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Proud Mum!

The good news is that after last week's post where everyone was a bit fed up of me being so present, it seems we have normalised and now I'm feeling the love (at least as much as I'll ever feel it with 2 pre-teen daughters!). The last week has been a bit of a whirlwind of travelling from one place to another to see various family members which has been lovely. Even more lovely (I probably shouldn't say this but I will) was that we dropped the girls off with Amanda & Alex on Saturday afternoon, only to not retrieve them until Tuesday lunchtime from Kerrie and Ryan - bliss! I discovered that actually there is no need for a spa break when you have kids - instead you pack them off somewhere else and then revel in the time, peace and tidiness of a house free of your own children.

We had a lovely few days pottering around doing bits and pieces but mostly enjoying the fact that there were no children to chivvy along (shout at) at every stage. This included collected our new car - an upgraded mini with lots of new gadgets and (most importantly as far as Glenn and the kids are concerned) a 'total go-kart' sports mode! We weren't in the market for a new car but somehow my musing over "I wish the mini had a heated steering wheel" resulted in Glenn doing some internet browsing and before you know it we were in the local BMW garage... I still don't have a heated steering wheel but I do have a very nice new car. Oh well, paying the mortgage off can wait a while longer!

The girls also had a fantastic few days away, going with Amanda to help out at the village Christmas fair (Izzy in her element!), followed by a chilled out Sunday playing with the boys. Ryan then came to collect them and they spent Monday going to Flip Out (a trampolining place) in Wellington, before Kerrie got home from work and they watched the Love Island Christmas special - something they definitely would not be allowed to do at home!

To say thank you we took Kerrie and Ryan for lunch at a pub just up the road from them - turned out to be a great little find - before heading home on yet another wet journey - the rainy season really seems to be upon us at the moment.

Yesterday we headed off in the opposite direction for a London trip to see Circus 1903 at The Southbank. Much as the kids wanted to see the show they complained about the fact they had to go on the train - I think I've come home with too many commuting horror stories for this to be exciting! Regardless of this we had a faultless journey up and back, the show was excellent and the girls were brilliantly behaved  - they were an absolute pleasure to be with all day and I was a very proud Mum watching them on the journey on the way home being good as gold - maybe some of our hard work is paying off!!
Abi's new favourite relaxation space!



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