Getting out the garden for the first time this year

As i write this the kids are outside in the back garden playing, finally its dry enough to venture out there. In fact the little two have been playing out there for the best part of the day, followed by Molly. As soon as she got in from school is rushed upstairs and changed into a skirt and t-shirt and asked me to get the paddling pool out! while the sun is out it is nice and warm, but not that warm.

It was really nice to feel the sun on my face and sit out for a few hours crocheting, in the back garden and i can leave them out too as, its so much easier as i can see them from the kitchen window so i can do the things i need to do while they play, without having to sit out there all the time. I have actually managed over the weekend to dry washing outside, whoo whoo, i hate having to dry the washing inside, and it takes less ironing and smells and feels fresher outside. Its also nice for the house to remain tidy, it always feels so much bigger in the summer we are not all crammed indoors.
On Sunday as it was such a nice day, we started tiding up the garden, gave the grass the first cut, took a couple of car loads to the tip and just started getting it all back into order, it was actually quite a relaxing weekend, nowhere to go, no time limit just plodding on, i did lots of reading and finished my book, which was a nice easy going read called The Girl under the Olive Tree, i have past it on to my Mum now, i ave to say it was the paperback version, i still like the feel of a book in my hands. I also finished my second Star Wars Jumper so will photograph it next weekend, super excited to show it off.

Saturday night we were all sat watching telly and i suggested we could ave an indoor camp, so we brought our sleeping bags down and set up, i ended up sleeping on the couch, after Fred and Alex fell asleep Paul took them up to bed, but Me, Molly and Ewan watched Harry Potter till we fell asleep and Paul turned it off and he went off to bed (he didn't fancy sleeping on the floor!). I did actually have a great nights sleep on the couch, when i was pregnant i used to sleep on it a lot due to heartburn and the pain in my back and hips, which was even worse then, but despite getting a new bed i still am in so much pain at night, so maybe a night on the couch every now and then might do me good.

Alex always has to lie on me, i kept trying to put him between me and Molly but he just kept climbing back up

It always amazes me how much the kids love doing stuff like that, basically watching a film we have seen many times and sleeping on the floor, still we had fun and will definitely do it again.

Another great Saturday toy was the box my new microwave came in! 

I also put him to work "feeding" the hoover the sugar puffs that were all over the floor

At the end of last week i took Fred and Alex swimming, i had an advisory board meeting for the Children center in the morning and we were near the pool, Alex fell on his way and had a nose bleed, so it took him a while to feel happy to be in the water, especially after being in creche all morning, so he was a bit tired anyway, but minutes after we got in he was loving it. We were the only people in the pool, then another boy got in and it was Freds friend from nursery and he was so pleased and the other boy didn't have armbands and clearly was used to swimming so, it encouraged Fred to try without his.

After we got some chips, although Alex was out for the count the minute we left the the building, Fred lasted till we got on the bus, this picture made me laugh, he fell asleep clutching his chips and i could not get them off him, over an hour later, he woke up and carried on eating them, stone cold chips yuk!

Fred has started to feel the need to dress up for nursery again, this weeks outfit!

I am looking forward to the rest of the week as it supposed to be just as nice xx