Let the catch-up begin:
1. We spent 10 fab days with Roy's brother and sister in England and enjoyed, good food, good wine and great company! Fortunately we saw very little of the torrential rain those back home in NI were subjected to and we even managed to slap on a bit of sun-cream on 2 occasions - imagine!
Like anyone with young families, finding things to do is a must and so we found ourselves visiting the Cotswolds Wildlife Park, where the main attraction seemed to be Roy's bright yellow polo shirt, and the resulting wasp sting - ouch!, Legoland(where unfortunately we did see rain)
...and Leeds Castle (near Maidstone and not Leeds as the name would suggest).
We even managed to squeeze in a play park or two,
plus the added bonus of having your cousins on hand 24/7 made for 2 very happy little, if not a little exhausted girls.
2. My baby turned 2 on the 24th August, she is growing up so fast that it shocks me and along with turning 2 comes the tears and tantrums, the fight for independence and the pure joy at her increasing ability to communicate with us. We had a small party with family and Peppa Pig featured heavily on the gift front, along with the cutest little wooden cot for her baby and her very own "bawbie" just like her big sister, (it's not actually a barbie but a Fisher Price Snap 'n Style doll - it keeps her happy changing its clothes and brushing its hair)
(I am puzzled as to why Lauren only has a vest on in this photo)!!
You may recall in a previous post the fact that Amy had been refusing to go on her swing, thankfully that notion passed on holiday and on her birthday she actually asked to be put into her Jungle Gym swing!
3. I have become a rockstar and formed my own band!! No, I haven't gone completely insane, we bought the Guitar Hero III game for the Wii and I have spent many an evening developing my rock career and earning money to buy new guitars and band members!
Also on the entertainment front, I finally got round to seeing Mamma Mia, what a great film and I couldn't help but sing along to the songs. I would rather have seen Meryl Streep marry Colin Firth but that's just me personally!
I am a big fan of musicals and we went with friends to see Joseph in the Grand Opera House starring Craig Chalmers from the BBC's search for Joseph "Any Dream will do" and Tara Bethan from the search for a Nancy "I'd Do anything" It was a truly fantastic performance and the atmosphere was electric.
4. Tomorrow is the start of September, GB, ballet, swimming, Jo-Jingles are all about to restart...and Lauren is about to start P1! She doesn't actually start until the 8th and seems to be excited about going, lets hope that is the case next week too. I'll post a picture next week of her first day at school.
Trying to entertain the girls this year has been challenging at times with the washout summer we have had. During a dry spell the other day, Lauren wanted to wash her bicycle and not to be left out, Amy wanted to wash her trike, out came the sponges and to be honest I don't who or what was more wet afterwards, the kids or the bikes? anyway, they had fun!
Well, that's it folks, congratulations if you have managed to stay with me! Have a good week!
3 comments:
Haven't we got a photograph of you and me washing our bikes- you washing your green "proper" bike and me washing my wooden tricycle?! Good to catch up on your news..I too have been very slack at blogging...x
Holiday sounds like it was great fun, and you missed the worst flooding.
My youngest starts Nursery this week - can't quite believe it.
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I am so glad to see that you too have been away from blogging land for a while. Good to catch up on your news. We too enjoyed Legoland this year, I think it will become a yearly event until the boys become a bit older and braver and want to go to the bigger theme parks! Happy birthday to you and your wee girls by the way!
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