Bitterly sweet sides of life.

The trip to the zoo was great, it was the only day last week that the sun shined too, as if mother nature gave us a little gift herself. Whilst there, Andrew was fixated with this little tiny turtle, I took a pic of him staring it at, and almost as if posing for him, it swam right to the top of the tank and right back down and sat there in front of him.. it was very sweet. We saw a whole array of animals, and had a lovely day, and for the first time in months I was able to relax - properly, we spent over 6 hours there, and honestly it really didn't feel like it. The children all have gifts from there, and we all enjoyed the day, it's definitely worth another visit, another time.
 I'll post some piccys a little later on x
Take care x

Andrews birthday is on the 14th, I can't believe my baby is 1 in two days time.. it doesn't feel like a years gone past already. (Almost lol)
I've been in turmoil over what to do, as I'm sure you can understand by my previous post, but I figured it about a week ago, and spoke it over with Mike.
We've decided, unknown to the children, that because Andrew likes animals that we'll take him/them to the zoo.
And maybe do him a little birthday tea after my jaw has healed right. (I had dental surgery, over a week ago, I can now just about fit my thumb in my mouth, it doesn't make good for table manners).

I'd really love for his birthday to be built on special memories, because that's what it should be about. And I'm starting to look forward to it too, as we've booked and payed for the tickets, so it's just down to the weather to be kind...

I've also been working on fathers day bits for this Sunday..

Anyway, I hope your day is kind.
Take care
Louise xx