Inspiration

For my birthday this year, I got a new camera! It's a digital Canon SLR and I'm still getting used to all the fancy settings. There's a vast amount for me to learn, but here are the beginnings..

I took the camera with me to this petting zoo/farm with Debbie and Francesca. It was in a very nice area of London and as a result this "farm" has paved pathways and 2 hand sanitisers every other post!

We spend many of our weekends at Shenley Park. There's a playground, a field, a cafe and an apple orchard. We all "scrumped" an apple from a tree. Xander picked the most gnarled looking one (fine, just a bit scarred) and I had to resist every GM-advertising-influenced bone in my body to not convince him to take a better looking one. But, he happily ate the whole thing and seemed pleased to have picked it first. Yum yum.

Reading at Emma's Birthday party. It's the best photo because he's actually still in this one!

Playing diggers at home

Xander's birthday: Nick calls it Peppa Pig Day because every party we've been to this month (ours included) had Peppa Pig cards, napkins, plates, cake...

Xander's actual birthday was on a Friday so we were all at work but came home early to have a nice family dinner. I actually made it to his nursary in time for me to dish out his birthday cake there! It was vey special to hear all the kids chant his name and sing happy birthday to him.

Christie came home from university for the weekend (asking for money and toilet paper - ah, remember those days?) It was so nice to see her. It feels like ages!

Xander's gifts were plentiful and well received. He said a thank you after each one - even if the people were overseas. His shirt, by the way, says "I am two" and is covered in diggers.