Over The Weekend #59

This was our little Oisìn on Friday he was drained from an ear infection and vomiting bug
Friday he and I curled up read Christmas books and watched Christmas TV
I didn't think we would get to do all the lovely festive things we had planned for the weekend
As the day went on Oisìn seemed better and myself or Paul hadn't come down with any bugs!
So I bathed Oisìn Friday night and put him to bed extra early as he was still very tired

Oisìn slept straight through to 8am the next morning and we all seemed well enough to go into Dublin town!
We live in Dublin suburbs so it takes us just over an hour to get into Dublin city centre on public transport. We had ideas to go to Arrotts to see the big man but the Que was crazy and there was actually grown adults racing up three flights of stairs to get a ticket to see Santa. Paul and I both agreed that we needed breakfast and a cuppa before any more madness!!
We ended up seeing Santa in Jervis Street Shopping centre we waited for almost two hours but to be honest it didn't feel that long, little chairs where dotted along the line for tired little legs! Elf's sang, gave out balloons and played games with the little ones!
Oisìn was a little in awe with Santa and although in my opion he wasn't as good as the Santa we saw at the free Christmas family day, he was jolly and friendly.
Oisìn asked him not to forget the most important thing on his Christmas list a chocolate doughnut!

We spent hours and hours in town, strolling around different streets. Watching and buying things from the different stalls on Henry Street, taking a slow walk around St Stephen's Green Park, soaking in the festive atmosphere on Gratton Street. We spent almost an hour in the Disney Store and then went for a yummy dinner. Oisìn was so good he took everything in his stride and the amazement on his face when he saw the Christmas lights was lovely! 

Sunday we went to our local shopping center to get a few more Christmas bits
We didn't stay long as it was crazy!
We got home had a lovely Sunday lunch and snuggled on the sofa
While Paul watched football, Oisìn played with toys, I scrolled through Instagram!
It was a lovely festive weekend...how was yours?

Over The Weekend #57

This week for one reason or another felt very long so when Friday came around I was looking forward to joining Lauren and The Books in her #cosyreadingnight

I curled up on the sofa with new pj's, a blanket, candles, a glass of fizz and read a few chapters of Drums of Autumn. Hubby even joined in and read The Lost World, later we watched Me Before You

On Saturday it was Paul's jobs 10th Anniversary so Paul brought Oisìn off for a fun day out

They went swimming, played games, ate yummy food and Oisìn got his face painted!

Later Paul and Oisìn went to Paul's parents to spend the afternoon with them and have a catch up as Paul's Dad Eddie had just come home from his European part of his tour.

While the boys where having fun I deep cleaned the house and took the chance to declutter the house and get rid of things before Christmas.

I got one bin bag of rubbish and two for the charity shop!!

It took us a long time to settle Oisìn Saturday at bedtime, he seems to be going through a phase of wanting a night light on at bedtime. After an hour or so of him getting out of bed he seemed to need reassurance that we where still near him, and the light was going to be kept on, he finally fell asleep!

We watched Batman Returns with a white wine spritzer for me!

Sunday we all had a bit of a lie in Oisìn didn't wake up till 9am

while having our breakfast we watched Home Alone 2 and Oisìn loved it!

Later we went and done some Christmas shopping, we went for coffee which was lovely.

I took this picture and it made me realise how grown up my baby boy has got, no longer a baby now a little boy! How alike Daddy and son are even down to the walk!

When we got home Paul finished making the Sunday and Oisìn wrote his very first letter to Santa

the past couple of years he has been to young to do it, this year he couldn't wait to do it

Of course Mammy and Daddy had to help but he really enjoyed it

We had a sweet and family filled weekend

Over The Weekend #56

 This weekend started off on Friday with a curl up with a festive read. Paul was off on a work night away so I read this throughout the day and when Oisìn had gone to bed I actually finished the book! I loved it that much that I started and finished it in a day. If you want a fun cosy festive read The Christmas Party by Carole Matthews is a must! I will be reviewing it in my monthly book review

 Saturday morning I had a bit of Christmas shopping to do so Oisìn and I popped into Costa for a honeycomb latte for me and a hot chocolate for him!

Later Saturday afternoon it was our neighbour and Oisìn's best pal Caden's 3rd Birthday party. Oisìn had a great time, he found it a little hard to understand that all the presents where for Caden, once he got his head round that he enjoyed himself! He had the most fun playing with the balloons!!

After a few hours at a children's party I was ready for wine!! Later when Oisìn was tucked up in bed and Paul was home, we curled up with a glass of wine and the first festive movie of the season my favourite Planes, Trains and Automobiles!

Sunday we had a lovely family day out we went for dinner, and then done some more Christmas shopping. Later the Christmas lights where switched on and Oisìn face was a picture! Oisìn fell asleep in his buggy something he hasn't in a long time, so he was wide awake when we got home so he ended up staying up and watching some of Planet Earth II which he loved! 

This weekend was a lovely one and it felt quite festive, I have itchy fingers to get the Christmas tree up but that is a big no from Paul!

Over The Weekend #52

The weekend started on Friday for us when we

curled up lit candles, put on some Halloween lights, poured some wine 

and watched Death Becomes Her

On Saturday we went to the park to collect Autumn Leaves with Oisìn

He loves getting out and about we later painted them with Nanny

When we popped in for a cuppa to warm us up, we ended up doing crafts!

Saturday night I didn't fancy watching crap Honey G on The X Factor 

So I decided to opt for a bath. book and then an early night!

Sunday looked mostly like this curled up as a family on the sofa

drinking hot chocolates and watching family movies

Today we watched The Good Dinosaur and Pixels

Now I am still curled up on the sofa with a mint hot chocolate, a blanket and candles lit

ready to watch Poldark 

Over The Weekend #45

Saturday morning we went to the park with Oisìn it was a beautiful day
and good to be out about early. We then went for brunch and headed home to
deep clean the house! We needed to do some of the housework chores that we had been putting off
Paul cleaned the gutters at the back of the house and I got the glamorous job of deep cleaning the toilets, bath and shower in our en suite!

Sunday morning I had to do a bit of a food shop
So Oisìn came along with me! He pestered me to get on this Lighting McQueen car
but when he did get on it he didn't seem very impressed!

Oisìn went to his Great Uncles for the afternoon with my parents
but when he got home we had a lovely Sunday Roast
I am getting quite good a cooking a Sunday dinner!

We then settled down with ice cream and jelly with a small glass of vino for me
and watched the Dublin-Kerry GAA match
It was a great tension match with Dublin winning by 2 points!
Later we watched the new ITV drama Victoria which I really enjoyed

Over The Weekend #44

This weekend was a nice one

I was shattered from hospital appointments and not getting the answers I wanted from doctors

but I put that one side to have a lovely family weekend

Saturday morning I had a bit of a lie in with breakfast in bed from hubby

then I had to go get bloods done in the hospital

Then we headed to the cinema with Oisìn

 We went to see Ice Age Collision Course in the Kids Cinema Club

Oisìn wasn't a big fan of this movie after a about an hour when all the popcorn and sweets where gone he got bored! This added with potty training he had to go to the toilet five times in an hour and half! 

I didn't think much of the movie myself and I love kids movies!

We are going to wait and go to see Finding Dory next!

After the cinema we went for lunch and done a bit of shopping

and then went to the In Laws for a cuppa and chat

 Sunday was a chill out day!

We walked to the local shops for a few bits

We had planned to go to the park but the weather was cold and wet here in Dublin

So it was back to the house and this yummy Sunday Roast!

Oisìn really enjoyed his Sunday Lunch and had second helpings

This was his third outfit of the day after being so good all week with toilet training

He had three accidents on Sunday! Guess he will have good days and bad days!

After dinner we had cheese cake and coffee and I started Finding Fraser

which I am helping with my Droughtlander I am really missing Outlander on the TV!

After Oisìn was bathed and put to bed I relaxed with a glass of rosè!

So that was our weekend nothing too crazy or busy but we enjoyed it all the same!

Over The Weekend #43

This weekend hubby was working and it was all about potty training at home!

We technically started last week but cause Oisìn is in daycare three days a week

he needs to be fully potty trained or in nappies. It set him back a bit so I have decided to

go full steam ahead and keep in out of daycare this week until he is comfortable to say he needs the potty at daycare!

He has been doing brilliantly and fingers crossed he has got the hang of it this weekend!

He goes straight to the potty himself sometimes just asks for help getting his underpants down quick enough!

I am a bit nervous about bringing him out while potty training

but on Saturday we went to the library and he went to the toilet in the big boy toilet!

This is our local library and Oisìn loves it!!

He had a good chat with the librarian who then invited us to a Teddy Bear Picnic on Wednesday!

He then spent 15 minutes talking to a random car on the walk to the park
because he thought it was Herbie!!
So sweet and funny!

Today seemed to have an Autumn feel to it! The nights are drawing in, this morning it took
a bit later to get bright and we where up from 6.30am! It was also a bit chilly here in Dublin
Oisìn and I went for a walk.....I brought the potty with me!

The park already has signs of Autumn
I find this a bit bitter sweet.....I love Autumn its my favourite season
but I am not ready to let go of Summer yet after all it's only August!
In another news thankfully Oisìn had no potty training accidents all weekend
I am not patting myself on the back just yet but hopefully this time next week
we should be a nappy free zone!

My Mam came up for dinner today and I cooked a roast beef Sunday Lunch
I am now in bed curled up with a cup of hot chocolate and a book!!

Over The Weekend #38

This weekend turned out to be a busy one!

Friday Oisìn and I pottered around the house doing housework!

Saturday morning Paul and Oisìn went swimming early and then

we made our way into Dublin city centre to get three outfits for

my sister in law's wedding at the end of the month.

In actually fact we found both Paul and Oisìn beautiful suits in the same shop

that wasn't the problem. At this stage it was nap time for Oisìn and he didn't want to

get out of his pram to try anything on! He spent 15 minutes shouting "I DON'T LIKE IT"

at the top of his voice all over the store, while getting annoyed and strange looks from other

customers!! He then barged into the dressing room Paul was getting changed in, thankfully the sales assistant was a nice bloke and took it all very well. Soon bribery was used in the form of Peppa Pig books and chocolate lollipops! 

We then had to find accessories for me! Luckily I already had my dress, but I needed, shoes, bag, jewellery, and a hat to match!! Clothes shopping, with a tired and cranky toddler is like shopping with the spawn of Satan! Oisìn becomes a totally different child when he is tired, and he is not a child to sleep in his pram, like me he is too nosy and wants to see what's going on! We had to do naughty step in the middle of Primark/Penneys que tears, snot and other parents looking at us like we where the most awful parents on the planet! After another hour we where almost finished and more bribery was pulled out in the form of promised Burger King!

Everything was forgiven and forgotten once he got a Burger King hat!

He is such a funny little thing!

Once Oisìn was bathed and put to bed, candles where lit and prosecco poured!

I continued my love of rediscovering Stevie Nicks and listen to another favourite

In Your Dreams

We then watched Spectre not one of my favourite James Bond movies

but I love the title song!

So this morning Oisìn and I where up bright and early 6am!

After a big fry up we went to the Kids Club at our local cinema

It's quite cheap so we thought we would give it ago and see how Oisìn got on!

He loved it! From the popcorn, jellies, and big telly as he called it, he loved every minute

The great thing about kids club is it's chaos lots of little humans, talking, singing and cheering along!

There is no pressure if you kid is laughing or crying all the parents are in the same boat!

We will definitely be bringing Oisìn again he is already asking about Finding Dory

It's hard to believe sometimes he is still only two and half!

The rest of our day was simple, park, dinner and now I'm having a cuppa with a book in bed!

Over The Weekend #35

This weekend the hubby was working.....again!
I did feel sorry for him as he had to work for Father's Day poor sod!

So on Friday we had a mini Father's day for hubby 

He went and saw his own Dad to give him some gifts and brought Oisìn

Then when he got home I had dinner ready and when Oisìn went to bed

we had some drinks and watched our favourite TV shows from the week

Saturday morning Oisin and I went for some breakfast

and then the library. We spent almost an hour in the children's part of the

library before I even tried to check out some books for myself!

When we got home Oisìn was shattered and went for a nap

afterwards we watched the euros. The little guy loved his new Ireland 

football top!

Sunday morning I was up early to make hubby some Father's day breakfast

before he had to go to work

We also had some Father's day cupcakes for hubby to take to work

One of them just happened to fall into my mouth!!

The rest of Father's day was spent in my parents
as Oisìn and I went down there at lunch time
to help my Mam cook a huge Father's Sunday roast dinner
as also give my Dad his Father's day gifts
Paul was finished work at 5pm so he joined us afterwards
It wasn't the ideal Father's day but we made the best of it
and had a lovely day

Over The Weekend #33

In Ireland this weekend was a bank holiday and we had a lovely

the sun shone and we had lots of family time

 Saturday we where up early to the park 

Oisìn had fun playing football and trying on Mammy's sun glasses!

We had a picnic in the park, then went to the petting zoo. Oisìn sang Baa Baa Black Sheep to a goat

and Old Mac Donald to me and the hubby

Finally we went swimming, Oisìn is really coming on with his swimming and has no fear of water and loves to show off! Oisìn was pretty tired after all that and fell asleep in the car on the way home!

Later that evening we had a family BBQ and drinks

My cousins came to ours and we had a lovely evening in the sun, chatting with drinks

Sunday we had a lazy morning of chilling and cleaning the back garden after the night before!

Then it was time for family BBQ take two this time it was Dad and two Uncles for dinner

Later Oisìn had a sleep over in his Grandparents so that hubby and I could enjoy

a night out! 

 We went to our local on Sunday night with family and enjoyed

a night of music bingo and card games. It was good fun and I even won 80 quid!

It was so nice for Paul and I to get out for an evening together

Bank Holiday Monday was a relaxing day! Oisìn came from Grandparents Furey

and was shattered as he had been brought out to Blessinton Lakes

We spent a few hours chilling in the garden and Oisìn splashed about in his new paddling pool

We had takeout for dinner enjoyed bubbly and playing Monopoly Game of Thrones

before watching Game of Thrones that night!

Over The Weekend #32

Sometime you have an lovely weekend planned packed full of fun things to do

but life has another idea!

Saturday morning Paul was working all weekend so Oisìn and I went for coffee for me and milk and pancakes for him!

We went to one of his favourite places the library! 

After he picked out his three books I had plans for the park, feed the ducks and playground

but he looked really tired and pale so we came home and I put him down for a nap.

When he woke he seemed okay so we went to my parents for lunch

We had a nice lunch, Oisìn and Nanny done some colouring

but I noticed as the afternoon went on Oisìn wouldn't eat and became very tired

He wouldn't eat any dinner when we got home and his tummy looked bloated

So I decided a bath was the best thing to cheer him up

Look at the face how much I love it!

Bath time did cheer him up but also seeing Daddy home from work

before he went to bed also made him happy

Thinking all was okay I lit I candle for my brother

Who I have been really missing lately doesn't seem like ten years at all since he passed away

I poured a glass of wine and we settled down and watched Outlander

Just as the end credits rolled we heard Oisìn vomitting

Poor mite he didn't cry even when we had to change his pyjamas and bed clothes

We where all in bed by 10.30pm

It was a beautiful day here in Dublin today

but we spent it mostly in doors
Paul was in work again today so besides hanging out washing
Oisìn and I spent today cuddling and watching Disney
Little guy hasn't been himself much wanting to sleep for long naps
and watch Disney cartoons so that what we did!

Now I'm not feeling to good and Oisìn has asked to go to bed which is so not like him!
So I am now getting ready to snuggle up in bed and read
I will be lucky if I get through one day of my book because I feel shattered!