Sleepy head

I took this photo of Zac when my husband was taking him to the loo before we went to bed (Zac still needs "lifting"). Look at his little face!

My oldest girl

They always look like babies when they're asleep.

What I found on my camera...

...when I uploaded the memory. It's a self-portrait taken by Zac - I don't think he thought it would work, hence weird half-smile. Made me laugh a lot when it appeared on my laptop screen.

Pool

Night out with work colleagues. This was a quieter moment.

Pampered Chef

I hosted a cooking party, and my friend brought along some of her home-made Jammy Dodgers. Aren't they amazing? They taste great, too.

Tabitha and her elephants

She smiled for this photo, which is rare - usually she just looks at me quizzically.

Virgin Vie

My friend Liz, having been made over at her Virgin Vie cosmetics party. I arrived straight from spinning class, starving, and devoured all the snacks without even taking my coat off - I need to learn manners.

Hard working

Daddy and Tabby, concentrating on work (former) and TV (latter).

Self portrait

I find it slightly telling that in a week where I barely remembered to pick up my camera, I did remember to take a photo of myself. Hmmm.

Ketchup

We went out today for lunch - nearly everywhere was closed, and we ended up getting a very nice long pre-prandial walk in our quest to find somewhere that was a) open and b) serving food. Ended up in the oldest pub in town and the food was lovely.

Tabitha had never seen ketchup in sachets before; she was entranced. I took several photos along the lines of this one. Kept her occupied for ages.

Egg hunt

Zac doing his "photo smile" and Tabitha hiding from all the adult attention (many many parents wanted a pop at THIS shot).

Today was the annual, fantastic Easter egg hunt at the home of some friends who have just the kind of house and garden where eggs SHOULD be hidden - unlike ours, where we had to create hiding presents behind teddies and such.

Little friends

This is a photo of Tabitha reading to her friend Oliver (modelling Zac's Easter bonnet creation). They are perching on the unopened packs of flooring that we've bought to lay in the extension. Behind them you can just pick out the picturesque silhouette of our overflowing bins.

We had an Easter egg hunt for the little children today, and they did enjoy it, but the balance of guests was somewhat adult-heavy. That's what happens when you breed in your early 20s and your friends are all professionals - not many of them have joined us in the madness yet. Still, we all enjoyed the chocolate.

Unidentified played-with object

I have no idea where this came from. I found it on the floor when I was tidying. I think it's a finger puppet, although it seems a bit big for childrens' fingers.

Anyway, I hadn't taken a photo, so it became my subject.

Dandelions

The children are spending most of their days at the moment on the trampoline - the sun's out, it's the Easter holidays and we don't have much planned, so it's the place to be as far as they're concerned. I love the effect the static electricity has on their hair, though.

This is Zac and one of his friends, jumping in the late afternoon sun today.

Proud

Zac has been very late learning to turn the pedals on his bike - it's something that took a long time to "click" and he showed very little interest in the whole thing. Today, though, it just fell into place and he managed to cycle (at my walking pace!) for about 2 miles. He and I were both very proud. "Who bought me my bike?" he asked. When I replied that Daddy and I had bought it, he said "Oh, thank you Mummy and Daddy! I think it's SUPER, don't you? Really super." First use of the word "super", as far as I know, too. Wonder where he got it from? Am neither jolly nor an owner of hockey sticks.

Spoilt

Bless my in-laws. These have turned up ready for Easter, for the children.

Hugging little men

I managed to get food poisoning yesterday (harrumph!) so wasn't well at all today, although it didn't set in until the afternoon. During the morning I did manage some feeble shopping and I bought these for longsuffering husband. They hold salt and pepper, of course.

Nightclubbin'

Had most excellent day of shopping and giggling in Leeds with Leah and her lovely bff Colleen, followed by dinner and then dancing to cheesy music, as is our wont. Took this photo of Leah next to a large silver-coloured cat-type thing - we liked it at the time.

Pink wine at lunch time

Twas Leah's birthday today. This is what we did: spinning, lunching, shopping, manicuring. In that order. The wine accompanied the lunching and was very much needed after the agonising spinning (spinning included an abs class, which was the agonising bit, really). Wine was yummy and I think I was a leeeetle bit drunk. At lunch time!

Garden

This is the garden area at the kids' school, which is looking all lovely again now it's Spring. I noticed it today for the first time this year, and took a photo.