The Big Day out at South Hill Arts Center

The weather today was amazing and we had nothing planned so decided to go to the big day out at the south hill arts center. We were suprised that the queue was fairly long but luckily it moved quite quickly so we got our wrist bands and Nate was in to his first festival (only my second, but hey, whos counting). Just that short period in the sun meant we were both parched so headed straight to the bar to get drinks (while Nate swigged his),

wandered along the food stalls deciding on lunch, then settled down to listen to the music

and sent poor John off to queue for food.

We started with crepes and Nate sat in my lap and shared my cheese, ham and mushroom one while John devoured his cheese and ham one. We then swopped when John realised he had fungi in his. Both were yummy!

John wanted to take a picture of Nate sat on my lap but it didn't go well - first he escaped

then he spotted Daddy kneeling down so headed over for a cuddle

After around 10 minutes of trying, Daddy gave up...

The music at the time (Bordeaux, with three x's) was enjoyable, Nate like clapping along with the crowd but also liked pointing out escaped balloons.

After such a strenuous lunch we decided to rally our spirits with another crepe, chocolate this time. Nate decided to break for some milk

And then spent time running round the buggy then bouncing on Daddys lap and giving us both kisses on the way round...

At this point, Nate lost interest in the music and decided to text his friends...

We spotted Shirley and Louise so wandered to say hello to her and Thomas and Jessica then had an amble round the stalls. We had a look at the airaquarium which was disappointingly a tent with a clear roof and some puppets then John's recent bad health began to catch up with him so we headed back home to soak the many layers of sun block off of the boy and to veg for a comfy evening.

Aside : REJOYCE! Apparently tonight footie is the last game I have to endure this time round - woooohoooooo!

Welcome home Auntie Kristy

Kristy is back from university, so Mum and her popped over to see us after playgroup this morning. Nate had a quick nap and then we went to his swimming lesson. For some reason he decided that he didn't want to cooperate - Mum helped out but he was determined to be miserable until after the lesson when he then took great joy in jumping off the wall while Mum sang Humpty Dumpty. When we got home, to welcome Aunty Kristy home, Nate did a particulaly smelly nappy - she was delighted!

A trip to the park with Daddy

We had a lazy day today so we decided to go to Tesco's to get coffee and the paper then wander round to the park with the boy to spend the morning in the sunshine. I love this park - it is perfect for kids of Nates age and he just LOVES it. We have been there a couple of times, on our own and with my parents but haven't had my camera every time and typically neither have they on those occasions. So this Sunday John and I loaded the monkey up and we headed off, stopping only at the Costa to grab a coffee and a smoothie. We then played and sipped - a most civilised may to spend a morning.

What follows is possibly the worst photos I have ever taken...

And at this point, my camera battery gave up - I must get into the habit of charging it every day...