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Yes we can!

When Nana was here last week she spent some quality time teaching Charlie how to respond to the all important question that any aspiring Bob the Builder would need to know. "Can we do it?" "Yes we can!" After a few days of it, Charlie mastered it and now we can hear him saying "Yes we can!" through his monitor when he wakes up in the morning. And no, we're not asking the question through the monitor so he's just super motivated on his own accord. He's far cuter than any builder I've met though!

6 years today

Today is Kirk and my 6 year wedding anniversary. Can't believe it's been that long but then also can't believe it's only been that long. It's been a great 6 years so here's to many many more. We celebrated last night by going out to dinner at Tom Aikens restaurant in Chelsea. We had the Tasting Menu as most of the stuff appealed to me which is rare indeed! The only thing I didn't want was the dessert so we asked for the apple tart instead and that was definitely the right move. We had a nice leisurely dinner, without kiddy interruption though of course a lot of our conversations was about the kids. When we got home our nanny (who babysat for us despite an already long working day of 11 hours) told us the babysitting was her gift to us for our anniversary. She is really too good to be true. We definitely take good care of each other :)

Rather than a photo of Kirk and myself,  I'm sharing a photo of the kids on holiday this summer enjoying lollipops. Far cuter than any photo of Kirk and I!

Ugh. Need to get back into the blogging habit!

So it's been a while. I haven't been taking as many photos lately, haven't been much in the mood to blog either. I guess I'm enjoying living life rather than writing about it. Also as I haven't scrapbooked in forever, I haven't been as obsessed about keeping track of stuff on the blog. I suppose I should just in case I go back to scrapbooking one day. 

Here is a photo and a video of Noemie being the bossy big sister and Charlie getting annoyed with her. In the past he'd happily go along with whatever she wanted but now he tries to stand his ground though he doesn't often win. Not long until he's taller than she is though and wins everything. 

Noemie has been enjoying school again this term. There are only about 9 kids in the afternoon session and her little friend H is in the morning sessions now so N has been asking me if she can go in the mornings too. Charlie loves going to nursery to pick up his sister, says hello to everyone and beelines for the books and stuff. We are going to put him in for a few sessions next term. A bit sooner than N started but Charlie is far more social and confident than she was/is. He talks so much more than she ever did at this stage. I suppose it's being the second child so he has a sister to learn from. 

We had Nana here for a visit this past week and her brother and sister in law also joined for a few days. We had afternoon tea at Browns Hotel which was great, plenty of home cooked treats and needless to say I have taken a slight detour from my weight watchers and gained 2lbs. But I'm back on track starting today and will go to my weigh in next Wednesday. I didn't go yesterday as I was out with my Mom for the day but I weighed in at home this morning. It's so much more fun to eat and live than to worry about calories and stuff but I guess that unless my metabolism moves into super warp speed, I've got choices to make. 

Not much else new that I can think of to report. Going out for part of the day with just Noemie today. Getting the kids UK passports, renewing my drivers license photo, posting some parcels and then lunch and a bit of shopping. 

Back to school

I can't believe it's already back to school time. Noemie only had around 5 weeks off this summer which seems really short compared to the summer breaks I remember as a kid. I think I had more like 2-3 months off. Maybe when she is in big girl school, the breaks will be longer? 

She has been so excited about going back to nursery again and she wanted to go last week already. She got to see her little friends, including her boyfriend Nicolas who promptly kissed her of course. So sweet that the 5 week separation didn't affect their love. Hahahaha. 

I had my 2nd WW weigh in today and am pleased to say I lost another 2lbs. So far a 4lb total loss. I haven't been super good with my points though I do try my best to stay within my daily limit for the most part. I just make sensible choices now in light of the fact that I need to be able to do this for the long term. I am definitely into the swing of it again though so it's going well.