'On top of the world' by Me

Photo credit: PhotoPuddle on Flickr

The Easter holidays are over and that makes me sad as we had such a wonderful couple of weeks. My motto for the holiday was "A change is as good as a rest" although when my husband questioned whether this was actually true I did suggest perhaps "A change is as good as we're going to get" would be more realistic. I do think the change of routine did us all good though and the lovely sunshine definitely lifted my mood.

Here is a photograph I took of my little boy at the top of the Spinnaker tower in Portsmouth. He loved it up there and it's safe to say he's not scared of heights as he ran straight on to the glass floor and enjoyed looking down at everything below.

Here's a list of a few other things we got up to in the past few weeks.

• Ate a lot of chocolate - I think we'll be eating Easter chocolate for many weeks to come
• Did Easter crafts
• Met up with friends - it was good for my daughter to catch up with various friends she doesn't see so much now they are all at different schools.
• Watched a lot of Peppa Pig - thanks to Nick Jr 2 becoming Nick Jr Peppa throughout the month of April
• Went to soft play - two different ones and neither were that busy despite being the holidays
• Hung out with family - including seeing my youngest sister who I don't get to see very often
• Ate out lots - and had the best burger even in Cafe Rouge
• Went to gymnastics lessons
• Ran lots - that was just me though
• Shopped for clothes - got lots of summer things which I can't wear now as it's raining
• Had tea at friend's house - that was just my daughter
• Went to playgrounds - there are loads of good ones round here
• Did homework - most of that was reading which my daughter just loves to do anyway
• Went away for a few days to Southampton - a much needed break away
• Went to the Zoo - I thoroughly recommend Marwell if you are ever in the Hampshire area
• Watched films - Monsters Inc, Monsters University and Frozen are the big favourites at the moment
• Went swimming
• Celebrated my 37th birthday - and didn't feel as old as I thought I would
• Went to the seaside - Brighton of course
• Splashed in puddles - when the rain finally came on Sunday my son was really keen to try out his new wellies in some puddles
• Had picnics
• Drank wine - just the grown ups of course
• Drank champagne - well it was my birthday
• Went up the Spinnaker - see photo above
• Sailed a boat - just a little one but my daughter loved it
• Bought school summer dresses - which are currently hanging up in the wardrobe as it's not summer dress weather any more
• Painted the bathroom - it looks as shiny as new
• Cleared out my wardrobe - had to make room for the new clothes
• Hunted for Easter Eggs - and hunted for Easter bunnies too

I'm sure there other things I could mention but that'll do for now. I hope you've been having a fantastic time recently too. 

'It's all about spring' by Me

Photo credit: PhotoPudlle on Flickr

I am shattered. It's all good though. It's just the sign of a fantastic first week of the Easter holidays. We have been so busy and had so much fun and I'm sad we're almost half way through now. Never mind, another fun filled week lies ahead of us. I expect I will be twice as tired by next weekend but I won't complain (yet) as I'm finding a change is indeed as good as a rest.

Happy weekend everyone. I hope you are having lots of fun in the spring sunshine!

'Beach hut Jangle's' by Cobby31

Photo credit: Cobby31 on Flickr

I probably should have posted this a couple of days ago but... Hello April! So far it has been a good month and the rest of it looks set to be rather busy. The school holidays started today which I am so pleased about. I am exhausted and whilst I know I won't exactly be putting my feet up got two weeks I will appreciate the change of routine. Hopefully we'll also get a few lazy mornings.

April is also an exciting month because it's my birthday. I was feeling quite bummed about turning 37 but I have realised I have so many friends turning 40 this year without complaining. I really shouldn't be fussed about 37! And I must mention a much more important birthday this month. My little boy will be turning two. Whilst I am a bit sad that this means a definite end to the baby years I am actually more excited because two is such an amazing age. There will be so much fun stuff he and I can get up to together.

So let me wish you a happy weekend and a happy Easter holidays if you are off on them too. I will leave you with this lovely photo. I don't think I need to explain why I love it. It's a beach hut that is just all kinds of pretty. A perfect photo to kick off what I hope will be a wonderful Easter.

'Don't eat to many chocolate eggs' by Nina Matthews Photography

Don't eat to many chocolate eggs, a photo by Nina Matthews Photography on Flickr.

Happy Easter everyone!! I hope you've had a lovely day and are in the middle of a great long weekend. We had a really nice day at a friend's house today. The weather held out - it looked like it was going to rain - so we had a great big barbecue and an Easter Egg hunt in the garden for all the children they had round.

This is a simple but really artistic Easter image. I love all the bright and fresh colours. Just perfect to share with you today.

Untitled image by JenniPenni

Untitled, a photo by JenniPenni on Flickr.

Well it's Good Friday today so to those of you having an extra long weekend, I hope you have a lovely relaxing time. The sun is shining here at the moment and there are chocolate eggs in the kitchen all ready for Sunday. Already that promises to be a good recipe for a nice few days.

Here are some cute little Easter bunnies for you to have a look at. Isn't this picture adorable? You can almost feel how soft these animals are just by looking a this image. I want a cuddle. I really have no desire to ever have a pet but if I did these cute little things could swing it for me. I rather like rabbits!

Happy Easter weekend everyone!

'Happy Easter!' by Polkadotandplaid

Happy Easter!, originally uploaded by polkadotandplaid.

Well Easter is here at last. Doesn't it just feel like it's really late this year? I kept having to check my calendar to make sure I hadn't missed it! The weather forecasters are saying that the sunshine is planning on sticking around for the extra long weekend too. I think a barbecue might just be in order. Better get up early tomorrow and head to the supermarket for burgers and buns before they all sell out as I'm sure there will be lots of other people with the same idea!

Obviously I was going to celebrate this holiday with a seasonal photo and what better than these really pretty eggs. It's a lovely photo and I just love the pastel colours.

So, Happy Easter all you fabulous people. Hope you all have fabulous weekend!

'Daffodils' by Me

Daffodils, originally uploaded by PhotoPuddle.

Happy Easter!! I hope you've been having a wonderful day and have been able to spend it with the people you love.

I thought I'd post a picture I took of spring flowers. I like it because I think the black background makes it looks rather dramatic. Most spring flower photos I've seen use much brighter colours.

I was also rather impatient taking this photo. I knew if I waited another day all the flowers would be open but the light was right and I really wanted to put some daffodil shots on flickr. I think it worked well though as the one full open flower in the front looks rather effective.

'Creme egg 2' by Pickle09

Creme egg 2, originally uploaded by Pickle09.

I love this because it's so gooey and messy - just like Creme Eggs really are. It's such a creative photo and the red background works really well. I wonder how many Creme Eggs got eaten to create this perfect shot. And I also wonder how hard it was to stop sticky fingers getting all over the camera. Or is it just mucky old me that makes a complete mess when eating one of these?

'Happy Easter' by Me

Happy Easter, originally uploaded by PhotoPuddle.

I know it's not Easter quite yet but I took this one today so I thought I'd share it with you - and it's always nice to share chocolate! I actually had a bit of a random object photo session today but this simple photo of some chocolate eggs was the only one I was really happy with. It was a harder image to capture than you'd think as the eggs kept rolling away from each other!

Would you believe that I haven't even eaten any of these yet? Perhaps I should go and rectify that right now.