It's getting hot!

This week the temperature has just decided to creep up and up. We're on the build up to Christmas but it doesn't feel at all right because the weather is so opposite to Christmas back home. It's quite surreal really and I'm not sure even on the day that it'll feel like Christmas when it's 30 degree heat. This week I took the girls to Chipmunks soft play centre for the day with Nick because it was his day off. They have upgraded a lot of the centre since we last went but to pay for that upgrade you now have to pay for under 3's to go in which was a little annoying. I'd already told the girls we were going so we paid it and they both did have a great time so it was worth the money. Nick and I have barely spent any time together over the past 3 months and his days off are a small chance to be together even if it is with the girls too. It always gives me a glimpse of how awesome a dad he will be one day. I was set the mammoth task of weeding the strawberry and pea patch which was overrun with thigh high nettles. It was such a hard job to fit into working. Cassidy wants to help but wouldn't wear her gloves so would get stung and you'd spend time consoling her. In the end I decided it's a job to do when she's at preschool and Eliza is asleep. In the heat it was still pretty tough even without children around. The kittens are now 8 weeks old so are old enough to leave us which is rather sad. I plan to upload them as an ad on Facebook next week so we have a little more time with them. The family plan to keep two as farm cats so at least there will be a couple still running around the place. This week's bake was chocolate cupcakes which went down a treat so I will definitely have to make those again for everyone! The team gets so excited by baking so it's a nice motivator for everyone. I think the most interesting thing to happen this week is I've experienced living on a country farm and it's downsides. The biggest downside is birds decide to nest inside the engines of all the farm vehicles so we now have to do a check before turning the engines on. I forgot to do this and was driving along when I smelt a funny smell and opened the bonnet to see a birds nest with 5 little blue eggs inside. The straw was starting to singe so that was the smell! I spent 20 minutes picking sticks out of the engine when before this I hadn't even looked in an engine of a car really. It was quite an experience and I now need to be more on it with checking the engines before using the vehicles.Read more