THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS

Most Toddler & Baby classes stop during the holidays, my Nantwich Baby Sign class however will carry on throughout the Summer and I will be running a few workshops for Tippy Toes:-

Each workshop costs £7.00 per child including snack and drink. Held at the Wesley Centre in Sandbach.

Monday 2nd August - 10.00am – 12.00pm
WALKING IN THE JUNGLE
We will be making animal masks from the ‘Walking In the Jungle’ book.
Learning how to move like the animals during Story telling, then we will sing and dance and put on a mini show for the parents.

Monday 9th August – 10.00am – 12.00pm
THE GRUFFALO
We will be making Gruffalo masks to use during our Gruffalo Story.
Play Gruffalo themed games ie/pin the wart on the Gruffalos nose and
We will perform our Gruffalo choir in our mini show for the parents.

Monday 16th August – 10.00am – 12.00pm
PRINCESS & PIRATES
We would like all girls to dress up in their favourite princess dresses and all boys to dress up as pirates. Facepainting will be provided.
Our story telling will take us on a treasure hunt to find the missing treasure and themed party games.

To book a space on the workshops either send an email to sharon@hullabalookids.net or call me on 07973 479471.

PIRATE DAY

After Luke wanted his pirate jumper on, his pirate socks on and to play with his pirate toys, we aptly named today 'Pirate Day'!

I bought a Pirate costume from 'George' last year for a couple of pound and just knew it would come in handy at some point, I'm amazed I managed to keep it hidden until today.

Luke spent a couple of hours this morning at his Grandparents while I ran a Tippy Toes class in Sandbach, then we came home, had a Pirate Lunch and then made a Treasure Chest out of an old shoe box and some treasure too. He loved being all grown up and drawing his own shapes and cutting them out himself.

Another fantastic day!

SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND

My busy weekend starts tomorrow with facepainting at a Nursing home in Winsford. I don't have any childcare, as my backup is going to Chester for the day so Luke is coming too. It's been a while since he came to work with me so I'm keeping my fingers crossed he will be able to keep himself amused for an hour.

At 6pm, the new Community Centre in Stapeley, Nantwich is having an open evening and have invited me along to promote my classes.

Saturday is Nantwich Fun Day, I will be running the usual Tippy Toes class at 9.15am, then off to set up for Nantwich Fun Day. I will be painting faces from 10am till 5pm.
The weather is not looking too promising at the moment so hopefully will brighten up.

Sunday is Stapeley Water Gardens Birthday Celebration, so I have been booked to facepaint at the Palms from 11am till 4pm.

Its a good job I've had some quality time with Luke this week as I'm certainly not going to see him at the weekend. He will enjoy spending time with Daddy and has a party to go to which will keep them both entertained.

HAPPY TUESDAY

Since Luke moved up to Pre-school he is the happiest he's ever been at nursery. He runs in without a blink of an eye and has settled in so well. He started at Nyehome, Nantwich at 9 months and cried virtually every week he was there, until now. He is much happier which makes it easier for me too.

This morning, Luke announced he wanted to go on a bus in the afternoon after nursery. This was due to seeing our friends, Anne-Marie & daughter Jaime jump on the bus yesterday. I decided against Crewe Town centre so went the opposite direction taking the C84 to Tarporley, where I spent my teenage years and attended Tarporley High School. The excitement of being on the bus wore Luke out and as soon as we got off, he fell asleep! This gave me the opportunity to walk round a few shops in the High Street, many of them don't have pushchair access and sit and have a quiet coffee.

When we came home, we started on the dinner, homemade lasagne. Luke has always had an interest in cookery and one of his favourite programmes was 'Big Cook, Little Cook'. He insists on helping so today for the first time, I gave him a plastic knife and the mushrooms to slice (which he did perfectly) then he helped to lay the lasagne sheets and grated and sprinkled the cheese on top. I then sliced the french stick and let him mix the garlic, parsley and butter himself and spread on the bread. He was so very proud of himself helping to cook dinner and couldn't wait to tell Daddy all about it.

I am so grateful for the time I get to spend with Luke but also that when I am working he is being well looked after. He gets the best of both worlds and so do I.

SUMMER COLD

The weather has been exceptional the past couple of weeks with only 2 days of rain, the rest sunshine. With this in mind, why did I have to catch a cold?! I almost certainly caught it from Luke but mine has lasted well over a week and his, a few days!

The timing couldn't have been worse, especially as today, I should have been going for corrective eye surgery in Manchester. I was hyped up all week but yesterday I had to cancel the appointment due to fever, sore throat and cough. It has been re-booked for the end of the month so I will be keeping germs at bay. Fingers crossed!

FOOTBALL MUMPRENEUR

I'm currently sitting watching the England v Slovenia game. One advantage of being self employed is having the flexibility of working from home and being able to watch this vital game. It will decide if England will stay in the World Cup or get knocked out.

Mark however has not been as lucky, he is in the office without a television and have been told they must not use the internet to watch the match. They are listening on the radio though which at least is better than nothing.

Wednesdays are my admin and marketing day, the usual routine is take Luke to nursery, work in the morning, run a Tippy Toes class at the Park Pre-school in Whitchurch and then home for more work. Luke's Nannie & Grandpa pick him up on Wednesday afternoon from nursery and don't drop him off until after tea time. It gives me the opportunity to knuckle down to some work.

Today, I am sitting in front of the telly with the lap top on my knee.

COME ON ENGLAND! Half time score 1-0 to England.

2 NEW CHILDREN'S CENTRES

This morning I had a phone call from the manager of the new Children's centre in Mablins Lane, Crewe and Shavington Children's centre, Alan Badder. I wasn't even aware of the centre in Mablins Lane, I am usually first in the queue when I hear of new developments such as this but I hadn't been informed or heard anything of it.

Alan told me he had only been in post for 3 weeks and was keen to get some Baby Sign classes booked in. We met up this afternoon and came to an agreement to run some pilot sessions. I start in Mablins Lane on Thursday 22 July at 2pm and at Shavington on Friday 23 July at 10am for 6 weeks.

Anyone wishing to book a place please contact me and I will pass your details onto the centre. sharon@hullabalookids.net