Monthly Archives: June 2015

Today was Daddy’s Day! We began (typical!!) with an early start from her Ladyship…..6:15am!? She really is on the whole a 7am kinda gal! Anywayz I managed to suppress her excitement of delivering Daddy his card (until 6:50am) which she’d put under her bed the night before. So card given, very special Brighton Gin received, cuppa in bed and a bit of bedtime piece for Daddy while Mummy and Bea did morning jobs!

On to the next venture….Breakfast…..unbeknownst to Daddy Mummy has spent many months trying to find a reputable “greasy spoon” – Mummy’s like a civilised brunch and Daddy’s let’s face it like a damn good fry up!! After MUCH research I landed at Boo Boos Cafe in Burges Hill! And it certainly lived up to its reviews! Their “Boo Boos GUT Buster” won me over in the end and predictably Daddy and Charlie went for this option….2 x bacon, 2 x sausage, 2 x eggs, 2 x hash brown, beans, black putting, mushrooms, tomatoes, toast AND a burger!? How they ate it I’m not sure but they did! Ollie had a very respectable “Boo Boos 2” – double of everything! Bea had a huge sausage sarnie and Mummy had a very scrummy round of poached eggs on toast! Lovely nosh, brilliant service and a sunny morning!

 
  
A quick visit to Grampie at work to deliver a Danish and wish him a Happy Fathers Day!…..Daddy got some F.D Beer too!

  
Home for some Tortillia chip making – last night Daddy made an extremely nice Malaysian Curry with garlic and onion seed Tortillas wraps and today they made the leftovers into chips!!

  
A spot of very excitable car washing….

  
Ready for the eating….in her knicks having got soaked washing Mummy’s car!

  
Happy Girl, Happy Daddy! Fathers Day complete! 

Thursday was Charlie’s 15th birthday. I genuinely think Bea was more excited about this than Charlie BUT in fairness he was utterly shattered and had endured his GCSE Stats. exam that day! Normal day in essence but we polished it off with mucho presents and a trip to Wagagmamas…..noodle tastic!!!! (Bea is “smiling”!?)

  
Little Miss proficient with the chop sticks and dipping technique…..

  
Daddy’s been working damn hard of late and as a result Bea’s not seen much of him during the week, Thursday was a mega bonus night for them….gutted its blurred BUT you get the gist….

  
She was absolutely hanging by 9:45pm but cracked on with the ice cream…..

  
Bea is the luckiest little girl in the world to have this man (and he is the most wonderful young man) as her biggest brother. Proud doesn’t come close…..and Bea does well to let him know how loved his is, I think she said Happy Birthday at least 60 times to him and sang him Happy Birthday throughout the day EVEN when he wasn’t there!!!!

Local village had annual fair. The weather was threatening drizzle or even rain. Mummy was out so Daddy and Bea wandered off.

Saw a few chums and had some catch ups whilst Bea had a go on TWO bouncy castles (one with a slide!), then we found the sheeps milk ice cream and finally a little face painting.

Spotted a little miniature railway (electric!), so we had a quick go at that; nice and slow so we could capture a selfie.

Once the fair was done it was a few mad laps of the playground – climbing higher than I’ve ever seen her climb before – and then a perfectly timed dash home as the rain set in!

We had a fab day today. After a morning of jobs, a friend over for coffee and Bea busying herself in the garden we packed our picnic up and went out!

First stop was lunch by the Lake in the sunshine! Followed by a paddle and some bird feeding! 

We went on to meet Cindy, Bea and Zara for some fab fun at the Adventure Park!

A little helping hand up the steps….

To the sand!

Jumping onto the “wizz-wire” and sorring along completely independently!

  
Swiiiiiinging Bea’s!

  
And a very well deserved chocolate ice cream for two very happy and exhausted gals! Brilliant day!

After trying to get up continually from 0530hrs to parents that hoped for a Saturday lay in, we eventually gave in just after 0700hrs.

Daddy was toying with making an omelette, and somehow her ladyship read my mind and asked for one!

Reeesult!
So we cracked on (pun intended) and even put sweetcorn in there, but we weren’t allowed peas.

After cooking Bea took a third(!) and a dollop of HP sauce and got scoffing.

One photo, followed by a little video discussing what went into our brekkie…

It was a stunning weekend SO we christened the paddling pool that Grandma and Grandad bought her for her birthday! A VERY excited Bea!

She even caught a butterfly….

  
Today while Daddy and Ollie went on a Charity shoot Bea and I met up with Anna, Isla and Lily for some fab fun at the new Adventure Park in Southwater! 

Amazing week, feels like a distant memory now. We packed in loads as always! 

On Tuesday Bea and “Ims” had a girls night….which involved a lot of giggling…..

   
matching jammies are mandatory on a sleepover apparently!

Slushy, Heros (by request of Imi) and Aladin….and gate-crasher Ollie….they didn’t object…..and he ate the unwanted Eclairs!

  
After a LOT of chatting on Bea’s part, poor Imi was desperate for a good sleep prior to our big day at Kew Gardens the next day but she had to endure at least an hour of questing from her doting cousin…..”umm Imi what colour are your curtains?” “Bea we REALLY need to go to sleep because we’ve a big day to tomorrow!” LOVE them!

Wednesday Kew! Amazing!!!!!!!!! Such an incredible day and enjoyed by everyone!

Imi reading the Spice Trail info box! 

  
Lunch! And some evidence Arch was actually present during the week…… 

Roaming the grounds…..lovely!

Roll on next time!!!

SOME time ago, last month we did some very lovely leaf rubbings! She SO LOVED it and did it until the leaves began to disintegrate! Her favourite was the big Sycamore…..

Some hot choccing messy style!!

Some Al fresco cheesy crumpets!

  
Some prettiness!

  
And then The Abbott-Hadadines came….