Mummy Monday - Family Day to West Midlands Safari Park.

Hello lovelies, firstly I'm sorry for the lack of posts last week, very rarely my fella gets any time off and he had a week off so I took full advantage of it. I'm rubbish with saved posts too, I never save them I just want to upload them all. But I'm back again with another Mummy post, so hi again and I hope you're all well and hope you enjoy my family day out post.
West Midlands Safari Park.

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As it was Dan's week off we wanted to ram as much as we could in those seven days we had together with him helping his dad out down the road also. On Tuesday I decided for us all to go here as it's only an hour an a half away, I love animals and know Oscar does too, Dan's fond also aha. Me and Dan went when Oscar was in my tummy and I thoroughly enjoyed it so couldn't wait to go back. We got there and Dan decided it would be more benefical for Oscar if he was on our laps, I thought it was unsafe and stupid being the adult in the relationship aha, but you don't drive fast or irresponsibly around the park so I don't see why it would hurt. Plus he did get to see the animals more as he would have struggled in his car seat, Oscar was instantly shouting ooooh and cooool when we got closer to the animals. My stupid phone battery died after the drive around park bit though so you don't get to see the penguins, bats, meerkats, lemurs and goat feeding. I absolutely love the penguins I could watch them for hours, like fish I find them so therapeutic. The lemurs were amazing me and Oscar stroked them and he was laughing his head of at them bless him aha. Meerkats adorable as always and the goat feeding was fun, Oscar also laughed his head of at them also, I think there tongue's tickled his hands. But I do have some pictures of our adventure in the park where you drive around, the Giraffes were in there pen thing so you can't see them and the tigers were sleeping as always. I hope you enjoy the pictures and leave me a comment of your favorite animal at the zoo/safari below. My favorite animal at the zoo is monkeys! I really want one, but they don't have monkeys at West Midlands Safari I love staring at Tiger's though, they are just beautiful creatures, I just want to go and stroke them, but anyway enough babbling, here's our pictures.

Mummy Monday - Why I love being a mum.

Hello lovelies, today I'm going to share with you all why I love being a mum. Inspired by SprinkleofGlitter's post and my own thoughts also, I have been wanting to do a post like this for a while but never got round to it. I am also going to be doing this every Monday something to do with being a mum or what me and Oscar have been up to. Basically anything to do with me or Oscar maybe even add Dan into the mix if he's lucky aha. My friend Jessica suggested it and what a great idea it is ;).

♥ When ever I'm having the worst day possible where you just want to cry all I have to do is look at him and he melts my heart.

♥ It makes you appreciate time, when I was younger time seemed to go so slow now it goes way too fast, like it seems only a few days ago I was pushing for 3 and a half hours and my little boy was here now he's almost 2! What the? Every day is an adventure and were both learning new things, I love what every day brings for us both. 

♥ It makes you appreciate the littlest things in life, like having a cup of tea and a book to yourself, a bath to yourself or getting ready for hours now it's more like ten minutes unless he's napping.

♥ I don't need to worry about being late for work! It was a good job Oscar woke me up the other day as I had half an hour to get ready or I would have been very late. So thank's for that, although you don't get to have lie in's till stupid o'clock in the day like I used to but lie-ins are so over rated, hmm.

♥ I get to buy super cute clothing, I couldn't wait to find out the sex so I could immediately go out shopping for him/her. I don't know how people keep it a surprise, fair play to them but I just couldn't. I'm not a massive fan of surprises though plus I like to be moderately organized, you have to be prepared for your first ever baby. I used to think that girls clothing was much more better but you can get such stylish and super cute clothing for boys now too. I love Next, Gap, H&M and even Primark, Tesco and Asda have great clothing to offer. 

♥ You get to play at soft splay, only if your a big kid like me of-course. You know you wan't to go on my lap down that massive slide Oscar, or crawl through that tunnel and star jump in the ball pit. Or is that Just me? You're lying.

♥ Oscar does unbelievably cute things and is constantly making me laugh and smile I could just stare at him all day.

♥ Every day I thank God (In my head) how lucky I am to have this amazing person in my life, how do I even deserve this amazing little boy.

♥ Your always learning, teaching each other new things. He teaches me a totally different language I have never come across and constantly makes me laugh and I try to teach him English in return. 

♥ You get the best cuddles and kisses ever that warm your heart and soul, literally makes me so proud and happy every time he runs up to me and put's his arms out and sticks his lips out for a kiss like a pout it's adorable.

♥ I am lucky because Oscar slept so well from about 6 weeks old, 12 hours, sometimes even more and that's not including the mid day nap! He always wakes up with a massive smile and put's his arms out for me to reach him out and runs to the kitchen as he knows its milk and breakfast time. He also makes me laugh when I say 'bath' he runs straight to the bathroom and stands by the bath bless him.

♥ You get family days out, if your lucky enough to still be with your partner it just feels wonderful all being together enjoying each others company and getting to experience different places every weekend/month or whatever.

There are so many reasons to love being a mom I can't pin point them all but what I do know is I am the most luckiest woman alive to have such a beautiful well behaved boy that I love so much, I am so proud and couldn't be any happier. Considering I was never overly keen about children, I did want them further along down the line but you can't plan your life out. I believe that everything happens for a reason and I am so glad Oscar has came into mine and Dan's life he has made it so complete and I count my lucky stars every night, I don't know what I would do without him now.

Are you a Mummy or a Parent if so what are your favorite things?

Any recommendations on days out?

FOTD. #1

Hello lovelies, my first ever FOTD I hate posting pictures of myself on here I am not photogenic at all, so apologies to start with for that another apology for the horrible bumps I have around my eyes, I had a reaction to the eyebrow wax I got the other day. They are clearing up a little now thanks to my lovely twitter friends with there great tips but here is the finished look anyhow.

The products I used for the look...

I didn't actually use a primer for this look as I was only going into town this day so did a quick make-up look and was going for a natural-ish look. I love a good smokey eye like the next one but didn't need to go all out to pop to the supermarket did I? I have been loving Mac's Prep and Prime primer though it really does work like a glue for your base and holds it all day and night. Not that you need it though with my favorite drug store foundation Rimmel's lasting finish 25 hour foundation, you have heard me rave about this so much so I won't continue to do that but this is great! Lasts hours and hours hence the name and is a medium to full coverage. I also didn't use concealer for this look woops, I must have been in a rush but I am loving Mally's concealer at the moment which I got of QVC a while back and nearly all out so need to invest in a new one but along with that I also pop on some of the Collection's famous concealer in the blogging world I just love it. Once I have done all that I sweep a little Rimmel Stay Matte powder over my T-zone bit as it gets a little oilier there and just holds my base together with its translucent wonder. 

After base I go to eye's next everyone's different in there routine but I go on to eyes/eye brows. Firstly with my brows, people spend so much on eyebrow pencils/powders, I personally am loving MUA's pro-brow palette! It does the job and I love the finished look, it has the right shades in which I need for me and even has a brow gel in there also to hold your brows into place. Then for my eyes I adore the Maybelline Colour Tattoo eye shadow creams they look perfect alone but even better as a base for your powder eye shadow. There pigmented and so easy to apply, my favorite is On an On Bronze as mentioned here. After the colour tattoo I applied another favorite of mine mentioned in that post above also, Mac pigment in Museum Bronze. A gorgeous bronze so pigmented with gorgeous flecks of gold running through to give you that glow and shimmer to your lids, make those eyes pop. After the shadow is done I like to apply an eyeliner I recently went of liquid eyeliners and went back to pencils but I used a liquid eyeliner for this look. I used Rimmel's Glam eyes eyeliner in black, it has a very thin brush to apply over your lids to create the perfect winged look or just your average line to make your eyes stand out. Then I apply my mascara, I used two this day god only knows why but there both my current favorites at the moment. I didn't like Benefit's They're real to start with but now I love it! Along with my favorite drugstore mascara Maybelline's Colossal Volume Express, both great mascaras to create volume and lucious thick long lashes. 

After my eyes I then go onto bronzing and blushing, the bronzer I used which I have been using every day recently is the Bourjois Bronzing powder that looks like chocolate and smells like it too. A lot of pale people don't seem to get on with this but i love it, It is in 52 aswell that's the darker one right? I just apply it finely so I don't have orange cheeks and forehead but I love it, It's great for contouring or just to bronze your face up and give it some colour, which I most definitely need right now, Casper called and wants his face back. Then for blusher I have turned into a massive cream blusher fan, a lot of people say it smudges there foundation, no no no, not if you use it in the right way. I like to put my cream blusher on using the Real Techniques buffing brush and just dab it on to my cheeks, simples. The cream blusher I am wearing here is So Susan, I can't seem to find the shade for it though it is an 8 hour cheek stain which is true I'd say. I picked this up at the Clothes Show in December and loving it very much. 

Then to finish the look off you need a lipstick/lipgloss/lipbalm. I chose Sleek's Pout Paint in 'Minx', a gorgeous coral nude shade that is simply gorgeous in my opinion. I think a lipstick really finishes the look of and this is a favorite of mine at the moment, it can be worn for work, a trip to town, coffee with friends for if you fancy a few cocktails in your local bar after work! Super glossy and pigmented and lasts a good few hours. 

The finished look - Natural-ish?

So that is my finished look and how I achieved it I'll also mention the brushes I used in the look, I didn't want to picture them as they needed a good clean, I am doing it straight after this post I promise! 

Foundation - Real Techniques Expert Face Brush

Powder - Real Techniques Powder Brush

Eye brows - Sorry I have no idea, some cheap one from boots.

Bronzer - Eco Tools Bronzing brush

Blusher - Real Techniques Buffing brush.