Tuesday, February 23, 2010

The Time is Near

Our England trip is only 2 months and 26 days away. We are unbelievably excited, I think its a little early to start my intense lists of what to pack for the plane, the trip, what we want to do there etc etc. Don't worry I'm sure I will bore you with the lists in about 2 months, I know you cant wait but you will be fine,lol.
We haven't been home for 2 yrs now and we are very ready to see everyone again, our time is limited but we are going to try and fit everything in if we can. We are spending a week in Ireland with my sister, brother in law and my sweet little niece's and Nephew, Olivia, Claudia and Jack. They live right on the beach and have built their very own huge house, so we are looking forward to spending some quality time with them. I am yet to meet my gorgeous new niece Maddie and she is without a doubt on the top of my list of people I *need* to see right away. We will be staying with my Mum and Dad and I couldn't think of any other place I would rather be. My parents are like my best friends, we get on so well and I just love being with them. We are also going up North for a few days to see all the family up there, (OK this is turning into a list so I will stop here). Masie and Taylor talk about the trip every single day, we got them a Illustory box each so they could take the time before they went to bed and write a few words about what they got up to that day, and draw a little picture. When we get back I will send them off and it will be published into a book for life long memories of their trip. The question is, do I get Hailey one? I know she is too young to really know what it is or what she is doing but maybe we could all help her do a page so she has a book too, what do you think? (I'm full of these dilemma's,lol).
Anyway, Masie and Taylor were eager to get started so I allowed them to do the front cover of the book. I think they did an amazing job. This one is Masie's and she really worked hard on this, she was up the table for almost an hour thinking, drawing and coloring. She wanted it to be just right that she practised on a piece of paper first so she could get the size perfect. I love how much she loves her Nanny, she even put 74 (her house number) on her front door. The aeroplane in the sky completed the picture nicely.
This one is Taylor's, She also loves her Nanny very much and they are both the stars of the front cover. My kids have some serious skills!!
England we are coming, please warm up a little bit, please!! My kids really dont know what cold is, they think they do, but they really dont.

4 comments:

  1. We cannot wait for you all to come over, i think the book is a very clever idea. Fancy me being the star of the books lol xxxx

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  2. There is nothing quite as comforting as a well planned list. I dream of the day when you start posting those lists. :-) The sick thing is I'm serious.

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  3. LOL, out of all my readers I knew you would actually be excited. I was thinking of you when I wrote that,lol. (A little secret..... I have already started my lists, they are are no where near ready to be posted yet)

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  4. I think you should get Hailey one. Like you said, she will have one too. She will look at it for years. You can put some pics & info in it. :)

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