Silent Sunday 28th October 2012

Ikea family

The other day we went to ikea

On the way there Hannah was sat in her booster chair eating candy floss and singing songs asking every now and again if we where there yet

We told her to let us know when she saw ikea after a while she shouted “I can see ikea family”

On entering the car park Hannah got really excited as they had built the new out doors play area and she wanted to know if she could go and play on it and we said if its open then yes

She practically ran there eager to see if she could play and yes it was so off she went for 10 mins and then we decided to have a drink

As soon as we walked through the doors we knew something was different they had face painting and a balloonist there

They was celebrating 25 years

But first we needed a drink so off to the cafe we went while we sat back and enjoyed a cuppa Hannah went to play in the indoor area

Now it’s time to start shopping but first Hannah wanted a balloon she choose a white balloon and the balloonist made it into a dog for her

We grab a twirly trolley and Hannah stood on it until we reached the spinning chairs which she has to have a spin on

After a while we moved on after going so far they had a activity table set up and a person drawing people’s faces which Hannah was more interested in so we queued up and when it came to her turn she sat down while she drew her

We said we would get a frame for it while we was there

After we had walked round the first half it was time for dinner there meatball and chips are the best

Time to see if we can book Hannah in the play area they have with it being half term she has to wait half a hour before so booked her time slot and carried on shopping

The time came where Hannah could go and play we waved her off and contuied on our way round we picked up a few things for the house and of course a picture frame for Hannah’s drawing

It was time to pick Hannah up and go for our final cuppa on coming out of the cafe Hannah decided she didn’t want her dog balloon so she gave it away to a little boy 🙂

So of we set for home with a boot full of goodies 🙂

Monday are sometimes great

Today was the first day of half term and its gone really well

After a bit of cleaning we went to asda to pick up some last min items for cake making

Me and Hannah chose to make a marble cake so we needed to pick up a extra mixing bowl and some grease proof paper then we headed home

Before we could start baking we had a meeting with our support worker who is going to see if she can help us get Hannah to school in the mornings without to much trouble

She had brought round some jigsaws for Hannah to play with and to try and interact with her and was surprised that she could do all the jigsaws without any help

After she had left it was time to bake

First we lined the cake tin with grease proof paper

Hannah did all the mixing and even helped weigh the ingredients out

The only bit she couldn’t do was mix the coco as it needed hot water

Her is how it turned out

After the cake had finished baking it was time to get on with tea which in a way was sad because the kitchen smelled so good

Time just seemed to fly by and it was time to get ready for swim club

Hannah was really enjoying herself that she was flapping her arms around not sure if was down to her doing so well or the music that they had playing loud

Time to settle her down for the night with one of her library books

Sometime Mondays are so good 🙂

Silent Sunday 21st October 2012

Silent Sunday 14th October 2012

Digging deep

Yesterday was Hannah’s swimming lesson and for the first time it started differently Hannah was in a lane on her own

At first we didn’t know what was happening then her swimming coach came over and told us she was doing her length badge

by this time Hannah had done 4 lengths so I got up and walked the length of the pool which Hannah’s swimming counting them off when we got to 8 lengths we thought she was done and had got her 200 meter badge

But oh no her coach wanted her to keep going for 16 lengths in total if she could

So on she went with me by her side encouraging her on

After she had done 12 lengths Hannah started to get tired and needed to dig down to find her second wind with loads of encouragement from us she only had 4 more lengths to do and it would have been a shame to have gave in after coming so far

So she started on her 13th length and it was amazing to see the strength and determination in her arms and legs powering through the water

When she got to her 15th length there was no looking back the end was near

The last length came and she just powered for it with each leg kick took her closer and closer to her goal

She got it 400 meters and she worked so hard and she was very proud of herself for what she had done

She was so pleased that she didn’t give in and dug deep to find her second wind

Because she worked so hard it was treat day

Hannah got macs for dinner and got to play in there play area

Then it was off to the sweet shop where she picked what ever she wanted

Next to the library where she loves to play

After that she got a new top and hair bobbles

It was certainly a day we all won’t forget in a hurry

My little swimmer winner 😃

Silent Sunday 7th October 2012