I'm having trouble settling back into a routine since getting back from holiday, this week has slipped away somewhere and even though each day has been busy I've not done half the things I wanted to. This includes replies to those of you kind enough to comment recently so please accept a thank you instead and I'll get back on track next week. I have got a couple of orders finished which I'll deliver in the playground later and started gathering some thoughts for the upcoming birthdays. My Little Helper will be 4 and The Big Sister will be 8 in a few weeks, guess what these are for... 
She's having a beach party so fingers crossed for a sunny day,but I bet they'd be happy swimming in the pool in the rain. ( No we don't have a real pool just one of those ones that's like a huge paddling pool) I've got a big bag of shells and some picture frames for them to make some seaside photo frames and I'm going to make some large paper palm trees to decorate the garden plus bunting and lots of shells on the table.
We noticed how they are getting older while we were away as they were happy to do some sight seeing which a year or so ago would have been a no no for My Little Helper. We had a lovely wander round some of the medieval fortified villages
The warm yellows of the brickwork looked lovely in the sunshine and there were lots of lovely alleys leading round corners
to more lovely sights.
Have a relaxing weekend, I'm planning one apart from a trip to Ikea to but a bed for My Little Helper which will be anything but relaxing!