Day 148. Being Mum.

These days I don't seem to have much time to just be a Mum. So today I indulged totally, well almost totally. First stop a trip to the hairdressers for Bea's summer haircut. Then a bit of shoe shopping, again for the little one, this time summer sandals. Next stop home as we'd invited Bea's best friend over for the afternoon. They disappeared into the garden but I managed to coax them inside for 20 minutes with a batch of lemon cupcakes ready for decorating and here are the results. Sprinkles and sugar hearts everywhere.

Happy Bea. Happy Mummy. Happy days.

Day 94. Dream, dream, dream.

Ever hopeful that I'll be wearing these soon, this yearning for warmth is not helped by friends and acquaintances posting photos from ever exotic places. I literally, not figuratively, cannot wait to put away big coats, boots and jumpers and unpack t-shirts, dresses and flip-flops.

There've been a few glimpses of sun this week and the promise of warmer days in the weeks to come. Let's hope the forecasters have got it right this time.