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I managed to finish the latest Total Papercrafts Masterclass layout -a gorgeous page with photos of our gorgeous girlie!

It's a girl!!!!

Our good friends Stu & Xuan, after many years of trying, finally became the proud parents to Amanda Lauren last week.

Many many congrats to them both on the safe arrival of their BEAUTIFUL baby girl!

Dinosaur - raarrr!!!

At half term, whilst Cassie was in nursery, Lee and I took the boys to "Dinosaurs Unleashed" up at the O2 in London.

It was AWESOME!!!

Whilst most of the photos didn't come out too well due to the lighting, the ones we got show just how HUGE these creatures were...

There were lots of interactive things for the boys to get involved with from computer quizes, fossil digging, and huge jigsaws...

My favourite has always been Steggy, Alex liked T-Rex (he would - the biggest and most fierce of them all) and Nicholas liked one that I can't even pronounce it's name!

Lee, being the big kid that he is, could name every single one and pronounce them all too... Apparently it's a "boy thing"?!?!

It's magic!!

Alex is still talking about becoming a Wizard so last weekend I thought a bit of me and eldest son time was in order and I took him to the Palace Theatre to see the family magic show put on by the Southend Sorcerer's Society.

It was really good (some magician's were better than others) but Alex was so excited when he was chosen to be an assistant...

A wave of a wand and a few magic words later, a a goldfish appeared in the glass!!

So, magic is the order of the day now.... I'm thinking a Harry Potter party for his birthday....

I'm on a roll!

I actually managed to finish last night's Total Papercraft's masterclass kit at class - mainly thanks to Karen being a diamond (in joke) and doing all the fiddly cutting. There was just NO WAY I would of sat and cut out that branch and leaves, but I does look rather good I must say...

I'm very pleased with the overall result...

So cute!

I've been determined to finish this Total Papercrafts layout since last week, but what with the club's circle journal having started and having my Mum's journal first (making sure that my pages had to have that "wow" factor" so not to let the side down) I've only just had a chance to complete it.

I must admit, I'm quite happy with the result - although Cassandra does make for a good layout!!

Star striker in the making?!!

• One freezing and very windy day in February 2011
• One very excited 5 year old
• A muddy field

Nicholas was thrilled on Saturday morning when he finally started "training" with Leigh Rockets football team.

In a pair of football boots borrowed from Calum Harkes, Nicholas (despite the FREEZING cold weather) got well into running around after the ball...

The coach is trying to start up a new Under 6 team, but for now, Nicholas trained with the Under 7's..

He even got an opportunity to be goalie for part of the end of training match!

I was more happy with the tea tent a couple of the Mum's ran!!

So, I'm officially a "Soccer Mom" now!!

Nope....

It's just not happening.

Our little lady is not quite there, so I've decided to put away the potty and try again at Easter - when it's also warmer (hopefully)!

A very good try by Cassandra, and we'll build on that in a few months time.