I have to admit, I really love this photo. It signifies the near-arrival of spring to me.
These beautiful crocuses are pushing their way up into the sunlight from a messy & slightly neglected flower bed in our garden, and the colour they bring to the garden that has been slumbering for months is so welcome to me. Last year our new garden delighted us for months on end and I know that these flowers are just the beginning of our amazing floral show.
It’s been a bit of a slow week in our house; Georgie, Lydia & I all had a stomach bug at the start of the week, and Georgie’s lingering cough is keeping everyone awake more than normal at nighttime. I’ve been working a bit, but mostly having to spend my days and evenings entertaining or looking after the girls, who have definitely needed more cuddles, more calpol, and more time than usual this week, thanks to those not-so-lovely winter bugs.
Georgie had three days off pre-school at the start of the week and these photos are from one of those days. My two girls and their softie cat who lets Georgie treat him like a soft toy, just chilling out and relaxing – with bags under their eyes and energy levels hitting rock bottom.
It was really hard just choosing one photo, so here’s a few more for your money!
I love this photo of Lydia running ahead of me in the park; I can just feel her movement, and her joy in being able to run ahead of me. We walk across this park several times a day going to & from Georgie’s pre-school, and my littlest girl has started asking to get down from the pushchair so she can walk across the park on her own two feet.
Lydia loves to run ahead of me, collect huge handfuls of sticks, jump in muddy puddles (we’ve had to wash a pair of her trainers this week after that one), and generally act like any toddler with freedom does! I generally scoop her up when we reach the other side and strap her back into her buggy, so our walks across the park seem to be taking more and more time as she dawdles and plays her way across, in an effort to delay the inevitable, instead of going straight from A to B.
We had Georgie’s best friend Sophie over for a play date this week and the three girls had so much fun together. I love to see Georgie and Lydia play nicely together, and Sophie slots right in and adds lots of excitement to the mix.
I think they managed to play with almost all of Georgie and Lydia’s Christmas present toys, along with several we have out for review testing. There was lots of role play games, lots of cuddles and smiles, and they all just enjoyed themselves so much it was lovely to see. When it was time to go, Sophie didn’t want to leave, and Georgie & Lydia were certainly sad to see her go.
On Friday, while we were experiencing a warmer period of weather, I took the girls down to the local park for some much needed fresh air. Lydia can’t get up on the main climbing frame on her own, but here she is watching her monkey big sister climb to the top.
I love the expression on her face in this photo; finding amusement in her big sister’s antics and enjoying our outing.
This was taken with my Christmas present – a 50-200mm lens for my Samsung NX 1000. I love it!
I haven’t been around much over the last month or two due to everyone being ill, but I thought I would join in with My Sunday Photo again this week and share this photo of Lydia.
Snapped on my iPhone it’s no great artistic joy of a photo, but rather a lovely moment captured for me to remember. We were walking to pick Georgie up from pre-school after going to the shops, and stopped at this play area for the first time for some Lydia & Mummy fun time. Lydia really loved it and despite the cold was beaming from ear to ear as she tried out the different play equipment.
This “train” (truck!) one was her favourite and she loved pretending to steer it as I bounced it about! Since Georgie started pre-school I have been really enjoying having more time just with Lydia and seeing her personality emerge separate to her big sister’s influence. This photo reminds me of the fun times I am getting to have with her while she is so little.
The kids have become obsessed with hunting for conkers. There are two “conk-conk” trees nearby, one near our house & the other near to Georgie’s preschool. This has resulted in dozens of conkers finding their way into our house over the past week or two.
We were taking advantage of the nice weather earlier in the week to find some underneath the big tree near home, and a helpful squirrel was knocking down conkers from the tree at our feet. We were lucky that none landed on our heads, really – the kids were loving running after the scattering conkers as they fell out of the sky and bounced along the ground.
Summer is definitely over, despite the last little burst of heat this month… and autumn is officially here!
We were at Warwick Castle yesterday and enjoyed a wander around the gardens whilst embarking on a Dragon Egg Hunt around the grounds. I loved the massive array of flowers that were still out all over the gardens, despite the signs of autumn starting that are all around us.
We were at Lollibop Festival yesterday and the kids loved scrambling about in the KIA cars they had there, beeping the horns and pretending to drive them.
On Friday we headed to Trevathon Farm near my parents house for some PYO fruit fun, and lots of playtime in the sand and down the slides. Lydia hasn’t had an awful lot of experience sitting and playing with sand and didn’t really remember what it was like, so she had a great time exploring the texture and so on.
