I think I say this every month, but wow July flew past. The days can be long, but the month is short!
The start of July was all about trudging through the last days of school. We were all tired, but fun was had a musicals, assemblies, shuffle up weeks (meeting new teachers) and saying thank you to teachers who have helped to shape and mould my boys.
The other underlying aspect of July has been thrills and spills. We have visited three theme parks. Enjoying a fab new ride at Drayton Manor, Thorpe Park (come back tomorrow for a FAB competition featuring Thorpe Park) and have our ill held preconceptions shattered about Blackpool where we took Mini to his first show to see Mama Mia.
Family has been the keyword during July with a fab family Christening and catching up with some wonderful family from my Dad’s side of the family and watching the MiniMads connect with another generation. We have spent the warm summer evenings walking the dog and chatting.
The Minimads have been loom band and football card crazy and also finding time for some Hama Beads in their crazy social whirl. The weather has been really kind, so lots of scootering and biking has happened and they have made the most of the time off school playing football and cricket with friends.
I made a trip to London to learn about Kindle Fire HDX and learn how to use it to limit the boys online time but also about Amazon Video Streaming (more on that to come). I also took part in a North Eastern Blogger and Brand Event in Newcastle, which was really interesting.
I have discovered that I love cold coffee and have been making frozen decaf ice cubes to add to cold milk (voila iced caffe late) thanks to our Dolche Gusto machine. We have also been filling the freezer with home made lollies and popsicles.
We have so much to be thankful and grateful for that we have started a family gratitude journal.
So now it is your turn. Come and share with me your small stuff. The little things that make a big difference.
Where did July go? Sounds like you had a great and very busy month! 🙂
Wow – no wonder your month’s gone by fast. Sounds as though you’ve crammed in a phenomenal amount! I’ll look out for the Thorpe Park competition….we’d love to go 🙂
Lovely post it sounds like you had a busy time! I love homemade popsicles and jar like looking cup!
What a great month and you have been busy! I love this linky and really must join in x
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I really, really must remember to do this – poke me if I forget 😉
It sounds like you’ve had an amazing month and managed to fit so much in! I feel like I haven’t seen you in ages so I’m off to tweet you now about it 😉
Oh my look at the hand moulds , july went too fast .x
Lovely post, I cannot believe we are in to August already!! My older two love climbing walls too 🙂
I still can’t believe how quickly this whole year has gone an that we are now in August!
It really did whiz past didn’t it? I wish this summer would slow down a little!! Sounds like it’s been a great month for you though 🙂
Loom bands and hama beads and getting together with family you don’t see often….sounds just like our month! 🙂