Tales of the unexpected with The Boy, my pride and joy.
Within the next week or so, all school-aged children in the UK will be on Summer holidays, American and Australian children are already enjoying the break. How long before the cry of 'I'm bored' sounds out?
I've put together a collection of posts for Tuesday Tutorials this week which should help alleviate that frustration!
And it's been a long time coming.
I've spent most of my teen and adult life worrying about what others think of me and trying to change their perception of me. Where that came from, I'm not sure. I have my suspicions but they really don't matter now.
Last Sunday night I tweeted a friend of mine with the words, "I've had a revelation, it might even be an epiphany!"
Well, that's a surprise isn't it?
When I posted my last 365 photo on Sunday 26th April, I stated that I just couldn't bear to do it anymore. Life had become far too stressful as a school inspection announcement on top of my dad's lung cancer and sister's breast cancer just became too much to deal with; I couldn't see a way out of the stress and 365 was the one thing that I could control to remove as a contributory factor.
I thought I'd never do it again, but it seems that I have missed it far too much. Six weeks without daily photos has mostly been a God-send, but by and large I've missed it. I've missed capturing the little moments that make up the wonders of life.
I thought I might venture back at the start of the school holidays, but actually the end of school inspection coincided with The Boy's sixth birthday, so it seemed a perfect 'Day One' photo.
Today is my funny, wonderful little boy's sixth birthday and last night I sat him down in the garden to ask him the same set of questions I've asked him for the past four birthdays. Created by Emma from A Matter of Choice in 2012, the questions never change and it's really interesting to see his little personality develop.
I do wonder if cheesy ham pasta will ever disappear from the list, although I hope Oliver doesn't and I'm a little sad to see Peppa Pig has finally lost her appeal. New additions are Coombe Mill and a crisp sandwich, cheese and onion if you don't mind. I think most of all I'm chuffed that I'm still his best friend.
Months of wonderful outdoor play beckon us and in celebration of that I've selected a range of activities from the past two link-ups for this week's Tuesday Tutorials.
We're incredibly fortunate to live on the coast and be able to visit the beach whenever the whim takes us; making memories, gathering treasures, and enjoying the wonders of nature. When we come home it's always time to empty our pockets and examine our prized possessions, debating our latest way of storing them and remembering the fun.
This time we went for a driftwood windchime.
Summer's coming and it's time for us to dust off the Step2 water table in order to create some fun small world play scenes. I love using my imagination to come up with scenes that The Boy would really like to play with.
