Family • June 2, 2014

Sometimes You Just Have To Forget About The Housework…

June is an exceptionally busy month for us, with two weekends away, my first ever race and of course our holiday.  We can’t wait but it is going to be hectic.  Therefore this past weekend we deliberately made no plans, bar jobs, errands and housework.

Saturday went according to plan, in the morning I did my first ever Parkrun, which was great fun and really motivating as it was the first time I had ever run with anyone else.  We then managed to get a few jobs done plus an ‘exciting’ trip to the supermarket to do our weekly food shop.  Sunday however was a different story.  We woke up early and the sun was shining so brightly.  After the week of basically non stop rain we have just had, it was a very welcome change.  It was a day that just called for an impromptu adventure.

We are really lucky to have the most beautiful reservoir a few minutes down the road that is famous for it’s cycling.  I have really fond memories of cycling round there with my Mum and Dad when I was little and Mr E had his first dualathon there a few weeks ago, so we decided that it was the perfect opportunity to have a day out there.  Mr E is bike crazy, but it is the first time we have thought about doing it with the girls as they were always a bit too small before.  We packed a picnic and arrived at the cycle hire place bright and early, hiring a couple of bikes and a little trailer for the girls.

We had a great time and ended up biking about ten miles in total.  The girls loved it, Mads thinking it was the greatest adventure ever, smiling from ear to ear and chatting away as they sat happily in their little chariot.  We stopped off for an ice cream before cycling on the road, down little mud paths and up hills with the sun beating down on our shoulders.  After a couple of hours we headed back, finally finding a little spot by the lake to sit and eat our picnic.

It was one of those spur of the moment days that go exactly according to plan and make you feel all warm and happy inside…

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The ‘I just got caught eating one of Mads biscuits’ face.

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My beautiful grown up looking girl.

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Picnicing- Daddy’s make great seats.

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I adore this photo.  When I was pregnant and found out we were having another little girl THIS right here is what I imagined when I thought of having siblings.  Big sister helping Little Sister learn to walk.

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She is so nearly there with her walking, but just won’t take any steps without holding someone’s hand.

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Sometimes you fall but it’s ok when you have a sister to catch you.

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Sharing a mini cheddar.  As you do.

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More walking practice.

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Swinging.

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She has grown super tall of a sudden.

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Sharing a joke with Daddy.

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The way they look at him gives me goosebumps.

We also made a little video of our first family bike ride.  I have my bestie Lucy to partly thank for this.  As I mentioned above, Mr E is very in to biking and has been after this action gadget for his bike for absolutely ages but I wasn’t convinced, thinking it would be a bit of a gimmick.  However after seeing Lucy’s fab, fab video, he managed to persuade me that getting one would also be beneficial for recording our family videos too, so this video was partly done with that and my normal camera.  Thanks Lucy for inspiring me and for making Mr E very happy! 😉

(You can check out my previous videos on You Tube.)

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On a separate note I found out on Friday that my blog has been shortlisted in the Loved By Parents ‘Blogger of the Year’ awards.  I can’t believe it, so amazing, especially as there are a couple of my favourites on the list too!

If you like my tales of family life and wanted to vote for me you can do so by clicking the badge below.  Thanks so much if you do! 🙂

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