Addicted to Cookie dough ice cream!!!!

Nearly four weeks into the summer holidays and another six to go! The shops are full of back to school material and the adverts on the radio brag about how little they have left?! I don't know what i was worrying about in the UK with six week of holidays, because ten weeks is a lot more stress!!!
The boys are doing ok, they are doing their usual daily bicker and then playing well together! I think i'm the one who's struggling to keep them constantly entertained!

I finally got around to getting some photos printed of friends and family and placing them in frames. It made me really emotional though! Today i have caught up with a few friends as i'm feeling a little lonely without my regular crew, and i'm missing mum and mick being here! The reality of not being there for hen do's or weddings, or even just going around to see friends has hit us a little this week. As good as facebook and facetime is for contacting people, it's not the same. The boys have been talking loads about their friends in the UK too, a little song they were singing in the car today about who is going to marry who, and they reeled off all the girls names from their school in Andover. I think Ollie is starting to forget certain people, but Lucas can remember them all.

The weather here has started to get really hot, it went up to 84 today, and is meant to be getting warmer. It's the humidity that hits you and makes you want to stay inside! Nice to have a decent tan, but really hard to keep the boys cool enough! All i can say is thank goodness for the countless amounts of ice cream shops around- especially the cookie dough flavour.. that's now impossible to turn away from!

At the weekend we went to a founders fair in our local town, it was really sweet and felt a lot nicer than the normal fairs we went to in the UK. Boys went swimming in the lake again today, there were some baby ducks in the water this time, and of course the boys just kept on chasing them!

Dave and i have both been on a diet for the last few weeks, we finally caved into some carbs the other night and had a really nice pizza!! I wanted to sign up for a personal trainer again, as it worked so well last time, but they want $90 per hour! So having to look elsewhere! Not quite the same money i paid with my lovely gym friend back home!!

Finlay is doing well, he is soooo long! He has found his temper a little more now and is a lot more awake during the day. In some of the faces he pulls, it reminds me of Lucas as a baby! Will be interesting to see how he looks later on!

Apart from that, we are all good. We have got daves parents out from next week so that will be helpful, and i'm soo looking forward to the treats they are bringing with them!! Sod the diet, give me the galaxy and strawberry laces!! :)

Anyhoo, dinner won't cook itself!

Cheerio!!
xxx