And the summer rolled on........

This year has been the summer of playing out......an awful lot in the back garden where I have been celebrating the fact that I am not having to meticulously watch the toddler (what you have to do in a garden with multiple steps as it is built into a hillside- and you havent 'childproofed' it as you want them to learn to respect it...... Swings are very 'in' with the older two this year- funny as I looked at it last year thinking 'that takes up an awful lot of space for play value'- as M suggested to me- they are 'hanging out' on the swing- gosh tween activity!!

Two little page boys very proud of their outfits (will look even better with socks!!). I am so going to have to practice the relaxed parent thing rather than neurotically trying to keep them clean all day. They are going to be fed then changed into the outfits immediately before getting into the car to the church. They are getting so excited- even just for the rehearsal ( am going to make a decision at rehearsal as to whether TP goes down the aisle or not- have visions of him squealing/running and bumping Auntie Annabel out of the way in his joy to get 'there' first!!)- we have had a few conversations about the fact that, whilst Uncle Dan quite happily throws them into the air repeatedly most of the time- he may not want to do that all the time on his wedding day!!!

Have been waiting a while for this photo (no it isn't an advert for Micro scooters!!)- may even change the title photo on blog (although I love Loobys little purple dress in that one!). It has taken quite some posing!!! Am even considering whether I need a scooter too- to keep up with them now TP is OFF.

We are trying to get down to some serious housing- the house has suffered a little during the family rebuild that was required post Masters- but we need to get momentum moving again- it is getting to the 'everywhere you look' point and until house further forward we cannot make future plans. I have been trying to clear some stuff out- trying to reduce hoards, some of my books, some baby things (Ms cousin has produced a boy this week- finally a baby boy in the family- think I know where the 'garage' and a few other 'boy' bits are going). Scouts are having a ragtex collection- so am going to sort some wintery stuff- coats optimistically put away last winter 'just in case'- maybe even attack some of the things like old curtains on the loft????

So a bank holiday of family time- around jobbing- and collecting some crabapples from a fellow freecycler (planning crab apple jelly??).