We have really been enjoying the summer holidays and spending lots of time outside while the weather is nice! We actually prefer the weather when its slightly cooler and Monday was one of those cooler days. We decided we were going to have mini picnic and visit a park we haven't been to for a while. We may have done a bit of PokemonGO hunting whilst we were out on our adventure. We hada lovely walk down to the shops and actually found a new bakery, somewhere we haven't tried before! Tucked away down a little lane. I treated the kids to a freshly baked, filled roll and a muffin each! We took our 'picnic' and went to a park close by. We were the only ones at the park (Well, there was someone there walking a dog when we first arrived, apart from that though, we were the only ones there) so we had the whole park and field to ourselves. It's a lovely park with a playground, perfect for Ellie and two football goals for the boys to play football on! It's surrounded by beautiful scenery and trees with lots of benches and places to rest and watch the kids! :)
We had a wonderful day. I got in my 10k steps, Charlie was pleased with how many Pokemon's we spotted and captured, Harry enjoyed a kick around with the football and Ellie had a blast on the park and I was more than happy to have five minutes peace, haha.











I hope the weather lasts so we can take our own picnic next time :D I think this place would be perfect for flying a kite too... On a breezy day though of course.

I hope you have been enjoying the summer holidays so far. :)

Wow. What a week!! It's been hectic but good, some negative parts but you know, that's life! This is the second time writing this post because the first time, I accidentally deleted it as blogger has been quite glitchy lately. Anyway, I won't dwell on that.

Negatives

• Tuesday was a really rubbish day. Everything that could go wrong, DID go wrong. It was just very stressful and blah. The kids were hard work and just mischievous. Which is to be expected - They're kids! I haven't had a day like that for a while so it was due but thank goodness it's over. 
• I haven't lost any weight this week. I haven't been working out or anything but I have been walking a lot and not eating very much as I've had no appetite but still, I did loose a lot the last couple of weeks so it's no big deal! I'm back on the healthy eating! I will remember to eat!!
•  My laptop keeps turning itself off randomly... Not quite sure why. I think it might be on some kind of timer or something, maybe the kids have messed with it. I'll have a look after I've published this post (and I keep hitting that save button to back it up!) 
• I haven't been sleeping too well lately.  I don't even know why to be honest. I'm forever having trouble sleeping. 
• I've had a headache on and off. What's new?! It's the IIH. It hasn't been too bad so I shouldn't really complain! It could always be worse.

Positives.

• We had a fantastic day out on Monday. Only to a local park which we haven't been to for ages! We had the whole place to ourselves and we even managed a mini picnic, yay! It was fun. 
• We're going to see my grandparents tomorrow, yay! I hope the weather is nice. They live in a country park and have a shared swimming pool that we're all welcome to use. The kids will love that. 
• I've been saying yes a lot more! I need to remember to say yes more rather than "We'll see" or just a flat out no, haha. It's actually put me in a much better mood - saying yes more is good! 
• I'm quite organised on the school uniforms - I've almost completed most of the boys and next week, I'll make a start on Ellies! 

• We've really be enjoying the weather a lot lately and the fact that there's school routine! Woohoo.
• I've blitzed my whole house today & cleaned, steamed and wiped everything in sight. I feel like I can relax now, yay.
• I've got back into reading. Hoorah! Look out on my book blog for book reviews and bookish posts. 

Things I need to do and look forward to this week.

• I need to order the boys school ties now they're finally back in stock. I have most of there school uniform now. 
• I need to sort my airing cupboard out. 
• We're looking forward to seeing my Nan and Grandad - Hopefully tomorrow.  
• I am really looking forward to the weekend. Not to sound mean but my boys are going for a day out with there dad and honestly, as much as I love them, I could use a few hours break, haha.  It'll be nice just having a me and a Ellie day. 

I'll include a random photo of my cats, just because they smile, too!! Aren't they adorable?!


How's your week been? What are your best bits? Let me know in the comments. :)

We have been blessed with some beautiful weather lately and we thought we'd make the absolute most of it! With there being no school, it's hard to keep the kids entertained. So I thought we'd kill two birds with one stone. I had promised the kids we'd get an ice cream and go for a walk and Pokemon hunting. So that's what we did and whilst we were by the barbers, I got the boys a quick, much needed(!!) hair cut.
We had a lovely walk and found some Pokemons along the way :) If you've been reading my blog for a while now, you'll know that we love PokemonGO hunting! We actually ended up walking five miles on this particular day - accidentally. The kids absolutely love walking and being out in the fresh air, I didn't realise we had walked so much until we got home and checked my step counting app!
Enjoy the pics! (Only phone photos as I didn't take my camera with me. I will next time though!)






We have lots to do this month from our August Bucket List. I hope the weather stays nice.
How have you been enjoying the weather recently? :)