A Small bit of Countryside Fun

Last Thursday we unexpectedly had our youngest niece stay for the day so we decided to get up to something a bit more fun than just watching toy story and playing with the ever growing toys in the dining room.

We pulled on our wellies (mine complete with several holes!) and headed to the nearest patch of countryside I can get to on foot, just down the road and away from traffic. Here there a 3 or 4 fields, it isn't quiet because you can hear the busy road straight in front of you and the builders are putting up houses across the way but it's off the usual route, no cars can get in your way and well, it's the closest I'm going to get to the countryside for a long time.

We started jumping in some rather small puddles, looking up at the birds and pylons.

Then we came across some friendly (but shy) horses who allowed me to take a quick photo and I even got to give one a stroke which I haven't done in ages! So sad!

We climbed up a rather muddy hill to get to a small patch of 'forest' it's a small area shaded by trees, left to itself to grow its plants and what not and relatively free from rubbish. This is where the bridge and busy overhead road is though so we didn't stay long! We all took a slip down the slope on the way back down!

We decided to take one of the alley ways as a little change to the short and boring road way home (it's literally 5 minutes) here we found the big puddles!

It was so good to get fresh air and have fun together. We'll take Midge at the weekend because she misses out due to school. Have you been puddle jumping lately? Goodness knows there's been enough rain to get those boots on and jump in!

Cupcake Mumma

Family Weekend

This weekend went so fast. We looked after my sister-in-laws children from Saturday morning until the afternoon so she could finally have her op to help her fully recover from breaking her leg. It was hectic of course, after all there is four of them and two of my own! Thankfully, because we now have a larger house we aren't all really cramped and they can all spread out.

The original plan was to have a duvet day due to the lack of sleep I've been banging on about. We got lucky on Friday night and had a fairly undisturbed sleep so that really helped. Besides, these kids did not want to do duvet day!

I had prepared some water beads the night before and they all loved this activity. I joined in with them so never took a photo, I'm fascinated by water beads! They ended up absolutely everywhere and they discovered squishing them with their toes was oh so much fun! Thankfully my nephews helped with the cleaning (the girls were noticeably missed hmm!)

Having a break from being 'Officer Zac'

I left the girls crafting while I took the boys and my youngest niece shopping. We fetched some paint for the girls and they were allowed a toy each too. Chocolate buttons were also on the menu. When we got home, the boys and Midge slipped into police gear and got role playing, while Little A had a nap. I had snuggles with my niece while my other niece went crazy with glitter paint. I have a lot of pictures 'drying' in my kitchen right now-they're still wet!

Eventually I relaxed with the girls on the sofa. Here's G giving me her gorgeous grin:

And here's my beautiful baby niece chilling on the bean bag:

They ate me out of house and home but who cares? They pay me back in so many lovely ways *insert big, cheesy grin*

On Sunday we spent some time with my Dad as an early birthday surprise. As usual it was ace seeing my parents and great to see my brother before he leaves for Holland next week. My dad turns 52 this month so I baked him this rather nice banana chocolate chip cake with chocolate fudge icing:

I've had a wonderful weekend but I wish it wouldn't go so fast! I've got nothing planned for this week so we'll see what happens!

CupcakeMumma

The Quick Weekend!

Our weekend started on Friday with Sports Day being held at Midges school. We met up with Jason's two sisters and had such a good time. Despite the fact it rained all day the children had a lot of fun and because there were so many of us none of our lot did an event without some moral support. I ran the track race with Midge which she thought was great fun and both my niece and nephew won golds! Yey! Here are two of my favourite photos from the day, one taken by my sister-in-law and one taken by me of my niece who spent most of the day in a world of her own (just not when coming first in shot put!)

'Best Cousins'

On Saturday morning we met up again at our local Wetherspoons for some breakfast. It must seem like we visit this restaurant all the time but it's just a coincidence! We had lovely big breakfasts and the children had a table all to themselves which meant us adults had relative peace to eat our meals which is always a bonus. I took this wonderful photo of my eldest nephew and youngest niece:

After breakfast I headed home with Midge and Little A. We all managed to grab a little nap because the night before was a bit of a no go sleep wise. Hubby left for his football game at 1pm so we waited a couple of hours for the 3pm kick off and wrapped up warm for some football fun. Despite the rain we had a lovely time watching 'Captain Daddy' and the children enjoyed the small children's park at the same time.

Midge looks ridiculously big in this photo but the bigger swings have been made really high! It was nice for me to able to watch Hubby and look after the children at the same time because this park is so small. Shame about the dog poop though! The children escaped it but my lovely pink converses didn't!!

Sunday was spent mostly relaxing and doing little. I did a bit of a housework and we did our food shop which was crazy for a Sunday. Hubby cooked us a lovely dinner which we enjoyed over the shouts and protests of two little ones refusing to sleep!

This weekend we're headed to Trevella Park in Newquay for a review which we are all super excited about. Hope you've had a great weekend and do tell me what plans you have for this week!

Cupcake Mumma x