Weekend

Tiny Toes

 Making Fudge

Saturday: 

The Big Joules Sale - I do love visiting Rockingham, even if now it is only for shopping! The wind, the noises from the track, it just takes me back to French Car Show 2009 and what a day that was! This time, the sale wasn't as good as it has been, but I did get a few bargains.

Blossom Yoga - Louie has been asking for me to take him to a yoga class for months now and we finally found the right one. In his element, he boldly went into his class and made some friends whilst I waited in the waiting room. He had joined in perfectly with all of the postures and listened contently, he can't wait until next weeks yoga adventure.

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Stamford

 The Cosy Club

Sunday:
Purely You: Unfortunately Becka and I had to cancel our spa day because of my silly burn, so instead, we decided to have a girly pamper day, visiting a salon in Stamford for a manicure and massage each. It was such a relaxing treat for us both, with a perfect amount of wedding talk!
Lunch: After a walk around the shops, we headed to The Cosy Club for a delicious tapas lunch. Lots of gossiping and catching up was well needed, as we don't get to see each other as often as we like. It was the perfect day before we next see eachother, for my super duper secret Hen Party!!

Daydreaming

This time next year, I will quite happily be a Mrs! 

Since Thursday, I have been daydreaming non-stop about how our day will be. What will happen, who will be there and of course, dreaming about saying those precious words, 'I do'.

I was set to be spending our wedding 'pre'versary alone, at work, and then picking Mother Hen up from the airport however Dan rushed home from Burnley to rescue me, as I unfortunately had a car accident on my way home. Luckily no-one was hurt, and the other lady's car had next to no damage (nothing that Dan couldn't fix in half an hour and £20 later). My car suffered the brunt of it, but of course, Super Dan fixed it. She may not look so pretty but she still does her job. 

So, Mother Hen fancied a trip up to Calke to see what the grounds looked like at this time of year. Grandad, Nana, Mr Bee and I piled in to the car (Papa went back home) and off we went. The weather was glorious, so lets just hope it is the same for us next year!

We played, sunbathed, walked barefoot and generally had a fantastic, blissful day.

On our way home, we decided to visit the cottage we will be staying at whilst we prepare for the big day and of course, spend our wedding night. We did find it on our last visit, however it was occupied so we couldn't be too nosy, we were glad to know where it was though!
Today however, we had more luck. We were able to have a little look to see how big the rooms inside were but I was more than happy just to see the surroundings. Beautiful fields with a public right of way running along side the cottage. A little woodland and cornfields with wild deer running free, I couldn't imagine a place any more perfect. Now we just have to hope for fine weather!

A Birthday Party

Today, my beautiful niece turned two! We ventured up to the North for a day of celebration.
On our way, we visited Grandma Julie. We played on the big trampoline, what fun! They had funny fake grass!

Then we made our way to a local soft play centre, the venue for the party.

There was Summer, the birthday girl.

There was Pass the Parcel (you can't have a party without pass the parcel!)

There was cake and sparklers.

There were party clothes.

 There were new friends.

 There was lots of food!

 There was laughter (Nana and Poppa)

 There was lovely bunting.

 There was lots of mess!

 There were party hats.

 There was dancing.

There were lots of baby toes.

There were presents for the birthday girl.

 There were lots of things to play with.

 And there was the proud Mummy!

We had such a packed full day but it was possibly the nicest birthday party we have been to. Thank you so much for inviting us Dani, we wouldn't have missed it for the world. Here's to many more fantastic parties!

A few from today

Today we lounged around, endlessly played cars and lego and tried to keep a teething toddler happy and comfortable.
In the evening we went to our good friend Jules' for her birthday Mexican Themed birthday party. We ate chilli and nachos (and left the tequilla for everyone else!), danced to an awesome 80's cd (if I can say that...!) and made lots of new friends.

Toddler Toes