Messing Around On The River…..

We had no plans to go away this summer but OH felt he needed a break. So I booked four nights on a narrow boat (OH was not impressed about this bit, as he wanted a cruiser! Hee, hee!) on the Thames. Weather was a bit iffy but other then that we all had a lovely time (apart from poor OH not getting any sleep due to the size of our bed!). We went from Reading to Maidenhead and stopped overnight in Henley-On-Thames. It is another world on the Thames. The properties on the riverbank are amazing. I could have brought every one of them. Thankfully Mille the dog was the only one to fall in. We will defiantly be going back =-)

Just Like Mumma....

Stuffing your face and on the phone!!!!! This is not what I do all day, honest.

Before And After.....

This is prob having my poor Dad turning in his grave. I was not allowed to cut my hair for ages and certainly not as short as Olivia has just had it! My view is that it will grow back and besides it is sooooo much easier to keep the head lice under control when it is short. Note typical English village high street in the background inc pub!!

Hair Raising!!

We have a plastic slide in the garden that generates a lot of static, as you can see!!

Lego Land

The weather was great and we all had a fantastic time. Poor OH wallet took a real beating!!

Long Time No See.....

I have done something that I sooooo did not want to do, which is leave it so long between posts. Having the children off from school has meant that I have not been able to get on the computer as much as I would have liked and of course my new found knitting hobby is taking up most of my free time!!

Olivia had a lovely time at camp and came back as brown as a berry. Unfortunately she was so busy having fun that she forgot to take very many photos. Oh well.

OH and I have been think lots about the house in Italy and have decided that it does not have enough immediate outside space, so have decided not to buy it once we have sold ours. One of the main reasons of moving was so that we would have lots of outside space so the kids have plenty of room to run and play and I want to be able to keep horses and a few chickens =-) If only we could move that house to another location.

The viewings on our house are slowly picking up now. It’s a difficult time of year as a lot of people are away on holiday. We had a viewing on Monday, which went well but she thought that the house could do with another room downstairs. You cannot please everybody! Anyway I was telling OH about it when he got home and found our eldest looking very sad on the backdoor step. She is a real thinker and can be sensitive. I knew before she said what was on her mind. She does not want to move. So OH and I decided that we had to tell her the truth as to why we are moving. She was over the moon. It was told in top secret and little sister especially is not to know. Just spoken to MIL and she has already told her!!!!

We had no plans this year to go away but OH suggested that a couple of nights away over here would be lovely. So to cut a long story short, we are off next week to spend four nights on a canal boat on the river Thames!!! I am sooooooo excited. I promise to take and post lots of pics. We are even taking the dog!

TTFN