After School

This evening Mr Bee and I had a little trip out to Calke for a good play and walk after school.now the evenings are drawing in, it is harder to get out and about and much easier to stick a cosy film on and snuggle up with a cup of hot chocolate! So instead, we shifted our bums into gear and had a hot chocolate at one of our favourite haunts.

It was super quiet as most people had already gone home, but we did make friends with a lovely little boy and his mummy in the play park! We stayed until the sun had gone and the moon was the brightest light in the sky. It was just lovely.

An Evening at Bosworth Battlefield

This afternoon we had a lovely walk around Bosworth Battlefield with our pals Anna, Isaac and Alistair. We planned this trip many months ago, to have a picnic after work here with the boys, I love it when things like this come to fruition.
We picnicked on homemade pork pie, quiche and cheese straws, leaving a little room for some cake before we were almost locked in for the night!

Home

I've missed this. Wednesdays with my boy.
School really does get in the way of having fun sometimes. This gorgeous boost of weather has perked us both up so we planned a lovely picnic and a daytrip with no set destination.
A bad nights sleep for me, meant lots of pain in the chest area so no driving for us today, Mr Bee was very upset that we couldn't adventure, but after a slow, recovering morning, we had a picnic at home then popped to the garden centre to stock up on goodies.

And so the rest of our afternoon was spent deep in compost, repotting some more succulents, sowing some seeds and getting some plants out in the fresh air. It was lovely to get out in the garden for the first time, who knows what will happen. I am not a green fingered lady, but I can but try!

After a light dinner, we nipped out for our first evening stroll of the year. It wasn't cold and it was still light so off we trotted to the fields around the corner for a little explore of our village footpaths. I love this countryside lark.

It was so lovely to enjoy a day during the holidays with my boy.

Christmas at Calke

 Apologies for the absence, preparing for Christmas this year has taken its toll and something had to give, unfortunatley that has been blogging! I have been incredibly busy just about every single day of December so far and now I have finished work and Mr Bee has finished school, I am very much looking forward to some quiet time to actually enjoy the festivities!

 This afternoon we made our annual visit to the Calke Christmas event. Our third year in succession, it seems to have become a tradition. I think this year has been the busiest it has ever been and the atmosphere was fantastic! We had a delicious lunch and roamed around the Fine Food Fair, we were very pleased with our artisan fudge purchase!

We made our visit to see Father Christmas, it was the longest we have had to wait (an hour!) but as always, he was fantastic and truly worth the wait in the bitter cold.

Louie had fun amusing himself in the queue, playing on the mounting block, watching the man with the music box and having a turn on the adorable old fashioned carousel, whilst Pappy got well and truly blown away, his hair was a picture!

Mr Bee and Father Christmas got on like a house on fire! Louie warned Santa  not to eat too many mince pies and they had a good old giggle together, it was absolutely adorable.

After another warm cup of tea and a play on the  heaving play park, we headed in to the gardens for the lights and labrynths trail starting from the church and ending in the house. We bumped in to one of Louie's school friends which made the day even more magical for him, as they ran together giggling along the way.
St Giles' was lit up in full glory and was a beautiful place to stand and watch the sun settle behind the trees on the shortest day of the year (whilst Louie spent aaaaages climbing a conifer...)

Another magical day spent at our lovely Calke, stunning as ever.

Brad-date

Our first date as husband and wife. A last minute trip to Bradgate Park with a fish and chip supper.

Perfect.