Heatwave

A scorching weekend seeing the highest temperatures all year. We headed over to Calke to check out the amazing Garden of Imagination. If you are fairly nearby and have little ones, you really should pay a visit. 

Yesterday we decided to enjoy the glorious sunshine at the Ashby Agricultural Show. We saw prize winning bulls and lots of different animals, wandered around the little stalls and saw lots of vendors who we see on a regular basis at our local farmers markets and villages. Mr Bee stayed true to form and admired the show jumping for a good while. I had to buy a hat to protect my fair head from the sun and Mr Bee was treated to a bouncy castle session and a frozen banana lolly dipped in dark chocolate and sprinkles (at his request!).

Just a PERFECT weekend.

Birthday Party

We had been looking forward to Harry and Emily's birthday party all week. Mr Bee has become quite the little water baby and will never pass up on a trip to the swimming baths.
The great thing about a swimming party is that you have the pool to yourself and therefore are allowed to take photographs :)

 Mr Bee is incredibly confident in the water, climbing in and out as he pleases and jumping in even with no-one to catch him. Going under the water does not phase him what so ever. He would rather swim entirely alone than have you hold him or even stand too close. We are so proud of him :)
He did lots and lots of jumping in!

 Of course, Mr Bee did not want to get out of the pool, but there was party food and a bouncy castle waiting for him upstairs! He was slightly wary of the castle, but he did come round eventually.

 We had such a good time at the party. I hope that Harry and Emily enjoyed their party as much as we did.
Mr Bee zonked out at quarter past six, nearly an hour before bedtime because he had such a wonderful and exhausting time!