Did you ever read Great Expectations? You'll recognise that quote, especially of you had to regurgitate it for many an essay for your GCSE English Lit! Anyway, before you nod off, this quote perfectly describes my Easter holidays so far. A ''Lark''. Fabulous fun, diverse
destinations, catching up with good friends, in blissful sunny climes. To boot we've had a new addition to our family - not a baby but a puppy. Oh yes, a little miniature schnauzer that we have called Ozzie. He is a delight. A perfect playmate for the kids, who adore him (especially Maddie). Cameron, as usual, is not that interested in anything that takes the cuteness spotlight off him, but it'll be good for his personal devl=elopment to share the attention, hehe. Isn't Ozzie the cutest pup ever:
So how about the beach for our first Easter day trip destination? We spent a sunny (if a bit breezy) morning at Seapark with some friends. We munched a picnic and had a run around the play park. We had to cut it short to come back and baby sit the pup (yes it's being treated like a baby), but luckily our friends came too and continued the fun back in our garden! I love that We have known these Boyd's since baby massage classes with Maddie and Jacob!
And how cute is Adam in this Buzz Lightyear costume? He managed to get himself into it all on his own-hoot!
Destination two: Carrickfergus Castle with another set of Boyds and the Bolands. Such fun! Exploring every inch of the castle, playing with a giant chess set, having a picnic, buying plastic swords and terrorising the courtyard with them, climbing on cannons, and generally enjoying ourselves immensely!
Can you believe this pair tried to disown those noisy boys?
Then today we relocated to another castle - Belfast castle. We'd initially planned to go to the adventure playground but who knew it didn't open until 2pm. Not us! But we spent a sun kissed 3 hours picnicing, running, exploring and totally enjoying the grounds of the castle with the Johnsons while we waited for the playground.
The adventure playground was worth waiting for in the end (even if you did have to pay a whopping £2.20 for each kid to enter). And it was fab to have some great wee boys to show my two around!
It's been super to catch up with all these guys (have you noticed how all the kids are boys apart from Maddie?). She is totally owed a girls day tomorrow!!
In the meantime, Happy Easter, enjoy all your activities!!
