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Sunday morning reflections

There's no doubt about it, this obsession with polaroid is costing me a fortune.  So to justify the cost, I might just try limiting my blog posting to one or two posts per week.  Or try to use my Holga and Olympus more than I am doing.  Dylan's brother had never witnessed a polaroid camera before and his little face as he watched the photograph of himself and Dylan develop was magical.  But that's what makes polaroid so special.

So this 'might' just be my last post until Thursday friends.  Which might be a good thing considering I have a busy week of DIY ahead.  It's always good to take a step back to focus upon other areas that need attention.  Whether it be vaxing a carpet or finally unrolling that yoga mat that is sitting under my bed at present.

I felt content and peaceful last night and it was a wonderful feeling.  Work has been the cause of much stress lately and taking that much needed time to actually enjoy life was a welcome relief for me.   I felt grateful for the autumn sunlight, the warmth of my home, for being surrounded by two laughing children, and for the gentle laughter that I shared with Dylan's Dad.

Peace & Love

Carol

Feeling the love

Loving the light today and also loving this.  Polaroid of Dylan with his older brother Kai. 

I wanted to update this post this evening because while I am feeling dog tired tonight, it's that kind of tired you feel when you've spent a day filled with fun, laughter and feelings of love.  Steve and I arranged some weeks ago for the boys to spend this particular Saturday here to enable them to play with all of the toys  that are based here and to watch a firework display in the back garden.  It's been a day of train tracks laid in the living room (first time in 10 months), pizza, ice-cream, marshmellows and hot chocolate.  I've seriously had carb overdose today.  I just love the brotherly connection that exists between Dylan and his brother and many, many times today I sat quietly observing the moments that are accumulating for them both, moments that I hope that they will look back upon as they grow up and remember them with joy and love.

I hope you too have a fantastic weekend friends.

Christmas shopping and a cup of Mocha

This morning I awoke at 4.30am and climbed out bed at 5am consumed with the idea that I had things to do.  So here I sat with my morning cup of tea working out finances and then heading downstairs to pack a P.E kit, put a school lunch together, iron school clothes and just generally allow the morning silence to take me with the flow.  My intention was to also head into the city to buy a few DIY items which would pave the way to repainting my bedroom.  And before you knew it, I had bought Dylan's major Christmas gift.  Oh yeah, and a cool little square frame from John Lewis that is perfect, absolutely perfect for my favourite Halloween polaroid of Dylan.  Oh and a hat, scarf and glove set for the both of us.  It was damn cold this morning.  Overwhelmed with just how much money I had managed to spend in such a short time, I then headed to a cafe to consume a lovely Mocha...

Liz & Richard, the above polaroid of a very quiet Leicester city centre taken this morning might just ring a few bells with you.  It is now our new High Street.  The Shires shopping centre was extended into the Highcross section and they decided to completely pave the High Street as a consequence, thus eliminating those nasty rush hour traffic jams when all of the buses would get clogged along there.  As you can see, they've already started putting up those Christmas decorations.  Tick, tock, tick, tock!

And there you have it.  My morning.  I won't bore you with the chaos of the afternoon after I'd collected Dylan from school and was surrounded by 10 screaming children on the bus.  Now THAT was fun.  Not!

Peace & Love

Carol

A moment of quiet

Don't we just love Grandmothers?  This morning I was afforded the opportunity to rest and sleep in bed a little longer due to Nana offering to take Dylan to school for me because she was heading into the city this morning anyway.  Bless her heart.  Since having my son I consider extra sleep to be when I've slept until 7am, but this morning I slept until 9am.  A rarity indeed.  Thank you Nana!  So now I sit here eating my toast smothered in cream cheese and enjoying my first cup of tea of the day.

On the subject of Dylan and school, I recieved Dylan's proofs back yesterday from his school photograph taken over a week ago.  Last year I didn't buy any because I was disappointed with the quality.  This year Dylan's photograph caused me to laugh out loud and I simply must buy them.  He has pulled a scary monster face for the camera.  Yes, my son pulled a scary monster face for his official school photograph.  That's ma' boy!

Well that's my morning ramble out of the way.  For those of you who love film photography, it's Polaroid Week and you'll be sure to encounter some fantastic photos over on flickr.  Check them out here.  I am not participating because I consider my polaroid film to be like gold dust at the moment, too precious to use!  Hahaha.

Peace & Love

Carol

Back to normal

Unfortunately Halloween didn't end so well.  Dylan developed a stomach bug which resulted in plenty of back rubs, hugs, scrubbing carpets and washing pillows.  When he awoke again at 4.30am and immediately headed to the tiolet, I didn't hold out much hope that he was going to have a good Sunday.  Fortunately, that would be the last time that he was physically ill and we consequently spent Sunday curled up on the sofa together resting.

This morning he went to school full of energy and it's hard to believe that this is the same boy from Saturday night.

On the subject of Saturday night, before he fell ill Dylan had a wonderful time handing out candy to all of the trick or treaters at the door.  In typical ladies man style he handed out more candy to the girls and only handed out one piece to the boys.  Dylan likes the girls!

Peace & Love

Carol

Happy Halloween

My son amazed me that he actually slept until 8am this morning.  His body clock usually compels him to wake up around 6am every morning.  But no sooner was he awake and the costume was on and he was sitting on the kitchen counter drawing the eyes, nose and mouth onto the pumpkin.  He's very happy today!

Have a great Halloween friends!

This morning

This morning Dylan and I attended the hospital for his pre-surgery evaluation.  The nurse who talked Dylan and I through the procedure was fantastic and explained in very easy terminology to make it easier for Dylan to comprehend and to ease any fears that he may be experiencing.  He's having a small operation on his ears in November which will improve his hearing and will hopefully also improve his ability to pronounce his words more articulately.  Although I will admit it's kind of cute to hear him pronounce 'hospital' as 'hos-bib-ul'.

I am also consumed with thoughts of Christmas today, is it really that close again?  The really good news is that I am not working Christmas Eve or Christmas Day, so we can relax and enjoy the occasion together.  But putting aside Christmas for a moment, I simply must remember to buy a pumpkin today!

Peace & Love

Carol

Hello!

This morning Dylan woke me with protests that he doesn't feel very well and has a tummy ache and a headache.  To emphasize his headache he proceeds to draw a dramatic cycle around his head with his finger to pinpoint the location of the offending headache.  So I call in to the school to say that he isn't feeling very well and within minutes the offending illness appears to disappear and the boy is looking remarkably chipper.  I remind him that poorly boys don't run around the garden happily picking up leaves.  But he protests that 'I am sick Mumma'. Hmmm.

Who am I to argue against the earnest appeals of a doe-eyed child?  Plus I got two great polaroid shots of him.  Under my cynical eye he has decided that it's best to actually look like he's feeling ill today and he's presently wrapped up on the sofa watching The Marvellous Misadventures of Flapjack.  And he's been informed that because he's obviously feeling a little chipper (despite his protests) that there may not be any school today, but there's still his numbers and book reading to do, so there!

It's good to be back!

No Words

No words today, just this polaroid of Jen and this film and also this amazing film by photographer Jenny Zarins for Toast.  More of Jenny Zarin's work can be found here.

Blog Break

Friends, I am going to be taking a little blog break.  I'm not sure how long for, it could be a few days, it could be a week or even a few weeks in total.  But I need some time away from the computer (although I will still be checking in on Twitter and Facebook) to focus upon some home improvements and other stuff.  I want to spend more time on days off from work reading, cooking and being with my son.  So I bid you farewell until I return!

Peace & Love

Carol

p.s Of course I will still be checking in occasionally with my favourite blogs.  I may not be commenting as much, but I'll still be viewing because I just love my blog favourites!