hurry up 3!!!

So as per Reuben's blog we had all been ill! Poor Zac was also struck down by the horrible coughing and fevering virus thing thats been going around Reuben;s school and its my turn now. We had spent a lot of the very short days and long dark evening in the house. I am always on the lookout for constructive things to do with my boys. Although we have plenty friends we have not really ventured out to anyone in particular.....instead its the kind of Advent/Christmas we always wanted - the horrid bugs. Off course I am not wishing time away but I cant wait for Zac to be 3, I hope and pray his tantrums and frustrations dissapear and I can have back my gorgeous angel. I mustnt complain as he has always been fantastic at sleeping and I just cant say how glad I am he loves his new todler bed and seems so happy in it...
He also loves his food (something thats entirely new to me because R was always and is so fussy with food). I love his indepenece and the way he wonders with his blanket into the kitchen and self service like he helps himself to ceareals or bread or pretty much anything. I can hear the chair being pulled or pushed to the desired cupboard or fridge the rest is really quite impressive. I off course don;t really like him reaching up to high as we have ceramic tiles and would not like an accident.

 Reading bedtime story with Daddy in R;s big bed!

 doing a bit of angel decorating after we decorated the kitchen windows:)

 at messy play getting messy!

I hope by the age of 3 he will have an interest in potty training and speak better although I have to say he speaks just fine to me and I am really not that competitive about the potty training issue....! Here are some of our favourite photos. Enjoy!

DECEMBER POST

Its been a busy months followed by DECEMBER...I am trying for the first time in ages to hold on to time and try and capture it but days never seemed so short and so packed ever! - Boys keep me on my toes. Zac is a real character. Very determined often makes me really think he is no longer my baby and indeed he is soon no longer as he will be 3 in Feb. His Best friend Andy is already 3 years old....

 A moment with mummy in Subway both boys are in love with cheese toasty at Subway. They ask for it all the time when we go past. I cant complain as Zac eats anything and everything....he is a real delight. First at the table when I call out for them to come for dinner. He is always licking his lips in expectation and anticipation and his eyes and mannarisms tell me WELCOME FOOD....on his behalf! He also is very good at telling me if something is YUMMM which is anything and everything. NOt many things Zac won;t take...so I am blessed....this time round!

 One of his little girlfriends called Emily! They will be in the same class should we get into the same school as R. Below also Sophia with her tongue out is girlfriend nr 2 who also will share the same teacher:)) and there is one other Emily and off course Andy...a really good class....I already feel sorry for the teacher!!:) But one thing its guaranteed...they will be amazingly cute and gorgeous kids.

Happy Birthday to beautiful Emily! She has the most beautiful blue eyes!

 Sophia! Look at this pink cutey!! -

 PANCAKES!!! Zac wouldnt mind if I made pancakes every morning....he just loves pancakes with sugar especially so Saturdays we make them ....

 This December has meant we were gona try and make an effort to join in the ridiculous Dickensian Christmas Fayre in Rochester especially as it means as much as walking out the door and watching it all happening.  This evening we walked down with the amazingly massive crowds and when we got to the Cathedral we sang some few carols...! Boys were excited but couldnt see at all. I took it upon myslef to make them enjoy so up they went on the tree (to the complete and utter dislike from the older folks around us). Zac loved seeing the (fake) snow and the people singing....he was mesmerised. I personally don;t have a problem with kids being on trees they need to see to learn and I am seriously concerned that with new Health and Safety regulations they won;t get to ever have the adventure of climbing trees and all they will be doing will be playing on laptops. Lucky my kids are very excited to do such adventurous things.

 I am loving Zac being able to really understand more about things. Not sure how much he gets out of the Christmas story but I am determined to teach them the story as its such unique and comforting story. I also hope that it will be a family tradition that we can go through the story.....and it will always give us something new and magical....

my two beautiful Godly presents. I will always be eternally grateful to God that I had been gifted with the most possible precious gifts my boys. I am intending to take good care of them...I love them so much sometimes I could just hug the feeling its so strong and vivid. Hopefully Zac will be able to embrace Christmas this year much better too. So far no illness so I am even more happy and grateful. THANK you GOD!

 Cold weeks and very gloomy England...thats all I can say! So back to nice soups, stews and heart warming things! The fact that 4pm brings the dark....means we feel evenings are very condensed and trying to make most of them.

 We had a lovley play date at one of my very special friends Dionne. Her Blake, shares the same bday as Reuben except he is so much younger....

 Blake and Zac make a good team. THey were exploring the garden and enjoying a little sun the only sun we had for ages....Zac is always so keen on playdates...but latley maybe due to the cold...the many layers one has to wear his slogan is "stay here" which means he wants to stay home.

 What does one do when he is invited to his BEST FRIEND's BDAY? - well without (and I am not kidding you) knowing we had dressed the kids the same. It was funny there was not gona be a theme but I shopped for his cake and I saw similar serviettes and plates and table cloths and I decided I had to get it. With it I also got him a nice Minnie Baloon (helium one) and off course his present. I know somewhere I had a Mickey T shirt for Zac but I wasnt sure Andy had one. When eventually I dropped off the shopping my best friend Elena's house she must have thought she should get in the Mickey thing as I went to town with the theme. It wasnt until I got there (Kidz Zone) with my two and Nicholas (the bday boy;s brother who I collected from school) that I realised not only I influenced the bday greatley I had also clearly kept my son to the theme. thats ok though as they are best friends....!!:)) Zac even got the place of honor and set right next to his best friend at the Bday table and blew out candles with him and all. (Nope we did not steel or highjacked his presents...we did know who the bday boy was). Zac was so excited to share in Andrei-s bday. Its hard to think they are and nearly are 3 years old.

 Here is my happy bunnu with beautiful Alexia (hello kitty) and Andrei the Bday boy!

It has been a really nice half term....we had the English Cousins around. What a great priviledge and what fabulastic fun. Boys were just loving playing hide and seek and sharing meals was not only a good challange (as my kitchen not massivley big, but also everyone envisaged and felt like eating different things so) ....it was fun too

Yes! One thing we do celebrate!!!!! YES WE DO get interested in ...is Children in Need! my little pudsey bear! Zac was loving the facepainting at 8am in the morning....and patiently waited for his turn as his brother had to be first due to him having to leave to school. Yes, I know we don;t observe Halloween and certainly not keen on Guy Fawkes...but bring on Children in need....! And soon getting all excited about ADVENT!!!! No not the chockolate the real ADVENT ....the time of expecting great things. How sad so few people get excited and go town about that....:(, there might be more fun to be scientific but I personally think when you experience God and know your God all else is less captivating. My parents gave me faith as the biggest gift and the most valuable thing they could it was through observing together the miracles around us that we understood that dimension of faith that to many seems such a load of rubbish....but that rubbish keeps changing people's lives and makes miracles happen....someone once said:, if there isnt a God and I choose to believe in one...I loose nothing .... If there is a God and I choose to believe in him I win it all. Well, when it comes to it...thats what I feel and I wish to tell my kids about it.
Moving on...:) House is still on the market. Funny how when you get potential buyers you realise how much you love your home...and what it actually means to you....,
Zac has been interestingly not suffering of infections lately but interestingly we had now seen a specialist with regards to the many infections he had and after many tests it seems he will soon have his tonsils out and gromets put in..but at least it should improve the quality of his life! YAY to that I say.

My name is Zac, I am two, I stay here, I want this, I want that, ....demanding boy!!!

 I give you Zacariah Jesse Smith cheecky monkey at exactly 2 years and 8 months!! Yes he is very rapidly becoming 3 and I am so aware of this! He speaks much better and seems to be having a mind of his own. These days he tells me what he wants and sticks to it. In England we call it Terrible two's well I hope won;t go into terrible threes. He is a very loving boy, his world involves trains, cars (disney cars), scootering, fireman sam, tom and jerry, Thomas the tank Engine and well his brother Reuben and whatever he is into for example Sonic. He loves his friend (best friend) Andy whom he sees most days.

 Bemutatom nektek a kis pisze Zacarias Jesse Smith et aki 2 eves es 8 honaposan igen csak nagy kope! Hihetetlen mennyire sokat akar es tud es mennyire jol kommunikal es nagyon jol kivegzi szulei idegzetet rendszeresen. Remenykedem hogy nem tart sokaig ez a periodus amikor ugyanis nagyon ragszkodik sajat otleteihez es ARAROM jaihoz. Eletem legnagyobb kihivasai fiaim de megis hihetetlen hogy talan lassan bucsut mondunk a bebi kornak es johet a kovetkezo periodus amikor ugyanis nem lesz annyi nyafogas vagy megis? Alig varom a harom ev betolteset es remelem nem lesz annyi fej fajas ban reszem mint eddig. Igazan nem panaszkodhatom annyi minden szepet tanulok a fiuktol es egyre jobban latom magam bennuk. Nagyon tudom oket szeretni es mondhatom ha nem lennenek a vilag legszegenyebb embere lennek...minden teren.Amiota vannak gyerekeim tudom igazan hol a hatar sok mindenben es azota tudom mi az igazi szeretet....es meddig er a turelmem is.

 We had been on a little family get away at Longleat and loved loved spending the weekend with his best friend Andy Pandy.

 One of the biggest surprises for Zac was seeing the little Postman pat village....he was sooo smitten with it....and off course the monkeys and animals at the safari park.

 

 

 The park for kids in Bath was truley fabulous tooo....

 Monkey's world....look two inside one outside!

 Monkeying around off course!!:)) He best loved the outdoors that is Zac off course but I am sure the monkey too....!

 Zac also was facinated with giraffes! Reuben and Zac in turn fed them and I was in ectasy as they are my favourite animals together with zebras.

 Someone did have a bday in October! yes that was me! I was 21 again...and loved it! I felt truley spoilt and loved. It was a beautiful day and I loved every minute of it.

 And some fun in the garden ....because I was trying to sort it out so he was bringing his tower out to be an iggy peck architect...his favourite book.

 Its nearly end of Oct and we still have tomatoes out there. the longest we did have tomatoes before was til November. I wonder if we can hold the record!?

 Now look at this boy! This is the boy who has chockolate and tika masala and just about any type of eatable stuff. He loves his food and knows when he needs some. I am totally loving his independent style he pulls the chair gets up and gets his bread or whatever he is feeling like eating. When hungry he says repeatedly "EAT" and goes to the kitchen. Makes amazing faces and really is a character when it comes to expressing himself. I am loving his chubby kissable cheeks and his funny little expressions.

Ez a kis fiam egy igazi kis szinesz! Nagyon elvezem hogy egyedul mindent eleg ugyesen megold, ha ehes azonnal kijelenti hogy "Enni" es indul a konyhaba...ha kerdezem mit szeretne nagy gondolkozasba esik forgatja a szemeit es mindent eszre vesz ...altalaban huzz a szeket megy a szekrenyhez es kiszolgalja magat. Mindket fiam ebben nagyon jo...!:) NAgyon hiszem es remenykedem hogy fiaim egyre okosabbak es ugyesebbek lesznek. Szuletesnapot is ultunk enyemet Oktoberben! Szuper napom volt es nagyon jol ereztuk magunkat a Safari parkban is ahol allatokat lathattunk es etethettunk. Nem tudom megkoszonni Istennek azt hogy olyan sokat tanulhatok gyermekeim altal magamrol, rolluk, rollunk mint csalad es persze Istenrol is. Amiota edesanya lettem igazan tudom mit jelent szeretni es mennyire nyullik a turelmem is es pontosan meddig er a megbocsajtasom is....es az igazai tiszta lelkem is mennyire igaz es mennyire tiszta...gyermekeim hez merve akik egyre jobban meglepnek es elerasztannak szeretetukkel. Az elet megy tovabb szinte minden nap ezer kerdes, ezer valasz es meg tobb ezer feladat es gondolat, es cselekedet.....nem hiszem lehet hibat nem ejtenni...nincs este hogy ne kellene valamit megbannunk....talan ezernyi dolgot tettett de olyan jo tudni hogy amikor az embert atoleli ket puha kez es ragaszkodoan rasimul egy draga oszinte gyermek sziv....akkor minden mas elhalvanyul nem hiaba irja a Biblia Korintus leveleben "mindennel nagyobb a szeretett...minden elvesz de megmarad a SZERETET" semmi mast sem kivanok magamnak csak a szeretetett erezhessem es lathassam mert addig nagyon gazdag es boldog leszek en is es mellettem elok is.

whats up whats up?!

Hello! Beautiful autumn with loads of sunshine until this week!:( still, finally heating is a must mornings and evenings and well I must say I do welcome the earlier evenings as boys seem to naturally want to be navigating towards their bath times and bed times....so I always get excited at the thought of a nice evening of decent relaxation but nope that still does not happen as such its generally choring and sorting out the house....

 Zac is seriously growing and developping at a rapid speed...he is very interested in everything and seems to really have a mind of his own. We had the priviledge and amazing blessing to have daddy (Jonathan) around for a lot of the summer and we had been focusing on the boys in turns and making sure that we are able to set goals, achieve goals and get the boys the attention and dicipline they need to be healthy and happy, content boys. I can certainly see how this has been fruitfull even if that also has to allow for the terrible two tantrums and the so called charming attitudes. We had visited for the first time in ages Leeds Castle last week with my very dear friend Dionne and her similar aged Blake...we had such a good day. Beautiful sunshine...nice long walk, scootering and a lot of laugh. Boys were so content and happy and I was pleased they also fell asleep almost at the same time which gave us ladies a nice coffee/tea catch up sitting down watching peacocks and black swans...oh we are so blessed to live here in Kent....! - So many amazing places to lift one's spirits up.

 I am really not a bird person (except for when it comes to cute owels....those who know me will know that I am somewhat obsessed with them) and well I wasnt to bothered to see that the AVIARY at Leeds Castle has literally gone (don;t know if it was a bomb but certainly looked as its been through some sort of war) but my son seemed to be facinated with the cheecky seagoals and swans and ducks....no fear or phobia needing to be sorted (except mine:))!

 We took a very quick decission to take the boys on a (now hard to describe what this is....like a boat but its wide and its purpose is to get you from one side to the other of a small lake) thingy on the lake....Zac seemed very unhappy as it meant he should stop straight away throwing stones into the lake and climber up on board only to go to the other end of the lake but once on it he did actually enjoyed feeding the fish and coming close to the ducks....his eyes here look very sad but they are just tired and cried out:)) He really did need a cuddle and I was only glad to be there. I love his cuddles and did I say he can give the softest and most tender kisses?!:)

 Alongside Dionne we also treated Adel to a trip to Leeds Castle. Here we stopped to see these massive leafes and the girls were fooling the little boys saying they were looking for big dinosaurs and snakes and such...boys were only too excited to look from a safe distance. The girls seemed to have a good time....and really did make me laugh how excited they were getting too.

 Yes, those of you who do FB know that my son has an obsession with scissiors and basically cuts whatever takes his fancy. He often watches me cut pizza, sausages, paper, flowers, plants, herbs....with scissiors and so he thinks he should only learn from his mummy...he has his own pair of scissors and is very good with them. I generally stay with him just in case he might cut his own ear, lip or limbs....:))) although I doubt that will happen as really he is very good and does not tolerate pain just like his mummy. On a serious note, he is massivley into scooting, cutting, painting, finding sticks, pretend fighting...and such. Definatley a boy on my hands.

 I present you Mr. Incredible!!!:) Oh and this def suits him well...I mean the name. He is so incredible. If I think back to the days when I was wondering if he would survive birth, then to the days when he was as good as gold as a baby...and his constant illnesses this year (mainly throat and ear infections), his amazing character, his gorgeous attitude, his every little tantrum....gosh I am so glad my Mr. Incredible has made it to this lovley stage (even when I hate dealing with the stage)...he is my Mr. Incredible and I love him to bits.
He is so active, so interested in his cars (he has been watching Disney Cars so much I now know exactly what is the next line), he loves cycling, scooting, dressing up, playing with his brother, loves sitting in the kitchen in his special chair and asking for shuice (juice), eat (various things he also self serves), and love his little PLEAAASE plea if he is denied something. Its funny he thinks if he says the magic word I will just do things for him and oh I do them indeedy. He also loves putting feet on the table only to hear me say, Manners....please! - and he eagerly complies and takes feet away...he also loves saying NO. unfortunatley if I say please it does not melt his heart as much as he melts mine when he says the magic word.

 Another of his heros is Buzz....although does not watch it as often as he used to...sometimes he demands wearing his outfit. What makes me laugh is that he actually thinks he is buzz. He loves watching himself in the mirror and pulling faces. He now converses rather well (that is if you can understand pigeon speech) and he does the most amuzing impersonations of Buzz. he is such a little clever pup.

One of the things I love about Zac is that he seems happy in his own environment. He often proves me wrong with regards to going out and doing outdoory things. He would happily get lost in his toy world (yes cause we do have a few toys) and seems to be ok just being. I remember with his brother I used to have to get out the door by 9am or else he would take the door down ....Zac just enjoys home that much more. Still, I take him out as much as I can because I believe its good to change activities and get the fresh air and excercise daily.
We had our Health Visitor's second follow up visit recently. She watched him for a little while and I was so happy to hear her professional opinion about Zac's development...She seemed to suggest he is a bright boy, someone who has good interpersonal skills, knows and understands a huge ammount of things and operates around his house confidently and safely. She was particularly impressed with his communication skills (grinnning mummy) and how he self served with food by pulling a chair to the right cupboard and finding a bowl for his chosen cereal. He also opened the door when she knocked and smiled and said hello, he then also walked her to the door, said and waved goodbye. For his many infections she has helped referre Zac to a ENT specialist and we now have the appointment that we hope will help investigate his reoccurent infections.
On a positive health note, both boys have been taking vitamins recommended by my nutritionist and both have not had any illnesses since. I was amazed to find out that supermarket and even health stores sell vitamins for children that contain high procentage of "not so good stuff" and was delighted that the ones from the nutricentre are 100% proper stuff with no additional hidden nasty things. So thanks to my wonderful nutritionist who has been brilliant at helping my boys. Both boys have massivley better apperitite and food intake and are coping better with activities and seem so much healthier. I would like to mention we are on the third dose and I am gona take a break then start again. I wish everyone could have a nutrutionist...they are good at what they do. they make good assessments and give brilliant advice. Well mine did and does.
We are slowly getting used to colder days...and making the most of our weekends. For my bday the boys have organised me a really nice surprise so we are all getting excited about it. I guess its strange but I want to spend my special day with my boys who are my life and my world...and I know if they are enjoying their day I WILL TOO. More on that later...for now...my little monkey is 2 and a half and I am slowly letting go of my baby boy and welcoming my preschooler. Its amazing to think that in spring he will be off to nursery each day and then its reception and school....where is time flying? but for now I am enjoying this special time....so much to get excited about so much to enjoy. Thank God for kids....thank God for Zac my little Mr. Incredible.

September?!

 Hello! we had been busy getting back into our lives in Uk since we had come from our Romanian holiday. We had many dinners in the garden and breakfasts and coffees and chillaxed some more. Sunday we went to visit London and did some great sight seeing. Here we are in Greenwich Peninsula and enjoyed the bubbles as Zac calls them. I loved the fact that he wanted to try this and showed the man in charge how wrong he was when he predicted that as he is so young will probably cry and scream and be scarred for life...:)))-  No, Zac was so excited it was just sooo good to hear people behind me saying..."look at that little boy isnt he wonderful? so courageous?" he is and he is all mine. I love showing him off like that. My boys are both sooo good with their PE activities. they have a very ballanced life, they love their gadgets Ipad, 3DS and all but they love their bikes, scooters, swimming, walks and football off course.

HEre we had taken the cable cars over the Thames and loved it. Boys were facinated with the view and all. I was so excited too I mean its not everyday you can see that view and its sooo sooo beautiful. I loved that they both were stunned too.

 Ask Zac any day if he would like to go to CYCLOPARK and he will be hopping in the car and "lets go" he says. He is soo happy there....he scoots around tries all the fireman Sam poles and would happily scoot around us cycling too.

 Here we go my two scooting boys. I love them so very much.

 And another scooting session!

 Two friends! I always have to smile these two are best friends they can love but fight too....I most like when Zac see's Andrei coming around he squeels and gets so excited...also Andrei is calling his name as soon as he gets anywhere near our house we can hear him as most often these days garden doors are open.

 Bit of Playdough in the garden is always so exciting...he loves loves scissors ....he has a few pairs dotted around the house.

 And what better thing to do then eat some grapes just like that....or just spread them around the garden?!

This is the newest photo!!:)) Daddy has gone a little bit overboard and got some bikes for the family. In the view of going to Cyclopark and not having to spend a lot of money on hireing bikes. I can see the logic and hope we will make good use of the equippment. It is so cool to have something to do at weekends that involves us all excercising and enjoying rides together. We might even go out further afield to make suure we do make the best of the September weather which is supposed to be brilliant.
As for Zac, he is a cheecky monkey ....most of the time a little trouble maker but I am keeping an eye on him. he gets rather agressive at times and I wonder if that is because poor boy has been ill since January with constant antibiotics. I wonder if he is experiencing a growth spurt?!  - for now Drs are finally referring him for his reoccurent infections and such...and I am hoping we are nailing it soon right on the head and he will be able to enjoy life just a little bit more. I am noticing massive improvement in his speech and each day there is a new word I hear so its surley going the right way with that. We have not yet returned to Iveta his childminder hoping that will happen in October. For now I must keep an eye on him and see if we can manage his tantums and toddler terrible twos by keeping a close eye on him. He is amazing me in the way he copies Reuben and fights Reuben and loves us all. He is full of surprises and a lot of him right now is focused on Cars, Scissors, Fireman Sam Poles, Books, activities and basically anything that involves a little risky busniess. I would like to believe he is gona be incredibly creative but something tells me he is gona be an analyst...while his brother will excell in PE and Music possibly Drama. I love to see little bits of us in them and certain family traits and characteristics makes me adore God for his incredible wisdom in creating human kind....! I am continually in awe of God for allowing us to experience parenthood and being kids all over again with our own kids while acting as responsible parents (and often not)...:))