April showers bring May flowers (i hope)!

Well I feel like I've been patient with the weather, I would even go so far as to say I was grateful for the rain to begin with as we needed it, but enough is enough! Ok, it isn't raining today.. yet, but I'm not holding my breath!

I'm the kind of 'the hotter the better' kind of person. When it's cold I have to wear lots of layers to keep warm, and I do need layers as I feel the cold. I love being outside, being at the beach, festivals, having bbq's, walking, gardening, horse riding, camping and all of these things are, to me, so much better in the hot hot sunshine. I love watching my daughter splashing around in the paddling pool or eating an ice-cream with her sunhat on. I think we can put some of the blame for our not so outdoorsy lifestyle in the UK on the weather.

I accept that we have seasons and we have winter but I would like at least to be guaranteed nice weather in June, July & August. I need to see some serious sunshine soon, May show me that sunshine still exists in England please!

I apologise for the moan today, I'll leave you with some images of warmer climes to make up for my rant!

Cinque Terre In Italy, somewhere I'd love to visit:

Brussels

We had a nice little adventure on the Eurostar to Brussels at the weekend. We  weren't sure whether to take Jessica but we in the end we decided we would as it was mothers day weekend after all. Turned out she was kept suitably amused by the mannequin pis and the countless chocolate shops, souvenir shops and waffle stands. She even did a grand job walking a fair amount each day. All in all it was a great little jaunt (perfect if you like chocolate, beer, waffles or mussels) athough i'm not sure there would be anything more to see or do for a return trip.  

End of the Road Festival 2012

I'm so excited to see these girls at End of the Road festival in the summer. Can't wait.



We plan to be in the garden today - finally going to put up Jessica's trampoline that she for for Christmas and also digging up a huge border area to grass seed over. It's very hard to maintain and looks a mess so we decided if we grass seed it we could use it for a table and chairs. Will add some before and after shots when it's finished.

Have a nice Sunday.

Jersey

For the past two summers I've been to Jersey to stay with my sweet friend Sarah. It's well worth a visit, even better if like me you have a friend who can drive you around the island and take you to lots of lovely spots! St Brelades Beach is just gorgeous and they even have trampolines to keep the little ones happy. Here's a few of our holiday snaps from last years visit. Roll on summer x

Tenby

Last September my dad and stepmother took Jess and I on a little trip to Tenby and I thought I'd share some pictures we took of this cute little place.