Sunday.

Another early start...

I gave Jeremy a haircut this morning (at his request!), it worked out okay again - I'm getting used to doing this now as I've been cutting his hair for about 2 years now I think! We just have some of those Wahl hair clippers and I follow the instructions that came on the dvd. A mans short haircut on straight hair is not all that demanding.

Spent most of the day tidying and cleaning - now the bathrooms are sparkling and we can see the bedroom carpets once more! We are still very pleased with the "Hoover Hurricane" vacuum cleaner that brushes the carpet and sucks up the dirt at the same time - it's much more effective than the last vacuum cleaner we had - by miles! There is something very satisfying about hoovering the carpets in our house - with 6 of us living here you can imaging they get dirty quickly - and even after only one day - you can see a significant difference after vacuuming the carpets!

Jeremy popped out to his dad's to watch the footy - Lily and Roro played polly pockets, Gabi tried to tidy her room - but apparently it needs another clear-out....so she's not done yet!

After that Jeremy went shopping mainly for milk, to save me having to bring it back one bottle at a time on the pushchair..... we get through a LOT of milk in our house - about 4 pints per day on average!

Alfie has grown a LOT lately we are now getting him clothes in 9 - 12m size and sometimes 12-18 months. He is still so smiley and happy most of the time, but the last few days he has begun to squeal if you take something off him - for example I gave him the closed pot of nappy cream to hold while I was changing him (mainly to stop him trying to roll over mid nappy change!) and when I took it back to use it - he started squealing and crying!!! Oh dear - is this the start of tantrums already?

Tomorrow we have planned - a trip to the post office to post a parcel, a trip to the shop to buy apples and mincemeat - and some ingredients to make ginger bread men, and another trip to the newsagents for more glue - so the girls can have one of their favourite craft and painting sessions.