• Sleeping in.
• Snuggling on the sofa with the children.
• Sipping tea.
• Enjoying the scents emanating from the kitchen as Mr. LA made bacon and eggs for breakfast.
• Relishing a lazy morning. Life has been pretty full on of late, so it was wonderful to shower slowly, take my time getting dressed and generally feel no need to rush.
• Preparing a summery lunch. Fried halloumi with lime and caper viniagrette served with new potatoes and a huge salad.
• Smothering the children in sun cream.
• Strolling slowly into town to pick up a few essentials {beer and dishwasher tablets, obvioulsy}.
• Heading to Jesse’s preschool barbecue.
• Watching the children jump about on the bouncy castle.
• Chatting to Fiona in the sunshine.
• Queuing for food.
• Sitting quietly in the shade while the children devoured their hotdogs and burgers.
• Wandering home as the sun’s heat began to ease a little and the children started to succumb to tiredness.
• Washing berries and whipping cream.
• Eating pudding in the dining room before coaxing the children into the bath.
• Reading bedtime stories and giving goodnight kisses.
• Drinking Spanish beer from the bottle.
• Eating pretzels and watching a {disappointing} movie.
• Retiring to bed with my Kindle.
• Falling asleep to the sounds of a summer’s night drifting in through our bedroom window.
• Waking up next to Jesse.
• Huddling and cuddling for a good hour before we finally made our way downstairs.
• Smiling as I received a text from my Mum telling me she had passed her Msc after years of studing part time with the Open University. She really is the original Super Mum and a huge inspiration to me.
• Grabbing a quick breakfast while the childen got dressed and washed.
• Walking to the swimming pool in the early morning light.
• Enjoying the gentle breeze.
• Exhausting ourselves in the pool.
• Coralling the children into the changing rooms and persuading them into dry clothes.
• Taking a long shower at home.
• Making a start on a huge celebratory lunch for my Mum. I made Chicken with 100 Cloves of Garlic served with tagliatelle and a green salad followed by grilled peaches with amaretti crumble. It was delicious, even if I do say so myself.
• Hugging my Mum.
• Popping some bubbly.
• Sitting on the front step and chatting in the sunshine.
• Eating too much.
• Sweating garlic. Impossible not to really.
• Leaving Mr. LA to clear up while we all walked to the park.
• Loving the sight of Izzy hanging from the monkey bars.
• Taking my turn on the see saw.
• Retreating back to the house.
• Saying our goodbyes.
• Collapsing on the sofa for a while.
• Resting my eyes 😉
• Preparing a light supper.
• Putting two very sleepy children to bed.
• Sipping the last of the prosecco while I write this post.

Love Audrey xxx