Woman of the Year

This is me now size 14. I know not attractive

This was the picture which changed my life

I went to my Slimming World class for my weigh in tonight. Tonight we were being told about Woman of the year and we all had to vote for someone in the class. I was shocked to find I had 11 votes making me the winner. So in 7 months I have lost 2 stone 4 and a half pounds. I couldn't believe it. I never in a million years thought I could achieve something like this? Feeling very stunned at the moment yet very proud of myself too. It took me 5 years to look like that and 5 years on I know look vaguely like I was before.

THE BIG DAY ARRIVES

The Big day finally arrived. Eilidh woke us up at 5am and got sent back to bed. At 6.30am she got up again and asked to get dressed but she had to wait on havingher brekkie to keep her uniform clean as this is Eilidh we are talking about.

This is Eilidh, Mummy and Murray waiting in the playground

This is Murray who was feeling rather left out and enjoyed a brekkie at Tesco instead.

This is the first photo taken on the driveway before we left to go to school.

This is the full uniform with Blazer too This is Eilidh and Murray with Daddy at the school waiting on the doors opening.

We arrived at the school at 9.20am. We spoke to other mum and dad and most of the children seemed very excited to see each other again. At 9.30am the doors opened and we all went inside. We found Eilidh's peg which was number 4 along as she is number 4 on the register. Then we headed along to the class and we handed in Eilidh's homework and then had a family photograph taken. We then handed Eilidh over to her teacher Mrs Kerr-Peterson.

We collected Eilidh at 11.30am. I joked to 2 other mums that they would be in Alphabetical order and guess what, they were. We took her into see Granny Carlisle at work and then went for lunch. Daddy is now away back to work and it seems strange that my baby is now a SCHOOLGIRL. She can't wait to go back tomorrow.

The biggest laugh we got was Eilidh "There's no home work today but we will get homework on Monday!" She was very keen to tell us that. Here's to the next 11-13 years off school life eh? Though Mummy and daddy had a fight as mummy wanted to cry and daddy told her not too. Mummy thinks daddy doesn't have a heart.

The Day before

This is her in her yellow dress

Tomorrow is a very big day. Eilidh starts school. We're off for the school haircut this morning and then on to school to collect the last of her school uniform. Then this afternoon Auntie Caca is taking her to the flower fairies in the book festival.

I just can't believe that at 5 and a half she is off to school. She is so ready yet she is still my baby. Her uniform for tomorrow is all hung up in the wardrobe for tomorrow.

Suppose I should get ready and head off. Lots of walking today. Lost 1.5lb's yesterday at my weigh in so now a grand total of 2st 4lb's weight loss. Not long to my 2 and a half stone and to my target which is a loss of 8lb's which I hope to make by Murray's birthday in October.

Hectic Life

Life is a bit hectic here just now. Eilidh starts school on the 17th and I think we are finally organised bar a lunch box. But she doesn't need that until Sept.

Murray announced that he was ditching the nappies and is now fully potty trained. He was dry after 3 days. But last week developed chicken pox so we've been housebound again lol.

The summer seems to have passed me by and I have no idea where it has gone. I'm still trying to figure that one out.

We had a fab holiday in Salou. One of Eilidh's friends from her first year at nursery were there too, so we hit the park a few times with them and experienced a new way of Port Adventura lol.

Whooo Worked out how to upload the piccies at long last.

Here are the kids on the swing for kids on holiday. It was kids only but they loved it.



Here's a pic of us on Holiday. Eilidh was desperate to do it for 14€ so we got one for both grandparents too.