried to play the organ and when that failed he ran off with the organist’s glasses case!
We all felt very proud attending Lucy’s Christening as Daniel had been asked to be her Godfather and he took his responsibility very seriously.
When the service was over we all headed off to the rugby club where Uncle Michael used to play rugby, before his retirement this year. We had great fun at the rugby club playing football, bouncing on the bouncy castle & eating food (Harry).
Whilst we are at Lucy’s Christening today we spotted the interaction between Harry & Lucy; click through the photos above.
It seems Lucy was interested in Harry’s dummy but Harry was not going to let her have it!
At 8:17am yesterday morning I burst into tears as I crossed the finish line of The Moonwalk, the tears weren’t for me they were for Daniel as he had just completed the walk too! For those readers that don’t know about The Moonwalk it is a walk that takes place in London each year where 17,000 women (& a few men) walk 26.2 miles, a marathon, through the night to raise money for breast cancer charities.
Dan has wanted to take part in The Moonwalk since he was 5 years old in memory of his Nana. Last October the applications opened & I asked Dan if he would like to take part now that he was old enough to do it and he said “of course I do.”
We started training in January of this year and since then we have walked over 200 miles; just this training alone took huge commitment from Dan, with some training walks occuring after he had played a rugby match on a Sunday morning.
Yesterday evening finally saw the arrival of Dan’s challenge and he was full of confidence that he was going to be crossing the finishing line & collecting his medal on Sunday morning.
We left Hyde Park at 00:07 and as we left Nina Barough, the founder of Walk the Walk, spotted Dan and when she found out he was just 13 and was doing the walk she said “I am so proud of you for doing this, well done.” This spurred Dan on during the night as he kept asking “I’m going to make Nina prouder by finishing?”
The first 17 miles were a doddle for Dan and between miles 10 & 17 he took off by himself at a speed that neither I or Beverly could keep up with, we only caught up with him as he queued for a toilet break at The Royal Albert Hall. During this last third of the walk we walked past the Breakthrough Breast Cancer buildings where the name of Dan’s Nana is on a plaque – it was special for me to be able to show Dan this & I have to say I had to fight the tears back at this point.
From mile 19 onwards Dan started to struggle as his right ankle was starting to hurt, we slowed our pace and fuelled him with enery gel and jelly babies. The poor boy kept asking “are we nearly back at the park yet?” At mile 22 I really thought he was going to give up but thankfully a few fellow walkers saw he was hurting and gave him a huge confidence boost by telling him that he was amazing for doing the walk!
We reached the park around 7:30am and Dan got his second wind and he sped up, well sped up as much as you can after walking 24 miles. The last 1.2 miles seemed to go on for ever but with each step I could see the sense of acheivement growing in the face of my child.
We crossed the finish line at 8:17am and I immediately burst into tears – I was (and am) so VERY VERY VERY proud of what Dan achieved and I watched on with great pride as he received his finishers medal and a huge hug from the volunteer who told him “she was honoured to be giving him his medal.”
I hope Nina is proud of him too!
You can still donate to our fundraising pot too – simply click on the link below:
Josh as you’ve likely seen has had a pretty good rugby season since last year. Despite not being able to start playing until the end of September because of his knee injury he got straight back into his usual great tagging and occasional try scoring. Come the turn of the year he’d scored 5 tries, not bad seeing as he only plays once a fortnight and the aforementioned delayed start.
However, something strange happened once the year turned and a newer, faster, more skillful Joshua emerged almost out of nowhere and amazed everyone including his coaches at the transformation from a good player into a brilliant player. The remaining half of the season, well half of the half as he doesn’t play every week as he’s at his mum’s, he notched up a stonking 18 tries, half of them coming in a mini tournament where he played three 10 minute games and scored 9 tries in just one morning!
So this clearly didn’t go unnoticed by his coaches and in the more recent tournaments he’s played nearly every minute of every game, making some brilliant last ditch tackles, reading the game well and obviously scoring one or two tries along the way.
His performance in the second half of the season meant the coaches had almost no choice but to award him the Most Improved Player trophy due to his huge leap forward. That left a very proud Dad happy because he’s put a lot of effort into his rugby this year and its great to see it recognised and most importantly for Josh he’s got more hunger now to wrestle the Player Of The Season trophy off of his team mate Christian; who I might add has had a lot of assists from Josh this season.
Those two will be battling out, in the nicest possible way next season which brings a new dimension too; no more tag rugby. Full contact from September, Josh can’t wait to start flattening people!!!
One person that deserves recognition too is Josh’s older brother Dan who I believe has helped bring Josh’s game on immensely with all the practice tackling that seems to going on constantly in the garden. He’s imparting what knowledge and skill he’s already learnt on to Josh which is helping bring Josh along at a rate of knots and whilst he’s struggled a bit this season he should feel proud of his part in Josh’s progress and needs to keep his chin up and keep positive about next season.
Daniel if you actually read this, I’m proud of your performances and determination this season and for what you are doing for Josh.
Well done Josh, I’m very proud of you; brilliant effort :-)
At 8am we all arrived at Edgeley Park for what was to be an action packed day.
Josh & his U8s squad were playing in a tournament ahead of Sale Sharks last match at Edgeley Park against Harlequins.
The U8s played brilliantly in their pool matches; drawing 1 & winning 3! Josh scored 2 brilliant tries as well.
Warrington met Bowdon in the final who were a force to be reckoned with & unfortunately due to the speed & discipline of Bowdon our boys couldn’t win.
When the tournament was over we paid a trip to the Sale Sharks shop before finding our seats for the match. Only Mum & Dan have watched Sale Sharks play live before, so it was a first for the other 4.
Sadly it wasn’t to be Sale Sharks day either as they suffered defeat.
Josh received his runners up medal on the pitch at half time & we saw Uncle Simon as he was on Paramedic duty.
We had a brilliant but exhausting day & an early night is on the cards for all of us!!
Today is the last day of our school holidays and unlike the rest of the week it was warm and sunny so Joshua & Dad decided to have a game of Star Wars Top Trumps in the sunshine. Harry was milling around in the garden as well and decided to “join in” too!
When Harry got bored he decided that he would give his big brother Joshua some hugs instead; despite only spending a few days a month together you can definitely tell that these 2 brothers love each other a lot!
And for the record Joshua beat Dad at Top Trumps!
