I am still full from thanksgiving dinner!!!!!

I have lived in america for nearly 5 years now. I get asked questions on a daily basis, some of my favorites are........ these are the responses I would like to give (but never do!)



1.Did you learn english when you moved over here? no comprehend?

2.Do you have color tv over there? nope we still shovel coal into the back of our black and white tvs!

3.I bet you think our hospitals are amazing? hmmm I think they are expensive!

4. I bet you're enjoying living in freedom now! because I lived in captivity in scotland?

5. do you celebrate 4th of july? independance from the uk? I am from the UK!

6.do you prefer to be called english or irish? Emmm.... SCOTTISH please!!!!

7. Do you know my great Uncle Alfred once removed, He is from Scotland? No I dont know him, or your great aunt Mabel or even your grandad Bert the 4th. dont know any of them!

8. Does this sound like a scottish accent? Not in the slightest!

9. do you celebrate thanksgiving in scotland? and the answer is ...no we do not celebrate thanksgiving in scotland, but to be honest with you, it is a holiday that I have had no trouble embracing!! anything that requires eating all day long, is defiately something I want to be part of!! and I think I do it like a full blood american!!! Thanksgiving was great!


ps dont be offended fellow americanos, I love you to bits!!!




Last weekend Mark and I drove to the cabin with the boys. It was soo c-c-c-old, We bundled up nice and warm. The cabin looks so pretty and we had a lot of fun together. The famous crying face!

CuTe LiTtLe BrOdY

Brody is 16 months and still can't walk! He crawls around wherever he needs to go, and the rest of the time he gets carried around by me. I am enjoying getting to keep him as a baby as long as I can! Although he can't walk, he can totally talk! He says whatever we ask him to say (we dont let him say "poo-poo" words) and honestly, nobody believes me about this, but.. he can sing!! He sings full songs and they are totally on tune and everything! he can sing twinkle twinkle, sunbeams, child of god, and little einsteins. but the catch is.... he wont perform for anyone but me and mark, mark is my witness that we have a musical genius in our family! watch this space because Brody is going to be a star!!!

FuNnY LiTtLe KyLe!

Kyle is really turning into a little man! He likes to keep us all in check! Lately he has been concerned with peoples choice of words. He is constantly listening out for "naughty" words. Like... "Oh man, dang it, or crap" (I was even told off for saying "thats cute!") kyle will gasp and exclaim horrified, "you said a bad word!" He is always telling brody off for his baby babble which can sometimes sound a little like "poo-poo" Kyle feels like it is his calling in life to make sure that no offensive words are spoken!

A few weeks ago, I was talking to Kyles pre-school teacher, and she said to me that he was the only child in the class that had never been asked to sit on the time-out chair. I was so proud of him, that I thought my heart was going to burst out of my chest. Last week when I was driving him home from school, he proudly told me, " mommy I got to sit on the time out chair!!" He was VERY pleased with himself!!!

Kyle really is such a good boy, I am so glad that he is my oldest child, because he is such a good example to his little brother. He is very sensitive and always wants to make sure everyone is happy (especially his mum) The other day I gave him a bowl of ice-cream, and he said... "mommy you are such a good cooker! I lub ICE-CREAM!" It was dreyers, but it still made me feel good!! I do love my special little boys!!!

So you see.......... we are a Happy family!

don't mess with me!

oh dear!

Jades mom invited me to her house for a halloween party. So me and kyle went along. It was obvious that I was the only member there, (and kyle but I dont know if he counts) but anyway someone had rented a limo for all the kids to have a ride in. (some people over here have too much money) and jades mum shouted.."who wants to go in the limo?" and I was like..."definately me!!" so I got into the limo with kyle, and about 10 more kids ranging from age 8 to about 13 climbed in too. Then there was some commotion about needing an adult in there to supervise. and jades mum said..."its ok... beth is in there!! so they slammed the door shut and the driver took off. I was surrounded by all these kids that were completely out of control, then they started picking up wine glasses that were full of drinks, and I stood up and said as firm as I could.. "nobody drink anything" but nobody listened to my squeek so I shrivelled back into my seat and whispered in kyles ear..."dont you drink anything!" the kids were soo obnoxious , they kept shouting to the driver, "WE WANT MUSIC! WE WANT MUSIC!!! chant chant I hated them all!!! so anyway I am still as pathetic as ever. why is my family so rubbish in these situations? anyway it turned out that the alcohol was actually martinelli!! PHEW hahha it was horrable! anyway to top the evening off, kyle did a huge poop in his nappy, and of course this would be the day I didnt bring a spare nappy for him, so I took him in the bathroom, and started the process, the poop could not even be called a poop! it did not resemble anything brown or firm, it was however, green and liquidy, so much so that it had seeped out in all directions. And his "bumbum" (as kyle says) was red raw!! he cried as I tried my best to clean him with the wipes (that i found in a drawer) I then rummaged across a first aid box and thought.."hmm I bet there will be something soothing in here"... and sure enough, there was a bottle of aloe vera after-sun lotion. So I generously squeezed the solution on to his throbbing area, when he let out an almighty SCREAM!!! he was now SCREAMING at the top of his lungs!! Ok so I started with the stingy wipes again trying to wash off the offending lotion!! I dressed him and got out of there as fast as we could!! twas not a fun night for me (or kyle)

HaPpY HaLlOwEeN FrOm ThE pUgMiReS

We had so much fun at trunk or treat.
Kyle was dressed as his fave superhero..."the FLASH" Kyle wanted to wear his costume soo much that it had holes in it before

he even got to party in it!

We dressed brody up as a vampire because... 1. we hadnt bought him anything in time, 2. it was really easy to throw together. 3. It was free, 4. he has a natural widows peak in his hairline 5. he BITES like a vampire 6. I love edward cullan!

I dont really know what mark was meant to be, but I think he secretly enjoyed having a full head of hair for the night! and I was an angel (for obvious reasons) It was fun to see everyone dressed up!