GOING CRABBING

I cant believe how lucky ive been that during my 2 weeks off work the sun has shined practically non stop.

today me, the girls, my friend kim and her son all went off to west mersea for a day crabbing. now im afraid to say that aswell as spiders, crabs are one of my least favourite creatures, its something to do with there legs...yuk!! but we had a really great time and im now not that scared of the little things.

here are kirsty and melissa, you can see that kirsty is nervously laughing at the crabs round her toes lol!

we also spotted a little seal happily swimming by the pier, he was so close but the photo's dont really capture this, and as id forgotten my camera i only had my mobile to take some photos with and now the seal looks more like a little dog.

you can just about make out its head bobbing around above the boat in this photo.

we all thoroughly enjoyed crabbing and at at the end of the day we tipped all the crabs out and watched them scurrying back to the sea.

MEL'S BIRTHDAY....DAY 2

its a known fact in our family that a birthday can last all week, mick was especially good at this tradition lol! well in melissa's case its been another day of birthday fun. aswell as all her birthday treats yesterday, today she had 3 of her friends over for the day. they arrived at 9.30 this morning all ready for a day of fun.

we went to the cinema to watch MEET THE ROBINSONS, which they thoroughly enjoyed, as did me and kirsty, it was about a boy who invented a time machine, if you have youngsters i would definately recommend it. i even cried at the end, but then again i cry at almost anything these days!

then it was off to castle park via macdonalds...of course...it was such a hot day that after we'd eaten our lunch we decided it was time to set off home to the cool water of the paddling pool.

after alot of splashing and playing around it was time for melissa's birthday cake

all her friends left at 5.30, so it was a very full day, but the girls had all agreed that they'd had such a lovely time, that all the money spent and hard work was well worth it.

A BEARY GOOD DAY

melissa's had a lovely day today, aswell as her pressie's, her birthday treat was to go to BUILD A BEAR , its a new shop in town where you choose your bear skin, fill it with cotton wool, give it a heart and a voice and an official birth certificate and then choose an outfit...or 3...as we did lol!

here she is helping to fill her teddy with magic wool.

and then off to give teddy a quick wash and brush up.

next its time to give teddy a name and then print out her birth certificate....so im pleased to announce.....its a girl and her name is Mallory.

then the best part, choosing the clothes. mum had given mel a voucher to buy an outfit for mallory, so she is now the proud owner of the outfit you see above. aswell as her day clothes we couldnt resist a bikini with matching sandals, and some pj's, dressing gown and slippers.

HAPPY 7TH BIRTHDAY MELISSA

BEFORE AND AFTER

today ive been pottering in the garden, its not been as hot today so i thought i'd get a bit of weeding etc done. its melissa's birthday tomorrow so we have a fun filled weekend ahead and will be out most of the time, so thought i best give the garden a bit of love and attention today. as you may know im starting to get green fingers recently and although my garden is know where near as impressive as my mums http://ruthjen.blogspot.com/ it is coming along slowly. so here are a few before and after shots for you;

i cant believe my border has filled out so much in just a few weeks....to this!!
and here is the bird table mick made for me and some newly planted strawberry plants

and look, we've even got some red ones...how exciting!!

HERE COMES SUMMER...REVISITED

here are the photo's of our day out to mersea, the beach was gorgeous, especially as when we arrived we were practically the only ones there. kirsty could be a baywatch babe couldnt she!!
and i cant believe mum took a photo of me with shorts on lol!! although on her blog for that day she also caught me bearing my midfriff !!!!!!!!!!!!!

HERE COMES SUMMER!

at last we've had a few days of brilliant sunshine. im off work this week so its an added bonus for the sun to be shining too! yesterday me, the girls and mum went to mersea for the day, we had a lovely time, kirsty and mum spent most of their time in the sea, but me..im more of a sunbather, it was bliss just laying on the sand with the sound of the waves crashing in. i dont think ive ever sat down for that long. if im at home sunbathing in the garden im always pottering in and out of the house tidying something!! i will post some photo's of our day out soon, but unfortunately i forgot my camera so im gonna have to wait until mum has emailed me a few across.