A busy social calendar

Life in the toddler fast lane is hectic and Charlies social diary has begun to get busier and busier. Parties, sports day and a trip to the zoo no less all the space of a week. Sports day was great, the nursery laid on events in the school sports hall for all the kids, however bearing in mind the age of them there were no rules and it was a bit of a free for all. I was very impressed though with the mini gym equipment that Charlie to a shine to although having a mini treadmill and cross trainer for toddlers is somewhat slightly weird. The zoo was great and although we have taken Charlie to lots of wildlife parks this was the first trip to see the really big animals. He loved the gorillas and tigers but his favourite part was his giant ice cream that was a special treat.

We had to say goodbye to all his nursery friends this week as it was Charlies last day and it was a bit of a tearful day. He is moving nurseries to a more local one around the corner from us. This will enable him to make some local friends and in the summer he will be able to go to the beach straight afterwards which will be fantastic for us all. We are off camping this weekend and the weather is on our side and set to be glorious making me look forward to peaceful nights without having the noise of torrential rain battering the tent walls and keeping me awake. Suntan here we come.

At last the sun...

At long last we have had some consistant weeks of sunshine and good weather and over those weeks we have been out and about doing various things. Last weekend, Mike and my brother headed off with a group on a cycle ride across Kent starting in Medway and ending at campsite in Wye near Ashford. Whilst on route, Jo and I took Charlie to feed the ducks and headed off to the campsite to make a start on preparation for the BBQ. It was a gorgeous day and the field was full of kids running about and having a great time. All the men arrived back after a couple of hours of off road cycling to some cool beers and a sausage or 2.

The beach hut has been dusted down and aired and we have been down there making the most of sunny afternoons and evenings and Charlie has enjoyed having his dinner picnic style, usually consisting of quiche and falafals (his current favourite). Now he wants to walk everywhere, what should have taken 10 minutes to whizz home with the buggy turned out to be nearly an hours meandering across the golf course saying hello to every bumble bee we came across (and there were many) We also had our first BBQ at home last weekend and grilled some gorgeously fresh asparagus also enjoyed by Charlie (his other current favourite) Hopefully this good weather will be here to stay so we can get out into the garden and down the beach as much as possible.