Organisation?

As Blue monkey is now in school for the first time I am getting some proper 1-2-1 time with Pink monkey, today we did the weekly shop - I'd like to say it was pleasant however Pink screamed from the second I strapped her in the trolley until the second we stopped at the checkout as she wanted to walk (however time constraints meant that wasn't going to happen). I have never heard her so loud, the looks of sympathy / what are you doing to your child, were quite obvious. Luckily the day got a whole lot better - we went shoe shopping although Pink thought we were going for her and wasn't too happy to find out it was her Mummy that was trying shoes on. To reward such patience we went for brunch - pancakes, maple syrup, bananas and strawberries - cup of tea for me glass of milk for Pink - that certainly brought her beautiful smile back.

After school we met friends at the local small soft play - perfect for the letting the kids burn off their energy (whoever told me school would tire them out had never met Blue monkey) then back home where I made tea for the 3 of them. I'm embarassed to show you the state of my kitchen afterwards (but I will because I am proud of it now)

It was a disgrace but not for long.......

My kitchen / diner is the one area of the house that is very me - there is plenty of colour and pictures, but its organised (because regardless of what the first two pictures show that was a blip) I know I could probably not get away with so much pink and girlishness if there was a man here - so woo hoo for singledom I can do exactly what I want and I absolutely love it.

I treated myself to these lovely new tins for my tea and coffee - they are just so me

I'd bought these jars a couple of weeks ago - I wasn't sure what for and they had just been cluttering up the kitchen worktop (and it is a small worktop so no clutter needed) I made labels for them and now they are filled with my baking ingredients.

Finally this is my dining table - I might have gone slightly overboard in buying craft bits and pieces recently but these are all the things I need to start working on. I'm heading over to Ikea this weekend and hopefully I can pick up a little bit of storage - I'm thinking new shelves for the garage - to house all this. I haven't got many vices in life so the odd blow out now and then isn't the end of the world - infact it's actually quite perfect.