The August Bank Holiday

It's mom's last weekend here as she is flying back to Dubai on Thursday and finally we got to go out for a meal, albeit Saturday lunch... The weather was halfway decent, and there were people swimming in the sea - but there was no sun to be seen at all. We got a bit of an early start on Saturday and left home at 10:30 for the garden centre to buy the plants to finish off the garden (see pic below)... The women there was wonderful and spent about half an hour with us advising on the type of plants for our garden... When it came to choosing I felt like a winner of one of those shopping gameshows were you are allowed to run around throwing things into the trolley willy nilly... 3 of those, 5 of these and chuck those in too for good measure :). Finally though the garden is pulling together and we have a really nice space outside for the boys to play and for us to entertain - if summer ever comes this year!

The boys are doing well and both are now over the chicken pox, Ben has been sleeping in a "big boy bed" for four nights now and is doing very well with the transition. Daniel is wonderful, and is so smiley in the mornings which is his best time. We are really enjoying him... and he is so different to Ben, I feel he completes our family. I have yet to experience anything more special than when Ben interacts with him and Daniel beams his gummy wide smile at his brother...

Here are a few more pics of the boys....




Say "Cheese"


Enjoying the Sunshine