The Marvelous Month of May

Oh May, how I love thee! The month when husbands bring home flowers, month when the sun comes out and I get to spend time with sisters, month of bike riding, month when dad and mum get to party. It's been a good full month with a lot going on. I thought I'd share some of the highs. I took a long awaited day off to spend with Lucy and the kids in May. We meet for lunch on Wednesdays but it always seems so rushed when I have to pack up and return to work, so we thought we'd make a day of it. Mostly we spent time on the park with a picnic, but the sun was out and the sky was totally blue so we loved it! Jenna wouldn't eat anything much, it's a phase she's going through and Lucy is dealing with it using Supernanny tactics! Thank you Supernanny! But she would eat ice pops and strawberrys. I thought in the shots I took she looked like a little model in the making!

Pink tongue!

The weather has been uncommonly good - and Mike and I have tried to get out and about. The rape seed fields look so pretty - just to prove that we really did have sun :

I put a buttercup behind Mike's ear and he forgot it was there. We walked past a group of chavs who were staring a bit - and only afterwards did we realise that the flower might have been why. Isn't he pretty!

May also has two bank holidays! One at the beginning and one at the end. We decided to go for a ride around a fairly local hotspot- Rutland Water. Rutland is the smallest county in the UK right next to Leicestershire, and is home to a resevoir with a cycle track and a nature reserve. Emily came with us and we hired bikes. The track was a 17 mile round trip.

It started well - there were no other people around really because we arrived early. We loved cycling through the woods and mostly rode off into our own little worlds. There was the occassional stop at the village fair for chocolate cake as well.

Later there were alot more people to dodge which seemed to give Mike bike rage . . .

Poor Emily.

I think the picture says it all!

We enjoyed some pretty flat sanwiches by the time we stopped for lunch.


Don't we look completely jacked!!?

In the end we were tired and happy. When you work in front of a screen it's a great feeling to get out into the open air and go for it! We completed the ride in just over three hours. Thanks for coming with us Emily!

The sunshine also seems to bring out Mike's artistic tendencies. We've been out taking pictures and on this particular day Mike had a clever idea to try and help him with his painting. What if he could take a picture frame with just the glass and use a felt tip to trace what he could see? So we hauled it all up to Bradgate Park and he gave it a go.



He's a perfectionist and never happy with his own work. I thought it was pretty good - he thought is was pretty frustrating and disappointedly rubbed off every thing he tried.

I occupied myself with stalking the deer and trying to get pictures. This is about as close as I dared. For some reason they could always hear me coming!


Of course no May is complete without Emily's birthday! Happy Birthday Emily. We had a sleep over at our place with the Farleys, Killer bunnies, Guitar Hero and "Seven Pounds". Emily guessed the twist of the film about 15 minutes into it! But it was good and well worth watching. Cake and icecream around Mum and Dads on her actual birthday as well. I can't believe my little sister is now 17! She will soon be on the road - so look out!

Mike and I have discovered a new haunt. YumiYumi Crepes. For milkshakes and a light lunch it is the biz and is in the foyer of our local cinema. You can see Mike didn't want to be in this shot - but I got long arms!!

The blog this month would not be complete without a little something from Mum and Dad. The ward hosted a 60s/70s/80s night and as part of the activities committee Dad wanted to make an enterance. Watch the video and see whether you think he did!

Bye for now! x

M&M