Coughs, Birthdays and Tidying.

Well the theme in our house for the last week has been coughs. Kai and Mark have both had bad coughs. Having been to the Dr's they we both given inhalers to counteract the bronco-spasm Post infection. Basically they had a cold / flu or something and now their chests keeps going into spasm making the both cough. I was unsure how Kai would react to the spacer, but he thinks it great. He likes to blow to make it move, He then wants to give Daddy his via the spacer too.
Alana had her first birthday this week too. It was very much a quiet affair compared to Kai's first. We went to go to the indoor play centre but Kai became unwell coughing and we had to leave. She enjoyed looking at her presents, and ripping the paper a skill she practices whenever she gets hold of anything she shouldn't have.
This weekend has been about getting the house ready for the publicity photos for when it goes on the market hopefully next week. Wow didn't realise just how much stuff was sitting around waiting to be binned, recycled or to go to the car-boot sale. I even tried to get Kai involved by getting him to pick which of his soft toys would say and which would go. One teddy's head came off as I picked him, that one went straight in the bin.
Well I can get one more area tidies before bed if I get on with it now. So off to bed.

Days out with an Ostrich and "the Sword in the Stone"

Yesterday I drove us down to Langwathby in Cumbria to Eden Ostrich Farm. Having been shown their website, we were rather excited about what to expect. The arrival was a little strange; in the middle of a village. Thank goodness for Sat Nav for these poor city slickers. We drove through some lovely country and windy roads to get there but would never have found it without it.
Having paid to go in, we went out into Ostrich world. To me it was a little strange, it was a "normal farm" to some degree with some goats, sheep, calf's, piglets. Also some chipmunks and guinea pigs and rabbits. But they also have a cross between a pony and zebra "Pozee" which was very sweet, and of course the Ostrich's which watch you from their paddock at the back of the farm. There is also a selection of play areas indoor and outdoors, which of course Kai loved exploring. Although we did have a have a small scare when he claimed he couldn't climb out of the indoor area where there was no hope of us getting to him. But he stayed calm and managed it "all by himself" much to his own pleasure and our relief. There were plenty of spaces for picnicing but as we'd not taken any lunches, we ate there which was lovely.

Kai loved trying to ride bikes, mini jcb diggers etc. and of course seeing the animals. He even managed to hold out his hand for a goat to nibble some food, rather than throwing it at them like he normally does.

Today we went out into Carlisle City centre and to Tullie House. The last time I went there Kai was probably about the age Alana is now. After sitting through lunch and even managing to get Kai to eat some of an egg mayonnaise roll, we then went in to explore. Arriving at the station / train area first of course was Kai's favourite. We then went off to explore the different areas. We managed to get Kai to try on some hats and coats, which made him, look so cute. We did a big rubbing all together showing Kai how to use the side of the crayon.
Kai also enjoyed trying to pull the sword out of the stone and his face lit up when he first pulled it out. Mum took loads of pictures trying out her new camera, mainly because Kai looked away just before the photo was taken. But out of all of them, this is the only one with an orb.

Well I think we all enjoyed our days out, although legs achy by the time we headed back to the car. I'm sure it won't be long before Alana is out of the buggy and terrorising her brother. We just hope that she gets over this aversion to animals, or that could be quite a challenge.

Hello and welcome

This is my newest blog. I run one to support my web design Business, but this one is going to be much less business lead and just discuss my family, what we get up to. What I think and what I believe in. At the end of the day this site is about my truth.

I'm married to Mark and we live with our two amazing kids Kai (3) and Alana (nearly 1). We currently live in Worcester, UK but because of Mark's work it looks like we might be moving to Stafford, but we're still just watch this space about this.

I've got some things I want to cover but it'll take a me a little while to get to grips with the blog and what I want to do with it, so bare with me, while I experiment and things will settle down.

It does seem nice to have somewhere to put all these thoughts that randomly float around, lets see if I can organise them in future.