- Creeping downstairs with Jesse as the sun came up.
- Quietly sipping tea on the sofa.
- Slowly making a start on the mammoth task of preparing the house for weekend guests.
- Fixing breakfast for the children.
- Mixing up the batter for a Chocolate Easter Cake. Bookmark the recipe for next year, it’s a good’un!
- Hanging laundry out to dry, making up beds and overseeing the children as they tidied their rooms.
- Jumping in the shower while the cakes cooled on the kitchen counter.
- Pulling on a frock and doing my makeup. I’m completely in love with Clarins Extra-Comfort Foundation. I’ve been using a sample, but I plan to pick up a full size pot some time this week.
- Making chocolate frosting and carefully icing the cake.
- Letting the children steal a few Mini Eggs.
- Grabbing a quick sandwich for lunch.
- Greeting Mr L.A.’s family as they arrived.
- Making tea and coffee.
- Tucking into Italian Breakfast Banana Bread while we all caught up. I baked this on Good Friday and it’s even better a day or two later, especially smothered in Nutella!
- Saying goodbye to my in-laws as they headed to a gig just outside Bristol.
- Whiling away the afternoon, watching the kids play happily with Mr L.A.’s brother.
- Making beans on toast for their tea.
- Tucking the children in.
- Retreating downstairs while their uncle read them a bedtime story.
- Drinking red wine and devouring an Indian takeaway.
- Settling down to watch What We Do in the Shadows, a mockumentary about a group of vampires living in Wellington, New Zealand. Very funny.
- Jumping out of my seat in fright and inadvertently throwing an entire glass of red wine in my own face. Oh how my husband laughed!
- Throwing my wet clothes in the washing machine.
- Finishing up the movie and collapsing into bed.
- Waking up as Jesse clambered in beside us.
- Wishing each other a happy Easter.
- Making a huge batch of waffles for breakfast.
- Slipping a shoulder of pork into the oven to cook slowly for our Sunday dinner.
- Filling the dining table with spring blooms and chocolate eggs.
- Soaking up the sunshine as it poured in through the French windows.
- Eating too much.
- Hurriedly getting dressed and heading out to enjoy the beautiful warm weather.
- Walking to Troopers Hill.
- Traipsing through the woods.
- Admiring the blossom on the trees.
- Ambling home to crack on with the cooking.
- Making Southern-Style Slaw to serve with our pulled pork.
- Stealthily laying out clues for the children’s Easter egg hunt.
- Following them round as they filled their basket with sweets and treats.
- Serving up our huge feast.
- Feeling full.
- Watching Frozen.
- Snoozing on the sofa.
- Deciding I’m really not cut out for middle-of-the-day drinking.
- Making toast for the children before bundling them off to bed.
- Pulling on my PJs.
- Snacking on crisps and drinking red wine while we debated which film we should watch.
- Finally settling on Kidnapping Mr. Heineken. I enjoyed it, but opinion was divided among the rest of the group.
- Saying goodnight to the others and quickly drifting off to sleep.
- Enduring an early start to the day as we packed and prepared the children for a week away with their grandparents.
- Waving everyone off at the door.
- Pausing to take in how peaceful the house is with Isabel and Jesse running riot.
- Working hard.
- Looking wistfully at the sunshine outside my window.
- Wondering how we’ll spend our first child-free evening in forever.
Love Audrey xxx
