Butterfly world gardens

Not only does Butterfly world have a great Tropical hot house full of butterflies but it has 20 acres of wild flower meadows and gardens that attracted lots of butterflies and the plants were covered in mystical white webs full of wriggling caterpillars, Sophie was a wonder at the writhing webs. 

Butterfly world the insect hut

 Our journey continues around Butterfly world and we head for the insect huts full of creepy crawlies,  Sophie was excited to see them and even more excited that she could handle them .....YUK but mummy and daddy kept a straight face and let her touch all the creepy crawlies.

Butterfly world The Hot house

We took a trip to Butterfly world at St Albans as a treat for Sophie as she loves butterflies and anything nature related, it was a grey day and mid week and the afternoon which was just brilliant as it was not crowed at all in fact we didn't really bump into anyone for most of the day, but there was 20 acres of meadows and grounds to walk about.

Silent Sunday

Beer candied bacon

Fathers day is upon us and of course we will be spoiling our daddy with lots of treats and gifts, hugs and kisses to let him know how much we love him so.  We will also be in the kitchen whipping up a batch of beer candied bacon, they say the way to a mans heart is through his stomach and what man doesn't like bacon, Daddy just loves his rashers so we thought we would try this recipe out from tide and thyme.  If your interested in curing your own bacon have a look at this link on home curing 

Getting ready for new siblins

As you know by now Baby Ella was born on the 5th June only a week ago but Sophie has been getting ready for the new baby since week 12 of the pregnancy, when we told her all about the baby in mummies tummy.  Sophie is 3 years old and i was so impressed with her as she totally got the concept of babies in tummies straight away and she was very caring around me making sure that she didn't do rough housing with me but instead saved  it all up for poor old daddy who became her wrestling partner.  Sophie has also made sure that we wont be getting any more siblings, due to daddy being head butted and kneed in the family jewels.

How does your garden grown June

 The peony has burst into flower and im so happy as i have waited 3 years for this sulky plant to make its entrance in our garden since i planted so many years ago.

Elective C section birth story

I had opted for a Elective C section as when i had Sophie she could not pass through my pelvis, as we had started out as a natural birth and after almost an eternity of trying i was whisked off to have an emergency c section.  

So our special day came that had booked in advance as i had gestation diabetes that had been pretty bad in the pregnancy so we were first up for the c section.  We were shown to our ward and bed and had to change into a gown and the midwife did their tests so i was ready for the operating theater.  My poor old feet were really swollen the last few days before going in.