Can't keep these boys down!

An accomplished morning as we began and completed the first section of turfing in the back garden. I discovered three monster courgettes in the veg plot, I love how these plants grow without very much attention. We could have ratatouille coming out of our ears by the end of the month!! 


Didn't want to feel like the day had just been one of work so we went to the museum gardens in York for a picnic tea (Nathan and Joseph = 20 chicken McNuggets and fries, Ben and I = Morrison's salad bowl - oh yes that is how we roll!) some more climbing, hide and seek and mum in pursuit of great photos of her boys !

Nathan tries working out in the park alla the guy at the otherside of these tombs!

Where are you?

:)

I love Ben's pose in this one very modelesque!

:)

Triumph both facing the camera :)

It was pretty fun watching people posing for photos - they should see themselves :) I chickened out of taking one ( for fear of being caught) of a Ukrainian lady who was really going for it talk about 'Strike a pose' she added some star jumps into the mix too, definitely a highlight! 

Franchesco and McQueen enjoyed racing on a new terrain!

A day in ruins

Tagged along with Nathan to Helmsley. He had an appointment and I love Helmsley. Whilst he had his appointment, we explored. Love the quaint shops, the stream running through the village and the abundance of historical buildings in such a small place - Helmsley Castle, Dunacombe park and Rievaulx Abbey. Must remember that when the boys are over 5 ( and therefore become people we have to pay entry for)we need to join English Heritage as they look after some great places to visit in Yorkshire. We had lunch and then went to Helmsley castle.

The boys loved it as it was a climber's paradise!

 Bridges to climb and...

walls to jump off.

 King of the castle!

'What's up here?'

'What's out there?'

Lovely place just perfect for my boys (though they were shhhhhed as they enjoyed the echoes in the castle hall a little too much!!) and we'll definitely go back.

Summer Lovin

A lovely afternoon was spent at Filey beach, last Saturday (13/8). We took our tent and had a cosey picnic inside it on the beach. About half an hour after arriving, we had to pick the tent up and relocate it further up the sand as the tide was coming in :)

 We inherited a great sandcastle which Ben just wanted to demolish instantly. Nathan and I managed to fend off his attempts for about 10 minutes, then Joseph had enough of filling up the moat with sea water and joined Ben in the onslaught. The castle was demolished in seconds with squeals of delight!

An ice-cream and paddle in the paddling pool we decided to extend the day a little further and went to the RSPB site at Bempton Cliffs. It was a lovely evening, the light was perfect for taking photos. I love the colour of the grass against the blue sky. The boys loved racing each other and diving on the ground.

Wait for me!!

I love these next two photos of my boys

I love the summer especially for it's light evenings which allow for spontaneous adventure. We left the beautiful cliffs of Bempton in slight disgrace. I won't go into too much detail, I don't need to as I won't forget. All I will say is Joseph has no problem with alfresco toileting anymore!!

 A lovely day :)

Just in case.

Dear Joseph,

Just in case it happens that one of your future children has an artistic streak which demonstrates itself in random impromptu moments when paper may not be around and so surfaces, not intended for such outbursts, are used instead. For example maybe they draw, no maybe they paint on your newly cleaned sofa, rug and carpet, perhaps a little like this ;

Just remember, your mum forgave* you xx

* by the evening when Daddy had cleaned it up with a rehired rug doctor!

Health warning - Mixing your drinks is bad for you!

I spy....

that drink ..

has hidden

lots of hidden

even more hidden

surprises in it! 

Gross? Cute? Gross? Cutely gross?

Favourite current photos

Back in the day, when summer was around! We had a lovely time at the park in Sherburn

Photo shoot with Nathan entertaining the boys with his toy aeroplane air show - they were very impressed with the sights and sounds of the routine and  I got them both facing the camera though not looking at it - I'll take what I can get!

Round Up Post

So it's been a couple of weeks since I last blogged and now there are too many things to try and remember so this will have to be a round up, short snap shot post.

Injuries a plenty -

Last week I put up a tent in the back garden, I was laying with Ben chillin on the cushions - it was lovely. Then Ben sleepily in search of a hug dived onto to me , his head hitting my cheekbone - ouch! I didn't shout, I just cried. A large black eye developed over the next few days and now a week late it is still a prominent brown. So with a matching large bruise on my arm where I stopped my self from falling to the ground by landing on a chair, I looked a sight to behold as Nathan and I went out for a meal and to watch the last Harry Potter for our anniversary!! Finally, friday night whilst hot gluing rosettes onto a wreath I stood on a heavy duty staple. It got stuck in my foot and I wailed for Nathan to come and get it out ( I actually had a flashback to how I wailed when giving birth - I'm a little pathetic when it comes to pain!!)

Nathan and I have actually been out two consecutive Wednesdays - wahoo!! The Wednesday before we went out for a meal with Liam, Rachel, Dan and Nicola. I'd come back from work to find that Nathan couldn't find the key I'd posted through the letterbox. We looked and looked to no avail so had to go out through the door window and onto a chair - we looked very classy. When we got back, we had to climb back in through the window and then searched until lafter midnight to then find the key under the sofa - wonder who put it there Ben???