Fun With Friends

This weekend Nicky, one of my very old friends and house mate from Uni came to stay. We haven't seen each other since just before I went to live in Canada almost five years ago but have kept in touch via the phone and emails. 

Obviously since then, a lot has changed, the biggest thing being I am a Mummy now.

Nicky has never met my girls before but they were really excited about meeting her and took to her straight away. She was brilliant with them. Since she has left they have been asking about her non-stop.

We were really lucky the weather was so good, so headed to the beach where we enjoyed a lovely picnic.  Poppy especially loved splashing around in the water and even ended up in her knickers as everything got so wet! Lucky enough Nics had been wearing layers so she leant Poppy her T-shirt which we tied in a knot at the back and I had a pair of clean tights in my bag so she didn't get cold.

We enjoyed a lovely weekend with her which went way to quickly so I wanted to share some photos:

I think Nicky will tell you I haven't changed that much, I might be  a bit older but i'm  just as dizzy. I demonstrated this by showing how:

• Having sun tan lotion in bag is not good enough, you have to remember to put it on
• Mums still need to carry wet wipes even when  children are toilet trained, especially at the beach
• Children need either layers or clean outfits for such trips

It was a good practice run to prepare for a Summer at the Beach.

Now five years is obviously far too long so we have promised not to leave it so long next time.

Karen x

84/366 - Fun At The Beach

We are loving the gorgeous weather today and headed off to the beach to enjoy it.:

We have my old friend from Uni staying with us this weekend so it was really good to be able to get out and enjoy the fresh air.

Karen x

62/366 - Good Friends and Lunch Out

Today we enjoyed a really lovely day catching up with friends we have not seen in months.

They came to our music group like the old days before moving away, we enjoyed a lovely lunch out and then we went to the park. The girls all had great fun and so did we.

I didn't take many photos but I did get this one:

Its been a good day!

Karen x

The Gallery - Friends

I am a very girly girl and friends are very important to me. Due to the number of times we have moved I have friends spread all around the World that are important and special for various reasons.

However, the one friend who has been there through everything with me and knows all my secrets is Sarah. We have known each other since we were 17 and have never argued! She is more like another Sister than a friend and is like an Aunty to the girls. They love her too.

Despite not seeing each other for ages, we talk regularly on the phone and I know that next time we do see each other, it will be like we saw each other yesterday. I also know if I needed her she would be there in a flash just as I would be for her!

She is one in a million! A very special person.

Do you have someone like this?

For more friendship posts head over to Sticky Fingers.

Karen x

My Daughter Sings Like Phoebe In Friends

Poppy has had me in hysterics the past few weeks. She has started to sing made up songs which are about as good as those of Phoebe in friends.  I decided to share with you a very quick video clip to give you an idea of what I mean:

I am linking this in with Funny Friday the linky over at Mummy Mummy Mum.  Head over there for more funny quotes and conversations people have had with thier little ones recently.

Karen x

Good Friends and Sunny Days

I have been neglecting my blog a bit for the past few days because we have had friends to stay and have been having too much fun.

Coming down to the South Coast of Devon, they feel like they have been away on holiday and we feel as though ours has finally started.  We have really enjoyed showing them the local areas and it has reminded us how lucky we are to live in such a beautiful part of the country. We have been to several beaches, enjoyed too much wine and food and the children have enjoyed all playing together. Definitely a successful break for all of us.

Rather than bore you with all the details I thought I would show you some photos:

As you can see we have had great fun.

Fiona also wants to start blogging after seeing how much enjoyment I am getting out of it.  I had great fun giving her advice and helping her out with a few things. I will let you know the link once its up and running!

In the meantime, I hope you are all enjoying the sunshine too.

Karen x

Good Friends, Cookies and Coconuts

We have our very good friends and their two girls are coming today and are all very excited. In order to kill time before they get here we have been very busy.

First Poppy and I made some delicious cookies:

We hope they will like them as much as we do (of course we had to test them to make sure they were up to standard).

Next we decided to crack open a coconut we won the other evening at our Summer Ball. You can read that post here if you missed it!

First Daddy & Poppy cracked it

Then we got to drink the milk

Next to taste the coconut

Great for teething gums

Maybe not ideal for a one year old but she had fun, in fact all of us did.

We used to live opposite Steve and Fiona when we lived in Canada a few years ago. Both Fiona and I were pregnant at the same time too which brought us even closer and our little girls Poppy and Jessica were born 6 weeks apart.  We miss having them as neighbours and do wish we lived closer but do chat on the phone and keep in touch. They are going to be staying a few nights so it will be lovely.

I will let you know what we all get up to.

Karen x