Hooray, hooray its a Haven Holiday!

No i am not being paid to advertise Haven, but we have just come back after a truly wonderful holiday despite the fact we came home the evening before we were due to leave as we were so exhausted and Alex had a cold and the rest of us were starting to come down with one.

So i am sat here in the peace and quite after the kids are back at school ans Fred is with Nana, so its just me whose head is really foggy and my body aches with the affects of the cold and baby Alex who is free to wriggle about on the play mat for a change without Fred trying to kiss/bite him. It feels really strange after the all the busy days of the summer holidays just to sit and relax. Crochet in hand,  i am just finishing the edging on my heirloom christening blanket (ta-dah to follow soon!).

I have to say that for me getting ready to go anywhere is stressful, but getting ready to go away is even worse. I usually spend the week before packing, washing, ironing and cleaning, why the house has to be perfect is a mystery but like Peter Kay say its for the burglars. So i was glad when we finally got underway.

We went to Primrose Valley in Filey North Yorkshire. The caravan we stayed was quite old but to be honest really clean and cosy apart from at night when it was freezing but that seems to be the case with caravan holidays, so it was a good job i took us each one of my crocheted blankets.

Before we left we had perused the entertainment and activity's guide and purchased the vouchers required so the kids were raring to go as soon as we arrived.

Molly's first activity was aqua paddlers ( i think that's what they are called) She was lucky as she was the only person booked on that sesion.

 Fred enjoyed the soft play

Ewan managed to get all the way to the top of the climbing wall with ease so they let him tackle the high ropes.

 Pauls sandcastle but was it better than the dad further up the beach? I think it was a little unspoken competition.

 Typical seaside shot

 Scarborough Castle. we have now got an English heritage pass for  months so expect to see more castles

 Bridlington. The sea is so blue on the Yorkshire coast its idyllic compared to the mucky brown sea we have here, which i am assured is brown because its so shallow.

 We were supposed to stay for nights but after a few days we extended it to 7 nights as there was so much to do and see, the weather was good and we were having a great time together.

bye xxx