Sunday 19th April 2015

The Easter holidays are over and we are gearing up for the return to school, nursery and work tomorrow.  The Easter hols can be a tricky break to conquer being a fairy significant two weeks in length. Thanks to the gloriously inconsistent UK weather you never know whether its going to be BBQ's in the garden or sledging at the park.

 

This year we have been very lucky with the weather and now that Mount Smelly Washing has been conquered and we can actually walk through our kitchen once more I thought I ought to share some pics of the latest Sawyer family break. We have spent another fantastic week in one of the Heart Link caravans at the Butlins Skegness site. Sun, sand, silliness and sider (cider) were mostly the order of the week...

 

Tiny boys or giant deckchair?

A visit from Mamma, Grandpops, Zachary and Sienna made for a lovely day

We had lots of fun despite the wind!

Here are some other visitors that we had.

Competitive Dad or what! He's so happy because he was aiming at Grandad's head!

Nothing wrong with a bit of healthy competition

Yey!!! At least a successful kite flying session.

There was some serious cute cheekiness on this holiday!

Watch out!

A couple of selfies were a must. This was on Freddie's favourite spinning boat ride!

This is my kind of selfie

Nanan and Grandad paid us a visit

When in Rome, or in this case, when in Skeg.

Group shot!

The big lad chillin' in the school hols. Lovely to see.

Whoops, Mummy should have had her shorts on!

This little dude and his big bro were stars on holiday. It was so lovely to see them being the best of friends.

Butlins is ideal for the boys at the age they are. Some of their favourite characters were there.

Mummy had to hold on tight to the camera to take this beauty!

I found these seals on our journeys

We spent the last day in Mablethorpe and had a treat of fish and chips of the beach!

 

Sunday 5th April 2015

Since having the boys the term 'never a dull moment' has never been more true in our house.

Ahh Easter Sunday, a time to relax, reflect and spend quality time with the family. It is also a time for the following...

1. Very rapid change of plans when friends blocked drain causes chaos (and lots of mess). 

2. Rapid Hoover round and tidy up because change of plans mean visitors are on their way!

3. The cat deciding to carry a dead pigeon into the house just as the guests arrive. Lots of girly screaming and running around flapping arms uselessly.

4. Ducks walking down the street- very cute until earlier mentioned cat spots them. Cat has to be caught and ducks herded away. 

5. Boys decide to play hairdressers on the garden and the outcome is as follows...

Friday 3rd April 2015

What a Good Friday!

Today there has been quite a lot of chocolate eating, along with...

Some very serious bunny hunting around a museum...

A bit of prize winning...

Some very old school knitting...

An extremely cute bunny in a bag...

And of course, one a penny, two a penny...

Hot cross buns!

                                          HOPPY EASTER EVERYONE!

Saturday 28th March 2015

Freddie: "I'm the boss. Do you know why I'm the boss? Because I don't like people."
Samuel: "Ha, well that means you don't like yourself then."
Freddie: "No, I like myself, I just don't like you three."

I just thought I would share this little pearl of wisdom that our darling youngest son shared with us all in the car the other day. Isn't he a charmer?

There can be no other like Freddie Mark.

He is the boss....


He is the boss because he gets what he wants

He is the boss because he has the coolest brother around

He is the boss because we will spin him again and again and again

He is the boss because no matter how many times he shouts at Samuel, Samuel loves him unconditionally

He is the boss because he is friggin hilarious

He is the boss because he is a Daddy's boy

He is the boss because he wont share ice cream

He is the boss because he drives his Mummy up the wall but can never know how much he is loved

He is the boss

Tuesday 3rd March 2015

Yesterday Freddie had his annual MOT at Glenfield hospital in Leicester. It had actually been around 16 months since his last appointment due to postponements so we were getting ready for our yearly dose of reassurance.

All went well and he was very brave although naturally much more interested in what was happening than previous years. The consultant reassured us that Freddie's results showed that his heart is working very well. So after a stressful afternoon we came away feeling very happy indeed.

On another note, Freddie had his first swimming lesson today. He did very well and worked up quite an appetite....

 

Toasted tea cake at Sophia's. Spot the crazy lady in the background.

 

xx

Sunday 22nd February 2015

Half Term Fun

We were very ready for half term after a busy couple of months of the school routine. It's been a fun-filled week with a few mini adventures thrown in...



We visited the Eureka national children's museum in Halifax and it was space week!

Astronaut Samuel and his space buddy Daniel

I love you bigger than the moooooooon selfie!

Seriously chuffed little man getting to wear a space helmet.

Knowledge is power. We learned lots of new space facts

It was quite worrying that the boys were better than their parents at matching the planets to the surfaces

Freddie in his element...a child sized play M&S shop. Endless fun.

Melon anyone?

That'll be £5,000 apparently.

Rogue Traders

Would you trust this man to fix your roof?

These boys are slightly more professional, but less safety conscious...where are the hats boys?

Go to North Yorkshire, experience a hurricane. Done. 

Postman Freddie

Not sure how I got the boy out of the massive play kitchen, complete with washing machine!

Picnic time. They may be smiling but it's bloomin freezing! Also, yes that is the biggest picnic ever.

The boy loves a picnic.

Just filling up and checking the brakes before the journey home.

That is my friend videoing the boys driving the car and not just some random odd bod.

Daniel takes after his Daddy and loves the cars!

Not sure what to say.

Nope, still got nothing.

Now it's just getting a little strange.

Aliens in underpants day.

We decided to bring this alien home with us.

Who knew a huge nose could be so fascinating.

Yep, they love the nose. Especially when it sneezed on them.

After Eureka we visited Nanan and Grandad and celebrated the "Old Lady's" birthday. Freddie's words not mine.

Half term wouldn't be complete without this little lady. Cheese!

I'm camera shy...honest.

Bootiful Sienna.



Zachary thought Auntie Aimee was a crazy lady and kept running away.

Boys stuff

Don't take your eye off the ball brother, or the child.

Favourite pastime, football under Mamma and Grandpops' carport.

Good times.

Agghhh ger off Mamma!

Action shot!