Weekend Fun...

This weekend was full of friends, fun and lots of laughs…the best kind!

Saturday was spent taking the little dude to his swimming lesson, he really is getting the hang of it and more importantly enjoying it now.  We then headed off to meet friends over from Abu Dhabi in the pub.  No pictures of that one I'm afraid, too busy chatting!

On Sunday we headed off to Virginia Water for Mr and Mrs M's housewarming BBQ.  The boys gathered around the BBQ on one side of the garden as the girls swarmed around the babies (and prosecco!) a grown up version of the boy/girl divide at a middle school disco!

We were treated to delicious 'posh dogs' if you haven't tried them yet…do yourself a favour and fire your BBQ up this weekend, you will not regret it!  As a thank you for the fab hospitality we brought along the ingredients for my UK take on the US S'more.  Traditionally S'mores are made from marshmallow sandwiched between graham crackers and hershey chocolate, but given it is difficult to track down graham crackers in the UK added to the fact I really don't like Hershey chocolate I decided to come up with a UK friendly version…step forward McVities chocolate digestives!  All you need to do is pop your marshmallows on BBQ skewers (if you are using wooden ones make sure you soak them first to stop them catching on fire!) once they are melted squish (technical term!) them between two chocolate digestives, works well with both milk and dark versions.  Enjoy!

Mr M in charge of the BBQ

this little dude got so many cuddles and loved every second

Daddy and his boy...

…so much love

eyeing up the posh dogs…or is it the blondes?!

family selfie

why wouldn't you match your babiators with your dummy!?

still can't believe he keeps his sunglasses on!

we laughed ALL afternoon

UK S'mores

Thanks everyone who helped make this weekend such a good one…special thanks to Zoe for the amazing pictures!

Half and Half

This weekend was a weekend of two halves…my half great and lots of fun, poor Mr O’s not so much.

He spent most of Saturday making boxes to house Baby O’s expanding collection of stuff (more on those another time) and then yesterday spent to whole day unblocking the kitchen sink, mending the broken toilet and fixing a leaking bath.  All instead of going to the gym or getting out on his bike.  What a legend!  It’s his birthday today so I’ll be sure to spoil him more than normal to show my appreciation of all things DIY he does around the flat.

My weekend was less DIY filled and more friend filled.  On Saturday morning I popped to the opticians to pick up my new specs.  I obviously dragged Mr O with me for a second opinion…I’m pretty happy with my choices, although it always takes me a little while to get used to a new look.  From the opticians I headed off the Barnes to meet a friend for a walk.  On our way out we stopped for bacon and egg sandwiches at Barnes Farmers Market…delicious.  If you’re in the area on a Saturday you should check it out.  Its every Saturday from 10-2 in the car park of the Essex House surgery.  From there we headed on to Giuliana for coffees and hot chocolates to keep us going as we walked around Barnes common.  It was such a beautiful morning and lovely to be outside making the most of it.  On the way home I did the decent thing and stopped in to The Ginger Pig to pick Mr O up a bacon and chilli sausage roll!

Sunday followed a fairly similar pattern, I got up early to get my jobs done and then headed off up the M4 to catch up with another friend.  The chosen meeting place was The Crown at Bray, a lovely little pub with roaring fires, that whilst owned by Heston Blumenthal isn’t too weird!  We caught up over roast beef and horseradish sandwiches which we opted for to ensure there was room for dessert.  Sticky toffee pudding for me.

All in all a lovely weekend…

Apologies for the lack of photos, I need to remember to take more, but with the arrival of my shiny new camera I no longer have an excuse not to get snapping!

New Camera & Specs And A Bit Of Weekend Reading...

Happy Easter

Hope you are having a day filled with family, friends and of course chocolate!