Diggerland!

We had a great day out at Diggerland and Charlie and daddy had fun.....digging! Charlie was also a wonderful driver and drove a small landrover perfectly round the track.

We had a lovely day, although some of the diggers and things were a little to big for Charlie.

To be honest, I've not really been in the right frame of mind for blogging lately as Jake is back in hospital quite poorly again and I am struggling to focus on anything. We have had a couple of days out for charlie and his happy face does keep me going.

A bit of this and that.

Helping daddy put up the gazeebo for a celebration bbq for Kirsty's graduation.

A photo of my fav shoes......just because.

Days spent drawing while it rains yet again.

Our 13 year old black lab, Toby seems to spend most of his days snoozing amongst the toys.

Haircut.

Just a quick little post to show of our boy's new haircut. Charlie has been asking for it cut for a while and was asking to look like daddy so we went ahead and took him to the hairdressers! Although he does look cute and I think a bit older, I'm regretting it really and so is daddy, we miss the long haired charlie boo and charlie seems oblivious to the change anyway lol.
Anyawy, it's only hair and will grow backand he's still our cute boy whatever the trend.

Kirsty's Graduation!

My beautiful, clever daughter Kirsty who graduated from Manchester Metropolitan University on Wednesday. She is know a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology! We are so proud of her and are excited for what the future will hold for Kirsty on her new journey. Well done, we love you lots x

Bit of a waffle.

I supose I felt I should kind of explain a little of the reasons why this blog is called 'charlie and us' even though I have 5 wonderful children. It's because my older children are mostly adults and Lucy who is 16 going on 21 lol certainly would be mortified if I went rambling on about her life on here. Like any family (and step family) we go through our ups and downs but on the whole life is quite grand :)
I'm so very proud of all my babies, big and small and only wish I had a blog/keepsake for all of them but as our everyday life and routines seem to evolve round Charlie and every now and then I catch a quick glimpse, give a lift, hand out money, etc to my older offspring, then I'l continue to share our life as it is.
Oh and just wanted to say, thank you so very much for reading our humble blog enties, it's so nice to share with other like minded folk.

Camping is fun.

Ok, this photo makes my heart skip a beat!!

Charlies first ever pony ride, he was so brave and went for a little walk around the paddock without me or daddy but you can see he was a little nervous.

Me and my boy.

My beautiful smiley adventure boys.

Lots of room for our camping party of 3. For some strange reason the older children gladly stay at home and wave us off.....wonder why lol.

Our tent in all its lovely glory.

Very happy campers.

A little bit of ordinaryness.

Fun in the 'hot' sun!

Cool dude in the playground.

Our summer solstice fire.

Playing in the garden in pyjamas....very early in the morning.

Making pictures with painted pebbles.

Painting pebbles and rocks.

Our array of wonderful masterpieces. We had such a peaceful, relaxing morning just painting and chatting....Bliss!