ASPIRE...

At Blenheim Primary school, they have ASPIRE values.  Each letter stands for a word to aspire too.  Achievement, Support, Perseverance, Independence, Respect, Enthusiasm.

This term, Support is key and the other week when I took Cassandra to Hopefield Animal Sanctuary in Brentwood, she adopted a neglected horse called Spirit. She received a photo of Spirit, some info on him and what Hopefield do etc etc.

On Sunday, I took, Mum, Alex and Cassie to Hopefield for their Halloween event which was actually very good and despite his protests, Alex enjoyed himself too...Biscuit decorating, painting, raffles, tombolas and other craft made for a lovely afternoon.

Mum even made friends with the driver of the spooky bus...

So yesterday, first day back at school, Cassie took her photo and paperwork into school to tell everyone about her support of Spirit and Hopefield.

Love my compassionate girlie.

Success - at a cost...

Well being so poorly has its upside?  I lost 5.5 lb's last week and was awarded Slimmer of the Week at Group and I also received my 1 stone loss award!

It's good, but think I would rather have not been that ill!

Caving....

So proud of Alex the other week as he attended with a few other scouts from his group a weekend's caving experience down in Somerset.

I wasn't totally convinced he would like it, and I wasn't that surprised when he got home and said he was never doing it again, having got stuck and a been a little claustrophobic. 

However, he was proud he got through it and now has another badge to be sewn onto his Scout shirt!

Very well done young man!

So Proud!!

Cassandra has had a bit of a bumpy road in her scouting journey..

However I was so pleased to attend Southend West District's Awards Presentation with Lee, Mum and the beastie boys the other week to see her receive her Bronze Award.

 Scouting has so much to offer all young people that I really hope she stays in...

FOOTIE!

So I've been soooo ill this half term that without my wonderful Mum, my kids would have just been indoors all the time.

Nicholas walked himself over to Len Forge on Monday for a day of football, specifically for goalies and a few Club scouts were invited.

Proudly being No.18 he got stuck in - who knows if we will hear anything?!

Dam, my boy is gorgeous!!!

Thank you Mum for picking him up.

Tudor Day

All term Cassandra has been looking forward to her Tudor Banquet for me to go down with Vertigo, so I couldn't attend with her.  Whilst disappointed, she was happy that Nannie kindly stepped in for me.

The morning had been planned to included singing, dancing and activities.  All children were encouraged to dress up in traditional era clothing and Cassie LOVED her Tudor dress!

  She also enjoyed making a bracelet, a crown and masks.

 Thank you so so much for going along and supporting her Mum!

Soooooooooooooooooooo Poorly....

I haven't blogged much over the last week or so as I've been really really poorly.

I went down with an attack of vertigo last week and haven't been 100% since.  3 days of throwing up, not eating and feeling dizzy and sick took their toll in the respect that I pulled a muscle in my neck whilst reeching and now have a trapped nerve :(

What a great Half Term - not!

The Scraproom Blog - Freaky Fast Friday - I love you Nannie

Alex has always loved building and making things with brick - be them building ones or lego.  One sleepover at Nannie's he got all the building bricks out and made a message for Nannie.

Loved this idea from last month, so thought I'd give it ago this month too..

Challenge closes 31st October 2017.  Photos of layouts are actually uploaded to their facebook group.
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