NCT.... Friend or Foe?

A friend of mine emailed me a link last week. It's an article referring to a womans experience with her NCT group. I shant go into details but recommend having a read to get a brief insight to my own experience of the NCT.

Daily Mail NCT Article

The lady that emailed this link is a dear friend & she knew I'd find it an interesting read. I think we all have lots of good friends, friends for life, friends to catch up with once in a while & now facebook "friends".... but true friends are few & far between. This friend is truely amazing, she always puts other people first be it family or friends, she is on the end of the phone whenever I have needed help, advice, a chat or a laugh. Her & her husband are godparents to our wonderful twins & I couldn't ask for a better friend :-)

.... oh I forgot to mention....... I met her at NCT!

"Kisses"

Every morning when DH leaves for work he gives me kisses goodbye. As the twins have grown I've encouraged them to "wave goodbye to daddy". To start with it was emotional, there was more crying from the twins than anything else. As time went on they progressed to waving & Lumpy now gives his wave whist saying his version of "bye-bye".

We have a stair gate across our hallway, due to the configuration of the bottom of our stairs there wasn't anywhere else it could go but it works brilliantly, the twins have no access to the stairs or the front door (Until Moo opens the gate but thats a whole different post for a later date!). We reached the stage recently where no matter what time of day it was, if daddy was heading through the stair gate the twins would automatically start waving bye-bye... it didn't seem to matter that daddy was going upstairs to the loo or taking some recycling out.

When the twins & I are at home when daddy finishes work he lets us know when he's close, I'll either have them outside with their reigns or they climb up on the sofa to the window, lift up the net curtains & are glued to the window until they see daddy... at which point lots of smiling & jumping on the sofa happens. At the start of last week we all went through our morning routine of saying goodbye to daddy & without any prompting at all as daddy closed the door Little Moo went charging into the lounge & was up on the sofa & under the curtains before daddy had made it to the front gate, by the end of the week both babies were heading to the sofa when the front door went click... although they don't always make it under the curtain before daddy is half way down the road!

Well this morning the routine took on a whole new twist that was soooo lovely! DH was the appropriate side of the gate getting ready to go, Lumpy & Moo were waving goodbye to daddy. DH leans towards me & says "kisses", as I leant forward to give him kisses we have a Little Moo standing inbetween us looking up making her "Mmmmm" "Mmmmm" noises with her lips pursed for a kiss. Daddy bent down to give her a kiss & Lumpy came over for his (not quite pursed lips & a bit more sloppy), it was the cutest thing ever, I just wanted to scoop them up & give them lots of hugs & cuddles..... but I couldn't..... because they were gone.... straight to the lounge window!

Kisses all around :-)

Supermarket Sweep!

.... it felt like "big sleep" time. Big Sleep is the term that my friend & I refer to as the large nap our children have in the middle of day, big sleep because sometimes there are other mini sleeps maybe in the morning, maybe in the afternoon or maybe not at all. It felt like the twins were upstairs sleeping soundly in the their cots while I had perhaps 1.5-2hrs to get some jobs done, have lunch & sit down for a bit. It felt strange, weird, hard to explain, I felt like I'd lost my purpose, my reason for being. The twins weren't upstairs at all, not even in the house. I needed to go out!

I wasn't going far as it was their first day away from me (& I from them) & none of us had a clue how they would be so I decided to go food shopping!! You may laugh but we've been doing internet shopping since before they were born & to wander around a supermarket without having to do a trolley dash was a rarety indeed.

After the Tesco shop I decided the afternoon would be spent relaxing at home with a bit of stitching, well the stitching never quite happened but after having lunch I started catching up with some of the programmes I had on Sky+ & I remained on the sofa clock watching until it was time to pick the bambinos up. I couldn't wait to see them. I'd miss them, the house was silent without them.

When I arrived at the nursery DD was asleep in a cot, having finally gone to sleep in someone arms at around 14.35, DS however was wide, well not quite wide, awake & showing no signs of being sleepy, although he did appear to be surgically attached to his blankie. We were home in time for tea, bit of playing & then off to bed.

Both babies were sound asleep within 5 minutes & there they stayed for a blissful 12 hours :-)

That was the end of their big adventure...... for this week anyhow!!

The Big Adventure

After a bit of a struggle we managed to get the twins booked into a nursery for the Sept-Dec term. They will only be going one day a week & at the moment we're unsure if we'll be able to have them booked in for the following term but it marks the start of a whole new adventure, for both me & the twins.

I found the morning quite stressful, getting the twins up, breakfast, dressed, making sure they had everything they needed for nursery & then getting out of the house in time to drop them off at 9am. Now usually I see if they need a little nap around the 9am mark so that was out the window as the twins were far more interested in where we were off to at that time of the day!

Everyone that I've spoke to so far has asked me if I found it difficult leaving them & thats a bit of a tough question. I wasn't worried about the leaving them I was more apprehensive that they had everything they needed & that they'd be ok & eat/drink enough. I already knew that DS would scream his head off as he does that when I leave the room or go upstairs. DD tends to be a bit more laid back in these situations & tends to get upset when DS has been screaming for a while or if she wants something, ie food, drink or sleep.

It was strange once I'd left the building (certain that they'd stopped screaming), I sat in the park for a bit & sent a text to friend. It was quiet & still. I decided to buy myself a cake & some rolls at the little bakers before heading home. My mind was busy trying to decide what to do with the day & it settled on going home for a cup of tea & the piece of cake. Once I got home it was even more quiet.......

.... I'll let you know more another day.

A Guarantee.

The very first year I met my husband we used to visit the pub often. A wander down to town to pick a watering hole, meet some friends, enjoy laughter & chat followed by the long walk home. That walk always seemed much longer at the end of the night! This particular evening we were on our way home, it wasn't a cold evening but it was quiet, not much traffic. Half way between our home & town is a traffic speed camera. As we near the camera Greg turns to me & says, very enthusiastically, "shall we run past the speed camera really fast to make it go off?".

I laughed so much, we were in fits all the way home. I have to say that now, some 8 years on, every single time I walk or drive past a speed camera it makes me smile & if I think about it even more I am still in fits of laughter.... guaranteed!

Who would have thought that speed cameras could make a person so happy?

Welcome to my new blog.

Lisa xx