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Today was our 6th wedding anniversary!

We had a quiet relaxing morning before taking the girls to nanny and grandad’s where they were going to stay overnight.

We went for a quiet child free shopping trip and then went to the rushcutters for a meal and a few drinks (well I did, James was the chauffer!)

We received a very nice present of James’ parents of cake tins, muffin tins and a roasting tin…the reason for the present is that the symbol for the 6th anniversary is Iron so this was the closest they could get (i’ve just recently bought myself an iron!). However they are also things I desperately needed! Guess I need to bake them a cake now!

Thanks for the gift, it was very kind of you!

Life is very hectic at the moment, working hard, preparing for the birthday of the year and also buying Christmas (yes that dreaded word!) pressies and recovering from one illness after another!

I had a week off work and still managed to not get any rest because I tried to fit everything in I can’t normally do when I’m working!

I can’t quite believe it’s the end of October, a few weeks till Christmas.

My big news (to anyone I have forgotten to tell) is that I have ordered my new cooker (thanks mum!) and have booked the man to come and alter the kitchen to make room for it! It should all be sorted at the beginning of November so I should have figured out how to use it in time for Christmas dinner! For once I will be cooking with plenty of room to fit everything in and this year I wont be asking for help!

Today was Bethany’s first day at playgroup.

It’s where amie goes to nursery so she took it upon herself to be the big sister and show Bethany and Rose what to do.

That also included holding her hand when they lay down to sing songs!

Today was Bethany’s 2nd birthday.

We had Rose for the day and Tina and Finlay came along too.

Mum also joined us for lunch so we had a busy day with lots of people to help her celebrate it.

She was a very lucky girl with lots of new toys to play with and clothes to wear. There’s so many I can’t list them but I will say we bought her a little touch leap pad so she has one like Amie!

Grandma and the 2 grandad’s joined us for a birthday tea of chicken casserole followed by a pink pig birthday cake!

Thanks to everyone who bought her gifts, to my shame I’m well aware I haven’t sent thank you cards yet and I promise they are on their way!

Amie started back at nursery today after the summer break.

She was a bit apprehensive about going back as she knew most of her friends wouldn’t be there as they had started big school.

However I told her that she was going to be one of the older children so she would need to look after all the younger children who might be a bit frightened and needed a friend.

She had a lovely morning and came home with a well done sticker!

Well done Amie, we are very proud of you.

Today was Beryl’s birthday and we took her out for lunch to celebrate.

We had a lovely day with her and hope she enjoyed her birthday.

We went to Dunston Hall this afternoon for Jim and Rachel’s wedding and had a fab day.

They had gorgeous weather and a great time was had by all.

Have a look in the gallery for some very lovely pictures.

The girls looked gorgeous in their matching dresses, shoes and handbags!

Congrats to you both, hope you have many happy years together!

Today was my birthday (another year older!)

I had a lovely day with Mum and Dad, they took the girls and I out to lunch at the Dolphin pub in Thorpeness (somewhere I’ve always wanted to go!). I love that part of Suffolk and wish I could go much more often.

I got very spoilt and thank you all for your lovely gifts. Amogst them were handbags, jewellery, money, perfume and a very lovely willow tree figurine.

In the evening, James and I went to the Belgian Monk for food and alcohol (lots of both).

Thanks to everyone who were able to join us.

Well apologies for the lack of postings, life has been very busy and hectic here just recently.

I have been childminding full time since coming back off our hols so it’s just made the days and weeks fly by!

I have treated us to some new dining room chairs (and curtains to follow), which are lovely but not exactly child friendly. I enlisted mum’s help to make some covers for them and they seem to be working very well.

Weekends have also been very busy for us, catching up with friends and family. We went to a wedding at the beginning of July which was lovely, James spent a day gambling on Jim’s stag party (lots of alcohol consumed along with lots of money won and lost by various people!)

I’m sure we’ve done loads of other things but can’t think off the top of my head!

I’ll try and update a bit more regularly but right now I have a roast to cook!

Well for those of you who don’t know (which is hardly anyone), we’ve just returned from a two week trip to Ireland!

We went on the 9th June, drove to Holyhead which was a good 6 hour drive! Then we caught the Ferry to Dublin and had just over an hours drive once we were in Dublin.

On arrival, the owner of the cottage showed us round, it was on a dairy farm so the girls enjoyed the site of cows every day! However it did take Bethany two weeks to realise that cows Moo instead of Baa!

The cottage was very large and there was certainately enough room for us!

We visited various sites (despite the rain). The most memorable for us were the Japenese gardens, Newgrange, Kilkenny, Dublin Zoo to name but a few.

We went to Dublin Zoo and the girls had a fantastic time. Amie decided she was going to roar at a Tiger (see below). Fortunately for her the tiger was behind glass. She had no idea what he would have done to her if he wasn’t!

We also saw a baby giraffe there, he was 3 weeks old and already 6 foot tall!

Feel free to have a look in the photo Gallery of some of the fantastic pictures James took.

You will also see some of some friends we went up with while we were there.

Our cottage:

Kilkenny Castle:

Amie and Bethany at Glendaloch:

Amie’s friend the rabbit:

Amie and the Tiger at Dublin Zoo:

James and the girls at the Japenese Gardens:

A 3 week old Giraffe at the Zoo: