Our last few weeks of the summer break have been busy and lazy in equal measures. There's been plenty of laying about in PJs days and days full of action and activity...
A trip to Forty Hall with Amy and her boyfriend. A wonderful 1620's built, Jacobean mansion house with amazing plaster-work ceilings and beautiful parkland where we wandered, watched wildlife and picnicked.
A walk around Aldworth in Berkshire with Gran and Granddad, watching the buzzards and red kites, listening to the skylarks and finishing in style at the pub.
And the highlight for Toby was a little hot-tubbing in a gorgeous garden with a beautiful family friend. Thanks to Julia, Josie and Kitty for the lovely afternoon x
We're now settling into comfortable term-time routines though it might be a week or so until I'm back to full blogging strength - I'm convalescing at the moment after a rather nasty encounter with staphylococcus which somehow found it's way into the tiniest of cuts on my finger and from there proceeded to party up my whole arm via my lymphatic system. Happily a hefty course of antibiotics seem to be getting the message across that staph is not welcome here and my finger is starting to resemble a finger again rather than an alarming purple sausage. The most frightening thing was the speed with which the red line spread up my arm so please, if you have a little cut which looks like nothing but you then feel a bit unwell with a swollen armpit a few days later, get yourself to the doctor quickly and get it checked out! And chicken keepers - always wear gloves when you clean the food and drink containers, even if you are in a hurry!
Anyway, I hope to be back soon to celebrate my little blogging anniversary, til then keep well xxx
