MOVEMBER
Baby Kelvin is having a little sleep, and Daddy Kelvin is playing video games, I just finished watching Dumbo, how cute is that movie? I remember whenever we went to my Grandparents house we would always watch Dumbo and Lady and the Tramp, I was always scared of the clowns, so I was a little reluctant to watch it again but it is soooo cute! I love elephants and Dumbo is just the sweetest little thing, I cried so much when he went to visit his Mummy in jail, It made me imagine baby Kelvin being taken off me (I have weird thoughts I know) I am so blessed to have such a perfect little angel baby, he really makes me so happy. Kelvin and I went to the cinema on our own the other day and being without the baby was so hard, I kept wanting to call up and check on him, even though I know he would be perfectly fine, its crazy how much love you can have for your child.
Speaking of cinema, we went to watch Hunger Games 2/ Catching Fire. We found out that our usually expensive cinema does popcorn, a large drink and a cinema ticket for €10!! BARGAIN!! We loved the movie! The hunger games is so intense, and I find that you really connect with the characters, its such an interesting storyline and definitely left us wanting more, we're gutted its not out till next year, the movie ended on such a cliffhanger! And yes, kelvin actually loves the movie just as much as me, if not more, he came home and started researching archery and guns, he's crazy! We also found out this week that the last movie is going to be split into 2 parts which is annoying as we wont know the whole story until 2015! I wonder how many baby's we will have then? And where we will be living? Intriguing!!
Kelvin and I don't have a TV that shows actual TV shows, just DVD's We decided before we were married we didn't want to watch TV all the time, we have seen how much time people waste watching TV and how people just look like zombies sat there all night watching it. Instead we watch DVD's and we download series to watch. We have watched quite a few different series, Battle Star Gallactica, Firefly, X files, Castle, 24 and right now we're watching Revolution and Arrow. We love revolution so much, its so thrilling and so intense, the worlds electricity gets cut out, and everyone has to live without any electricity at all, its crazy to think people used to live like this and how almost everything we have uses electricity, its a great show and the cast is amazing too! In the show there is a main character named Sebastian Monroe, he runs the whole army of soldiers fighting to get the electricity back on, I wont say too much to ruin the story, anyway he is called Bas by his friends, we love that name, so want to call one of our babies Sebastian. Sebastian Troy sounds like some kind of warrior name i think!
Arrow is another amazing show! It is based on the DC comics Green Arrow, about a billionaire's son who was shipwrecked on an Island for 5 years, now he has come back to his City a completely different person and wanting to help everyone, and he fights with a bow and arrow. Oh which reminds me, I'm getting Kelvin Archery lessons for Christmas, how cool is that? Its a 6 week course for €100 and you get your own kit, it looks great fun. Although Kelvin did say he wants to catch animals then I cook them for dinner... EWWWWW!! NEVER going to happen my friend In both our series the government or some influential people are corrupt, which makes the series even more intense as you don't know who to trust.
Might I add, living without a TV is one of the best decisions we made. Kelvin and I hardly ever argue and I think that not having a TV is a big part of that, for one we don't argue over what to watch, but we find we HAVE to talk to each other or there would just be silence in the house and we wouldn't have fun. We talk all day everyday and have lots of fun together, so we don't feel we have any need for a TV right now anyway.
May the force be with you...
Last Saturday Kelvin went for his first ever movie audition! He had seen on one of his gaming webistes that auditions were being held all over the world for a coupld of characters in the new Star Wars movie. Kelvin absolutely LOVES Star Wars so he was so excited and instantly signed up. For the few weeks before he was talking non stop about the audition and how cool it would be to get through. He woke up at 5am on a Saturday morning and headed down to the auditions. He was in the first 100 to be seen, and by the time he came out there were 3000 people there! He did great. He got up to the 3rd round and the people were very interetsed in him, how ever they needed someone with acting experience, and being the honest person he is Kelvin told them he didnt have any! Bless him! As Kelvin got took through for the 2nd stage, he told me that the people who were running the auditions made an announcement, that there were a lot of people there and that anyone messing around would be taken care of by their best security... and in walked STORMTROOPERS wooo! Kelvin was so excited that made the auditions and the waiting around all worth it. He was a little reluctant to go but im glad he did, trying new things is always fun and you never know he could have been famous! They did tell him however that they would be intersted in having him as an extra, so watch this space!
"A girl should be two things, CLASSY and FABULOUS"
This week I did the relief society enrichment class in our ward. It was my first time ever doing one and I was very nervous. Relief Society is the programme in our church specifically for females aged 18+. It is where sisters join together, to help eachother, support eachother, love and encourage eachother. Every Sunday we have gospel, lessons about different topics concerning church history, teachings of our prophets (past and present) or just gospel doctrine and on 1 wednesday everymonth we have a fun night. Here the sisters gather together and share their personal tallents and interests and teach the rest of us new skills and knowledge. I love make-up, fashion, beauty all girly things really, so this month was my turn and I was asked to teach a little bit about make-up.
The lovely sister who approached me and asked me to do this shared a story with me before hand which i thought was great
A lot of women in the church assume that they have to dress conservative, dull and to kind of blend in as beauty on the outside isnt anywhere near as important as being beautiful on the inside. She told me when she was younger she used to think this way, and she had a few friends who dressed completely different to her. They would wear make-up, beautiful clothes, sparkly jewellery and look always beautiful on the outside. She assumed that they wouldnt be as nice on the inside if they focussed so much on their outter appearance they couldnt be focussing on the things that really matter. Her friends then suprised her, all served missions, all got married in the Temple, have children of their own and some of the storngest testimonys and knowledge of the scriputres and gospel that she has ever known. She asked them one day how they can be so spiritual and beautiful on the inside and still be concerned with how they look on the outside. They told her, think of the Temple's. Each one is very different in design, but they all share the same purpose. The Temples are covered in beautiful works of art, shiny chandeleres, beautiful coloured windows, fine gold and the most beautiful of materials, they are truly beautiful to look at. We are told to treat our bodies as Temples, we should focus on being spiritually beautiful but it is also okay to be beautiful on the outside aswell just like the Temple is
I loved hearing this story, often women forget that it is okay to wear beautiful clothing and beautiful make-up and still be spiritually beautiful. This is something that I really want to ensure I do, every week on a Sunday I make sure that I look the best I can, I always think to myself would i feel comfortable meeting the Saviour today, although most of that focus is on the way I have acted, thoughts I have had and commandments i need to keep, I also want to make sure I look the best I can do.I taught the sisters a few beauty tricks and did an example of a smoky eye make-up. There were only a few of us but it was still a lovely night, and I enjoyed getting to know the sisters a little better. I am assigned to Primary so i dont get to spend a lot of time with the sisters, they are all so lovely and welcoming, I am very blessed to be a member of the Finglas Ward.
Comfort eating
So, the weather is freezing, and what better way to make yourself feel good than food!!! I absolutely love cooking. Growing up i never really cooked, I had a few disastrers whenever i tried, one time i made frozen pizza because i forgot to defrost it, and another I made hollow buns (i think that was actually a world record). When we first got married all i could really make was Chilli Con Carne very simply, but now, i make all sorts. We mainly it Chicken and lots of veg, lots of soups and any mince recipe is for the weekend. This week i have been focussing on pies, perfect for Winter! I have made a chicken, leek and mushroom pie and a meat and potatoe pie. I just learnt how to make shortcrust pastry. I thought it was a really good idea buying ready made pastry which cost €4, then i made my own and it was ready in 5 minutes and cost me about €1 to make and it was soooo much tastier than shop bought. Whenever I make my pies i sing pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake and mark the pie with a B, very geeky i know but i always do it for some reason! I was telling Kelvin, when we move I just want a nice kitchen, infact whenever we look at houses to buy my main focus is the kichen, I want to be one of those wives who is always baking pies, and cakes etc, I just love it. I've asked Kelvin for a cute apron for Christmas so that will hopefully encourage me to bake even more.
Here is my Chicken, Leek and Mushroom pie. The recipe is courtesy of my perfect housewife sister Melissa. Its delicious! Oh and baby K wanted to help aswell my crawling all over the counter, little cutie!
Kelvin also introduced me to cheese and tomatoe toasties/ home made pizza. It is the tastiest thing ever. Just a bread roll sliced in half, cheese tomatoes aromat and baked in the over for 10 minutes. Its so filling and so warm in the winter weather. I found bread rolls that were 4 for €2 and they are seriously the best toasted bread I have ever tasted. Oh, i mentioned aromat, my advice for anyone who cooks.... BUY AROMAT!! It is the most amazing product ever, they're are 2 flavours a savoury one for use on anything and a meat one. I put them with everything, and anything I cook, and even on cold sandwhiches. They are spices and a bit of salt and you wouldnt believe the difference they make in your food. They give everything so much flavour, seriously amazing.
Just keep swimming...
So this month we have discovered that baby Kelvin has his first favourite dvd. Finding Nemo! I used to put it on for him sometimes when he was first born as i thought he would like the colours, now every single day he wants to watch it. When he is bored as soon as we put that on for him he is completely happy, the only problem is there is a certain part which he loves the most and always wants to watch. Kelvin and I have memorised most of the film anyway, but the part where Nemo is welcomed into the gang is baby Kelvin's favourite bit so we constantly have it on repeat. Finding Nemo is actually a great movie, there are quite a few funny little parts in it which I never noticed at first. Hopefully though we're going to get him a few more dvd's for Christmas so we dont have to listen to Shark Bait ooohaha all day!!
Baby Kelvin is also teething really badly this month. He already got 2 cutsie little teeth on the bottom of his mouth, they are soo funny, whenever he smiles these little white things pop out its so cute. Know we think he is teething at the top, he keeps making such weird faces like he is sucking on a sherbert lemmon or something, its so funny. In the middle of the night all i can here is this little squeeky, kissy sound, i'll try and get a picture of one of his little faces.
Happy MOVEMBER!!
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