1st April

HAPPY APRIL FOOLS DAY!! I hope your out there to cause a bit of havoc this morning!!! If anyone feels like it i'd love to hear what stunts you pulled {or had pulled on you} cos I luv a good chuckle :}

Which do you think looks good for a smiley face, this one: :) or this one: :} ? I like this one: :} I never thought of using that one till now but I think it looks quite good! Just idle thoughts there :}

Princess Kirsten got so stressed yesterday at the thought of going to school that she literally hyperventilated. This caused me a lot more concern than my error of mixing up the Easter holidays, it eventually came out about the severity of the bullying she is enduring at school so I had to get on that case. Now the school are making it an official investigation, these 3 girls are not giving up and have now taken it onto msn. I have had Kirsten print off all the chats to support her claims but its put a massive divide between the girls in the class {who are said to be the worst Y7 group in years} so what was once a popular and somewhat equally confident Kirsten is now more like a dandelion on its last legs, something I am NOT prepared to tolerate any longer. I have a meeting with the head later today, he knows how angry I am, he knows the next step for me is the police and I believe he is at his limit with 2 of the 3 girls already. So this morning I have to get Kirsten checked out at the doctors, after this hyperventilating she suddenly had her right arm go numb and her lip swollen up. I wouldn't mind but she had sat at the table by me for two hours drawing and writing so it wasn't something she ate or done. I'm wondering if its a stress reaction she has. It was almost 3ish when she calmed down enough in my bed, my heart just aches for her right now.

I decided to keep Kian and Ty here rather than take them back to Angie. At least here they have the garden, Kirsten and Charley to play with here whereas at mum's her garden isn't really equipped for kids, they'd be bored. So after doing what I need to at Kirsten's school we are off to a little farm and play area in Prinknash to lighten up the issues with Kirsten and get the kids out, then tonight we are all going to bake some cakes {an interesting task considering how small my kitchen is!!} then we plan to do our Family Home Evening {something we do in our church to help bring families together and be strengthened as a unit and in the gospel} so the boys have chosen the lesson to be about The World! Now i'm not entirely sure yet how i'm going to do that one...BUT i'm about to embark on my research for it! Wish me luck!! :}

So, until my appointment time at the school and doctors I am going to procrastinate with the kids! Kirsten is still sleeping so the boys and I are going for a walk up to the park with the dog, let them run around for an hour while I sit and ponder {my latest favourite hobby!! :}} Oh I love these sunny days when we can just open the door and let in the air, stretch the old legs and be outside without fear of hypothermia!! :}

I had a good ole chat with my Scott yesterday about pretty much anything and everything under the sun, as you do! We talked about his upcoming 18th birthday in exactly 2 months today {of course i'm not that old to have 18 and 19 yr old kids!!} Because Scott likes family and friends around him we have come up with a good plan, on the Friday before his birthday we are having a pizza-q (the alternative to bbq!!) and having family and friends here...then on the saturday he will go out up to Tewkesbury with his friends and go home on the Sunday and have another night with his college friends down there! I am excited about this in one way...but on the other hand my garden is a total wreck and I have to get some back up in to help me whip it into some kind of shape! I'm also toying with the idea of making a whole load of 6" pizzas myself but that'll probably range around 50 or so {he has a lot of mates and my lot aren't light eaters!!} though i'm not convinced on that yet, I found that manslaughter is still illegal as well!! :} Either way i'm so looking forward to that weekend, as is my boy! Nothing like a good party, lots of good company, music and kids running round to feel the spirit of life again!

Back to the present, my day, simple, full and on the verge of totally lazy, but the way i'm seeing it is easy, i'm making memories! :}

Whatever you're doing, have a good one :}