Our Family in July

July is coming to an end and I am writing this post from our mobile home in Zadar, Croatia.  School broke up last week and after a day of chilling out, we hopped on a plane and flew out here for some sunshine and we are having the best time! I actually already had a family photo lined up from our day out at Ascot, but I couldn't resist getting another so I grabbed the camera out when we were at the beach this evening and balanced it on a sunbed to get a family snap.  

July has ended along with the school year and the whole of August is stretching out ahead of us with no school runs, and lots of plan free days. July was full of beach days, ice cream, family time and work and the last week has definitely been the best of it.

This month I have loved swimming in the Croatian sea, watching sunsets at the beach, getting all dressed up for a day out at Ascot and turning off my school run alarm.

Ed has loved late night Cora on holiday, watching Archie's confidence in swimming, starting to exercise more (thanks to his new fitbit) and driving an automatic car for a week.

Dylan has loved being allowed all the juice at the buffet on holiday, playing Pokemon Go, going on the water slides and planning what pencil case he wants for year 4. 

Archie has loved practising his swimming on holiday, playing Pokemon Go, unicorn ice cream and finding a shop selling Pokemon cards whilst on holiday.

Finn has loved being in the swimming pool for hours, sitting in the very back in the hire car we had,  playing adventure golf and all the excuses to eat ice cream in this weather.  

Cora has loved swimming in the sea with me, staying up late each night on holiday, seeing all the horses at Ascot and spending time with her bestie Freddie.

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Me and Mine in July

I had left it until the last minute to take the photos for this anyway - 6pm on the 31st July and I thought as we left the soft play centre where we had spent the afternoon we could balance my phone on the buggy and take a quick snap of us all.  Apparently a nasty wasp had another idea and poor Cora got stung on her finger.  There were so many wasps around that we rushed back into the car and not knowing whether all four children were going to make it home awake, we decided a family car selfie would have to do.  I haven't yet missed a month since we started this journey and today was not going to change that.

So our photos aren't great but here we are, last minute, stung fingers, sweaty faces (the kids) and huge eye bags (the parents).  Our July has been brilliant and totally emotional with the end of school and everything that comes with it and the start of the six week summer holidays.  It has been ridiculously hot and one of my biggest achievements this month has been keeping the sunflowers that the kids planted alive.  August is going to be full of adventures but before it begins, we need to look back at the month of July

This month I have loved late nights at the beach, watching Dylan's leavers play, swimming in the English sea and turning off my alarm.

Ed has loved his Dyson fan (not a fan of the heat), seeing Flight of the Concords, our niece's birthday and getting a shiny new phone.

Dylan has loved his school sleepover, going sno tubing at his friend's birthday party, counting down until his birthday and having more time to chill out at home.

Archie has loved having his friends over to play in the holidays, seeing The Incredibles 2 at the cinema, a day out in London without the little two and playing computer games.

Finn has loved water fights in the garden, discovering the wonders of surprise eggs being opened on YouTube, wearing his snowman top at any opportunity and having his big brothers around to play with more.

Cora has loved calling everyone a Poo poo bum, singing sleeping bunnies and the Happy Birthday song, jumping on the trampoline and getting ice lollies every day in the heat!

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Me and Mine in July

July has passed with a mix of heatwaves and rain storms and we have just returned from a brilliant week away with Eurocamp.  I wanted to get a few family photos whilst we were there, but it wasn't as easy as I hoped and we ended up with two.  The first was of us off to dinner one evening, standing by the lake in the rain.  The second is a selfie on my mobile phone whilst we were in the swimming pool.  It was a challenge to get the kids to stay still for long enough, but we just about squeezed the six of us into the shot to capture the moment. 

July has been brilliant, and it leads into August which is probably our favourite month as a family, with lots of plans and hopefully a little more sunshine!  

This month . . .

I have loved croissants for breakfast every morning on holiday, becoming a Godmother to my baby nephew, no more school runs and finding more time to read.

Ed loved seeing Greenday at the Hyde Park gigs, Finn's dancing, all the different French snacks (Milka biscuits) and browsing Rightmove for a new house.

Dylan loved learning to ride a bike with no stabilisers at kids club, feeding the ducks every morning when we were away, counting down to his birthday (which still hasn't happened) and candy floss ice cream 

Archie loved the water slides in the pool on holiday, his settling in sessions at his new school, getting back on to his balance bike and zooming everywhere and collecting Minions stickers.

Finn loved riding his little bike everywhere whilst we were away, spending time with Aunty NatNat, watching Thomas on Netflix and helping Daddy make coffee.

Cora loved splashing about at the fake beach on our holiday, having her big brothers off school, playing hide and seek and going high on the swings

It has been a brilliant month but we are looking forward to August now!

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