Day 163 - Wednesday 11th June

“Friendship is the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words” - George Eliot [Mary Ann Evans] (1819-1880), novelist

James and Zoë are without a shadow of a doubt are my bestest friends. They make me complete. What more do I need to say?

Day 162 - Tuesday 10th June

“'Stay' is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary” - Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888), novelist

I like this prompt. It has a warm feeling about it. Although I am not sure what to journal about.
Having just come back from holiday, reminds me of how home sick I get. I love going away and am fine for the first couple of days, but then I start to miss home and look forward to leaving to start my journey home.
However perhaps if I had one of these and could come and go as I please, I could finally conquer my homesickness.

Day 161 - Monday 9th June

Clever Clogs - Once upon a time there was a clever clogs and her name was you. I like: boys who wear glasses.

As a mother, of course I think that I have the cleverest child in the world – as all mothers do!!!!
I think nursery has done her the world of good. She can count up to 12 quite easily and can recognise lots of letters whether in lower or upper case. I am not sure that she would know all these things if I was at home with her all the time.
This is my favourite photo from the holiday. She just loved being on the beach.

Day 160 - Sunday 8th June

Smiling - Sweet dizzy girl you make me always smiling. I like: gingerbread and tap dancing

Zoë has had a fantastic time on her holiday. She has been pretty well behaved – although she did have her moments when we wondered why we had taken her on holiday at her age. Once I had to take her up to bed as she played up so much at breakfast. I know she had very little sleep and her routine had been totally messed up. However, then one little smile from her and I had to force myself to be stern with her and stick to my guns. On the whole she was good.
This photo was taken on our last evening in her favourite part of the hotel – the playground where she would would smile all the time.

Day 159 - Saturday 7th June

Higgledy Piggledy - Somedays when life is quite higgledy-piggledy then you are the only person who can help. I like: cheese on toast and palates.

The hotel had a small kid’s playground and Zoë played on it every day. She loved it especially when she had it all to herself.
This picture shows her coming down backwards – all higgledly piggledy!!!

Day 158 - Friday 6th June

Soul - Your soul is a good one, i know when it shines in your eyes. I like: motorbikes

Just look into these beautiful brown eyes and try not to fall in love with the most precious and beautiful thing in my life.

Day 157 - Thursday 5th June

Lovely Day - We lie on our backs watching the clouds. Our lovely day. I like: old black and white movies, travelling to far off lands

The weather on holiday hasn’t been that great but to be fair it was just right bearing in mind that we had Zoë and if it had been too hot, then it would have been very hard for her to cope in the heat. We only really had rain on one day but we had already spent the morning at the beach. Zoë loved the beach. Daddy would dig big holes and then Zoë would go down to the sea and fill up her bucket with sea water and then come back and fill up the hole. This was a never ending task because as soon as she tipped it in, it would disappear. She had great fun running up and down the beach though. I didn’t get much sun bathing in as Zoë was constantly on the go and so lying down soaking up the sun was a no-no.
We were quite worried about taking Zoë away on holiday, but it has been successful and so we will definitely be going away again next year.
I love this photo – the clouds are so white against the blue of the sky.