I got mail!

It is summer! We have almost completed our first week of holidays already! In less than a week we have already ticked a few activities off our list! We have had the hottest of days and the rainiest of days.

Today is a mixture. It was sunny for long enough that I ran around like a mad woman, emptying laundry baskets and sorting washing. 10 mins before the first load finished washing and I was going to hang it out, the heavens opened.
Someone somewhere is laughing at me for "wasting" the sunny days by spending time playing in the sunshine, and picnicking on the beach. Ah well, I have no regrets. I can hand on heart say we have enjoyed the best of the summer days, those 3 sunny days in a row will no doubt BE our summer.
Yes, I have a house full of people coming at the weekend, but I have hidden mount washmore before and I can do it again. My very favourite time was when I packed it all into black bags and pretended it was charity shop donations. Moving on .......

I have received a few things in the mail this week. I LOVE getting exciting things in the mail! I feel like a little girl when mail comes for me, well not when it is bills etc, but the good kind. Even if I know what it is, the business cards I ordered (which I am in LOVE with! Will share soon), or even the  bakers twine from ebay. Love it. I did receive two unknown parcels this week too, the first was a bouquet of lollipops! These were an early Birthday gift from my good friend Michelle. Honestly these are adorable! Must catch a photo before they are all eaten! Such a thoughtful and unusual gift, made me smile so wide!

The next was my gift from Steph  my partner for the handmade gift exchange, hosted by Linda at craftaholics anonymous. I received an adorable little package of goodies,

A little zippered pouch that I put to immediate use as a ne make up bag.

And an adorable wrist strap for my camera, Which I also put to immediate use but then had to remove so I could photograph it LOL.

Thank you Steph, I have really enjoyed this exchange.

I will share what I made in a few days because Steph has actually received it yet, because I am busy disorganised the ultimate procrastinator me. I don't want to spoil the surprise, I know how excited I was opening up the envelope to see what was inside! So I will wait until I hear it has arrived.

Thanks to Linda for hosting this exchange, it is great to get to meet new people and well, it's always nice to get some mail,.

City girls finale.

Can you believe we did all of this in one day!!

My feet have almost recovered!

Epic weekend ladies, definitely one for the memory banks xx

Another chapter ends.

In August last year I posted about the new chapter in our family's story. Fraser was moving on to High School and our baby K was starting her pre - school year at Nursery. They were kitted out with everything they needed. K had her very own peg with her special bag and shoes that would stay at Nursery.

Well they have done their job well and we brought them home

Don't they look like they have had a ton of adventures??

To celebrate her "graduation" , we attended a little garden party at the Nursery. The children sang songs that they have been learning and played instruments.

I have no words. I was so choked up the entire time, bursting with pride and mixed emotions.

Our girl.

Looking forward to the next chapter.

City girls part one.

Lor Lor got a couple of visitors in the big city this weekend.

And what a weekend we had!

We walked, laughed and ate our way around Britain's capital.

Our day ended with the best BEST surprise for us all.

We got last minute tickets to Glee live!!!

OMGlee!!!!!

Best night ever!!

Back with day 2 tomorrow!! x

Winding down

We are almost into the last week of school and Nursery! Everything is beginning to wind down and finish up. It will soon be the summer holidays and we are excited!!

Part of our summer plan has been to get our home much more organised, starting with the kitchen and moving onto the kids rooms!
These rooms were a perpetual mess. Fraser's room is very small and very full. K's room is bigger but a little girl has a ton of little things that are difficult to organise. Some storage boxes, an epic 10 hour cleaning and throwing out session some de - cluttering and a little new furniture later and it is mission accomplished!

Clean! Organised! K is now on week 3 of keeping her room as perfect as it was the day we finished it and has managed to start some very good habits that will hopefully make her far more organised than I could ever hope to be! I am proud of how well she is organising herself, with no moaning or whining. She is hoping to get a goldfish as a reward for her hard work, all she has to do is complete 4 weeks of a clean room. I think we may have an addition to our family sooner rather than later! And another when Fraser reaches the same milestone!

Next on the list is our room, the dumping ground mixed with a craft room. Its a mess, my lovely shelves fell down from our rubbish walls, as everything seems to do in this house!! I have to say that a certain furry little someone decided that it was really a climbing wall for her. She is not small. She is not light. Our walls are no good for shelves. So the big shelves are gone and I am back in a muddle of piles and baskets.

Aww look at the pic.I was so pleased when they went up! Never mind, good old Jimbo has a new plan that he will put into action on Sunday. While I am in London....
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See how I sneaked that in there! LONDON BABY!!!! Beebs and I are heading off  for a girly weekend to visit Lor Lor in the big city!!!

I can't wait!! See  you all when I get back! eeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Family.

Is this not the cutest pooch around??

Weekends mean one thing for me, family.

This weekend we enjoyed a family BBQ with my in laws and my parents.

Not sure if you remember our own recent BBQ . Well, it happened again.

Pitter patter raindrops.

LOL.

So I took Christine a little sunshine in a vase.

And she provided (with other things) the world's BEST apple crumble.

Although we only live around 5 mins walking distance away, we packed our jammies and snuggled in for a sleepover. Because thats how we roll.

We stuffed ourselves with homemade burgers , strawberries, ice cream and a mountain of apple crumble.

We played board games

and Fraser played cards with his Granny.

It was great.

And what do you know, Sunday morning, the sun came out.

And Fraser stayed in bed! LOL

We brunched in the garden and posed for cheesy pics.

and some super sweet pics too.

We rounded our day off with Grandad Jimbo, to celebrate his Birthday.

and a good old smooch of my favourite Nephews scrummy cheeks.

Now that, was a weekend.