DAY ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY-THREE

Joshua woke up feeling and looking 100% better. I didn't want to take him out though to make sure he recovered well first. Instead I let him get some fresh air in our back garden and gave him some paints to distract him. He then started to collect some flowers and put them on his painting! I thought it was really amazing and creative that he would even think of doing that, so I had to take a photo.

DAY ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-EIGHT

A couple of days ago Becky and I went to the Garden Centre to buy some flowers. She bought loads for her garden, which 3yrs later, she is finally starting to take care of; and I bought a couple of indoor plants - as Joshua no longer destroys everything he sees. :-)

DAY ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SIX

Becky and I went to the Garden Centre in the morning. I needed a couple of growbags and some plants and Becky wanted lots of flowers. In the afternoon, while the children played nicely outside, I planted a few more tomato plants. I hope they all grow nicely and the children keep their little hands away...

DAY FIFTY-ONE

The weather has been quite nice lately, even if a bit windy, and the wild flowers are starting to bloom everywhere. Yay to Spring!

DAY ELEVEN

I've spent all evening baking and decorating this cake. I put a lot of effort into making cakes for other people's birthdays, so decided that I needed to treat myself too. It didn't come out exactly as planned, but I'm quite pleased with my birthday cake. Now I just need to decide whether to eat it tomorrow or on Sunday when I turn, eek, 31!