This, that and the other!

The boys and I had a lovely morning at the park. The parks on the waters edge and has a big fence around the perimeter which is great for me because I don't have to keep my eyes constantly on the boys. Jack and Will had a ball. They were trying to climb up the slide and were laughing there heads off when they kept falling down. It's moments like these that make my heart soar. Whilst Lucas was asleep in the pram (Yay!) I got to browse through one of my home decorating magazines. Bliss! I think I'll head to that park more often.




How delightful watching their faces having so much fun!



 

The past week we've had Nana (Mother In law) staying with us which has been a great help. More hands make light work! The boys love having Nana stay. Another person to follow around and convince to play with them.



Nana starting to give Lucas a bottle before bed at night hoping to fill him more to sleep through. So far no luck!



Also headed to the shops for some things I needed. So much easier when you have someone else with you to help with the kids.  Anyway as I said I had a few things I NEEDED to buy. I'm terrible I always buy things I like but don't need and hate buying the things we really need or at least would make life much easier. One of my purchases a new ironing board cover. I've been without one for 6mths at least but it just wasn't something I wanted to spend money on (not much ironing goes on in this house). Well me being me it couldn't just be any ironing board cover it had to be something I really liked. How sad is that! For gods sakes it's only an ironing board cover. Anyway so this is it. I wanted to show you I like it so much .I don't want to put the ironing board away.



Looks better in real life honestly!

 Another thing I went to the shops for was a couple of new drink bottles for Jack and Will. Embarrassing to say but the boys have still been having milk in a bottle. Jack in particular being nearly four really needed to stop having them. It was costing a small fortune in milk because they were having too many bottles. It hasn't been as hard as we thought it was going to be. It was the same with the dummy. Jack was so attached to that but last Christmas we left it out for Santa and he never had one again (except the one he keeps stealing now from Lucas). They've now hardly been drinking any milk these last two days because they don't like it in the new bottle instead Jack has started asking for juice. Juice could replace the cost of all that milk. Have to watch that one.

Also had a butterfly painting Jack had done at preschool which I wanted to frame so we headed to the reject shop and Nana brought a frame for the painting. Doesn't it look great!

In other things happening, On one of those terribly rainy days we had this week I decided to make rock cakes with Jack after getting the idea off another blog. Jack gave the ingredients one stir then decided he wanted me to do it because he got too dirty. He's very pedantic about mess funny little thing. They turned out really well and were lovely to have with a cup of tea. Suffice to say they didn't last long. Although Jack didn't even want any after all that. Have to try something else with him another day.

There is some big changes in this house lately with the bottles going and all. We've also had Will sleeping in his big boys bed sharing a room with Jack for the past two weeks. I can not believe how easy the transition has been with him. Only the first two nights he got up through the night and since then I've been putting him to bed, kiss him goodnight then tell him I'm going to turn the light off. I then sit at the end of his bed staring at the door (exciting stuff) completely ignoring him and normally he'll talk to his teddy bear for abit. Tonight he was saying what are you doing teddy bear the other night something about wees and poos and he then goes to sleep mostly within 5mins. He has not got out of bed now for two weeks and is even sleeping in longer then Jack. Just have to work on getting Jack to sleep in longer then 5am (Sigh).




My sweet sweet angel! (When he's asleep anyway)


Lastly quick note on what the boys are all doing. Jack just seems so grown up now. The two younger boys really look up to him already. Will copies everything Jack says and does and Lucas lights up when Jack speaks to him. Jack is loving preschool and has made lots of great little friends. I have no trouble dropping him off in fact it's hard to get him to leave.

Will as I said copies everything that Jack says. He also will copy me from time to time. I was saying to Jack yesterday something like just eat your toast Jack so Will says eat your toast Jack or in the car the other day Jack wanted to go to a park and I said you'll be asleep before we get there and Will kept saying go to sleep Jack. Jack at the moment is wanting full attention when talking to me so he'll be trying to tell me something and Will keeps talking Jack will say I'm talking to Mum so now Will is saying No I'm talking to Mum. Yesterday this went on for nearly 5 mins and became a bit of a game with them laughing. I couldn't help but laugh along with them.

Lucas is abit of a handful this week. Up until now he had been a very easy baby without much crying, easy to put to sleep and a good sleeper then at night normally only waking me once a night at the most two. This week he doesn't seem happy with anything. He doesn't want to lie in his bouncer, not happy lying on his stomach so I went and brought a bumbo and he isn't even happy in that for very long. He is also cat napping during the day and has been waking me three times a night.. I am hoping its because he's teething or something and not the new Lucas. I just can't hold him all the time having the other two.  I think I need to get into a routine of feeding him as I have just been feeding him whenever he seems hungry as it's hard to keep track of the time when I have the other two occupying my time as well. Feeding has become a comfort for him.  All this breastfeeding is draining me too. Time to get a bit firmer with him I think. Lucky he is so cute!!




How could you get cross with him!




Everyone watching Lucas on his new bumbo! He only has eyes for Jack.

 Maybe I should include what my 4th boys is up to as well. We recently brought a fandango Breville mixer and Ben has busily been making lots of things bread, cakes, ice cream (not good for the thighs). Ben is the cook of the house. I am OK at cooking but I really don't enjoy it that much it's just another chore for me and I have enough to do so I'm happy for him to do it. He's been getting into cooking dinner lately especially since Master Chef is back on. So I'm lucky enough to get some gourmet style dinners alot of nights.

Not much planned for this weekend. Ben will work tomorrow morning whilst I clean up abit in between this and that for the kids. We have Ben's Dad and wife coming for a visit tomorrow afternoon so I need to get the house in some kind of order. Sunday don't know. We will either all go out somewhere or Ben might take the boys for a train ride again (he took them on the train last weekend just through a few stations and they loved it. They're easily entertained) and give me some time at home just with Lucas.

Have a great weekend!

Leanne xx

Here it is!



I have been trying to get back here for the past week or so however long since I wrote last and just haven't found the right time. I've spent so much time looking at other peoples blogs getting inspired by their creativity and so enjoy peeking into other people lives. I started this blog so I could keep a journal of such of my time with my three boys or at the time of starting the blog it was two boys with a new bub coming unknown what he would be at the time. I do wish I would have kept up with writing my blog during that time of me being pregnant and then the arrival of Lucas but I just struggled with keeping up with Jack and Will while pregnant and everything else. I didn't feel inspired to keep going with it but I think it's important for me to have a voice somewhere even if its for just myself to read back on to see the journey I have taken and all the wonderful things that have happened with our three boys.

Our beautiful baby Lucas arrives into the world!

 Anyway there really is just too much I feel to go back through all that's happened since having Lucas 4 1/2 months ago. For me it was really no surprise he was a boy. I really did feel it pretty much the whole pregnancy but as with everyone there is always that chance it's a girl too. I really did enjoy looking at all the girl things scouring the net looking at things I might like if it were to be a girl but it wasn't to be. I believe everything happens as it's supposed to and I believe I was blessed with three gorgeous boys for a reason. They are here to teach me something and hopefully me them. Some days it is so full on for me and I wonder how I manage to get through the day and my patience is very thin. There are other days however that are just filled with love from my boys and their laughter and sense of fun and I feel truly blessed to have them. As hard as it is sometimes it is all worth it and as they grow together I can only hope they will be the best of friends and have great memories of growing up together. Ben and I love them so much and everything we do we only want what is best for them. Sometimes our own destructive behaviours get in the way of this and it's a constant battle for both of us to move past them so we can be the best parents that we want to be but we truly love our kids so much.

Jack and Will meeting their new baby brother Lucas for the first time.

So all that said my blog from now will just be week to week happenings with the boys again talking about funny things they've said and done and how they're interacting with each other. I think I'm also going to start putting things up on here that I find inspirational or just things I plain love because there are so many things I'm always adding to my dream home one day.

Speaking of inspirational look at this gorgeous cubby house from a blog that I love Bubby Makes Three. I can not wait to one day own our own home again so we can put one of these in our backyard for our little guys.

As I write this Jack and Will are asleep in their bedroom together which makes me so happy that they're able to do that. I look back and have such fond memories of sharing a room with my sister Kim. I really think it has made us even closer. Even if we had enough rooms for them to have their own I think I'd still want them all to share at some point. I think it's good for them. Lucas is still sleeping in the room with us which I like. I prefer them at that age to be close to me. He is such a beautiful happy baby I couldn't ask for him to be better truly. He is only just starting to learn to cry if he wants something. He has made this transition to having the three so much easier. I dread to think how much harder it would have been had he been a difficult baby. God must have known I couldn't handle it I think. anyway he is such a delight we are very lucky. He is also definitely going to be treated like the baby. He is so endearing. We all just love him to bits. Even the boys who only give him a whack now and again. Mostly though they love him and I know they're happy to have another brother. Jack and Will seemed to get closer when he came along and for me it felt right when Lucas came into our world. I just always felt three was the right number and now I know it was. I really don't think we will have anymore but I guess never say never as I don't know how I'll feel when Lucas is older but I do know it definitely wouldn't be close like the three of them are. If we had lots of money too that would make the decision easier but it's something that needs to be considered. I think we have our hands pretty full though with the three boys and I don't feel I'm missing out not having the girl. Obviously it would be nice but it's not meant to be. At least the boys can all go camping together when they're older and leave me with some peace and quiet.



I just love this picture of the boys.



So I think that's all I'll write for now but I'm definitely going to jump on here more often.

Leanne xx

Here's just a few more recent pics of all my beautiful boys.



Jack and Lucas

Will