We have been pretty lucky with the weather for our summer…hardly any rain at all!

The second week started off with Daisys 4th birthday and a brilliant family birthday party at my parents house. Daisy was spoilt rotten and had so much fun playing party games and eating cake with her cousins. She wasn’t expecting quite so much of a fuss so was completely overwhelmed at first but soon settled into being the centre of attention. We spent the whole day outdoors in the sunshine..perfect!

The highlight for her had to be her smashing cake! Basically a cake covered in a white chocolate. dome You had to smash it to get to the cake and lots of sweeties. Unfortunately I asked Husband to take the photos thinking he would do a better job then me and he missed it!! I’m not sure why or how with his camera but never mind. Our Summer holidays are always crazy with all our birthdays occurring between late June and August:

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We stayed a few nights so husband and I could head out house hunting too. Mum looked after the girls whilst we had a bit of  drive around looking at a few show homes and areas. We are planning on moving back towards Gloucestershire by the end of January so have been having a look at where we might like to settle. Scary but exciting too!

We did have a rainy day on Tuesday but that just meant they could get out the crafty birthday presents they received. They also rediscovered their love of lego and play dough. In between the showers there was plenty of trampolining and bubble fun though. You can’t keep these girls inside for long!

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Midweek the sun was out so we headed to the park for a picnic with other children and their parents from Poppys class. It was really lovely to all catch up and all the girls enjoyed themselves. Even the younger ones found some of their school friends too so everyone was happy. It was quite reassuring to see that most of the Mums were quite tired, that we had all had our share of bickering and that time spent outdoors and away on holiday were the highlights for us all.

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The walk there and back was really nice. They have done up the pathway since we have last been and gone were all the overgrown bushes.

Later that afternoon we dropped Poppy round to her friends where she was staying for her first sleepover. Exciting for her but weird for me as we have only ever left her with my parents before when we moved. The other Mum was really lovely though and sent me little photos of them, telling me what they were up to and reassuring me she was more than fine. Rosie and Daisy enjoyed a girls night in with me. They asked for pizza, popcorn and a movie and it was really lovely to spend a bit of quality time with them both.

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The next morning the younger ones were a little bit lost without big Sister Poppy and asked if they scoot to get her rather than drive. Who was I to refuse so off we headed! After they dressed as twins and asked for their photo to be taken of course:

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Not long after we got back my Sister brought her boys round for a day in our garden. They played with the sprinkler for most of it and it was lovely to just chill out with my Sister.

The rest of the week was a bit quiet with most of the time spent in the garden. The sprinkler is getting plenty of action this summer as is the trampoline. It’s still a few weeks until we head off on our holiday so we are hoping the sun stays out and we get lots more outdoor fun in. We have a trip planned tomorrow and can’t wait to share photos of that.

Hope you’ve had a good week too!

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Karen x