Summer Fun

Beach visits, days out, family fun and birthday organising:

Little pickles first proper trip to the beach!

I can't believe I'm actually writing my second post of June, and my last only went up a week or so ago - 10th June to be precise so 10 days on and I'm sat writing another post, woohoo! I wanted to have a bit of a natter. Talk about a few things we've been up to since my last post. I mean, not a great deal has happened but I thought I'd post anyway. I think I might throw in a tiny update on a few bits to? 

So where to start, I was talking about how lush the weather has been recently in my last post - and it's still absolutely lovely! this last weekend we've experienced a bit of a heat wave, or from what I've heard. It's been reaching 28°c-30°c on some days -  which for some places is average or actually cooler, but from where I live a Kent, Uk it's pretty darn hot, far to hot some days haha! Although I don't want to complain because the sunshine will probably be gone as quick as it came and it'll be raining next week (secretly as much as I hate the heat, I would like it to stick around for a little longer) it's just soooooooo humid. I'm fine the whole time theres a breeze, as I'm sure everyone agrees and as soon as thats gone and its just sunny I'm sweating enough to fill an olympic sized swimming pool and feel like I'm melting haha! This happened this time last year too, we had a mini heat wave, although I think I dealt with it better at 9 months pregnant than now at 6 months pregnant... odd isn't it? But like I said if theres a breeze I'm fab haha! 

Evangeline, my family and I visited the beach last week, it was Evie's first proper (if you will) trip to the seaside; we've gone for walks along the sea wall but never actually taken her onto the beach - it's a shame Zachary was at work and couldn't come with us! (I will insert some pictures from out visit) but I'm pretty certain we will visit the beach with him this summer. We've spent a lot of time in our back garden to, taking in full advantage of the nice weather. Myself or Zachary set up a little sun canopy - well make a sun canopy with the washing line and some towels/blankets haha, and Evangeline will happily sit in the shade playing with her toys alongside myself and Zachary or having a little sun whilst in her paddling pool splashing about drenching us haha (with waterproof suncream of course) she is just the cutest, her smile melts my heart. She loves the outdoors, she loves everything to do with being outside and being in the fresh air - in saying that she loves spending time inside playing with her toys just as much! I think I'll add some photos of her having fun in the garden... 

Fun at the seaside.

Playing in the garden, and pictures with mummy!

Her birthday is swiftly approaching 16 days away, I thought we'd pretty much completed the birthday preparation but I've written a list and discovered theres actually still a bit of stuff to buy! the food is one thing, but also something to put the food in haha! I've only just realised that we don't have any large dishes or plates to put food out on the food table, I think thats kind of a priority haha! So I'm on a mission to find the perfect ones that match her theme. I still haven't actually mentioned her theme yet, but I'm thinking about doing a separate post talking about her birthday, presents and the party. I know I've spoken a lot about her birthday in my last few posts, but I'm soooo excited and feel like it's nice to throw in a little party update just incase any of you lovely lot are having a party too! So back to the lists I've written, I have a whole page of food we need to buy and what we're having on the table, I was looking into making some fun foods I guess, one's I've seen on Pinterest but honestly I don't think I'll have any time to practice them before her party so we'll just have to buy them haha! (We've actually changed the day of her party now to, instead of being on her birthday its now 2 days after - I just thought I'd quickly pop that in!)

It was fathers day on Sunday 18th June, 2 days ago now. It was Zachary's first fathers day (if you don't include pregnancy) we had a pretty chilled out day, didn't do very much; Zachary had he's gifts from Evangeline and bump, we had breakfast, visited my daddy for a few hours before lunch and then heading of for a coffee and iced tea with Zachary's dad. Other than that we spent the day relaxing at home, playing in the garden with Evie. I'm not to keen on Sunday's which is a bizarre thing to say, but I hatteeeee the fact that everything closes early, I feel like I can't truly soak up Sunday's until everything is done because of being on a time frame. Luckily we now do our food shop on a Saturday so it's a little more chilled haha, I just wish everything open and closed at the same time each day so that you don't have to rush around, lol!  

Of course I had to add in some pictures from fathers day - Zachary and Evangeline & me, Evie, my dad, sister and nephew! 

Anyway, I think I'm going to leave it there. I've had quite the ramble haha; thank you for reading my little chit-chat update; I hope your all doing well - and ill speak to you in my next post!