July - Instagram

July was full of picking and making, elderflower cordial, gooseberry fool, jam and using up the last of the asparagus. We enjoyed heavenly muffins at the local art café, and danced at our local music festival. There were happy days full of tired boys with dirty knees and a week of four children which left me weary

I learnt how to mono print and taught my little men the joys of the English cream tea. We found a new water park and had our annual holiday to The New Forest

Most days were wonderful, some challenging and some I wanted to go back to bed to get a little more rest. Days at home doing chores while the boys played around me, others off to the local park or to the stream.

The great juggle at the start of the summer holidays

Natalie

June - Instagram

June brings with it the promise of so many things, everything is growing and the days are long and more often than not warm, cycling to collect the boys from school I noticed most days I am just wearing a t-shirt without one of my trusty M&S vests!

My vegetables are growing so fast with all this warm and wet weather, the peas now have sticks to grow up and the courgette plants have doubled in size

The blue bells in June were beautiful, I found white and pink ones too. 

We learned about the planets in June, creating our own to hang in the boys rooms

My parents had Asa and Japser for the weekend, while they were in Lego Land Barry and I enjoyed some much needed sleep and much needed time just the two of us

We spent the day at Stratford park, scooting, picnicing, swimming and walking through the woods 

Asa is a little snail life saver, he moves them out of harms way on foot paths and into the bushes

Natalie

May - Instagram

May came and went in a flash, we had a trip away, our littlest turned 4 and the sun started to shine a little. 

Natalie