Pebble and Nemo have been under the weather since Sunday when we had a disastrous trip swimming. We try to take the children swimming before church on Sunday. Nemo and Pebble both had colds and weren't their usual selves but we decided to take take them anyway!
Bad idea...before we even got into the pool Nemo kept saying "no swimming", he has never said this before. Now if I was a really good parent I probably would have respected his choice, however we had paid to get in and he always loves swimming so on went his swimming costume anyway. Now I'm not going to lie he needed quite a lot of persuasion to get into the pool but once he did get in he enjoyed himself. Pebble on the other hand was fine going in, had a great time as usual until about 15 minutes in when she's just desperately scratching at her head and crying. At this point Nemo started to get upset too so we went out.
Pebble's had problems with psoriasis on her head (which hubby has) but the swimming pool water seems to set it off. The doctor nicely gave us some pretty horrendous smelling shampoo which has to an extent helped the psoriasis however has set of the eczema on her skin (she gets that from me). Fantastic....
Anyway Pebble screamed so loud getting changed after swimming I thought my ear drums might burst and Nemo was tired and moany so we gave up and put them in bed. (Not brave enough to face church I'm afraid!)
I made a roast dinner on Sunday and thought that after a sleep and a roast the kids would be pretty happy.
Oh how niave!
So yes Sunday wasn't exactly relaxing...
I went to have another blood test on Monday (the results are normal yay!) went shopping for Pebble's birthday!
Realising my daughter is more beautiful then I could have ever imagined. 
I ended up going on a complete tangent and getting Pebble's next car seat. Nemo has a rearfacing car seat for up to 4 years however Pebble is starting to grow out of her baby one. I managed to get a good deal on an extended rearfacing joie car seat and base although it still made my purse feel a bit sorry for itself!
Of course Pebble was having a day where she wanted to be held, constantly (see below picture). Additionally Nemo wasn't impressed that in the toy shop it had a train train on a table with a transparent lid so he couldn't play with it. This resulted in trying to talk to the car seat lady whilst holding a crying Pebble and intermitedly running off after Nemo who was going off to look at toys and having tantrums when I bought him back! By the time I brought the car seat I felt I had achieved some marathon level feat!
To be fair, this was a self inflicted pain in the bum for me. Attempting to buy a car seat with two unwell children on your own is really just asking for trouble!
Tuesday saw us go to our usual group. Poor Pebble spent the entire time on my lap. I just felt so sorry for her, she was obviously feeling really under the weather and just couldn't get comfortable. Luckily she perked up for a prearranged shopping trip with my friend for an outfit. Nemo and her son (a similar age) had a great time running around tickling each other (and pressing the emergency button in the lift....) however the shopping trip wasn't very productive for my friend who didn't get a thing!
I finished a dress I had been knitted for Pebble for her birthday only to find that I couldn't get it over her head!
Pebble and Nemo have both inherited large heads from their Dad! Thankfully I managed to unpick the ribbed edge on the neckline and double crochet round instead which means she can actually put it on yay!
Today Pebble had her first year review. Now even though I know it's a bit silly I always find the health visitor coming a bit pressuring. I want to put on my best Mum face and want the children to do their best perfect children impression! Of course that never happens and today was an embarrassing mix of the children having fights over toys, Pebble crying inconsolably, Nemo having tantrums for seemingly no reason and just generally me looking frazzled whilst I try and talk intelligently about Pebble's development. I filled in this mental health questionnaire and couldn't help but laugh when I saw one of the questions to be "my baby annoys me". Not because generally I find my children annoying at all, but at that exact moment the kids were not playing ball!
So yes, this week has been pretty tough at times with both children not at their best however there are so many amazing moments mixed in with those tough bits. I read an article once which spoke about how she found being a stay at home mum is an every day rollercoaster with times where she'd want to put the kids up for adoption and times where she's think it's fantastic and would want a million children. I really understand where she's coming from. So having shared my disasters, these are some of my amazing moments
The potential for snow...
Nemo force feeding his doll Cheerios!
Nemo showing that he can be a mans man and be in touch with his feminine side!
Pebble trying to feed off anything...
Pebble showing that she's spent too long watching a Labrador stalking food
Nemo being an awesome big brother
He even shares toys with his sister.....
sometimes...
Oh I can't wait to see you all in a few weeks time. SO miss you all. Sorry it's been a tough week, but even when times are crap there's always that smile from your children which melts you and makes the tough times bareable.
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