Baby Boy Summer Haul

Why do babies grow so fast???? I can't believe my baby boy is 18 months old already.....this of course means he is starting to grow out of his last seasons clothes and with the "summer" here it was time to pick up a few pieces for the next age group and season for him. These are some of the items I bought:

From Penneys:

Soft denim short sleeve shirt €6
#Little Rock Star green t-shirt €4
Mickey Mouse grey sweatshirt €8


From GAP:

Grey Bird Print shorts buy here
Grey & Navy striped tank one piece buy here
White shirt with a navy & red geo print (shown underneath one piece) buy here
Blue shirt with navy floral print buy here
"Autumn Rose" pull up shorts buy here


From ZARA: (my favourite shop for babyboy!!) to be honest I would have bought a lot more from here but they didn't have most of what I wanted in his size (boo hoo) ah well I'll have to do an online shop

Turquoise " Cool Youngster Forever" t-shirt buy here

Red "Be You" with star print t-shirt buy here
Coral bike print t-shirt buy here


From Tesco:
I usually pick up something in the clothing department for one of the kids while I am doing my shopping and this is what I picked up for baby boy over the last few weeks:

2 Pack Yellow/Turquoise t-shirts
Red "I'm the Cool One" t-shirt
White "The Cool Baby Has Arrived" t-shirt buy here
Denim shorts (Bargain at €2.50!!!!)
Grey long sleeve top - also reduced to €2.50


And a few pieces from other shops....

Car print grey leggings (still my favourite type pants, even though I usually buy the ZARA ones.....see note above about no sizes!) from H&M (still can't buy online on H&M in Ireland (why???????????????????)
Purple (love this colour) "Coolifornia" t-shirt from River Island Mini buy here
Navy turtle print swim shorts from Debenhams, I also bought a white sunsafe rash vest (not pictured) to wear with these shorts (can never be too careful in the sun)


So I don't have much more to buy and he will be set up for the next few months!

Karen

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IKEA & Cookies

Last weekend we went to IKEA (I'm a little obsessed with this place and I get sooooooo excited about going) . The main reason for our trip was to get a coffee table that I have had my eye on for ages. We are currently redecorating our living room so I decided now was the perfect time any excuse to make the purchase. Anyone that has been to IKEA knows you can't really just pop in to get one thing...and this is definitely the case for me especially since my "local" store is 2 1/2 hours away (yes we did a 5 hour round trip with 3 kids for a coffee table!!!!.....it wasn't that bad though).

When we got home we used some of our new purchases to make some chocolate chip cookies.

So for our baking we bought a large baking sheet ,
a baking mat - this is in a really cute pink colour, you can roll it out onto the baking sheet, saves greasing the tray and your baking just slides off the mat
and two children's aprons for the girls - they are a great fit and tie with velcro so they can put them on themselves.

I stopped in Aldi on the way home to pick up the supplies (it turns out I had most of the ingredients at home already but I didn't want to take the chance.....ah well I'll just have to make another batch)

Since I have read/seen so much about them, I decided to try Tanya Burr's Chocolate Cookie recipe,
you can check it out here. These are incredibly easy to make and so yummy especially when still slightly warm......mmmmmmmmmm! I knew these were supposed to be large but I wasn't expecting them to be quite so big....but hey who's complaining???

Warm chocolate cookies and a cup of cold milk....the perfect treat at the end of the day.

Karen

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A Day in London

Last Saturday I went to London for the day, I went with my Mom and we got the first flight over (6.30am) and the last flight back (8.30pm). This actually gives you a decent amount of time in London. We flew to Stansted and got the Stansted Express train in to Liverpool Street which takes about 45 minutes and cost £24. This got us into London city centre for 9am and we didn't have to leave again until 5pm, we actually could have left later but we decided to get to the airport early so we could relax, have a meal and a glass of wine or two. Here are a few pics from my flying visit....

Flying essentials...a mag (I actually got to read it!!!....flying without kids is like a day in the spa) . I don't actually like flying, I don't let it stop me travelling but everytime I step on a plane I think to myself why am I doing this??????. I always have some Bach's Rescue remedy especially when it's too early for a drink, I don't know if it actually works or if it's a placebo effect but I do feel calmer after a few sprays.

It was great day for flying, lovely and sunny (above the clouds). I have to say we got a really cheap fare with Ryanair and with no accommodation costs it was a really inexpensive trip.

Starbucks for breakfast.....caffeine was required after such an early start.

I just LOVE Covent Garden...there is always such an amazing buzz around there and with the weather being so good everyone was out on the streets having a few drinks and enjoying the sunshine.

Obviously I had to pop into the Disney store and look what I spotted....Cinderella's Wedding Dress....such a beautiful dress up dress with a not so beautiful price tag. I loved the Cinderella movie so much, it was so romantic and the costumes were amazing!!

How have I not eaten here before????? We had dinner in Stansted airport which has a good choice of eateries but we liked the look of the Giraffe menu so decided to give it a go and WOW what I had was a taste sensation.....

This was my grilled spiced prawns & chicken breast, mixed leaves, cucumber, radish, green onion, avocado, mango and chopped brazil nuts with tequila lime dressing salad.............so yum! My mouth is watering writing this....I'll have to book another flight to go back....

Karen

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