Perfect Monday: Fireworks and A Birthday Treat.

Every Monday Weebles Wobblog does a weekly post Called Perfect Moment Monday
Perfect Moment Monday is about noticing a perfect moment rather than creating one. Perfect moments can be momentous or ordinary or somewhere in between.
I mentioned yesterday that Saturday was a crazy day before Bops 7th birthday, every year we go to a firework display in a town near to us.
The gates open at 4pm and the display is at 9pm in between all that there is live music and a sky diving display, but it is a long wait for a 7 year old and a 9 year old.
So by the time the display starts they are hanging on the edge of their chairs with anticipation .....
 This year the music for the display was from Disney s Fantasia.
It is one of the most awesome things I have ever seen if I'm honest and I'm always totally blown away from it all.

The best moment is the look on Bop's face when it starts.

 Every year she tells us " It's the best day of my life" 

Perfect Moment to see how so delighted by it all

It mainly cause it is her Birthday treat 

and she goes on about it for at lest 3 weeks before the day

 Just some of the photo's I took of the display

 If you hop over to LIMELIGHT you can see more of my photo's from Jaffrey Fireworks

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Perfect Moment Monday

Every week I take part in Perfect Moment Monday.
Here is what perfect Moment Monday is all about

Perfect Moment Monday is about noticing a perfect moment rather than creating one. Perfect moments can be momentous or ordinary or somewhere in between.
Once a week we engage in mindfulness about something that is right with our world. Everyone is welcome to join. All you need to do is hop on over to Weebles Wobblog and take part

For the last couple of weeks its been pretty chaotic in my house.....

My parents arrived a week ago and a week before that we had to move bedrooms around and do a few jobs around the house that we had been meaning to do... but in true fashion we never found time to do.

Bip and Bop don't cope well when full attention isn't on them, but they have had to learn that when Mom says I need to get jobs done, that it means you need to occupier yourself and not get into trouble ......

Bip just goes to his room and reads.... or just chills out ....

Bop is a different story that child can not stay out of trouble.

Always into something .....

There was one day just before my parents arrived that she was very quiet while I was doing something upstairs... I had called her a few times but no answer back, which is sometimes a bit worrying as it normally means she is into something.

So after finishing my job, I went to look for her.

So very quietly i went walking round the house, totally expecting to find her up to something she wasn't meant to be doing. I must of walked round the house a few times before I heard her giggling. To cut a long story short .....

I found her ...

I had walked past her a few times mainly cause I didn't expect to find here......

Here

In the dogs cage .... with water bottle, a snack, her laptop and dog all in tow.

Talk about being in the dog house.

At lest she wasn't up to no good .....

By the way the little monkey has learnt how to lock the cage and unlock it .....

Its her new favorite play place

Maybe not a perfect moment maybe more like a perfect play house

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Perfect Moment Monday: Playing Together

Every Monday Weebles Wobblog does a weekly post Called Perfect Moment Monday

Perfect Moment Monday is about noticing a perfect moment rather than creating one. Perfect moments can be momentous or ordinary or somewhere in between.


There hasn't been many perfect moments of late, well not where Bip and Bop are concerned.... just as you think your going forward you take about five steps back.

Playing together is just imposable, I know all kids have there moments where they don't get on and cant play together but this is an everyday thing.

Its wearing thin and becoming a concern, the control of each other has grown mainly I think cause they know they cant control me, and in true RAD style they have to control something, so why not each other.
We  are working on this little problem, but needless to say, them being amicable with each other is far and few between.

There was one day this week where I suggested they  build something, they both love to build .... I supplied tape, scissors ( I was supervising the handling of the scissors), markers and other bits and bobs ... oh and a big cardboard box ..... they decided together to build a house for BOP's littlest pet shop toys .... there was one moment where they where quiet, no agruing no bickering, and where working together.

Working Together

I sat back and savored the moment of peace .....

Glad I did cause not some ten minutes later one of the toys had its head ripped off in anger ....Go figure.

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Perfect Moment Monday: Summer Rain

I love Perfect Moment Monday, purely for the reason of there is so many of these moments in life and its wonderful to try and capture them.... 

Perfect Moment Monday is about noticing a perfect moment rather than creating one. Perfect moments can be momentous or ordinary or somewhere in between.

Once a week we engage in mindfulness about something that is right with our world. 

Thank You  Lavender Luz at Weebles Woblog for hosting this each week ...it really is something I look forward to

I know i have already posted about this once (See Summer Rain) this week but really it was a perfect moment for many reasons.

Bop has always been deathly afraid of storms, even when there is no storm she will predicted one when she sees a black cloud, and this to be honest can be very annoying at times ..... it's like living with Mystic Meg.

So when the storm hit on Friday we all held our breaths and waited for her to kick of ..... and waited and waited.

She made a few comments like.

"Don't you think we should close the windows"
And
"Is that lightening getting closer"

Im not sure why she is so scared .... It's not like we only get them every now and again they are pretty frequent through the summer.

Friday for some reason unknown to us was diffrent for her she remained fairly calm as the storm came in and once it was over us she didnt seem to flinch a muscle ........ and then

I surgessted we went out to play in the rain once the lightening and thunder was in the distance and she AGREED.

This is a first and I was shocked, I have surgessted this more than once, and never efore has she taken me up on my offer.

Bop Splashing in Puddles

there are more photos of this moment read Summer Rain

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Perfect Moment Monday : The Visitor.

Perfect Moment Monday according to Weebles Woblog is about noticing a perfect moment rather than creating one. Perfect moments can be momentous or ordinary or somewhere in between.

I have started to look forward to Mondays ..... in blog land that is ....Mondays in my world are just the same as any other day...just a different page turned.

Sometime ago, when I was still working, (before RAD became a huge part of our lives, and therapeutic parenting was just something I once read about in a parenting magazines)

I use to do two lates till 9pm twice a week, I would start work at midday and this gave me the opportunity to get some things done around the house, the sort of stuff you cant get done at 9pm. Like planting garden tubs ......

This day in particular I had nipped to the local garden center and picked up some plants for the tubs on the deck .....

Once they where planted I stood back and admired them, this was my very first yard (in The States that is) and as much as I'm no expert gardener I do love to see plants in tubs (I'm also a container freak).

I went back inside to grab my camera (I try to post as many photo's as possible for my friends and family back in The UK)..... when I came back outside this is what I was greeted with....

We had a visitor ......

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Perfect Moment Monday : Breakfast

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Yesterday Morning, I had a spurt of inspiration, I told the kids if they wanted breakfast ..... they had to come up an idea and cook it themselves.

Before you panic, and think I let the kids cook unsupervised, I did plan on helping, they stood in the kitchen for a few minutes when Bop announced she knew what they could have, she whispered it to Bip they agreed.

Whoa that doesn't happen much, the agreeing apart .....

They asked for a small bowl each and I frowned... wondering what they where going to do.... their shoes went on and of they went with their bowls...

We have fresh raspberries growing in our garden ....... a source of great delight for both Bip and Bop as they are total fruit freaks ........ I grab my camera and followed them out.

Bip and Bop getting breakfast

After they had picked raspberries, they came in.... I asked

" So whats for breakfast"
" Pancakes" they announced ......

So the games began ...... the kitchen was a mess ....whats new.... the kids where happy ...that is new ...... and breakfast was served without much hassle or arguing

Perfect

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