Monday 21st April 2014

The Sawyers go to York!

York holds a special place in my heart as the husband and I enjoyed some lovely romantic trips there when we were 'courting' as my Mamma would say. 

We have put off taking the boys in the past as we thought they were a bit young to enjoy what York has to offer. This weekend however we decided to take them on a Easter mini break to the city...

 We started with a cruise on the river Ouse! Freddie was mostly fascinated by a bag of dolly mixtures!

Here are the boys being their usual boystrous selves while I cling on to Freddie in order to prevent a man overboard situation.

Daddy, Samuel and Christoph (Samuel's new best friend) in front of the Minster

Freddie less excited by the wonder that is the Minster!

The peace and tranquility of the museum gardens, and then.......

      Stick em up tourists! I blame the violence and skeletons of the Jorvic museum. Not sure the       Vikings had guns and pirate swords though? 

  Surrounded by boys.

Samuel's photography skills- good work.

'Freddie cam' - this is how the little man must see the world. Scary.

                

                                                                TROUBLE

Admiring the royal trains at he National Railway Museum.

Train spotting with Daddy.

      Mahoosive train, the Chinese Engine.

The Bullet train.

     ALL ABOARD!

A walk on the Wall

A walk down the Shambles 

Sorry for vast amount of photos- lots to choose from! 

York was amazing and we are definitely going to head back again later this year.

If nothing else we must return to the Jorvic to see the thing that created the most interest and excitement with the boys....a preserved Viking poo. Yep, an old turd turned out to be highly amusing. What can I say, boys will be boys (Jon was laughing the most).

Thursday 17th April 2014

We have had lots of fun over the last couple of days. 

I have been trying to find a swimming pool that was suitable for Freddie for quite a while now. Suitable in terms of the temperature! Everywhere we have tried lately has been far too cold and the little dude only lasts ten minutes before his lips start to turn blue!

A friend recommended Victoria leisure centre in Sneinton so we decided to give that a go on Tuesday morning. It was fantastic. The facilities were lovely and clean and family friendly. The small pool was really warm and big enough for Samuel to enjoy but not too big so Freddie felt overwhelmed. They have a little splash pool that is also very warm and has a slide and some little toys which were very popular. I would definitely recommend it.

On Tuesday afternoon we ventured out to the park in West Bridgford (with almost all of the population of Bridgford it seemed) for some fun in the sun

       Samuel and Sophie having fun on the park

 

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Samuel, Sophie and Daniel took to jumping off a little wall,

Making us very nervous!

An attempt to get a photo of the four of them - me trying to get out of the photo!

Yesterday we spent some time visiting Grandparents and Great Grandparents.

Two lucky boys munching on their usual treat of a gingerbread man from 

Brooke Farm shop in Linby.

Samuel and Freddie with June, Little Mamma and Dadda after lunch at the new tea rooms at the Horse and Groom in Linby.

The icing on the Easter egg yesterday was finding out Freddie had won the easter bonnet competition at nursery...

Here he is looking very happy with his prize!

Thursday 10th April

Ok, so this afternoon I am flagging a bit. Three full days in a row with both boys either being the best of friends or the worst of enemies has taken its toll a bit. 

However we will soldier on and today we have mostly been...

            Making an easter bonnet for nursery

          (Which refuses to stay on Freddie's head)

     Feeding Grandpops tea and biscuits and beating

     him at Jelly Elephants.

    Learning how to ride a balance bike

    

Yes that is Tinky in the background supervising the cycling!

Wednesday 9th April 2014

Today we have mostly been.....

                                                         Having fun cousin time!

Samuel and Freddie's cousins Zachary and Sienna have been over for a play date. Four children aged five and under means lots of crazy fun!

                                               A bit of dancing to Agadoo

                            Our little princess was not amused at the boys' silly dancing

                                           The most cheeky monkey

   We threw a bit of egg decorating in there- this is Samuel's egg bunny.

Another great day

Tuesday 8th April 2014

The school Easter holidays are here! All be it two weeks before Easter, but that's not the point!

Samuel has two weeks off and so when I'm not at work the boys and I are going to enjoy some holiday fun.

Today we have mostly been....

         Baking at Little Mamma's house.

    Some of the mixture even made it into the oven!

     Gingerbread people and bunnies

         Success. Despite being slightly concerned that the biscuits were spreading in the oven 

          and becoming one huge gingerbread mass the outcome was rather good!

       After all that hard work, lunch at the village pub was an absolute must. It's a hard life.

I am hoping to post pics of all our easter activities- should be interesting to see how the tone changes towards the end of the school hols when we are all desperate for a return to routine!

Saturday 5th April 2014

Our fundraising efforts at Tinies and Toddlers playgroup made the latest HeartLink newsletter...

It was lovely to see it alongside stories and fundraisers from other 'heart families'.

The future of children's heart surgery at Glenfield is still unclear with the review having been delayed until summer 2015. Despite this the charity continue to provide funds for life saving equipment and projects within the congenital heart centre. 

Check out their new and improved website at www.heartlink-glenfield.org.uk