Easter Sunday (photo heavy)

Easter Sunday dawned with the clocks having gone forward an hour during the night. It threw me a little bit but we were soon all up and ready for Claire and the girls to come over.  Alice had had an Easter Egg Hunt at home before coming to us so knew what to expect.  She walked in the door and started spotting eggs straight away - no time for Grandma to be there with her camera first, no time to take off coat and shoes, just straight in and find the eggs ;)  It was so sweet to watch her get excited about hunting them out.

 Her little Easter bunny bag to collect the eggs in.

 Aunty Em was happy to be included in the hunting 

 and at times was even allowed to help with getting the eggs.

 Alice would run backwards and forwards putting the eggs in her little bag

 Mini eggs are certainly a favourite :)

 But so were the duck chocolate lollies she got

 Finding some more

 There were a few presents to open too :)

 Showing Mummy her chocolate lolly 

 And the final little Lindt bunny 

 goes into the bag :)

 Once the Easter Egg Hunt was finished, Alice helped to open Megan's presents too. After opening each one she would say "Here's your present Megan!"  and pop it on top of the car seat (where Megan was blissfully unaware of all the madness and mayhem going on around her as she slept through it all).

 A little later, having woken and had a feed, Megan was quite happy to lie on the quilt and get to know her new dolly :)

 She's showing much more interest in everything around her now and we're getting some lovely smiles

 Lots of talking

 And even a few chuckles.

Imagine how different next year will be with two little girls running around collecting eggs :)  I can't wait!! 

xx

HELLO Monday

I've not played along with this one before but have seen so many people doing it on their blogs and enjoyed them that I thought I'd try and play along today too.

HELLO to two weeks of school holidays.

HELLO to not having to get up at 6am each morning.

HELLO to adjusting to the clocks having gone forward.

HELLO to trying to be more conscious of taking photos this week.

HELLO to trying to start eating more healthily and to doing some exercise.

HELLO to a trip to The O2 tomorrow (Tuesday), taking Emily and her friend to see One Direction.

HELLO to a return visit to the Dr on Wednesday to get the rest of my blood test results.

HELLO to spending time with Claire and the girls on Wednesday.

HELLO to a quieter day on Thursday (?)

HELLO to catching up with a good friend over coffee on Friday.

HELLO to (hopefully) making a start on decorating what will be Norma's room over the weekend, ready for her arrival in three weeks time :)

xx

Deb and Carrie come for lunch

On Friday Deb and Carrie (who were here from Arizona) came down to East Grinstead to visit us and have lunch. Claire and Carrie have got to "know" each other through blogs and Facebook and I know Claire was really excited to get to meet both Carrie and Deb in person. Emily knows them through their blogs and also from hearing us talk about them. So, great excitement when Friday finally arrived!

Deb and me

Deb had mentioned before that she liked the look of our town so after Emily and I picked them up from the station we headed into town for a quick sight seeing trip. Our town isn't that big ;) and with the weather as cold as it was, we weren't going to be out for long.

 We walked through St Swithun's church yard where they were able to see the old graveyard and the tomb stones for the East Grinstead martyrs who were burnt at the stake in the market place.

 The High Street in East Grinstead is made up of Tudor properties (some of which can be seen in this photo) which are full of history. If I remember correctly, East Grinstead was the stopping point (about half way) for people travelling from London to the coast in times past.

Our little tour over and we headed to Claire's house and then back here for lunch.

 Our girls 

(Emily, Megan, Claire and Carrie)

 Alice took a shine to Carrie and came to be in the photo too

 Carrie, me and Deb

And one last one to finish (love that wink!)

The afternoon went way too quickly but was great fun. It felt like good friends coming over for lunch and not only the second time we'd met. What a pity we live so far apart but I certainly hope we'll meet again in person one day. 

xx

Unexpected

On Monday morning I had an appointment to have a fasting blood test after visiting the Doctor last week. I asked to have my cholesterol checked and it was decided he would run a few tests at the same time. I had an appointment booked to see him again next Wednesday so I was surprised when I got a phone call yesterday to say he had my results back. It seems I have hypo thyroidism and he asked that I pick up a prescription later in the day. With hind sight I can now see that this makes sense as I tick a lot of the boxes - hopefully taking the tablets will make me feel "normal" again. I'll also be interested to talk to the Dr at next week's appointment to find out more.

And for a cuter photo, this one of Alice was taken when I popped round on Monday. I couldn't get over how long her hair has got or how cute it looks in a pony tail :)

xx